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.
January 18, 2018 Thursday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
Faculty Colloquium - Sandy Levinson
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Sanford V Levinson
W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair
Professor of Government
University of Texas
Public Monuments and Public Discontent: Notes from this Past Year
Faculty Colloquium - James Spindler - UT School of Law
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James C Spindler
Mark L. Hart, Jr. Endowed Chair in Corporate and Securities Law
Professor, McCombs School of Business
University of Texas
Optimal Deterrence When Shareholders Desire Fraud
January 30, 2018 Tuesday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)4:00pm - 5:30pm
L.B. Eisen, "Inside Private Prisons: An American Dilemma in the Age of Mass Incarceration"
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L.B. Eisen
Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU Law
Please join the Rapoport Center for an event featuring Lauren-Brooke "L.B" Eisen, Senior Counsel in the Brennan Center’s Justice Program at NYU Law. Eisen focuses on improving the criminal justice process through legal reforms, specifically how the criminal justice system is funded. Eisen is the author of "Inside Private Prisons: An American Dilemma in the Age of Mass Incarceration," which was published by Columbia University Press (2017).
February 1, 2018 Thursday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
Faculty Colloquium - Anna Gelpern // Georgetown
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Anna Gelpern
Professor, Georgetown University
If Boilerplate Could Talk
February 3, 2018 Saturday
CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)CCJ 2.300 (Jamail Pavilion)
TNH 2.100 (Susman Godfrey Atrium)
8:15am - 6:45pm
- Gladys Sarabia
Bankruptcy's Universal Pragmatist: A Celebration of the Work of Jay Lawrence Westbrook
The Texas Law Review will be hosting a Symposium honoring Professor Jay L. Westbrook, a once-in-a-lifetime event that will pay overdue homage to one of the most distinguished living bankruptcy scholars in the United States. In the subfield of cross-border insolvency, Professor Westbrook is probably the world’s leading expert. The Symposium’s contributors, a diverse group of preeminent scholars from across the country and world, will present original scholarship that builds upon Professor Westbrook’s research and engages with the central questions in debtor-creditor law today. The Symposium will focus on four areas in which Professor Westbrook reshaped the field: consumer bankruptcy in the U.S., comparative consumer bankruptcy, U.S. business bankruptcy, and international insolvency. It will feature a half day on consumer bankruptcy and a full day on business bankruptcy, concluding with a roundtable of distinguished lawyers that will lead a conversation from the floor of the symposium’s international topics.
February 5, 2018 Monday
TNH 3.126 (Ratliff Classroom)3:45pm - 5:45pm
Law and Economic Seminar - Yehonatan Givati
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Yehonatan Givati
Professor, Hebrew University
Hebrew Univsersity
February 12, 2018 Monday
TNH 3.126 (Ratliff Classroom)3:45pm - 5:45pm
February 15, 2018 Thursday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
Faculty Colloquium - Rachel Harmon // University of Virginia School of Law
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Rachel Harmon
Professor, University of Virginia
February 15, 2018 Thursday
JON 5.2574:30pm - 6:30pm
- Gladys Sarabia
Informal Gathering with Dean Michael Karayanni
The Dean of the Hebrew University Faculty of Law in Jerusalem will be here to participate in the Civic Education symposium on Friday and Saturday. (He’s the first Arab Christian to serve as Dean, among other things). This is an informal gathering before the symposium. Small drinks and refreshments will be served.
