C-SPAN's Supreme Court Week videos

If you missed any (or all) of C-SPAN's "Supreme Court" week programing earlier this month, fret not: You can watch the programs on C-SPAN's website.

Of particular interest to you advocacy professors will be the October 8 program titled "Attorneys Who Have Argued Before the Court," where several lawyers talk about the experience of preparing for and arguing before the Court.

Also check out the October 6 episode, "Clerk of the Supreme Court William Suter." Simply put, General Suter is a national treasure. I had the pleasure of meeting him several years ago when the Fort Worth Federal Bar Association brought him in to speak and swear our members in to the Supreme Court Bar. At that meeting, he pleaded with us that if we were ever in Washington, to call him several weeks before so he could arrange a personal tour of the Supreme Court building. Sure enough, about a year later, my wife and I were going to D.C. to visit my sister. I called General Suter, who not only happily delivered on his promise, but also expedited my wife's application to the Supreme Court Bar so that I could move her admission before the full Court. Although I'll likely never argue an actual case before the Supreme Court, I can at least say that I've put both hands on the rostrum, looked the Chief Justice in the eye, and delivered those immortal words, "Mr. Chief Justice and May it Please the Court."

And I have General Suter to thank for that experience of a lifetime. He's an amazing human being with an indescribable love for the Court and its building.