Drawing Board

The Drawing Board is a regular colloquium series designed to permit members of the UT faculty (permanent and visiting) to present projects at an early stage of development. Unlike many colloquia series, here and elsewhere, that are often described as fora for the presentation of "works in progress" but which, in actuality, feature works that are entirely, or substantially, complete, the Drawing Board lives up to its name. This is a forum for faculty members who would like feedback, suggestions, and guidance at a point in time at which they can be made use of.

In broad outline, the format is standard – there will be a paper, a brief presentation, and questions. However, in order to serve the particular goals of this series, several particular rules are followed:

  1. Written materials must be no longer than 10 pages, and are not due until two regular businesss days before the lunch (e.g., not due until 11:30 a.m. on the Thursday before a Drawing Board starting at 11:30 a.m. the following Monday ), though they are of course welcome earlier. These 10 pages can be part of an early draft but need not be. It is enough for the presenter to sketch out the nature of the issue and some of his or her thoughts about it.
  2. All audience members will be expected to have read the distributed material in advance.
  3. The speaker is permitted only 10 minutes for the initial presentation, before the floor is opened for questions and comments. The speaker will also be encouraged to respond to questions and comments briefly.

Events for Spring 2017

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March 6, 2017 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon – The Economic Rights of Individuals

Speaker:

Drawing Board Lunch - paper presented by Louise Weinberg

March 20, 2017 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Lunch: Medical-Legal Partnership with Dell Medical School by William Sage & Keegan Warren-Clem

Speakers:

Drawing Board Lunch paper presented by Bill Sage & Keegan Warren-Clem. "Medical-Legal Partnership with Dell Medical School"

March 27, 2017 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Lunch - The Standing of States to Protect Their Citizens and Residents from Unjust Treatment by the Federal Government

Speaker:

Drawing Board Lunch - paper presented by Lawrence Sager

Topic: The Standing of States to Protect Their Citizens and Residents from Unjust Treatment by the Federal Government

April 11, 2017 Tuesday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Lunch paper presented by Oren Bracha and John Golden

Speakers:

Drawing Board Lunch: Oren Bracha and John Golden will present a project entitled “Redundancy Concerns in Copyright Law” (pending title)

April 17, 2017 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Lunch - paper presented by Jens Dammann

Speaker:

Drawing Board Lunch - paper presented by Jens Dammann

April 24, 2017 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Lunch - Righting Inequality: Human Right Responses to Economic Inequality in the United Nations by Julia Dehm

Speaker:

Drawing Board Lunch paper presented by Julia Dehm

Topic: Righting Inequality: Human Right Responses to Economic Inequality in the United Nations

May 1, 2017 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Lunch - Toward a Jurisprudence of Benefits: Community, Compensation, and Copyright

Speaker:

Drawing Board Lunch paper presented by Wendy Gordon

Title: Toward a Jurisprudence of Benefits: Community, Compensation, and Copyright