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 2018

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February 26, 2018 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon: Melissa Wasserman, Knowledge Spillovers and Learning in the Workplace: Evidence from the U.S. Patent Office

Speaker:
  • 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

March 5, 2018 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon: Jens Dammann, Delaware’s Shadow

Speaker:
  • 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 26, 2018 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon: Louise Weinberg, The United States’ Interest in Regulating Its Own

Speaker:
  • 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

April 2, 2018 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon: Richard Albert, Renovations and New Additions: The Construction of Constitutional Amendments

Speaker:
  • 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 16, 2018 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon: Ranjana Natarajan, Planning the Next Generation of Improvements on Policing and Behavioral Crisis and Need Management in Austin

Speaker:

Drawing Board Luncheon - Paper Presented by Ranjana Natarajan. Planning the Next Generation of Improvements on Policing and Behavioral Crisis and Need Management in Austin

April 23, 2018 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon: Eliza Platts-Mills, Challenging Payday Lenders by Opening Up the Small Dollar Loan Market

Speaker:

Drawing Board Luncheon - Paper Presented by Eliza Platts-Mills, Challenging Payday Lenders by Opening Up the Small Dollar Loan Market

April 30, 2018 Monday

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

Moderator:

Drawing Board Luncheon: James Spindler, Title TBA

Speaker:
  • John M Golden
    Edward S. Knight Chair in Law, Entrepreneurialism and Innovation
    University of Texas

Drawing Board Luncheon - Paper Presented by James Spindler