Law School Cases, Press Coverage and Other Notable Items

The Senate Judiciary Committee has finished questioning U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Still to come today is testimony from the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary regarding its “well qualified” rating of Kagan.

To take a look at the testimony left for today and a look back at issues of interest in the first three days of the hearing, such as questions about Kagan’s curriculum calls as dean of Harvard Law School, Richard Brust, the ABA Journal’s U.S. Supreme Court editor, debriefs reporter Mark Walsh, who is covering the confirmation hearing for the Journal.

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Richard Brust
Richard Brust is the assistant managing editor who oversees the ABA Journal’s monthly Supreme Court Report and orchestrates the magazine’s U.S. Supreme Court coverage. Before joining The Lawyer’s Magazine, Rich worked as an editor at publications including the Legal Intelligencer, National Law Journal, and Morning Call. He holds a J.D. from Temple University School of Law.

Mark Walsh is a freelance writer for the ABA Journal, covering the U.S. Supreme Court. He also writes for Education Week and has appeared as a commentator for C-SPAN, Court TV, Fox News, National Public Radio and BBC Radio.