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. 28 |
SCOTUS Review S. Powe (UT Law)- Race Cases |
Friday Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. |
Charles Silver |
Sept. 11 |
Meeting of the Whole: The Last Bankrupt Hanged - Capital Punishment for Bankruptcy in 18th Century England Commentator - |
Friday Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. |
Charles Silver |
Sept. 14 |
Sarah Snyder, “The Development and Influence of Helsinki Watch” |
Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series
|
Faculty Lounge 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. |
Barbara Harlow and Karen Engle |
Sept. 21 |
Sean Williams (UT) |
Drawing Board Lunch |
Sheffield Room 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. |
Mitch Berman |
Sept. 22 |
Andrew Ashworth (Oxford) Just Prevention: Preventive justice and the limits of the criminal law
|
Oxford Exchange Workshop |
Sheffield Room 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. |
Jane Stapleton |
Sept. 24 |
Derrick Darby |
Law and Philosophy Workshop |
TNH 2.139 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. |
John Deigh |
Sept. 25 |
David Schleicher |
Colloquium |
Sheffield Room 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. |
Dan Rodriguez |
Sept. 28 |
Lisa Hajjar, “Does Torture Work?” |
Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series |
Faculty Lounge 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. |
Barbara Harlow and Karen Engle |
Oct. 2 |
Jason Johnston (U Penn Law) Roger Pielke, Sr. (U CO) Charles Jackson (UT) Michael Wara (Stanford Law)
|
Friday Faculty Colloquium - Marvin Key Collie Lectureship |
Sheffield Room 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. |
Charles Silver |
Oct. 8 |
Christopher Kutz |
Law and Philosophy Workshop |
TNH 2.139 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. |
John Deigh |
Oct. 12 |
Jens Dammann (UT) |
Drawing Board Lunch |
Sheffield Room 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. |
Mitch Berman |
Oct. 12 |
TBA |
Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series |
Faculty Lounge 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. |
Barbara Harlow and Karen Engle |
Oct. 20 |
Hannah Wiseman Public Communitites, Private Rules
|
ESP Colloquium |
Jury Room 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. |
William Forbath |
Oct. 22 |
Henry Shue Limiting Killing in War: Military Necessity, Not Inidividual 'Liability' Co-Sponsored by the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice |
Law and Philosophy Workshop |
Sheffield Room 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. |
John Deigh |
Oct. 23 |
Kristin Hickman (U MN Law)
Concepts, Categories, and Compliance in the Regulatory State Commentators - Cal Johnson (UT Law) and Matt Spitzer |
Friday Faculty Colloquium |
Faculty Lounge 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. |
Charles Silver |
Oct. 26 |
Murhabazi Namegabe, |
Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series |
Faculty Lounge 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. |
Barbara Harlow and Karen Engle |
Oct. 27 |
Ian Farrell Provocation as Partial Justification and Partial Excuse
|
ESP Colloquium |
Jury Room 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. |
William Forbath |
Oct. 29 |
Garrick Pursley |
ESP Colloquium |
Jury Room 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. |
William Forbath |
Oct. 29 |
Norman Daniels "A Constitutional Right to Health Care and the Role of the Courts: Lessons from Colombia" Commentator: Larry Sager |
Law and Philosophy Workshop |
TNH 2.139 3:45 - 5:30 p.m. |
John Deigh |
Oct. 30 |
Leo Katz
(U Penn)
Commentors: Sager and Hinnich |
Friday Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. |
Charles Silver |
Oct. 30 |
Michael Sandel (Harvard Govt.) Interlocutors: |
Alexander Watkins Terrell Lecture |
Eidman Courtroom 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
W. Forbath |
Nov. 2 |
Chris Sanchirico A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC ARGUMENT FOR TAXING ONLY LABOR INCOME http://ssrn.com/abstract=1353322 |
Law and Econ Seminar |
3.125 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. |
Bernard Black |
Nov. 2 |
John Golden (UT) Rulemaking for Patentable Subject Matter:An Alternative Choice for Policymaking Mode |
Drawing Board Lunch |
Sheffield Room 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. |
Mitch Berman |
Nov. 9 |
Gillian Slovo, Topic TBA Co-sponsored by the UT English Department |
Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series |
Faculty Lounge 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. |
Barbara Harlow and Karen Engle |
Nov. 12 |
David Luban (Law, Georgetown) "State Criminality and the Ambition of International Criminal Law" |
Law and Philosophy Workshop |
TNH 2.139 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. |
John Deigh |
Nov. 13 |
Ronen Avraham (UT Law) Private Regulation- A New Approach To The US Healthcare Crisis |
Friday Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. |
Charles Silver |
Nov. 16 |
Ron Harris The Private Origins of the Private Company: Britain 1862-1907 |
|
Sheffield Room 11:30 |
Oren Bracha |
Nov. 17 |
Mira Ganor (UT) |
Drawing Board Lunch |
Sheffield Room 11:30 - 12:30 pm |
Mitch Berman |
Dec. 1 |
Mitch Berman (UT) |
Drawing Board Lunch |
Sheffield Room 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. |
Mitch Berman |
Dec. 3 |
Gary Watson (Philosophy, USC) |
Law and Philosophy Workshop |
TNH 2.139 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. |
John Deigh |
Dec. 4 |
Robert O'Neil (UVA Law) & Affirmative Action Retrospective (O'Neil) Affirmative Action (Graglia) |
Friday Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. |
Charles Silver |
Dec. 11 |
Jennifer Laurin (UT Law) Rights Translation and Remedial Disequilibration in Constitutional Criminal Procedure |
Friday Faculty Colloquium |
Sheffield Room 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. |
Charles Silver |