This morning, the nine members of the inaugural class met with Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy for more than an hour in the Lawyer's Lounge of the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Kennedy discussed the process by which the court makes its decisions. The event was arranged by one of Justice Kennedy's clerks, Marc Allen, who is the son of Institute professor William B. Allen.

Yesterday, the sixteen members of the junior class spent more than three hours with Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. Seated around a large conference table in the Retired Chief Justices' Chambers, the students were able to ask Justice Thomas questions on a range of issues. This was Justice Thomas' second summer hosting Institute students at the Supreme Court.