Events

Here are some of our upcoming events. Food is always provided at lunchtime events.

 

 SEPTEMBER EVENTS 

 

Michael Stokes Paulsen & Trevor Morrison on "The Conservative Case in Favor of NFIB v. Sebelius
9/6/2012, 12:10, JG 103 

Second Annual Madison Lecture Series: Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod on "Forgotten Federalism: It's Time State Courts Got the Respect They Deserve" 
9/11/2012, 12:10, JG 103

Amber Abbasi and Katherine Frank on "Questioning FDA Regulation of Sperm Donation" 
9/19/2012, 12:10, JG 107

John Baker and Daniel Richman on "Thank Congress for Protecting US: Now Everyone Is a Federal Criminal"
9/25/2012, 12:10, JG 103

Patrick Garry and Kent Greenawalt on "Wrestling With God: The Court's Tortuous Treatment of Religion"
9/26/2012, 12:10, JG 101

Nathan Sales and Harold Edgar on "National Security Leaks" 
9/27/2012, 12:10, JG 103

 


OCTOBER EVENTS

 


Second Annual Madison Lecture Series: 
Judge Amul R. Thapar on "Judicial Philosophy: Does It Matter at the District Court Level" 
10/1/2012, 12:10, JG 103

Richard Epstein and Tim Wu on "Software Patents and Innovation: Are There Really Too Many Patents in America?
10/2/2012, 12:10, JG 104

Jeff Stier and William Simon on "Food Police" 
10/4/2012, 12:10, JG 107

Greg Baylor and Aram Schvey on "The Obamacare Mandate and Religious Liberty" 
10/11/2012, 12:10, JG 103

Eugene Kontorovich and Bart Szewczyck on "Disputing Occupation: Israel's Boarders and International Law" 
10/15/2012, 12:10, JG 107

Second Annual Madison Lecture Series: Judge Richard Posner on "How I Interpret Statutes and the Constitution"
10/17/2012, 12:10, JG 105

John McWhorter and Richard Willard on "The War on Drugs" 
10/19/2012, 12:10, JG 103

J. Christian Adams on "Voter ID Laws and Redistricting" 
10/22/2012, 12:10, JG 105

Alison Hayward on "The Unanticipated Scandal from the 2012 Campaign" 
10/25/2012, 12:10, WJWH 103

 


NOVEMBER EVENTS

 


John Fund and Miles Rapoport on "Voter ID Laws and Voter Fraud"
11/5/2012, 12:10, JG 105

Second Annual Madison Lecture Series: Judge Lee Rosenthal on "Rules, Rulemaking, and Lessons of Life: The Story of 'Shall"
11/12/2012, 12:10, JG 103

Alan Gura and John D. Castiglione on "The Second Amendment After McDonald v. Chicago
11/14/2012, 12:10, JG 105

John Kunich & Jeremy Waldron on "Are Hate Speech Laws Constitutional?" moderated by Claudia Haupt 
11/19/2012, 12:10, JG 105

Heather MacDonald and Ted Shaw on "Stop & Frisk: Essential Police Tactic or Racially Discriminatory Incursion on Liberty?"
11/29/2012, 12:10, JG 105

 


JANUARY & FEBRUARY EVENTS 


 

Stephen McAllister & Martin Flaherty on "Is there a Constitutional Right to Lie in the Aftermath of Alvarez (striking down the Stolen Valor Act)?"
1/31/13, 12:10, JG 107

Richard Epstein & Phil Hamburger on “The Structure of the Common Law”
2/5/2013, 12:10, JG 101

The Second Annual Madison Lecture Series: Judge Timothy Tymkovich, U.S. Court of Appeals of the 10th Circuit, "Founding Principles: Observations About Federalism & The Federalist Society from Their Founding Perspectives"
2/12/13, 12:10, JG107

Tibor Machan & Steven Wise on “Do Animals Have Rights?”
2/15/13, 12:10, JG107

The Family in Modern Society Conference
2/16/13, 8:00am to 8:00pm, 555 Lerner Hall
 

Todd Henderson & Merritt Fox on “Reforming Wall Street While Harming Main Street: The Impact of Dodd-Frank”
2/19/13, 12:10, JG105

Jeremy Rabkin & Matt Waxman on “Cyber Threats: Rethinking the Law of Armed Conflict
2/25/13, 12:10, JG105

David Jensen & Richard Briffault on “Owning a Gun in New York City”
2/27/13, 12:10, JG101

The Second Annual Madison Lecture Series: Judge Lavenski Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, on "Maintaining Judicial Impartiality Amid Highly Partial Advocacy"
2/28/13, 12:10, JG107

 


MARCH EVENTS
 



The Second Annual Madison Lecture Series: Judge D. Michael Fisher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, "Obamacare's Side Effects: One Jurist's Intragovernmental Perspective"
3/4/13, 12:10, JG105

Gene Schaerr & Phil Hamburger on “Business & Jury Trials: The Framers’ Vision Versus Modern Reality”
3/5/13, 12:20, JG105

Greg Lukianoff & Fred Schauer on "Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate"
3/13/13, 12:10, JG105
 

The Second Annual Madison Lecture Series: Judge Richard Leon, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, "The Battle Hymn of the Trial Court Judge"
3/14/13, 12:10, JG107
 

Orin Kerr & Judge Debra Livingston on “The Future of the Fourth Amendment: Broad Rights but No Remedies?”
3/25/13, 12:10, JG105

John McGinnis & Jamal Greene on “Originalism & the Good Constitution”
3/27/13, 12:10, JG105

Michael Lewis & Hina Shamsi on "Use of Armed Drones in Counterterrorism Operations"
3/28/13, 12:10, JG107

 


APRIL EVENTS

 

 

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange on "Defending Religious Freedom: The Judicial Battle Over the HHS Mandate"
4/2/13, 12:10, JG107

The Second Annual Madison Lectures Series: Judge Juan R. Torruella, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, "Originalism and Textualism: Colonial Rule Under the Constitution of the United States"
4/8/13, 12:10, JG105

David Lat & Barbara Gillers on "The Future of Legal Education"
4/10/13, 12:10, JG 106

Ilya Somin & Ted Shaw on “Affirmative Action after Fisher v. Texas
4/11/13, 12:10, JG103

Michael Debow & David Pozen on “Electing Judges: Should Judges Answer to the Voters?”
4/15/13, 12:10, JG105
 

Clark Neily & Philip Hamburger on "Against Judicial Restraint: Role of Privileges and Immunities Clause in the 21st Century"
4/17/13, 12:10, JG105 

Eugene Volokh & Vincent Blasi on “Mechanisms of the Slippery Slope”
4/18/13, 12:10, JG107
 

Adam Mossoff & Michael Heller on “Do We Have Too Many Property Rights? A Debate on Innovation & Anti-Commons Theory”
4/25/13, 12:10, JG107