U.S. Supreme Court Review and Preview
October 30, 2025
12:00-1:15 p.m. via Zoom
The Cumberland Bar Association is pleased to welcome back Carol Garvan, Legal Director for the ACLU of Maine, for a review of some of the monumental decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court’s last term and a preview of the Court’s upcoming term starting on October 6, 2025. After a brief review of the role of the U.S. Supreme Court, Carol will discuss the key “shadow docket” cases handed down by the Court in recent months, as well as significant merits cases from the Court’s 2024-25 Term. The focus of the program will then turn to the Court’s upcoming 2025-26 term, when the Court will hear cases addressing some of our most fundamental civil rights and civil liberties, including voting rights, birthright citizenship, campaign finance reform, and participation of trans athletes in school sports.
Speaker: Carol Garvan, Esq., ACLU of Maine
Carol Garvan joined the ACLU of Maine as its Legal Director in spring of 2022, where she focuses on litigating civil rights and civil liberties cases throughout the state. Before joining the ACLU, Carol spent over a decade litigating civil rights and employment cases in Maine, with a focus on systemic discrimination and wage theft.
Carol earned her J.D. from U.C. Berkeley School of Law, and received her A.B. from Harvard College. During law school, she served as supervising editor for the California Law Review, and editor for the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice. She clerked for Judge Kermit Lipez of the First Circuit Court of Appeals, and Justice Mark Simons of the California Court of Appeal. Before law school, Carol taught middle school reading in Oakland, California.
This CLE is pending approval of one hour of general CLE credit. Zoom credentials will be sent to registrants one day before the program.
