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Supreme Court Fellows Program introduces 2026–27 class at Library of Congress event
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Judge Robert M. Dow Jr. introduced the 2026–27 Supreme Court Fellows and summarized the program’s purpose—mid‑career placements in four federal judicial agencies. The Law Library of Congress hosted the lecture and invited attendees to explore its collections.
Judge Robert M. Dow Jr., counsel to the chief justice and Executive Director of the Supreme Court Fellows Program, opened the Fellows Program lecture at the Library of Congress and described the program’s mission and structure. He said the Fellows Program selects four individuals for year‑long placements across four federal judicial agencies that offer experience in judicial administration, policy development and research.
Judge Dow introduced the 2026–27 fellows by name and assignment: Addison (Addie) Becker (assigned to the Supreme Court Office of the Counselor), Keegan Coppola (U.S. Sentencing Commission), Melissa Cosgrove (Federal Judicial Center) and Samantha McCaleb (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts). He summarized each fellow’s educational and professional background as presented at the event.
Law Librarian of Congress Aslihan Bulut opened the program with a welcome, described the Law Library’s global legal collection (nearly 3,000,000 items) and invited the public to use the library’s webinars and digital resources via law.gov. The program proceeded to a conversation with Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
