Judge Mueller hosts students from Professor Soucek's Civil Procedure class

Professor Brian Soucek and students in his Civil Procedure class spent the morning of Nov. 6 at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Sacramento as guests of Judge Kimberly J. Mueller of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

The students watched oral arguments throughout the morning, then met with Mueller, who answered their questions and introduced them to her chambers staff, including clerk Willie Stein ’18 and extern Thea Percival ’21.

It was the second year Mueller has hosted first-year Davis law students, allowing them the opportunity to see the rules of civil procedure in action.

Professor Soucek’s primary teaching and research interests are antidiscrimination law, civil procedure, constitutional law, and refugee/asylum law. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Mark R. Kravitz in Connecticut, and Judge Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.