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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 2017

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August 31, 2017 Thursday

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

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium - SCOTUS Review - Committee of the Whole Persons

Speakers:

Supreme Court Review Committee of the Whole Persons - Luncheon

September 7, 2017 Thursday

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

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium -- Louise Weinberg

Speaker:
  • Louise L Weinberg
    William B. Bates Chair Emeritus for the Administration of Justice
    University of Texas

Foreign Atrocities in American Courts

September 11, 2017 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Lunch: Angela Littwin - Bankruptcy Stigma Among Consumers Being Sued on Debts

Speaker:

Drawing Board Lunch: Angela Littwin - Bankruptcy Stigma Among Consumers Being Sued on Debts

September 14, 2017 Thursday

CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)
CCJ 2.300 (Jamail Pavilion)
11:30am - 1:30pm

Moderator:
  • Gladys Sarabia

A Conversation with NSA General Counsel Glenn Gerstell

Lunchtime event with Glenn Gerstell, the General Counsel of the National Security Agency

September 14, 2017 Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
2:00pm - 6:00pm

Moderator:
  • Gladys Sarabia

"COURTS AT WAR”—A Conference on Judicial Accountability for U.S. National Security and Counterterrorism Policies

Speakers:
  • Stephen I Vladeck
    Charles Alan Wright Chair In Federal Courts
    University of Texas
  • Robert M Chesney
    John Jeffers Research Chair in Law
    Honorable James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs
    Dean
    University of Texas

The Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, UT Austin’s School of Law, and the Open Society Foundation will host the “Courts at War” Conference on September 14th and 15th in the Sheffield-Massey Room. An array of law practitioners, judges, and academics will discuss judicial accountability for U.S. national security and counterterrorism policies. This event is free and open to all students and the public.

Please register in order to attend. We recommend showing early as seats are limited and registration does not guarantee a spot.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/courts-at-war-conference-tickets-37473008778

September 14, 2017 Thursday

CCJ 2.300 (Jamail Pavilion)
CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)
CCJ 2.310 (Jury Room)
6:30pm - 9:00pm

Moderator:
  • Gladys Sarabia

Shakespeare and the Law: Measure for Measure

Speaker:

Free Admission. Reception followed by panel on Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure". Panel Members include Alan Friedman, Coordinator, AFTLS; David Kornhaber, Coordinator, AFTLS; Professor Angela Littwin, UT Law; James Loehlin, Direcctor, Shaespeare at Winedale, and the Spirit of Shakespeare's players.

September 15, 2017 Friday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
8:00am - 3:00pm

Moderator:
  • Gladys Sarabia

"COURTS AT WAR”—A Conference on Judicial Accountability for U.S. National Security and Counterterrorism Policies

Speakers:
  • Stephen I Vladeck
    Charles Alan Wright Chair In Federal Courts
    University of Texas
  • Robert M Chesney
    John Jeffers Research Chair in Law
    Honorable James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs
    Dean
    University of Texas

The Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, UT Austin’s School of Law, and the Open Society Foundation will host the “Courts at War” Conference on September 14th and 15th in the Sheffield-Massey Room. An array of law practitioners, judges, and academics will discuss judicial accountability for U.S. national security and counterterrorism policies. This event is free and open to all students and the public.

Please register in order to attend. We recommend showing early as seats are limited and registration does not guarantee a spot.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/courts-at-war-conference-tickets-37473008778

September 18, 2017 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Lunch: Calvin Johnson - Winter is Coming: Tax Policy in the Coming Hard Times

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

Winter is Coming: Tax Policy in the Coming Hard Times, a review essay on Robert Gordon, The Rise and Fall of American Growth

September 25, 2017 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Lunch: Susan Morse - Automated Law

Speaker:
  • Susan C Morse
    Angus G. Wynne, Sr. Professor in Civil Jurisprudence
    Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
    University of Texas

Drawing Board Lunch paper presented by Susan Morse - Automated Law

September 28, 2017 Thursday

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

Moderator:

FACULTY COLLOQUIUM - Doug Kysar // Yale

Speaker:
  • Doug Kysar
    Professor, Yale Law

The Public Life of Private Law

October 2, 2017 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Lunch - Lawrence Sager, Imperfect Constitutional Duties

Speaker:
  • Lawrence Sager
    Alice Jane Drysdale Sheffield Regents Chair
    University of Texas

Drawing Board Lunch paper presented by Lawrence Sager - Imperfect Constitutional Duties

October 2, 2017 Monday

CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)
3:30pm - 5:00pm

Moderator:
  • Gladys Sarabia

First Monday: Capital Punishment in the U.S. Supreme Court, 2016 and 2017 terms

Speakers:
  • Jordan M Steiker
    Judge Robert M Parker Endowed Chair in Law
    Co-Director - Capital Punishment Center
    University of Texas
  • Jim Marcus
    Co-Director -- Capital Punishment Clinic
    Clinical Professor
    University of Texas
  • Raoul D Schonemann
    Co-Director -- Capital Punishment Clinic
    Clinical Professor
    University of Texas
  • Thea Jane Posel
    Clinical Assistant Professor of Social Work
    Clinical Assistant Professor of Law
    University of Texas

"Capital Punishment in the U.S. Supreme Court, 2016 and 2017 terms" -- reviewing past and present death penalty cases on the Supreme Court's docket.

October 2, 2017 Monday

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

“Rethinking the Future of Work: Law, Technology, and Economic Citizenship”

As part of the Rapoport Center's fall colloquium on Labor, Inequality and Human Rights, Professor Brishen Rogers of Temple University will present a lecture entitled “Rethinking the Future of Work: Law, Technology, and Economic Citizenship.”

