Faculty Colloquia and Events
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.
Upcoming Events
Law and Politics Colloquium: Emily Berman
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Guest: Emily Berman - Professor of Law, William B. Bates Distinguished Chair in Law & Assistant Dean of Faculty Development, The University of Houston Law Center. The colloquium will start 3:55pm.
Bowden Fellows Speaker Series: Tyler Dobbs (Consovoy McCarthy)
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The Supreme Court's emergency docket—often called the "shadow docket"—has put the Court between a rock and a hard place. In ruling on an emergency application, the Court can either write nothing and leave its decision unexplained, or it can write an opinion and lock its underdeveloped views in as binding precedent. Tyler Dobbs (Consovoy McCarthy) joins us to explore how a procedure already used by lower courts could offer the Court a solution, bringing clarity and accountability to one of the Court's most controversial practices.
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP at the link.
LunchGPT with Pincites AI
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Join Sona Sulakian, CEO & Co-founder of Pincites and Y Combinator alum, for a live demo and Q&A of Pincites — an AI platform built to streamline contract review and negotiation for legal teams.
Lunch will be provided.
Health, Innovation, and the Law Colloquium: Kim Mutcherson
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Guest: Kim Mutcherson - Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School. The colloquium will begin at 3:55pm.
Drawing Board Luncheon: Melinda Taylor
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- Melinda E. Taylor Distinguished Senior Lecturer, University of Texas
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Drawing Board Luncheon: Melinda Taylor
Law and Politics Colloquium: Karen Tani
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Guest: Dr. Karen Tani - Seaman Family University Professor, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. The colloquium will start 3:55pm.
Health, Innovation, and the Law Colloquium: I. Glenn Cohen
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Guest: I. Glenn Cohen - James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law, Harvard Law School. The colloquium will begin at 3:55pm.
2026 Sanford Levinson Lecture in Constitutional Studies
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All are welcome to the second annual Levinson Lecture, to be delivered by Vikram Amar, Daniel J. Dykstra Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis, with a response from Jonathan Marshfield, Professor of Law at the University of Florida. Professor Amar’s lecture will focus on state constitutions.
Lunch will be served.