February 16, 2018 Friday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)TNH 2.114 (Francis Auditorium)
8:30am - 5:30pm
- Sanford V Levinson
- Richard Albert
- Lorraine Pangle
- Michael Stoff
Civic Education in a Time of Upheaval
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Sanford V Levinson
W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair
Professor of Government
University of Texas
Friday, February 16
8:00 – 8:30am: Breakfast for everyone and Registration for Teachers
8:30 – 9:00am: Welcome by Dean Farnsworth and Setting the Stage by Sanford Levinson
9:00 – 12:15pm: On "Introducing" Constitutional Law--and the Casebooks We Use to Do That. A host of editors of leading casebooks on the US Constitution will address two central questions: 1. What aspects of the Constitution should American undergraduates and/or law students be “introduced” to in 2018, given the high unlikelihood that even the law students will actually "practice" constitutional law in any capacity other than citizens? 2. What do you see as the principal point(s) of your own casebook relative to whatever answer you gave to the first question? Each person will make a short presentation, followed by presumably intense conversation including participation by the audience. There will be a brief break around 10:30 Panelists: Josh Blackman, Erwin Chemerinsky, Richard Fallon, Mark Graber, Gary Jacobsohn, Sanford Levinson, Pam Karlan, Mark Tushnet Chair: Richard Albert Location: Francis Auditorium
1:45-2:00pm: Introduction to the general topic of civic education (and the remaining panels): Meira Levinson
2:00 – 3:30pm: Historical Perspectives. As educators and citizens try to make sense of contemporary political and ideological divisions in the United States, it can be useful to see how educators and policy makers addressed profound division and civic upheaval in the past. This panel brings together historians of education to provide perspectives and insights into prior approaches to civic education in times of upheaval. Panelists: Jarvis Givens, Julie Reuben, Jonathan Zimmerman Chair: Lorraine Pangle Location: Sheffield-Massey Room
3:50 – 5:35pm: Civic Education in Divided Societies. Partisanship in the United States is at higher levels than we’ve seen in decades, and increasingly tracks other divides such as education level, income, and place of residence. Not only are we more extreme in our beliefs, therefore, but we are also more likely to be disconnected from those who have different perspectives. We are not the only country to face profound civic division, however; nor is this the first time that the United States finds itself ideologically driven. This panel brings together scholars and educators who work around the globe in deeply divided countries. Panelists: Michelle Bellino, Thea Abu El-Haj, Michael Karayanni, Adam Strom Chair: Michael Stoff Location: Sheffield-Massey Room
Saturday's Conference Schedule can be found here.
Please RSVP to the conference, here.
Note: Teachers can get Continuing Education credit through the State Bar of Texas. Please pre-register with the RSVP and register in front of the desk at TNH 2.111.
February 17, 2018 Saturday
CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)CCJ 2.300 (Jamail Pavilion)
8:00am - 3:30pm
- Randall Kennedy
- Meira Levinson
Civic Education in a Time of Upheaval - Day 2
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Sanford V Levinson
W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair
Professor of Government
University of Texas
Friday's Conference Schedule can be found here.
Panels will be located all day in the Eidman Courtroom.
Note: Teachers can get Continuing Education credit through the State Bar of Texas. Please pre-register with your RSVP.
Saturday, February 17
8:15 – 8:50am: Breakfast for everyone and Registration for Teachers. Location: Jamail Pavilion.
9:00 – 10:30am: Teaching Civic Contestation in Schools. How can and should educators teach controversial issues in schools? This is a perennial question, but one that has heightened salience in these unsettled times. What principles and practices should guide educators’ choices about what to include in the curriculum, and what to leave out as either “too hot to handle” or inappropriate to be treated as something open to debate? How have educators tried to protect themselves or their students when investigating contested topics, and what happens when things go wrong?
Panelists: Curtis Acosta, Dafney Blanca Dabach, Diana Hess
Chair: Randall Kennedy
10:45 – 12:15: Fault Lines in the Constitution. To the extent that the Constitution is taught in middle schools and high schools today, focus is generally placed on two areas: (1) the genius of the Framers in creating a government of divided and balanced powers, and (2) the perfection of the rights accorded to citizens, particularly those embedded in the Bill of Rights. Such anodyne and uncritical approaches to our founding document, however, diminish students' civic capacities. As the panelists will explain, celebratory approaches to teaching the Constitution are both inadequate and inaccurate. Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson, authors of Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws that Affect Us Today, a book for young readers, explain an alternative perspective on the Constitution, focusing on the ways that the structures of our government contribute to dysfunctionalities in American political life. In addition, an educator will provide insights into ways to make civics education more complex and comprehensive.
Panelists: Cynthia Levinson, Sanford Levinson, Aaron Hull, Katherina Payne
Moderator: Meira Levinson
1:30 – 3:00: Schools as Civic Actors. Civic education is traditionally thought of as a subject (like math or science), a set of pedagogies (such as in-class discussion or action civics), or extracurricular learning opportunities (such as student government or debate). But schools also educate civically by modeling civic values and engagement themselves as civic actors. This can prove challenging when teachers, administrators, students, and parents are divided about what their obligations should be. Should schools create “sanctuary campuses” intended to disrupt the school-to-deportation pipeline? How should they respond when students stage school walkouts over civic and political issues, or when students who merely repeat politicians’ statements run afoul of anti-bullying laws? This session will immerse participants in case study discussions about how educators and policy makers are addressing schools’ responsibilities as civic actors in times of upheaval.
February 22, 2018 Thursday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
Constitutional Studies Luncheon: Dr. Yaniv Roznai
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Yaniv Roznai
Senior Lecturer, Radzyner Law School -
Sanford V Levinson
W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair
Professor of Government
University of Texas -
Victor Ferreres
Visiting Professor (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
University of Texas
Constitutional Studies Luncheon, where Dr. Yaniv Roznai will present. The subject of his remarks will be “Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments: The Limits of Amendment Powers” (Oxford 2017). Professor Forbath will chair the session, and Professor Levinson and Professor Ferreres Comella will both offer comments as discussants.
