On Jan. 24, NSU will welcome former Supreme Court Clerk, General William K. Suter to host two discussions and answer questions about life on the Supreme Court.
Suter will talk to NSU students, faculty and staff at 11:30 a.m. at the Shepard Broad Law Center Atrium and again at a public event at the Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale from 6 to 9:30 p.m.
Attendees will learn about some of the country’s most controversial Supreme Court cases that Suter witnessed during his tenure from 1991 to 2013, including ones on the death penalty, search and seizure, abortion and immigration. Select student organization leaders, including Nova Law Review Editor-in-Chief Joseph Morgese, will meet with Suter before the law center event for a private lunch. Morgese, a third-year law student, said he was invited by the dean’s office and hopes that Suter will give advice to graduatin students who want to obtain a clerkship after graduation.
After the law center’s event, students can take a tour of Shepard Broad with an admissions counselor, who will answer questions about getting into law school and taking the LSAT.
Jennifer Jarema Escobar, director of communications, publications and special events for the Law Center, said, “[The event] would be interesting for any student, as Supreme Court decisions affect all of our lives.”
This will be Suter’s first visit to NSU. He was introduced to the school through the law center’s biennial United States Supreme Court Admissions Ceremony, where Law Center alumni travel to Washington D.C to be sworn into the Bar Association of the United States Supreme Court. As the court’s clerk, Suter was responsible for escorting candidates into the courtroom where they were accepted into the Federal Bar Association.
Before he was a clerk, Suter was an assistant judge advocate general with the rank of major general in the U.S. Army. He earned a Bronze Star, Distinguished Service Medal and Parachutist Badge for his service in the Vietnam War.
Morgese encourages all students to take adventage of the opportunity to hear Suter speak, no matter their major.
“There’s really a little bit of something for everyone, whether it’s legal and technical or life experiences and accomplishments or failures,” he said.
Escobar recommends that attendees dress professionally and be familiar with the role of Supreme Court clerks.
The evening discussion at the Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale will be open to the public and will include a discussion, reception and a private tour of the museum. Tickets are $25.
Questions for Suter should be emailed to Escobar at jaremaj@nsu.law.nova.edu by Jan. 22.
For more information, call 954-262-6303 or email adjunct law professor Elena R. Minicucci at minicucc@nova.edu.
To RSVP to the evening event, visit nsulaw.nova.edu/news/articles.cfm?newsID=490 and click on the link at the bottom of the page.
