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Public Law Workshop
The Public Law Workshop is a year-long faculty and student seminar at which leading scholars from across the country are invited to present works in progress. The topics of the presentations range broadly, but are generally in the areas of administrative law, constitutional law, federal courts, and law and politics. Faculty from outside the Law School are welcome.
Summer 2012
8/22: Arizona v. United States
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
David Pozen
8/15: Miller v. Alabama
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
Buffie Scott
8/8: Fisher v. University of Texas
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
Olati Johnson and Susan Sturm
7/26: US v. Home Concrete & Supply
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
Tom Merrill
7/17: Kiobel Selections , Online Kiobel Symposium (SCOTUSblog) , Kiobel Made Simple (SCOTUSblog) , Online Kiobel Symposium - Sarah Cleveland (SCOTUSblog)
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
Anthea Roberts and Sarah Cleveland
7/10: Health Care
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
Gillian Metzger
6/27: Marriage Cases
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
Ariela Dubler and Jamal Greene
6/21
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
Sarah Cleveland
6/13: Perry v. Perez
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
Nate Persily
6/5: Mayo Collaborative v. Prometheus Labs
Prof. Edgar's essay: In Flook
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
Harold Edgar and Henry Monaghan
5/30: Zivitovsky v. Clinton
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
Trevor Morrison and Sarah Cleveland
Spring 2012
Daniel Meltzer, Harvard Law School
Executive Defense of Congressional Acts
Summer 2011
8/30: Arizona Christian School Tuition Org v. Winn
12:00 Case Lounge
Henry Monaghan
8/23: McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
Alexi Lahav & Olati Johnson
8/16: Sorrell v. IMS Health, Inc.
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
7/26: Walmart v. Dukes
Additional reading: BNA Primer on Walmart
Olati Johnson & Suzanne Goldberg
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
7/19: The 2010 Census and Redistricting Process
Nate Persily
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
7/12: Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett
Richard Briffault
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
6/28: Brown v. Plata
Brett Dignam
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
6/21: DOMA and President's Duty to Defend Constitutionality of Statutes
Tom Merrill
12:00 pm, Case Lounge
6/14: NATO & US Military Campaigns in Libya & Pakistan
Ashley Deeks & Matthew Waxman
6/7 --- Snyder v Phelps
Fall 2010
9/17 ---James Forman, Georgetown University Law Center Friday, September 17, 2010Race, Class, and Incarceration in a Majority-Black City 10/1 ---Adam Samaha, University of Chicago 11:30 a.m Case LoungeRegulation for the Sake of Appearance 10/15 --Allison LaCroix, University of Chicago Law School 11:30 a.m Case LoungeFederalists and Federal Jurisdiction 10/22 --Kal Rastauila, UCLA Law School Friday, October 22, 201011:30 a.m Case LoungeKnockoffs and Fashion Victims The Piracy Paradox, Introduction 11/5 ---Melissa Murray, U.C. Berkeley Law School 11:30 a.m Case Lounge 11/19 --Michael Dorf, Cornell Law School Friday, November 19, 201011:30 a.m Case LoungeSame-Sex Marriage, Second-Class Citizenship, and Law's Social Meanings
12/10 --Bernadette Meyler, Cornell Law School Friday, December 10, 2010Cover Letter Meyler Book Proposal Forgetting Oblivion
SPRING 2010
Schedule
1/22 Richard Primus, University of Michigan Law School 11:30 a.m Case Lounge The Future of Disparate Impact
2/12 Robert Lieberman, Columbia SIPA Friday, February 12, 2010 11:30 a.m. Case LoungePrivate Power and American Bureaucracy 2/19 Jeffrey Lax, Columbia Department of Political Science Friday, February 19, 2010Separate Constituencies in Senatorial Representation, Lax
Federalism and Criminal Law: Lessons From The States
A Substantive Theory of Constitutional Interpretation
Did A Switch in Time Save Nine?
Limited War and the Constitution
Why (And When) Judges Dissent: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
Public Law Lunch Series- Summer 2009 The schedule for the Public Law Lunch Series appears below. They will take place on Tuesdays at noon in Case Lounge.
Summer 2009 Schedule:
June
Tuesday June 9, 2009 12:00 p.m Case LoungeJeff Fagan on current debates concerning life without parole. Tuesday June 16, 2009Richard Briffault on the Supreme Court's campaign finance cases.Caperton v. Massey
Tuesday June 23, 2009 12:00 p.m Case LoungeSuzanne Goldberg on the Iowa same-sex marriage case and related developments.Same-sex marriage readings
Tuesday June 30, 2009Jack Coffee and Harvey Goldschmid on the financial crisis and related reforms.Financial Regulatory Reform: A New Foundation: Rebuilding Financial Supervision and Regulation White House Press Office
July
Tuesday July 7, 2009Nate Persily, Heather Gerken, and Rick Pildes on the Supreme Court's Decision on the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act.Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder, Attorney General
Tuesday July 14, 2009Gillian Metzger on the Court's recent preemption cases.Cover Note- Please read first Wyeth v. Levine Cuomo v. Clearing House Altria Group v. Good
Tuesday July 21, 2009Steve Shapiro on the Court's recent strip search case.Redding Opinion Redding Brief School Brief SG Brief
Tuesday July 28, 2009Olati Johnson on the Ricci v. De Stefano case.Ricci v. De Stefano Trial By Firefighters, Guinier & Sturm
August
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 JGH 940Henry Monaghan on Ashcroft v. IqbalPleadings and Motions Ashcroft v. Iqbal
Tuesday August 18, 2009- Cancelled Peter Strauss on the Court's recent statutory decisions.
Papers for the Workshop (2008- 2009):
Monday, April 13th, 2009 4:10-6:00 Case LoungeProf. Daryl Levinson, Harvard Law SchoolLaw for States: International Law, Constitutional Law, Public Law "
Thursday March 26th, 2009Prof. Claudine Gay, Harvard University, Dept. of Political ScienceMoving Up Moving Out "
Thursday February 19th, 2009Prof. Elizabeth Garrett, University of Southern California"Direct Democracy and Public"
Thursday February 5th, 2009Prof. David Strauss, University of Chicago Law School"Do It But Don't Tell Me"
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Prof. Reva Siegel, Yale Law School"Dead or Alive- Originalism as Popular Constitutionalism in Heller"
Thursday, October 23, 2008Prof. Matthew Stephenson, Harvard University Law School "Political Accountability Under Alternative Institutional Regimes" Prof. Jacob E. Gerson, University of Chicago "The Unbundled Executive" Prof. Mitchell Berman, University of Texas at Austin "Originalism is Bunk" 4:10-6:00 Case Lounge Prof. Caleb Nelson, University of Virginia School of Law " Judicial Review Of Legislative Purpose"
Thursday, December 4th, 2008Prof. Judith Resnik, Yale Law Schoolhttp://www.law.columbia.edu/null/missouri+internationalism+american+federalism-+Resnik?exclusive=filemgr.download&file_id=16818&showthumb=0
Thursday November 13th, 2008 Prof. Goodwin Liu, UC Berkeley "Rethinking Constitutional Welfare Rights"
