U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. shared stories from his early career, insight into lesser-known High Court traditions – yes, justices sing Happy Birthday to each other – and his thoughts on the future of law during a February visit to Dale E. Fowler Law School at Chapman University.

Alito was the guest speaker at a luncheon for the Chapman Law Review Annual Symposium, “The Future of the Legal Profession”, held on February 10, providing a unique opportunity for students and faculty to meet with an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Over lunch, Alito participated in an informal question-and-answer conversation with John Eastman, Ph.D., Henry Salvatori professor of law and community service at Chapman’s Fowler School of Law and former clerk of Alito’s colleague. in court, Associate Judge Clarence Thomas. . During his visit, Alito attended a private dinner with Chapman Law Review University students, faculty and special guests, including Dale E. Fowler and his wife, Sarah Ann. He also observed the roundtable of the morning colloquium, a session entitled “Global and multi-jurisdictional practice of law”.

Alito, appointed to the High Court by President George W. Bush, is the fourth associate judge to visit Chapman. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas presided over the opening of Kennedy Hall in 1999 and returned to speak in 2007. Associate Justice Antonin Scalia visited in 2007 to deliver the Madison Lecture and to participate with law students at a recreation of the famous 1905 Lochner vs. New York test. Associate Judge William O. Douglas spoke on campus in 1964 as part of the Artist Lecture Series.

Show Image Top / Law School students Dale E. Fowler and Associate Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr., at a VIP dinner in his honor.