‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh’: A conversation

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Noon 1:30 p.m.

Wallis Annenberg Hall (ANN), Forum


In September 2018, the F.B.I. was given only a week to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee. But even as Kavanaugh was sworn in to his lifetime position, many questions remained unanswered, leaving millions of Americans unsettled.

During the Senate confirmation hearings that preceded the bureau's brief probe, New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly broke critical stories about Kavanaugh's past, including the “Renate Alumni” yearbook story. They were inundated with tips from former classmates, friends, and associates that couldn't be fully investigated before the confirmation process closed. Now, their book fills in the blanks and explores the essential question: Who is Brett Kavanaugh? 

Join Journalism School Director Gordon Stables in conversation with authors and journalists Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly as they discuss their book The Education of Brett Kavanaugh. 

The book paints a picture of the prep-school and Ivy-League worlds that formed our newest Supreme Court Justice. By offering commentary from key players from his confirmation process who haven't yet spoken publicly and pursuing lines of inquiry that were left hanging, it will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand our political system and Kavanaugh's unexpectedly emblematic role in it.

Books will be available for sale and lunch will be served.

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