This program, presented by the University of Tennessee College of Law Professor Ben Barton, covers diversity on the U.S. Supreme Court and in the legal profession and our ethical obligation to seek diversity in all of its forms. This CLE is based on his book “The Credentialed Court”, which establishes just how different today’s justices are from their predecessors by combining two massive empirical studies of every justice’s background — from John Jay to Amy Coney Barrett — with short bios of past greats to demonstrate that today’s justices arrive on the Court with much narrower experiences than they once did. Current Justices have spent more time in elite academic settings than any previous Courts, with every justice but Barrett attending either Harvard or Yale law schools. Professor Barton examines the varied lives of past greats, from John Marshall to Thurgood Marshall, and asks how many, if any, of these giants would be nominated today.

Credit: .75 general
Cost: $20