Dean Kerry Abrams moderates a panel discussion with three of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s former law clerks: Duke Law Professors Lisa K. Griffin (clerked in 1997-98) and Matthew Adler (clerked in 1992-93) and Duke Law alumna Sarah Boyce ’12 (Deputy Attorney General & General Counsel, NC Department of Justice, clerked in 2015-16).

This conversation was hosted as part of celebrations at Duke University on April 8, 2024, honoring the life and legacy of Justice O’Connor, the 2024 recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law.

A panel of three appellate judges, Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit headed the panel, which included Judge James A. Wynn, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and Judge Lee H. Rosenthal of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, decides which team has the more persuasive argument, based on an appeal of the Ninth Circuit's en banc opinion in Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights v. City & County of San Francisco.