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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.

Events for Fall 2014

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September 4, 2014 Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

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

Speakers:
  • George E Dix
    George R. Killam, Jr. Chair Emeritus of Criminal Law
    University of Texas
  • Joseph R Fishkin
    The Marrs McLean Professor in Law
    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 Endowed Chair in Law
    Co-Director - Capital Punishment Center
    University of Texas

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

September 8, 2014 Monday

TNH 2.123 (Beck Classroom)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon -- Calvin Johnson

Speaker:
  • Calvin H Johnson
    John T. Kipp Chair Emeritus in Corporate and Business Law
    University of Texas

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

September 12, 2014 Friday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Bookfest -- Professor Jinks

Speakers:
  • 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"

September 22, 2014 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
4:00pm - 6:00pm

Moderator:

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

Speakers:
  • 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

Health & Human Rights Colloquium

September 29, 2014 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon -- Denise Gilman

Speaker:
  • Denise L Gilman
    Clinical Professor
    Co-Director, Immigration Clinic
    University of Texas

Bond Proceedings: The Elusive Promise of Freedom from Immigration Detention

October 2, 2014 Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium -- LBJ School Senior Lecturer Michele Deitch

Speaker:
  • Michele Y Deitch
    Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
    Distinguished Senior Lecturer, School of Law
    University of Texas

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

October 6, 2014 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
4:00pm - 6:00pm

Moderator:

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

Speakers:
  • 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

Health & Human Rights Colloquium

October 10, 2014 Friday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium -- Professor David Skeel (Pennsylvania)

Speaker:
  • David Skeel
    Professor of Law, Pennsylvania Law School

“Governance Reform and the Judicial Role in Municipal Bankruptcy”

October 13, 2014 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Drawing Board Lunch -- Ronen Avraham

Speaker:

Drawing Board Lunch -- Ronen Avraham

October 16, 2014 Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium -- Dean Avi Soifer (Hawaii)

Speaker:
  • Avi Soifer
    Dean, University of Hawaii

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

October 20, 2014 Monday

TNH 2.123 (Beck Classroom)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon -- H. W. Perry

Speaker:
  • H W Perry Jr.
    Associate Professor of Law
    Associate Professor of Government
    University Distinguished Teaching Professor
    University of Texas

Drawing Board Luncheon -- H. W. Perry

October 22, 2014 Wednesday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
4:00pm - 6:00pm

Moderator:

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

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

Health & Human Rights Colloquium

October 23, 2014 Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

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

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"

October 27, 2014 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon -- Jennifer Laurin

Speaker:

Drawing Board Luncheon -- Jennifer Laurin

October 30, 2014 Thursday

TNH 2.114 (Francis Auditorium)
4:30pm - 7:30pm

Moderator:

Blueberry Soup Documentary Movie Presentation

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

October 31, 2014 Friday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium -- Professor Jerry Kang (UCLA)

Speaker:
  • Jerry Kang
    Professor of Law, UCLA

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

November 1, 2014 Saturday

CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)
CCJ 2.300 (Jamail Pavilion)
9:00am - 3:00pm

Moderator:

UT Graduate Conference in Public Law

University of Texas Graduate Conference in Public Law

November 3, 2014 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon -- David Adelman

Speaker:

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

November 3, 2014 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
4:00pm - 6:00pm

Moderators:

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

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

Health & Human Rights Colloquium

November 6, 2014 Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium -- Professor Myriam Gilles (Cardozo Law)

Speaker:
  • Myriam Gilles
    Professor, Cardozo Law

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

November 10, 2014 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Lateral Appointments Candidate

Please request copy of paper from Sylvia Hendricks.

November 17, 2014 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Lateral Appointments Candidate

Please request copy of paper from Sylvia Hendricks.

November 17, 2014 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
4:00pm - 6:00pm

Moderator:

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

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

Health & Human Rights Colloquium

November 20, 2014 Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium -- Professor Jennifer Daskal (American University)

Speaker:
  • Jennifer Daskal
    Assistant Professor of Law, American University

"The Un-Territoriality of Data"

November 24, 2014 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Lateral Appointments Candidate

Please request copy of paper from Sylvia Hendricks.

December 4, 2014 Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium -- Professor David Pozen (Columbia)

Speaker:
  • David Pozen
    Associate Professor of Law, Columbia

"Uncivil Obedience"

December 8, 2014 Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Lateral Appointments Candidate

Please request a copy of paper from Sylvia Hendricks.

December 11, 2014 Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Lateral Appointments Candidate

Lateral Appointments Candidate