2007 CASE ANALYSIS WORKSHOPS

As part of the Peter Jennings Project, Jennings Fellows were divided into small groups and led by a distinguished faculty to analyze a legal case or controversy, and eventually come to a decision which they reported to the group as a whole. The faculty moderated a discussion about the case, teasing out the issues and helping the participants understand the reasoning that goes into each court decision. It is through this interaction that the Fellows gained a personal experience with the material at hand.

Then, the next day, the faculty again met with their group. After re-assessing the case, the Fellows voted as if they were a panel of judges and made a presentation to the larger group, explaining the case and announcing their decision.

Listed below are the case assignments and corresponding faculty:

Susan Estrich, Professor, University of Southern California Law School
Carey v. Musladin

Jan Crawford Greenburg, Correspondent, ABC News
Davis v. Monroe County Board of Ed.

Marci Hamilton, Professor, Cardozo School of Law
Employment Division v. Smith

Kermit Roosevelt, Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Hill v. Colorado

Jeffrey Toobin, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
McCreary County, KY v ACLU of KY, and Van Ordern v. Perry

David Westin, President, ABC News
Morse v. Frederick