In its 42nd appearance at the College of Law, the Nebraska Supreme Court was invited to hear oral arguments followed by a student question-and-answer period.

On March 3, 2022, the Court heard four cases in the law school courtroom, making the Court’s business accessible to law students on campus.

The May 1980 edition of “The Nebraska Transcript” contains an article about the Supreme Court holding arguments at UNL in conjunction with the Student Bar Association’s Law Day program. According to the article, “Having the court sit at the law college was an attempt to create a forum in which the students and members of the public could observe the fine points of oral advocacy and other adversarial aspects of our judicial system.” Following an evaluation of the program, former Chief Justice Norman Krivosha and former Law School Dean John Strong agreed to make visiting arguments at the law college an annual event.

The March 3 arguments are available to view on the Nebraska Judicial Branch Oral Argument Archive: https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/supreme-court/oral-argument-archive

Photo: (L to R) Justice Jonathan Papik, Justice Stephanie Stacy, Chief Justice Mike Heavican, Justice William Cassel, Justice Jeff Funke, Justice John Freudenberg, with Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman participating via video conferencing.