Faculty Events Calendar: Colloquia, Workshops, Lectures and Conferences

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

March 28, 2024 Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 12:50pm

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium - Jill Fisch, University of Pennsylvania

Speaker:

HOW DID CORPORATIONS GET STUCK IN POLITICS AND CAN THEY ESCAPE? Corporations have always been involved in politics, but today is different. They are publicly taking positions, either directly or indirectly, on contested political and social issues unrelated to their businesses. In contrast to the conventional wisdom, we argue that this practice, which we term “corporate political posturing,” is problematic. First, it is of dubious value to the corporation and its stakeholders. Corporate political posturing often backfires, it does so unpredictably and potentially catastrophically, and it is particularly susceptible to agency costs. Second, it is harmful to society. The fundamental problem is that corporations are institutionally ill-equipped to take center stage in policy debates. They are inherently self-interested economic actors with goals that often conflict with those of society. This manifests in statements that tend to polarize rather than enlighten and actions that undermine the positions that they back publicly.

March 28, 2024 Thursday

TNH 3.124 (Neathery Classroom)
3:45pm - 5:30pm

Moderator:

Business Law Workshop - Tomer Stein, Tennessee

Tomer Stein presenting an original paper in the Business Law Workshop

April 1, 2024 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 12:45pm

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon: James Spindler

Speaker:

Drawing Board Luncheon: James Spindler

April 2, 2024 Tuesday

JON 5.206 (Susman Academic Center, Bryan and Michelle Goolsby Conference Suite (5.206 / 5.207))
3:45pm - 5:45pm

Moderators:

Law & Philosophy Workshop

Speaker:

The Law and Philosophy Seminar Workshop surveys different topics in legal philosophy and constitutional theory. Organized around a series of seven workshops, each features a different leading scholar who presents and discusses their own work with both law and philosophy faculty and the students in the seminar.

April 4, 2024 Thursday

TNH 2.123 (Beck Classroom)
11:45am - 12:50pm

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium - Thomas McGarity (Texas Law)

Speaker:

Clear Statement Rules in Administrative Law In Sackett v. EPA, the Supreme Court took up for the fourth time the elusive meaning of the term “waters of the United States” in the Clean Water Act. The phrase was important because it determined the scope of the authority of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (COE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prevent the destruction of the wetlands that are critical to preserving and enhancing surface water quality in the United States. The Clean Water Act prohibits “the discharge of any pollutant” into “navigable waters,” which are in turn defined to be the “waters of the United States.” But discharges are permissible if done pursuant to a permit issued by CoE or EPA, depending on the nature of the discharge. Because obtaining permits can be time-consuming and expensive, land developers would prefer to avoid the permit process. They have therefore pursued a narrow definition of WOTUS that would largely exclude activities that affect wetlands from the permit requirement. Michael and Chantell Sackett, private landowners who wanted to build a home near Priest Lake in Bonner County, Idaho, forced the issue when in 2004, they began backfilling their property with dirt and rocks. That precipitated a letter from EPA informing them that their actions violated the Clean Water Act, because they were filling protected wetlands. EPA warned that if the Sacketts did not cease their filling activities and come up with a restoration plan, they would be subject to civil and criminal penalties.

April 9, 2024 Tuesday

JON 5.206 (Susman Academic Center, Bryan and Michelle Goolsby Conference Suite (5.206 / 5.207))
3:45pm - 5:45pm

Moderators:

Law & Philosophy Workshop

Speaker:

The Law and Philosophy Seminar Workshop surveys different topics in legal philosophy and constitutional theory. Organized around a series of seven workshops, each features a different leading scholar who presents and discusses their own work with both law and philosophy faculty and the students in the seminar.

April 9, 2024 Tuesday

TNH 3.124 (Neathery Classroom)
4:00pm - 5:45pm

Moderators:

Health, Innovation, and the Law Colloquium - Myrisha Lewis, William & Mary

Health, Innovation, and the Law Colloquium closely studies the works-in-progress of leading scholars of health innovation from across the country and engages with the authors about their work.

Spring 2024 Speakers:

Feb. 6 – Ameet Sarpatwari – Harvard University Feb. 20 – Matthew Lawrence – Emory University March 5 – Wendy Epstein – DePaul University March 26 – Erin Fuse Brown – Georgia State University College April 9 – Myrisha Lewis – College of William & Mary April 23 – Rachel Sachs – Washington University

April 11, 2024 Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 12:50pm

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium - Danielle D'Onofro, Washington University in St. Louis

Speaker:

TBD

April 15, 2024 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 12:45pm

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon: Theodore Rave

Speaker:

Drawing Board Luncheon: Theodore Rave

April 16, 2024 Tuesday

TNH 3.142 (Walker Classroom)
11:45am - 12:50pm

Faculty meeting

Faculty meeting and lunch

April 16, 2024 Tuesday

JON 5.206 (Susman Academic Center, Bryan and Michelle Goolsby Conference Suite (5.206 / 5.207))
3:45pm - 5:45pm

Moderators:

Law & Philosophy Workshop

Speaker:

The Law and Philosophy Seminar Workshop surveys different topics in legal philosophy and constitutional theory. Organized around a series of seven workshops, each features a different leading scholar who presents and discusses their own work with both law and philosophy faculty and the students in the seminar.

April 18, 2024 Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 12:50pm

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium - Barry Friedman, New York University

Speaker:

TBD

April 18, 2024 Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
4:00pm - 5:45pm

Steve Meili: “The Constitutionalization of Human Rights Law: Implications for Refugees”

Professor Steve Meili (University of Minnesota) will present his book, “The Constitutionalization of Human Rights Law: Implications for Refugees“.

April 22, 2024 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 12:45pm

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon: Jamein Cunningham

Speaker:

Drawing Board Luncheon: Jamein Cunningham

April 23, 2024 Tuesday

TNH 3.124 (Neathery Classroom)
4:00pm - 5:45pm

Moderators:

Health, Innovation, and the Law Colloquium - Rachel Sachs, Washington

Health, Innovation, and the Law Colloquium closely studies the works-in-progress of leading scholars of health innovation from across the country and engages with the authors about their work.

Spring 2024 Speakers:

Feb. 6 – Ameet Sarpatwari – Harvard University Feb. 20 – Matthew Lawrence – Emory University March 5 – Wendy Epstein – DePaul University March 26 – Erin Fuse Brown – Georgia State University College April 9 – Myrisha Lewis – College of William & Mary April 23 – Rachel Sachs – Washington University

April 25, 2024 Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 12:50pm

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium - Maeve Glass, Columbia Law School

Speaker:

TBD

April 25, 2024 Thursday

TNH 3.124 (Neathery Classroom)
3:45pm - 5:30pm

Moderator:

Business Law Workshop - Edwin Hu, NYU

Edwin hu presenting an original paper in the Business Law Workshop

April 29, 2024 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 12:45pm

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon: Erik Encarnacion

Speaker:

Drawing Board Luncheon: Erik Encarnacion

May 13, 2024 Monday

11:45am - 1:15pm

Moderator:

Chalkboard

Speaker:

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