27 sessions · Mondays and Wednesdays · Materials and recordings appear as they are published.
ToolingStudent presentationPaper milestoneCurrent events
| # | Date | Topic | Cases | Materials & links | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | Mon, Aug 24 | Introduction | Who Are You?Prompting strategies | ▶ Zoom | |
| b | ToolingTooling: Munsterman Chapters 4 and 13 | — | |||
| 2a | Wed, Aug 26 | ToolingTooling: Claude Cowork | Claude Cowork | ▶ Zoom | |
| b | ToolingTooling: Connectors and Skills | — | |||
| 3a | Mon, Aug 31 | PaperTopic selection: Volokh We will also look at Claude for Word | — | — | |
| b | PaperTopic selection: Volokh | — | |||
| 4a | Wed, Sep 2 | ToolingTooling: NotebookLM and Gemini with Canvas and connector | Gemini Notebook on Gemini Notebooks | — | |
| b | Trump v. Slaughter | Trump v. Slaughter | |||
| 5a | Wed, Sep 9 | Trump v. Cook | — | — | |
| b | ToolingTooling: CoCounsel and Protégé | — | |||
| 6a | Mon, Sep 14 | ToolingTooling: AI writing process; Claude for Word | — | — | |
| b | ToolingTooling: AI writing process; ChatGPT image models | — | |||
| 7a | Wed, Sep 16 | PaperTopic presentations | — | — | |
| b | PaperTopic presentations | — | |||
| 8a | Mon, Sep 21 | Callais | — | — | |
| b | Callais | — | |||
| 9a | Wed, Sep 23 | ToolingTooling: Munsterman Chapter 14 | — | — | |
| b | Congressional restrictions on federal court review | — | |||
| 10a | Mon, Sep 28 | StudentStudent presentation: The Census and Apportionment | — | — | |
| b | StudentStudent presentation: Direct taxes | — | |||
| 11a | Wed, Sep 30 | StudentStudent presentation: Dormant foreigh commerce clause | — | — | |
| b | StudentStudent presentation: Interstate tax allocations | — | |||
| 12a | Mon, Oct 5 | CurrentCurrent events: SCOTUS term 2026 | — | — | |
| b | CurrentCurrent events: SCOTUS term 2026 | — | |||
| 13a | Wed, Oct 7 | StudentStudent presentation: Bills of Credit, Legal Tender and Monetary Powers | — | — | |
| b | StudentStudent presentation: Remedies Nielson v. Watanabe is pending before SCOTUS | Marbury, Bivens, Egbert | — | ||
| 14a | Mon, Oct 12 | StudentStudent presentation: Military Justice | — | — | |
| b | StudentStudent presentation: Militia clauses | — | |||
| 15a | Wed, Oct 14 | StudentStudent presentation: Habeas Corpus Genalo v. Black is pending before SCOTUS | Ex Parte Merryman, Ex Parte Milligan | — | — |
| b | StudentStudent presentation: Bills of Attainder | — | |||
| 16a | Mon, Oct 19 | StudentStudent presentation: Contracts Clause | — | — | |
| b | StudentStudent presentation: Interstate compacts | — | |||
| 17a | Wed, Oct 21 | StudentStudent presentation: Treaties and executive agreements | — | — | |
| b | StudentStudent presentation: Associational and Organizational Standing | — | |||
| 18a | Mon, Oct 26 | PaperFirst draft presentations | — | — | |
| b | PaperFirst draft presentations | — | |||
| 19a | Wed, Oct 28 | StudentStudent presentation: Ripeness and Mootness Grand v. City of University Heights is pending before SCOTUS | — | — | |
| b | StudentStudent presentation: Full Faith and Credit | — | |||
| 20a | Mon, Nov 2 | StudentStudent presentation: Extradition | — | — | |
| b | StudentStudent presentation: Limits on state choice of law | — | |||
| 21a | Wed, Nov 4 | StudentStudent presentation: Seventh Amendment and administrative state | — | — | |
| b | StudentStudent presentation: Public Rights doctrine Department of Labor v. Sun Valley Orchards, LLC is pending before SCOTUS | — | |||
| 22a | Mon, Nov 9 | StudentStudent presentation: Citizenship Trump v. Barbara | — | — | |
| b | StudentStudent presentation: The 21st amendment | — | |||
| 23a | Wed, Nov 11 | StudentStudent presentation: The Texas constitution structure | — | — | |
| b | StudentStudent presentation: Texas Bill of Rights | — | |||
| 24a | Mon, Nov 16 | StudentStudent presentation: Texas "federalism" | — | — | |
| b | StudentStudent presentation: Texas separation of powers | — | |||
| 25a | Wed, Nov 18 | CurrentCurrent events TBD | — | — | |
| b | CurrentCurrent events TBD | — | |||
| 26a | Mon, Nov 23 | PaperFinal paper presentations | — | — | |
| b | PaperFinal paper presentations | — | |||
| 27a | Mon, Nov 30 | PaperFinal paper presentations | — | — | |
| b | PaperFinal paper presentations | — |