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Law Review Symposium 2027

The Shadow Docket and the Future of Supreme Court Litigation
January 25, 2027
12:00 PM-5:30 PM PT

University of San Francisco, McLaren Conference Center

2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, 94117

The Supreme Court is increasingly issuing orders on major cases through its emergency docket, all without the benefit of oral argument or written opinion. Join us for the 2027 Law Review Symposium as scholars and practitioners examine what this trend means for lawyers, the law, and everyday Americans.

Speakers

Easha Anand

Assistant Professor of Law; Co-Director, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
Stanford Law School

Bradley W. Joondeph

Jerry A. Kasner Professor of Law

Michael J. Mongan

Partner
WilmerHale

Julie Nice

Herbst Foundation Professor of Law
University of San Francisco School of Law

Christopher Schmidt

Professor and Co-Director of the Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States
Chicago-Kent College of Law

M.C. Sungaila

Partner
Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP

Mohammad Tajsar

Director of Immigrants’ Rights
ACLU of Southern California

Stephen I. Vladeck

Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Federal Courts
Georgetown University Law Center

Emi MacLean

Senior Staff Attorney
ACLU of Northern California

Bill Ong Hing

Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship, Professor
University of San Francisco School of Law

Earn up to 3.75 CLE credit hours*

*This activity has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 3.75 credit hours. The University of San Francisco School of Law is an approved provider of MCLE and certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved educational activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.