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'History and Tradition' in Firearm Litigation: The Role of Historians as Amici

October 24, 2024

The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School will present a panel discussion with leading litigators, experts, and historians on the role that arguments over historical evidence have come to play in federal litigation over firearms, given the Supreme Court's recent adoption of the controversial "text, history and tradition" framework in Second Amendment cases.

The program will take place on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 12:10 p.m., at Yale Law School, Room 129 (127 Wall St.).

Speakers will include:

  • Jennifer Tucker, PhD- Professor of Technology, Law and Visual Culture at Wesleyan University and founding Director of Wesleyan's Center for the Study of Guns and Society
  • Esther Sanchez-Gomez, JD - Litigation Director at GIFFORDS Law Center and heads their amicus brief program.
  • Janet Carter, JD- Senior Director of Everytown Law's national Second Amendment practice
  • Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH - Dean of Yale School of Public Health, C.E. A. Winslow Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and Professor of Emergency Medicine

Lunch will be provided during the event.

Those outside of Yale Law School should register here.