C09 – Kelo 20th Anniversary: Views from the Bench, Bar and Academia (2025CLC-C09)

Friday, June 13, 2025

2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

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Trial - Appellate Track

Presented by the Appellate Advocacy Section

About the Program

An exciting presentation about the Kelo v. City of New London decision featuring Justices who sat on the Connecticut Supreme Court panel that decided the case, the litigant who argued and prevailed in both the Connecticut Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court and an esteemed academic who has written a book about the events. We will also examine what has happened since the United States Supreme Court and the Connecticut Supreme Court decided the case, and what the future might hold for the controversial decision.

You Will Learn

About the role of appellate judges and advocates
About an academic’s perspective on the case 

Who Should Attend

Legal professionals interested in appellate law.

Credit

CT: 1.5 CLE Credits (General)
NY: 1.5 CLE Credits (AOP)

The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for newly admitted and experienced attorneys CLE credits.

Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, a fully interactive videoconference, or simultaneous transmission with synchronous interactivity. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml. 

Speakers

Zarella_Peter1 Justice Peter T. Zarella (Ret.)
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP, Hartford

Wesley Horton Wesley W. Horton
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP, Hartford

somin_ilya1 Ilya Somin
George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School, Arlington, VA:

Moderator

Joette Katz1 Justice Joette Katz (Ret.)
Shipman & Goodwin LLP, Stamford