Consistent with its longstanding commitment to fostering a communal environment of intellectual engagement, the Law School is pleased to host countless colloquia, conferences, and guest lectures throughout the school year. Many of these events are specially scheduled, one-time affairs. In addition, the school runs the following regularly scheduled series, which cover a range of formats and scholarly areas.
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Jan. 20 Friday |
John Robertson Embryo Culture and the 'Culture of Life': Constitutional Issues in the Embryonic Stem Cell Debate "The Committee of the Whole Person" follows the speaker. |
Friday Afternoon Faculty Colloquium | Faculty Lounge Townes Hall, 3.214 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Jordan Steiker | ||||||
Jan. 23 Monday |
Abe Wickelgren (UT Economics) "Why Divorce Laws Matter: Incentives for Non-Contractible Marital Investments Under Unilateral and Consent Divorce"
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CLBE Workshop | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. |
Bernie Black | ||||||
Jan. 26 Thursday |
Jane Schacter (Wisconsin, Stanford) "Political Accountability, Proxy Accountability, and Democratic Legitimacy" (pdf) "Democracy Diminished" Chapter Outline (pdf) |
Colloquium on Constitutional and Legal Theory |
Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
Mitch Berman |
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Jan. 30 Monday |
Joshua Wright (George Mason) "Measuring the Impact of Slotting Fees on Consumer Welfare"
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CLBE Workshop | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. |
Bernie Black | ||||||
Feb. 3 Friday |
Bernard Harcourt, Carol Steiker, Jeffrey Fagan, Scott Sundby, Nancy King, Susan Klein, Jordan Steiker, Rachel Barkow, Jonathan Simon, Daniel Richman, Dan Kahan "Punishment"
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Texas Law Review Symposium | Location TBA Schedule TBA |
Texas Law Review | ||||||
Feb. 4 Saturday |
Bernard Harcourt, Carol Steiker, Jeffrey Fagan, Scott Sundby, Nancy King, Susan Klein, Jordan Steiker, Rachel Barkow, Jonathan Simon, Daniel Richman, Dan Kahan "Punishment"
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Texas Law Review Symposium | Location TBA Schedule TBA |
Texas Law Review | ||||||
Feb. 6 Monday |
Anita Anand (Queen's University, Canada)
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CLBE Workshop | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. |
Bernie Black | ||||||
Feb. 9 Thursday |
Tom Merrill (Columbia) "The Accardi Principle" |
Colloquium on Constitutional and Legal Theory |
Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
Mitch Berman |
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Feb. 13 Monday |
Scott Baker (North Carolina) "Deterrence, Lawsuits, and Litigation Outcomes Under Court Errors (forthcoming in JLEO, with Claudia Landeo & Maxim Nikitin)
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CLBE Workshop | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. |
Bernie Black | ||||||
Feb. 14 Tuesday |
William Scheuerman, Indiana University "Emergency Powers and the Rule of Law After 9/11" |
Constitutional Studies Luncheon | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
Sanford Levinson | ||||||
Feb. 15 Wednesday |
Stanley Chodorow, Department of History, University of California--San Diego "The Distribution of Law Books in European Libraries in the 12th Century "
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Second Annual Rare Books Lecture | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. |
Roy Mersky/Tarlton Library | ||||||
Feb. 17 Friday |
Annelise Riles, Cornell University "Rethinking Realism: Lessons from Anthropological Research Among Financial Lawyers" |
Friday Afternoon Faculty Colloquium | Faculty Lounge Townes Hall, 3.214 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Jordan Steiker | ||||||
Feb. 20 Monday |
Ronen Avraham (Northwestern) "The Impact of Tort Reforms on Medical Malpractice awards, 1991-1998" (with Albert Yoon)
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CLBE Workshop | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. |
Bernie Black | ||||||
Feb. 21 Tuesday |
Sanford Levinson "Disenchantment & Desire: What is to be Done" |
Drawing Bd Luncheon |
Jury Room Connally Center, 2.310 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Mitch Berman |
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Feb. 23 Thursday |
John Langbein, Yale University "Understanding the Death of the Private Pension Plan in the United States" Reception to follow speaker at 5:30 p.m. |
Alexander Watkins Terrell Centennial Lectureship | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 Time 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
Jordan Steiker | ||||||
Feb. 23 Thursday |
Rick Pildes (NYU) "Separation of Parties, not Powers" Reception to follow speaker at 5:30 p.m. |
Colloquium on Constitutional and Legal Theory |
Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
Mitch Berman |
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Feb. 24 Friday |
John Langbein, Yale University "Trust Law as Regulatory Law: The Unum/Provident Scandal and Judicial Review of Benefit Denials under ERISA"
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Friday Afternoon Faculty Colloquium | Faculty Lounge Townes Hall, 3.214 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Jordan Steiker | ||||||
Feb. 27 Monday |
Alex Stein (Cardozo) "Ambiguity Aversion and the Criminal Process"
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CLBE Workshop | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. |
Bernie Black | ||||||
March 3 Friday |
David Barron, Harvard University "International Local Government Law" (Preface) (Document)
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Friday Afternoon Faculty Colloquium | Faculty Lounge Townes Hall, 3.214 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Jordan Steiker | ||||||
Mar. 6 Monday |
Paul Wahlbeck (George Washington) "The Influence of Oral Arguments on the U.S. Supreme Court" |
CLBE Workshop | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. |
Bernie Black | ||||||
March 7 Tuesday |
Mechele Dickerson "Ideology and Bankruptcy Reform" |
Drawing Board Luncheon |
Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
Mitch Berman |
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March 9 Thursday |