February 26, 2018 Monday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
Drawing Board Luncheon: Melissa Wasserman, Knowledge Spillovers and Learning in the Workplace: Evidence from the U.S. Patent Office
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Melissa F Wasserman
Charles Tilford McCormick Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Research
University of Texas
Drawing Board Luncheon - Paper Presented By Melissa Wasserman, Knowledge Spillovers and Learning in the Workplace: Evidence from the U.S. Patent Office
February 26, 2018 Monday
TNH 3.126 (Ratliff Classroom)3:45pm - 5:45pm
Law and Economic Seminar - Shay Lavi
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Shay Lavi
Professor, Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
March 1, 2018 Thursday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
March 5, 2018 Monday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
Drawing Board Luncheon: Jens Dammann, Delaware’s Shadow
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Jens Christian Dammann
Ben H. and Kitty King Powell Chair in Business and Commercial Law
University of Texas
Drawing Board Luncheon - Paper Presented by Jens Dammann, Delaware’s Shadow
March 5, 2018 Monday
TNH 3.126 (Ratliff Classroom)3:45pm -
Law and Economic Seminar - Colleen Honigsebert
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Colleen Honigseberg
Professor, Stanford University
Stanford University
March 8, 2018 Thursday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
Faculty Colloquium - Calvin Johnson
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Calvin H Johnson
John T. Kipp Chair Emeritus in Corporate and Business Law
University of Texas
What Caused the Constitution?
The colloquium will address what is traditionally a historian’s question, that is, cause, that is, what caused the Constitution. The proximate cause of the Constitution was the vetoes by RI and then by New York of proposals to allow national custom duties (the “impost”). “Impost Begat Convention” looks at the New York ratification debate as a synecdoche for the Constitution's adoption as a whole. The five-page paper, Why the Constitution Should Not be Adopted, rejects Charles Beard’s argument that the Constitution was adopted to suppress paper money and suppress uprisings like Shays’ Rebellion. Sandy Levinson will provide a response. I hope to provoke a discussion as to why Beard continues to be attractive to some, and why causes of the Constitution matter to lawyers.
Managing Space Traffic: Is There a Sustainable Solution?
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Dr. Diane Howard
Assistant Professor of Commercial Space Operations, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
On Monday, March 19, 2018, the Robert Strauss Center welcomes Dr. Diane Howard, Assistant Professor of Commercial Space Operations at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, for a discussion on the law, security, and technology policy issues arising from steadily increasing space traffic. This talk, free and open to the public, will take place at the Texas Law School in the Sheffield-Massey Room, TNH 2.111.
Dr. Diane Howard is Assistant Professor in the Commercial Space Operations program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida USA. She is responsible for curriculum development and teaching space law and policy courses that are core to the program. Diane first became involved in space initiatives in 2004, participating in citizen lobbying efforts to facilitate the passing of the Commercial Space Law Amendments Act of 2004, a critical piece of US legislation that has made possible the development of innovative technologies and a burgeoning commercial space transportation industry.
Dr. Howard has retained her interest in commercial space issues. After working as a staff attorney in the Florida Appellate courts for a number of years, she took the decision to specialize in space law and attended McGill University’s Institute of Air and Space Law. Her LLM thesis centered upon private space law issues and her doctoral work focused upon effective spaceport regulation.
Diane serves as Executive Secretary of the International Institute of Space Law and participates in numerous legal projects, both domestically (within the US) and internationally. She works with COMSTAC Working Groups when invited. The US Department of State named her a private sector advisor and subject matter expert in Expert Group D of the UN COPUOS STSC Long Term Sustainability of Space Activities Working Group, hoping to soon conclude its work. Dr. Howard was legal lead for the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety Suborbital Safety (IAASS) Technical Committee, which recently finalized its guidelines. She continues to publish her research and speaks at space conferences and events throughout the world. In addition to the IISL and the IAASS, Diane is a member of the AIAA and the Florida Bar.
