Supreme Court Simulation Seminar (7044): This seminar provides students with the opportunity to analyze, argue, hear oral arguments and draft opinions in cases that are currently pending before the Supreme Court of the United States. Professor Lawrence Marshall will serve as the instructor in the seminar, and several of the Law School's renowned Supreme Court litigators and other guests are expected to participate in one or more of the sessions. During each session, two students will present oral argument (based on the briefs that have been filed in the Court) to nine "justices" each of whose role is to reflect the jurisprudence and attitudes of the justice they are portraying over the course of the seminar. The nine "justices" will then conference the case and vote as they predict their justice will vote. In this sense, the seminar is also intended to help promote insight into the role of judicial personality and philosophy within the decisional process. The cases chosen will provide a mix of constitutional and statutory issues, as well as a mix of criminal and civil cases. At the close of each session, one "justice" will be assigned to draft the majority opinion and other "justice" will be assigned to write the dissent. The other sitting "justices" can join one of these opinions, request some changes as a condition of joining, or decide to write separately. Special instructions: 1. Because this is a simulation with assigned roles, students who are accepted into the seminar may not drop without permission of the instructor. 2. Because of the nature of the writing projects (with extensive interaction with other students), the normal deadline for Winter Quarter papers is waived and final papers must be submitted by the Spring Quarter deadline. Elements used in grading: Students will be graded based on the quality of their participation as justices, their oral argument, and their written opinions.