October 5, 2017 Thursday

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

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium - Scott Hershovitz

Speaker:
  • Scott Hershovitz
    Professor, University of Michigan

Treating Wrongs as Wrongs

October 9, 2017 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Lunch: Denise Gilman & Elissa Steglich

Speakers:
  • Denise L Gilman
    Clinical Professor
    Co-Director, Immigration Clinic
    University of Texas
  • Elissa C Steglich
    Clinical Professor
    Co-Director, Immigration Clinic
    University of Texas

Drawing Board Lunch: Denise Gilman & Elissa Steglich, The Heavy Hand of Immigration Enforcement: Pushback by Local Communities against Federal and State Alignment towards Aggressive Immigration Enforcement

October 13, 2017 Friday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Moderator:

Bookfest - William Sage

Speakers:
  • William M Sage
    James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence
    Professor (Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care)
    Dell Medical School
    University of Texas
  • Allison Hoffman
    Professor, UCLA
  • Glenn Cohen
    Professor, Harvard

Commentators: Richard Freeman Vice Dean of Clinical Affairs Professor Surgery Perioperative Care Dell Medical School

Leah Stewart Associate Vice President Legal Affairs Dell Medical School

October 16, 2017 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Lunch: Stephen Vladeck - Military Control of Civilians

Speaker:

Drawing Board Lunch: Stephen Vladeck - Military Control of Civilians

October 16, 2017 Monday

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

“Modern Slavery, Unfree Labour and Migrants’ Rights”

As part of the Rapoport Center's fall colloquium on Labor, Inequality and Human Rights, Professor Judy Fudge of the University of Kent will present a lecture entitled “Modern Slavery, Unfree Labour and Migrants’ Rights.”

October 19, 2017 Thursday

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

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium - Jane Schacter // Stanford

Speaker:
  • Jane Schacter
    Professor, Stanford University

Putting the Politics of 'Judicial Activism' in Historical Perspective

October 19, 2017 Thursday

CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)
CCJ 2.300 (Jamail Pavilion)
5:30pm - 7:00pm

Immigration and the Future of American Families

Speaker:
  • Ai-jen Poo
    Executive Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance

The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice and the Rothko Chapel are pleased to announce that labor organizer and activist Ai-jen Poo will headline the 3rd Annual Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights.

The presentation will focus on the role of immigrant women in the American care economy, which is increasingly a central part of our entire economy. The talk will begin with Poo’s personal story, and weave in the stories and solutions of immigrant women and the movement for a more caring economy and democracy.

A reception will follow in the Jamail Pavilion.

We invite you to register via the link above.

October 23, 2017 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Lunch: Larry Laudan - Different Strokes for Different Folks: Fixing the Error in Criminal Prosecutions by “Empiricizing” the Rules of Criminal Law and Taking False Acquittals and Serial Offenders Seriously

Speaker:

Drawing Board Lunch: Larry Laudan - Different Strokes for Different Folks: Fixing the Error in Criminal Prosecutions by “Empiricizing” the Rules of Criminal Law and Taking False Acquittals and Serial Offenders Seriously

October 26, 2017 Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:15am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium // Susan Klein & Elissa Steglich

Speakers:
  • Susan R Klein
    Alice McKean Young Regents Chair in Law
    University of Texas
  • Elissa C Steglich
    Clinical Professor
    Co-Director, Immigration Clinic
    University of Texas

October 30, 2017 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Lunch: Louise Weinberg - Against Deference

Speaker:
  • Louise L Weinberg
    William B. Bates Chair Emeritus for the Administration of Justice
    University of Texas

Drawing Board Lunch, paper presented by Louise Weinberg - Against Deference

October 30, 2017 Monday

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

“Dying for a Living: Economic and Moral Restructuring in a French Factory”

Speaker:
  • Pascal Marichalar
    Sociologist, The National Center for Scientific Research, Paris

As part of the Rapoport Center's fall colloquium on Labor, Inequality and Human Rights, Pascal Marichalar of the National Center for Scientific Research (Paris) will present a lecture entitled “Dying for a Living: Economic and Moral Restructuring in a French Factory.”

November 2, 2017 Thursday

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

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium - Steven Ratner // University of Michigan

Speaker:
  • Steven Ratner
    Professor, University of Michigan

John Deigh Commentator

November 9, 2017 Thursday

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

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium - Robert Post // Yale Law

Speaker:
  • Robert Post
    Professor, Yale Law School

Jeffrey Abramson Commentator

November 13, 2017 Monday

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

“Labor Migration, Degrees of Privilege, and the Politics of Hope in Turkey”

Speaker:
  • Ayshe Parla
    Associate Professor of Anthropology, Sabanci Universitesi, Istanbul

As part of the Rapoport Center's fall colloquium on Labor, Inequality and Human Rights, Professor Ayshe Parla of Sabanci University (Istanbul) will present a lecture entitled “Labor Migration, Degrees of Privilege, and the Politics of Hope in Turkey.”

November 16, 2017 Thursday

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

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium -- Jamal Greene // Columbia

Speaker:
  • Jamal Greene
    Professor, Columbia Law

November 27, 2017 Monday

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

“The Future of Labor Rights in Trade Agreements”

Speaker:
  • Alvaro Santos
    Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

As part of the Rapoport Center's fall colloquium on Labor, Inequality and Human Rights, Professor Alvaro Santos of Georgetown University Law Center will present a lecture entitled “The Future of Labor Rights in Trade Agreements.”

November 30, 2017 Thursday

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

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium - Saul Levmore

Speaker:
  • Saul Levmore
    Professor, University of Chicago

December 7, 2017 Thursday

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

Moderator:

Faculty Colloquium - Oren Bracha

Speaker:
  • Oren Bracha
    William C. Conner Chair in Law
    University of Texas