U.S. Supreme Court Review and Preview

U.S. Supreme Court Review and Preview

October 30, 2024

12:00-1:15 p.m. via Zoom

The Cumberland Bar Association is pleased to welcome Carol Garvan, Legal Director for the ACLU of Maine, for a review of some of the monumental decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court’s last term and a preview of the Court’s upcoming term starting on October 7, 2024. After a brief review of the composition, role, and procedures of the U.S. Supreme Court, Garvan will review the key holdings of significant cases from the Court’s 2023-24 Term. The focus of the program will then turn to the Court’s 2024-25 Term, when the Court will hear cases addressing some of our most fundamental civil rights and civil liberties, including access to gender-affirming medical care, workers’ rights, fee-shifting in civil rights cases, and federal agencies’ power to protect the environment.

Carol Garvan, Esq.

Carol Garvan joined the ACLU of Maine as its Legal Director in spring of 2022, where she focuses on litigating civil rights and civil liberties cases throughout the state. Before joining the ACLU, Carol spent over a decade litigating civil rights and employment cases in Maine, with a focus on systemic discrimination and wage theft.

Carol earned her J.D. from U.C. Berkeley School of Law, and received her A.B. from Harvard College. During law school, she served as supervising editor for the California Law Review, and editor for the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice. She clerked for Judge Kermit Lipez of the First Circuit Court of Appeals, and Justice Mark Simons of the California Court of Appeal. Before law school, Carol taught middle school reading in Oakland, California.

This program is pending one hour of CLE credit.  Zoom credentials will be emailed one day before the program.