Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale, where he has taught since 1982. A prolific writer who has published seven critically acclaimed non-fiction books during the past nine years, he has helped shape the national debate on issues ranging from the role of religion in politics and culture to the role of integrity and civility in our daily lives. A recent review in the New York Times referred to Professor Carter as one of the nation's leading public intellectuals. His books include New England White, Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby, God's Name in Vain, and The Emperor of Ocean Park. Before joining the Yale faculty, he served as a law clerk for Judge Spottswood W. Robinson, III, of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Professor Carter has a B.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. from Yale.

Walter Dellinger III is the Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law at Duke University and head of the appellate practice at O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Washington, D.C. He also currently leads Harvard Law School's Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation Clinic. He served as the acting United States Solicitor General for the 1996-1997 Term of the Supreme Court. Prior to his appointment, Dellinger was an Assistant Attorney General and head of the Office of Legal Counsel under President Bill Clinton. He has also appeared as a commentator on This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Dellinger is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Yale Law School.

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