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.

Fall 2014 Events

Supreme Court Review -- Professors Dix, Fishkin, Forbath, Sager, Steiker

Thursday September 4, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

  • George E Dix George R. Killam, Jr. Chair of Criminal Law, University of Texas
  • Joseph R Fishkin Assistant Professor, University of Texas
  • William E. Forbath Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Law, University of Texas
  • Lawrence Sager Alice Jane Drysdale Sheffield Regents Chair, University of Texas
  • Jordan M. Steiker Judge Robert M. Parker Chair of Law, University of Texas

Supreme Court Review -- Professors Dix, Fishkin, Forbath, Sager, and Steiker

Drawing Board Luncheon -- Calvin Johnson

Monday September 8, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.123 Beck Classroom

Speaker

  • Calvin H. Johnson Andrews & Kurth Centennial Professorship in Law, University of Texas

Professor Johnson will discuss his project "Repatriation Tax: Are We Churchill or Chamberlain?".

Bookfest -- Professor Jinks

Friday September 12, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

  • Derek P. Jinks A. W. Walker Centennial Chair, University of Texas
  • Katerina Linos Professor, UC Berkeley
  • Andrew Woods Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford

"Socializing States: Promoting Human Rights Through International Law"

Health & Human Rights Colloquium: "Recognizing Social Determinants of Health, Combating Health Disparities"

Monday September 22, 2014
4:00pm - 6:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

  • Lovell Jones, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Mitchell Katz, M.D. Director, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

Moderator

Health & Human Rights Colloquium

Drawing Board Luncheon -- Denise Gilman

Monday September 29, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

Bond Proceedings: The Elusive Promise of Freedom from Immigration Detention

Faculty Colloquium -- LBJ School Senior Lecturer Michele Deitch

Thursday October 2, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

"Juvenile Justice Reform in Texas and Efforts to Raise the Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction from 17 to 18"

Health & Human Rights Colloquium: "Recognizing Social Determinants of Health, Combating Health Disparities"

Monday October 6, 2014
4:00pm - 6:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

  • Lovell Jones, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Mitchell Katz, M.D. Director, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

Moderator

Health & Human Rights Colloquium

Faculty Colloquium -- Professor David Skeel (Pennsylvania)

Friday October 10, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

  • David Skeel Professor of Law, Pennsylvania Law School

Moderator

“Governance Reform and the Judicial Role in Municipal Bankruptcy”

Drawing Board Lunch -- Ronen Avraham

Monday October 13, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

  • Ronen Avraham Thomas Shelton Maxey Professorship, University of Texas

Drawing Board Lunch -- Ronen Avraham

Faculty Colloquium -- Dean Avi Soifer (Hawaii)

Thursday October 16, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

  • Avi Soifer Dean, University of Hawaii

Moderator

  • Joseph R Fishkin

"The Thirteenth Amendment, Coercion, and Socialism, or Some Form of Socialism."

Drawing Board Luncheon -- H. W. Perry

Monday October 20, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.123 Beck Classroom

Speaker

Drawing Board Luncheon -- H. W. Perry

Health & Human Rights Colloquium: “What is (a) Life Worth? Genealogy and Anthropology of Inequality”

Wednesday October 22, 2014
4:00pm - 6:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

  • Didier Fassin, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study

Moderator

Health & Human Rights Colloquium

Faculty Colloquium -- Professor Jacqueline Jones (UT, History Department)

Thursday October 23, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

  • Jacqueline Jones Professor; Chair, University of Texas, History Department

"A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama’s America"

Drawing Board Luncheon -- Jennifer Laurin

Monday October 27, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

Drawing Board Luncheon -- Jennifer Laurin

Blueberry Soup Documentary Movie Presentation

Thursday October 30, 2014
4:30pm - 7:30pm
TNH 2.114 Francis Auditorium

Blueberry Soup documentary film on Icelandic constitution hosted by Sanford Levinson and Zack Elkins

Faculty Colloquium -- Professor Jerry Kang (UCLA)

Friday October 31, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

  • Jerry Kang Professor of Law, UCLA

Moderator

“Rethinking Intent and Impact: Some Behavioral Realism about Equal Protection”

UT Graduate Conference in Public Law

Saturday November 1, 2014
9:00am - 3:00pm
CCJ 2.306 Eidman Courtroom
CCJ 2.300 Jamail Pavilion

University of Texas Graduate Conference in Public Law

Drawing Board Luncheon -- David Adelman

Monday November 3, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

“Lessons for Climate Change Diplomacy From the History of Nuclear Arms Control”

Health & Human Rights Colloquium: "Bioethics and Human Rights: Can Human Rights Survive the Posthuman?"

Monday November 3, 2014
4:00pm - 6:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

  • George Annas, J.D., M.P.H. William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, Boston University School of Public Health

Moderator

Health & Human Rights Colloquium

Faculty Colloquium -- Professor Myriam Gilles (Cardozo Law)

Thursday November 6, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

  • Myriam Gilles Professor, Cardozo Law

Moderator

  • Joseph R Fishkin

“The End of Doctrine: Private Arbitration, Public Law and the Anti-Lawsuit Movement”

Lateral Appointments Candidate

Monday November 10, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Please request copy of paper from Sylvia Hendricks.

Lateral Appointments Candidate

Monday November 17, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Please request copy of paper from Sylvia Hendricks.

Health & Human Rights Colloquium: "Nutrition, Gender and Food Security in Africa"

Monday November 17, 2014
4:00pm - 6:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

  • Raj Patel, M.A., Ph.D. Research Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT Austin

Moderator

Health & Human Rights Colloquium

Faculty Colloquium -- Professor Jennifer Daskal (American University)

Thursday November 20, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

  • Jennifer Daskal Assistant Professor of Law, American University

Lateral Appointments Candidate

Monday November 24, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Please request copy of paper from Sylvia Hendricks.

Faculty Colloquium -- Professor David Pozen (Columbia)

Thursday December 4, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Speaker

  • David Pozen Associate Professor of Law, Columbia

Moderator

  • Joseph R Fishkin

Lateral Appointments Candidate

Monday December 8, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Please request a copy of paper from Sylvia Hendricks.

Lateral Appointments Candidate

Thursday December 11, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

Lateral Appointments Candidate