Professor Robert K. Walsh, President of the American Inns of Court, to Accompany 2009 Temple Bar Scholars to London
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - Professor and Dean Emeritus Robert K. Walsh, the President of the American Inns of Court, will accompany the 2009 class of Temple Bar Scholars to London this October. Selected from a large pool of highly qualified law clerks who applied for the program are: Loren L. AliKhan who was a Solicitor General’s Office Bristow Fellow after clerking for Judge Thomas L. Ambro of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit; Jameson Reece Jones was a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court after clerking for Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit; Isaac Jared Lidsky was a law clerk to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court, and was clerk for Judge Thomas L. Ambro of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit; and Andrew Oldham was a law clerk to Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court after clerking for Judge David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
The Temple Bar Foundation was created in 1991 by the late Warren E. Burger, former Chief Justice of the United States, and the late Lord Denning of Witchurch, former Master of the Rolls for England and Wales. The Temple Bar Scholarships, named for the great stone gate, designed by Sir Christopher Wren that stood as an entrance to central London in the area now considered “Legal London,” were established to further the development of strengthened ties between leading members of the English and American bars and to advocate greater attention to the professional ethical standards those establishments share.
Professor Walsh and the scholars arrive in London to attend the ceremonial opening of the legal year at Westminster Abbey and a reception held in their honor in the Old Hall at Lincoln’s Inn. Also during the first week of the scholarship, scholars visit the four Inns of Court and meet with the preeminent leaders of the English bench and bar. The rest of the program is spent in leading barristers’ chambers and with justices at the new Supreme Court UK, where they observe appellate arguments and discuss important legal issues with the country's highest judges.
Firmly rooted in the noble 800-year-old tradition of the Inns of Court in England, the American Inns exist to supplement the academic and technical training of American lawyers through the time-honored English tradition and practice of “pupillage”—the sharing of wisdom, insight and experience of seasoned judges and lawyers with newer practitioners.
The American Inns of Court includes more than 25,000 federal, state and local judges, lawyers, law professors and law students in some 350 chapters across the United States. Additionally, there are over 80,000 alumni members. Foundation offices are located in Alexandria, Virginia. More information is available at www.innsofcourt.org.
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