Chief Justice Roberts Appoints Orin Kerr to Advisory Committee

Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts has appointed Orin S. Kerr, Fred C. Stevenson Research Professor of Law, to a three-year term on the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee for the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure govern the federal criminal trial process. Members of the Committee meet twice annually and vote on proposed changes to the federal rules, which are then sent to the U.S. Supreme Court for approval. "I am honored by the appointment, and I am looking forward to our first meeting," Kerr commented. The first meeting of the Committee will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 18. Kerr is not the only member of the GW Law faculty to have served on the Committee—Stephen Saltzburg (1990 to 1995) and Laird Kirkpatrick (1999 to 2001) have served on this Committee as members as well.