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.
| Date | Speaker / Institution | Event / Title | Time / Location | Faculty moderator/ Coordinator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug. 26 |
Calvin Johnson (UT School of Law) “How to Raise $1 Trillion Without a VAT or a Rate Hike” (PDF) “Ain’t Charity: Disallowing Deductions for Kept Resources” (PDF) |
Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Robert M Chesney |
Aug. 27 |
Supreme Court Review |
Faculty Colloquium |
Faculty Lounge 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
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Sept. 3 |
Dan Rodriguez (UT School of Law) |
Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room 11:30 PM - 1:00 PM |
Robert M Chesney |
Sept. 9 |
Kit Wellman (Philosophy, Washington Univ.) |
Law and Philosophy Colloquium
|
TNH 3.124 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
John Deigh |
Sept. 14 |
Lino Graglia (UT School of Law) |
Drawing Board Luncheon
|
Sheffield Room 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM |
Mitch Berman |
Sept. 14 |
Angela Littwin (UT School of Law) |
TNH 3.124 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM |
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Sept. 16 |
Steve Vladeck (American) |
Faculty Colloquium |
Faculty Lounge 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Robert M Chesney |
Sept. 21 |
Alexander Stremitzer |
TNH 3.124 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM |
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Sept. 23 |
Carol Steiker (Law, Harvard) |
Law and Philosophy Colloquium |
TNH 3.124 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM |
John Deigh |
Sept. 27 |
Daniel Brinks (UT Austin) “Assessing the Distributive Impact of Social and Economic Rights Litigation: More Litigation = More Inequality?” |
Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series | Faculty Lounge 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Karen Engle |
Sept. 30 |
Mary Dudziak (USC) "Unlimited War and Social Change: Unpacking the Cold War's Impact" |
Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Robert M Chesney |
| Oct. 5 Tuesday |
Mitch Berman (UT School of Law) "Constitutional Interpretation: Non-originalism" "Constitutional Interpretation: Non-originalism' (longer version) |
Drawing Board Luncheon | Sheffield Room 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Mitch Berman |
Oct. 5 |
Shmuel Leshem |
TNH 3.124 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM |
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Oct. 8 |
Ariel Porat (Tel Aviv, Chicago) |
Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room 11:30 PM - 1:00 PM |
Robert M Chesney |
Oct. 11 |
Karen Knop (University of Toronto) “The Informal State in International Law: the United States, Gender and Unilateralism” |
Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series |
Faculty Lounge 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Karen Engle |
Oct. 12 |
Alan Schwartz |
TNH 3.124 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM |
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Oct. 14 |
Eugene Kontorovich (Northwestern) "The Constitutionality Of International Courts: The Forgotten Precedent Of Slave-Trade Tribunals" |
Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Robert M Chesney |
| Oct. 21 Thursday |
Christoph Paulus (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) |
Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Robert M Chesney |
Oct. 21 |
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Ken Levy |
Law and Philosophy Colloquium |
TNH 3.124 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
John Deigh |
Oct. 25 |
Lora Wildenthal (Rice University) “Asylum Rights between Left and Right: The German Case” |
Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series |
Sheffield Room 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Karen Engle |
Oct. 26 |
Steve Bickerstaff (UT School of Law) “Redistricting – Looking Ahead to the Next Legislative Session” |
|
Sheffield Room 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM |
Eden Harrington |
Oct. 26 |
Nina Walton |
TNH 3.124 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM |
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Oct. 29 |
Neal Devins (William & Mary) "Party Polarization and Congressional Committee Consideration of Constitutional Questions" |
Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Robert M Chesney |
Nov. 2 |
Larry Sager (UT School of Law) |
Drawing Board Luncheon |
Sheffield Room 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM |
Mitch Berman |
Nov. 2 |
Eric Talley |
TNH 3.124 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM |
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Nov. 3 |
Dan Rodriguez (UT School of Law) "Same-sex marriage in the U.S.: Anatomy of a legal controversy explored" |
Eidman Courtroom 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM |
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Nov. 4 |
Andrei Marmor (Law, USC) |
Law and Philosophy Colloquium |
TNH 3.124 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
John Deigh |
Nov. 5 |
Aaron Bruhl (UT School of Law) “Statutory Interpretation in the Lower Courts: Some Institutional Considerations” |
Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM |
Robert M Chesney |
Nov. 8 |
Samera Esmeir (University of California, Berkeley) “Temporalities of Struggle: National Liberation Movements and International Strategies of Rule”
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Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series |
Susman Academic Center 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Karen Engle |
Nov. 11 |
Michael Moore (Law and Philosophy, UI Urbana) "The Challenges of Contemporary Neuroscience to Desert-Based Legal Institutions" |
Law and Philosphy Colloquium |
TNH 3.124 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
John Deigh |
Nov. 12 |
Book Celebration for Jack Getman (UT School of Law) |
Special Event |
Sheffield Room 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Robert M Chesney |
Nov. 16 |
Jennifer Arlen |
TNH 3.124 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM |
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Nov. 18 |
Thomas Pogge (Philosophy, Yale) |
Law and Philosophy Colloquium Co-sponsored with the Rapoport Center |
TNH 3.124 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
John Deigh |
Nov. 19 |
Susan Wolf (Minnesota) |
Faculty Colloquium |
JON 5.206 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM |
Robert M Chesney |
Nov. 22 |
Paola Bergallo (Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires, Argentina) “Cycles of Right to Health Litigation: The Elusive Argentine Experience” |
Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series |
JON 5.206/207 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Karen Engle |
Nov. 23 |
Yair Listokin |
TNH 3.124 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM |
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Nov. 30 |
Ezra Friedman |
TNH 3.124 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM |
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Dec. 3 |
Angela Littwin (UT School of Law) |
Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Robert M Chesney |
Dec. 7 |
Bill Sage (UT School of Law) |
Drawing Board Luncheon |
Sheffield Room 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM |
Mitch Berman |