March 23, 2018 Friday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)2:30pm - 4:30pm
Bookfest - Charles Silver "Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much For Health Care"
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Charles M Silver
Roy W. and Eugenia C. McDonald Endowed Chair in Civil Procedure
University of Texas -
David Hyman
Professor, Georgetown University -
Michael Morrisey
Professor, Texas A&M University -
Clay Johnston
Dean and Vice President for Medical Affairs, Dell Medical
March 26, 2018 Monday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
Drawing Board Luncheon: Louise Weinberg, The United States’ Interest in Regulating Its Own
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Louise L Weinberg
William B. Bates Chair Emeritus for the Administration of Justice
University of Texas
Drawing Board Luncheon - Paper Presented by Louise Weinberg, The United States’ Interest in Regulating Its Own
March 26, 2018 Monday
TNH 3.126 (Ratliff Classroom)3:45pm - 5:45pm
March 27, 2018 Tuesday
TNH 3.127 (Roberts Classroom)11:45am - 12:45pm
Litigating against Super Powers: Human Rights and the Chagos Islanders
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Robin Mardemootoo
Attorney-at-Law, Mardemootoo Solicitors
In 1965, three years before Mauritius achieved independence, the British separated the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, from the rest of its colony. Mauritius claims this separation was in breach of UN resolution 1514, passed in 1960, which banned the breakup of colonies before independence. A few years later, the British forcibly removed the inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago from their homeland to make way for construction of a U.S. military base on the island of Diego Garcia.
The Chagossians have been engaged in litigation for decades over proper compensation for their removal as well as the right to return to the islands. Their cases have been heard in sites including British and U.S. courts, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Permanent Court of Arbitration. In 2017, the UN General Assembly voted to request an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The ICJ will review core questions of sovereignty (both the UK and Mauritius claim the islands as their own), as well as wider issues of decolonization and the exercise of the right to self-determination.
Robin Mardemootoo, who holds an LLM from Texas Law, will speak about his involvement in the Chagos Island case. He has litigated in the UK, the US, and now before the ICJ. He is coordinating the crossborder litigation.
Lunch will be provided!
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Transnational Law and the Human Rights Law Society
March 29, 2018 Thursday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
Faculty Colloquium - Pamela Karlan // Stanford School of Law
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Pamela Karlan
Professor, Stanford Law School
March 30, 2018 Friday
CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)2:30pm - 4:00pm
- Gladys Sarabia
Brandon L. Garrett Book Lecture: “End of its Rope: How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive Criminal Justice”
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Brandon L. Garrett
White Burkett Miller Professor of Law and Public Affairs; Justice Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Brandon Garrett discussing his new book, “End of its Rope: How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive Criminal Justice”
Drawing Board Luncheon: Richard Albert, Renovations and New Additions: The Construction of Constitutional Amendments
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Richard Albert
William Stamps Farish Professor in Law
University of Texas
Drawing Board Luncheon - Paper Presented by by Richard Albert, “Renovations and New Additions: The Construction of Constitutional Amendments."
April 2, 2018 Monday
CCJ 3.306 (Brown Teaching Courtroom)12:30pm - 2:00pm
- Gladys Sarabia
G. Rollie White Scholar in Residence Michael Allen
- Michael Allen
G. Rollie White Scholar in Residence Michael Allen
April 2, 2018 Monday
TNH 3.126 (Ratliff Classroom)3:45pm - 5:45pm
Law and Economic Seminar - Jamein Cunningham
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Jamein Cunningham
Professor, University of Memphis
April 2, 2018 Monday
CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)CCJ 2.300 (Jamail Pavilion)
3:45pm - 6:00pm
- Gladys Sarabia
Using Modern Impact Litigation to Advance Civil Rights
- Michael Allen
The Justice Center invites you to hear Michael Allen speak on “Using Modern Impact Litigation to Advance Civil Rights” on April 2 at 3:45 in the Eidman Courtroom. Allen is an outstanding advocate and speaker and both the issues and the litigation techniques used are very interesting. Allen is with Relman, Dane & Colfax, a civil rights law firm based in Washington, D.C. The firm litigates cases in the areas of housing, lending, employment, public accommodations, education, and police accountability. The national practice includes individual and class action lawsuits on behalf of plaintiffs with claims of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, national origin, color, religion, sex, disability, age, familial status, source of income, and sexual orientation.
Reception to follow in the Jamail Pavilion.
April 6, 2018 Friday
CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)9:00am - 5:00pm
- Gladys Sarabia
2018 Capital Punishment Center Conference: "Mitigation Advocacy"
The UT Law Capital Punishment Center will host its annual symposium on April 6 & 7, 2018.
This year’s conference, "Mitigation Advocacy," will discuss the growth of mitigation practice over the past 30-40 years along several dimensions: changes in best practices; empirical assessments of what "works" in mitigation development and presentation; the extension of mitigation practices to non-capital contexts; the importance of cultural competence in mitigation investigation; and the significance of mitigation to the practice of American capital punishment. The goal of the conference is to understand the evolving role of mitigation development and presentation in criminal litigation. We also hope to build momentum for the establishment of a mitigation program within UT's Capital Punishment Center. The proposed program would bring together experts from a variety of disciplines at UT and beyond (law, social work, nursing, psychology, medicine, communications, journalism, etc.) to train students for careers as mitigation professionals and to research best mitigation practices (both within and outside of the capital context).
