Institute of Bill of Rights Law
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The Institute of Bill of Rights Law (IBRL) is one of the most renowned centers for the study of constitutional law in the world. Located at the College of William & Mary School of Law (Marshall-Wythe) in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States, the IBRL focuses on enhancing a scholarly understanding of the nation's Bill of Rights by hosting an annual "Supreme Court Preview," that brings together constitutional and legal experts from the top law schools in the United States, as well as reporters and affiliates from the nation's leading news outlets. It also enables fellows to conduct constitutional research with law professors at William and Mary, and co-sponsors the Constitutional Conflicts book series with Duke University Law School.
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[edit] 2007 Supreme Court Preview
The 20th annual Supreme Court Preview, sponsored by the IBRL, was held Sept. 14-15, 2007, at the William & Mary School of Law. Speakers included Erwin Chemerinsky, Walter E. Dellinger III, John Yoo, Michael W. McConnell, Linda Greenhouse, Dahlia Lithwick, Stuart Taylor Jr., Ted Cruz and William & Mary's own William Van Alstyne. A Sept. 15 panel on The Roberts Court, featuring Chemerinsky, Yoo and Greenhouse, aired on C-SPAN at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007.
[edit] 2008 Supreme Court Preview
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The 21st annual Supreme Court Preview was held September 26-27, 2008 at the William & Mary School of Law. Panelists included appellate judges from the Sixth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Circuits; journalists from CNN, The New York Times, USA Today and The Los Angeles Times; and some of the foremost Supreme Court advocates and legal scholars in the country.
[edit] Leadership
The director of the IBRL is currently Neal E. Devins, Goodrich Professor of Law at William & Mary. Past directors include Davison M. Douglas, Arthur B. Hanson Professor of Law at Marshall-Wythe; Gene R. Nichol, the 26th president of the College of William & Mary; and Rodney A. Smolla (currently dean of the law school at Washington and Lee University).
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