Michael Seidman (Georgetown) "Silence and Freedom" |
Colloquium on Constitutional and Legal Theory |
Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
Mitch Berman |
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March 20 Monday |
Kate Litvak (UT) "The Effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Non-US Companies Cross-listed in the United States"
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CLBE Workshop |
Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. |
Bernie Black |
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March 21 Tuesday |
David Gamage "What Constitutes a 'Tax Cut' or a 'Tax Hike'?" |
Drawing Board Luncheon |
Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
Mitch Berman |
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March 23 Thursday |
Louis Fisher "State of War After 9/11" |
Tom Sealy Endowed Lecture |
Jeffers Courtroom Townes Hall, 3.140 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
Jordan Steiker |
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March 23 Thursday |
Hillel Steiner (Manchester)
Freedom & Bivalence |
Colloquium on Constitutional and Legal Theory |
Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
Mitch Berman |
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March 24 Friday |
Louis Fisher "35 Years of Research for Congress: How CRS Operates" |
Friday Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. |
Jordan Steiker |
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March 24 Friday |
Hillel Steiner (Manchester) "A Famous Conflict" |
Leon Green '15 Lecture |
Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
Brian Leiter |
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March 27 Monday |
Érica Gorga (UT) "Knowledge Resources and Their Implications for the Theory of the Firm and Corporate Governance" |
CLBE Workshop | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. |
Bernie Black | ||||||
March 28 Tuesday |
Cindy Skach (Harvard) |
Constitutional Studies Luncheon |
Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
Sanford Levinson |
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March 30 – April 1 |
Schedule:
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Dred Scott Symposium |
Eidman Courtroom Connally Center
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Sanford Levinson | ||||||
April 3 Monday |
Andy Morriss (Case Western) "Defining What to Regulate: Silica & the Problem of Regulatory Categorization" "The Production, Consumption and Content of Legal Scholarship: A Longitudinal Analysis" |
CLBE Workshop |
Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. |
Bernie Black |
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April 6 Thursday |
Mike Tigar (American University) "Universal Rights & Wrongs: Reception to follow |
Will E. Orgain Endowed Lectureship | Eidman Courtroom Connally Center 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Jordan Steiker | ||||||
April 7 Friday |
Anthony Sebok, Brooklyn Law School "Punitive Damages: From Myth to Theory"
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Friday Afternoon Faculty Colloquium | Faculty Lounge Townes Hall, 3.214 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Jordan Steiker | ||||||
April 10 Monday |
Stefanie Lindquist (Vanderbilt) "Judicial Review by the Burger and Rehnquist Courts: |
CLBE Workshop | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. |
Bernie Black | ||||||
April 11 Tuesday |
University of Oxford-University of Texas Law Faculty Interchange
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Faculty Interchange | Eidman Jury Room Connally Center 1:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. |
Hersel W. Perry | ||||||
April 17 Monday |
Jens Dammann (UT) "Extraterritorial Courts for Corporate Law" |
CLBE Workshop | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. |
Bernie Black | ||||||
April 20 Thursday |
Michael Perry (Emory) "The United States Constitution as a Charter of Human Rights" |
Colloquium on Constitutional and Legal Theory |
Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
Mitch Berman |
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April 21 Friday |
Cindy Estlund (NYU) "Between Rights and Contract: Arbitration Agreements and Non-compete Covenants as a Hybrid Form of Employment Law" |
Friday Afternoon Faculty Colloquium | Faculty Lounge Townes Hall, 3.214 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. |
Jordan Steiker | ||||||
April 24 Monday |
Jeffrey Segal (Stony Brook) "Changing Dynamics of Senate Voting on Supreme Court Nominees"
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CLBE Workshop | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. |
Bernie Black | ||||||
April 25 Tuesday |
Keith Whittington (UT) "Judicial Review of Acts of Congress, 1789-1946"
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Drawing Board Luncheon | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
Mitch Berman | ||||||
April 28 Friday |
Lisa Bressman, Vanderbilt University "Inside the Administrative State: A Critical Look at the Practice of Presidential Control" |
Friday Afternoon Faculty Colloquium | Faculty Lounge Townes Hall, 3.214 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Jordan Steiker | ||||||
May 1 Monday |
James Spriggs (UC Davis) "Courting the Public: Judicial Behavior and Public Views of Court Decisions" |
CLBE Workshop | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. |
Bernie Black | ||||||
May 9 Tuesday |
Alvaro Santos "What kind of employment and labor regulation for economic development?" |
Drawing Board Luncheon | Sheffield Room 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
Mitch Berman | ||||||
May 12 Friday |
Steven A. Bank of the UCLA School of Law faculty "A Capital Lock-In Theory of the Corporate Income Tax." |
Friday Afternoon Faculty Colloquium | Faculty Lounge Townes Hall, 3.214 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Jordan Steiker | ||||||
May 16 Tuesday |
Kate Litvak (UT) "VCs and the Expropriation of Entrepreneurs" |
Drawing Board Luncheon | Sheffield Room Townes Hall, 2.111 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
Mitch Berman | ||||||
May 19 Friday |
Derek Jinks (UT) "The Applicability of the Geneva Conventions to the 'Global War on Terrorism'" |
Friday Afternoon Faculty Colloquium | Faculty Lounge Townes Hall, 3.214 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Jordan Steiker |