Please join the Capital Punishment Center faculty and a stellar group of nationally-renowned and local panelists for a retrospective examination of mitigation investigation in the modern era as well as group discussion of our vision for mitigation training and development moving forward.
April 7, 2018 Saturday
CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)9:00am - 12:00pm
- Gladys Sarabia
2018 Capital Punishment Center Conference: "Mitigation Advocacy"
2018 Capital Punishment Center Conference: "Mitigation Advocacy"
April 9, 2018 Monday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
Faculty Colloquium - Vicki Jackson // Harvard Law
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Vicki Jackson
Professor, Harvard Law School
April 16, 2018 Monday
TNH 3.126 (Ratliff Classroom)Law and Economic Seminar - Alminas Zaldokas
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Alminas Zaldokas
Professor, University of Texas
University of Texas
April 16, 2018 Monday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
Drawing Board Luncheon: Ranjana Natarajan, Planning the Next Generation of Improvements on Policing and Behavioral Crisis and Need Management in Austin
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Ranjana Natarajan
Adjunct Faculty
University of Texas
Drawing Board Luncheon - Paper Presented by Ranjana Natarajan. Planning the Next Generation of Improvements on Policing and Behavioral Crisis and Need Management in Austin
Constitutional Studies Luncheon with Prof. Richard Stacey, The Unnecessary Referendum: Popular Sovereignty in the Constitutional Interregnum
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Richard Stacey
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Toronto
Constitutional Studies Luncheon with Prof. Richard Stacey. He will be presenting "The Unnecessary Referendum: Popular Sovereignty in the Constitutional Interregnum".
Moderated by Professor Richard Albert
The presentation will be followed by comments from Professor Sanford Levinson and Professor William Forbath.
April 19, 2018 Thursday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
Faculty Colloquium - Mark Kelman // Stanford Law
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Mark Kelman
Professor, Stanford Law School
Oren Bracha Commentator
April 23, 2018 Monday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
Drawing Board Luncheon: Eliza Platts-Mills, Challenging Payday Lenders by Opening Up the Small Dollar Loan Market
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Eliza T. Platts-Mills
Clinical Professor
University of Texas
Drawing Board Luncheon - Paper Presented by Eliza Platts-Mills, Challenging Payday Lenders by Opening Up the Small Dollar Loan Market
April 23, 2018 Monday
TNH 3.126 (Ratliff Classroom)3:45pm - 5:45pm
Law and Economic Seminar - Albert Choi
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Albert Choi
Professor, University of Virginia
University of Virginia
April 26, 2018 Thursday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
Faculty Colloquium - Larry Sager
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Lawrence Sager
Alice Jane Drysdale Sheffield Regents Chair
University of Texas
April 30, 2018 Monday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)11:30am - 1:00pm
Drawing Board Luncheon: James Spindler, Title TBA
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John M Golden
Edward S. Knight Chair in Law, Entrepreneurialism and Innovation
University of Texas
Drawing Board Luncheon - Paper Presented by James Spindler
April 30, 2018 Monday
TNH 3.126 (Ratliff Classroom)3:45pm - 5:45pm
May 4, 2018 Friday
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)8:00am - 4:30pm
- Wen Wen
- Michael D. Frakes
- Jens Christian Dammann
- John M Golden
- Abraham Lee Wickelgren
- Melissa F Wasserman
6th Annual Empirical Patent Law Conference
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Mark A. Lemley
Professor of Law, Stanford Law School -
Anita M. McGahan
Professor of Strategic Management, Univ. of Toronto, Rotman School of Mgmt -
Michael D. Frakes
Professor of Law and Economics, Duke University School of Law -
Jeffrey L. Furman
Assoc. Professor of Strategy & Innovation, Boston Univ. Questrom School of Business -
Colleen V. Chien
Associate Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law -
Neil C. Thompson
Asst. Professor of Innovation & Strategy, MIT Sloan School of Management
The 6th Annual Empirical Patent Law Conference (EPLC-6), is organized by Professors Melissa Wasserman (The University of Texas School of Law) and Michael Frakes (Duke University School of Law). They will bring together for one day a diverse mix of scholars in patent law, economics, and policy. Each scholar will employ advanced empirical techniques to confront a research question of particular relevance to patent policy. Faculty who wish to attend must email Sarah Shamburg no later than 5:00 pm, Thurs., Apr. 26.