To celebrate its 300th anniversary, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania hosted ‘The Pennsylvania Supreme Court at 300: Past, Present & Future,’ a symposium honoring the history and achievements of the court and how it paved the way for courts nationwide.
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court was created almost 70 years before the U.S. Supreme Court, and served as a model for federal appellate courts.
To begin the symposium, Max Baer of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court remarked “The history of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is etched into the fabric of not just our state, but our nation. The impact of the decisions made by jurists of this Court for three centuries have moved our democracy forward and impacted the lives of people from all corners of the state and helped to pave the way for the rule of law in Pennsylvania and the nation.”
The full list of ALI members that participated are listed below:
- Max Baer of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- Donald W. Beatty of the South Carolina Supreme Court
- Charles L. Becker of Kline & Specter
- Steven L. Chanenson of Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
- John C. Dernbach of Widener University Commonwealth Law School
- JoAnne A. Epps of Temple University Beasley School of Law
- Pamela S. Karlan of Stanford Law School
- Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Cheryl A. Krause of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Seth F. Kreimer of University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
- Maureen O’Connor of Ohio Supreme Court
- Thomas G. Saylor of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- D. Brooks Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Paul A. Suttell of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
- Debra McCloskey Todd of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- David N. Wecht of Sthe Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- Amy J. Wildermuth of University of Pittsburgh School of Law
The symposium was held over two days at the National Constitutional Center in Philadelphia. The full agenda is available on the at www.pacourts.us.