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■ From ROBERT on PAGE 19 commended Katzmann’s efforts and extolled the
nity initiative, which aimed to increase public role of federal courts in restoring civic education
understanding of the role and operations of the and a sense of civility in American life.
courts. “What we hope to do is to create a mechanism
The project allows students and their teachers for ongoing discussion and activity,” he told partici-
to access courtrooms all across the circuit, where pants. “We think of today as just the beginning. We
they participate in moot court reenactments of im- will all learn from one another and take back ideas
portant court cases, do legal research and interact we can put into effect at our courthouses.”
with the court’s learning center, which Katzmann Katzmann took senior status in January, entering
inaugurated on the fifth-floor Thurgood Marshall a form of semiretirement and creating a vacancy on
Courthouse. the Second Circuit. President Joe Biden last month
In 2019, Katzmann brought together teachers, nominated Eunice C. Lee, a federal defender, to suc-
bar leaders and representatives from circuit courts ceed Katzmann on the federal bench. ■
across the country in the first-of-its-kind National
Conference on Civics Education. The event fea- Tom McParland of New York Law Journal can be
tured recorded comments from U.S. Supreme Court contacted at [email protected]. Follow him on
Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch, who Twitter @TMcParlandALM.

How Hogan Lovells Paired With ACLU in

Challenge to Male-Only Military Draft

By Marcia Coyle

lthough the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday My friend David Cole [ACLU national legal di-
denied review in a challenge to the male-on- rector] reached out to me in September of last year
Aly draft registration, Hogan Lovells partner about the Fifth Circuit decision and asked whether
Cate Stetson said “three bedfellows”—Justices Sonia I and Hogan Lovells would want to co-counsel with
Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer and Brett Kavanaugh— the ACLU in filing a cert petition. I reached out to
sent a message to Congress: The court is watching three of my colleagues and I got immediate, positive
for action. responses back.
Stetson, along with senior associate Katherine I think the “why” is this is really a striking,
Wellington and associates Danielle Stempel and remaining example, hiding in plain sight, of a dis-
Erin Chapman, were pro bono co-counsel with an criminatory statute. It struck us as a case very much
ACLU team led by Ria Tabacco Mar in the closely in the [Justice Ruth Bader] Ginsburg mold. The
watched case National Coalition for Men v. Selective statute and the legislative history are replete with
Service System. references to the fact that women belong at home.
Stetson, a veteran appellate advocate and the With the military having recognized over the last
mother of daughters who are 20 and 17 years old, few years and the last couple of decades the com-
shared her experience with the case with The Na- petency and capability of women in the military,
tional Law Journal. The conversation below was including in combat, that outdated view should be
edited lightly for length and clarity. updated. Congress of course has been presented
How and why did you and Hogan become in- with that issue many, many times and hasn’t yet
volved? done anything.

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