Lewis & Clark Law School‘s Spring Symposium, Jan. 30, 2009, focuses on Giles v. California, the most recent Confrontation Clause case decided by the United States Supreme Court. Giles v. California involved the historic forfeiture-by-wrongdoing exception to the Confrontation Clause. The 4-2-3 split among the Justices indicates that Giles v. California is not the last word on this Confrontation Clause exception.
The Symposium will feature many of the top scholars in the contemporary Confrontation Clause debate. Hostedy by Lewis & Clark Law Professor Doug Beloof, the expected presenters are Thomas Davies (Tennessee), Jeffrey Fisher (Stanford), Richard Friedman (Michigan), Robert Kry (firm of Baker Botts), Tom Lininger (Oregon), Robert Mosteller (Duke) and Deborah Tuerkheimer (Maine).