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2009 Conferences, Workshops & Speakers
- Spring 09 Faculty Workshop Series:
Ideas & Innovations in Legal Scholarship
- Jan. 30, 2009 Financing the Next Silicon Valley Darian Ibrahim, University of Wisconsin Law School.
- Feb. 13, 2009 Predatory Private Equity and Affordable Housing: Legal Solutions to Stem the Gentrification of the Birthplaces of Hip-Hop. Lisa Alexander, University of Wisconsin Law School.
- Feb. 20, 2009 Future Prospects for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Michael Stein, Executive Director, Harvard Law School Project on Disability, and Cabell Research Professor of Law, College of William and Mary. Hosted by Alta Charo, University of Wisconsin Law School.
- Mar. 13, 2009 Tax Norms and Global Governance: The Role of Transnational Epistemic Communities. Allison Christians, University of Wisconsin Law School.
- Mar. 25, 2009 Wisconsin Contracts Group Workshop with David Campbell (Visiting Professor, Cardozo Law School, 2008-09). "A Relational Critique of the Third Restatement of Restitution, Sec. 39"
- Mar. 27, 2009 What's the Difference Between Corporation Law and Securities Regulation? A US-EU Comparative Perspective. Richard Buxbaum, J.D. Program and Jackson H. Ralston Professor of International Law, UC-Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall). Hosted by Kathryn Hendley, University of Wisconsin Law School. Cosponsored by the Center for European Studies, the EU Center of Excellence, the Global Legal Studies Center, and the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy WAGE.
- Mar. 27, 2009 Faculty Aardvark on Academic Misconduct.
- Mar. 31-Apr. 1, 2009 Rejuvenating Streetscapes and Communities: Openair Markets and Agendas for Research, Policy, and Practice. Multiple events hosted by Professor Alfonso Morales (Wisconsin) with guest lecturer Professor Gregg Kettles (Loyola Law School, Los Angeles). Contact: Stephanie Mantz
- Apr. 3, 2009 Seminar on Law and Violence with Professor Christoph Menke, (University of Potsdam). Hosted by Professors Len Kaplan and Sara Guyer. Multiple sponsors.
- Apr. 10, 2009 Mandatory Arbitration and Fairness David Schwartz, University of Wisconsin Law School.
- Apr. 15, 2009 The Jury Right in Comparative Context by Professor Marc S. Rodriguez (Notre Dame). Cosponsored by the Havens Center.
- Apr. 17, 2009 Madison's Hand Mary Sarah Bilder, Professor of Law, Boston College Law School. Hosted by Anuj Desai, University of Wisconsin Law School.
- Apr. 20, 2009 Faculty Workshop on Hate Speech and Hate Crime with Professor Jeannine Bell (Indiana University); hosted by Professor Elizabeth Mertz (Wisconsin & ABF). Registration required: contact Pam Hollenhorst
- Apr. 23, 2009 International Trade in Indigenous Cultural Heritage:
A New Research Project at the University of Lucerne Faculty of Law by Christoph-Beat Graber, Professor of Law, University of Lucerne. Hosted by Prof. Shubha Ghosh; cosponsored by the Global Legal Studies Center.
- Apr. 24, 2009 Creativity, Law and Entrepreneurship Workshop
By invitation workshop hosted by Professor Shubha Ghosh and cosponsored by the Global Legal Studies Center and the Initiative for Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship (INSITE).
- May 8, 2009 Can the President Read Your Mail? A Legal Analysis. Anuj Desai, University of Wisconsin Law School.
- May 22, 2009 Lost in Non-Translation: What we might be missing when we say 'shari'a' and why it matters for feminism, human rights, and constitutionalism. Asifa Quraishi, University of Wisconsin Law School.
- June 14-26, 2009 Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History
Biennial summer program for early-career legal historians cosponsored by the American Society for Legal History (ASLH). Application period ended 1/15/09.
Fall 2009
- Fall 09-Spring 10 Faculty Workshop Series:
Ideas & Innovations in Legal Scholarship
- Oct. 2-3, 2009 Tax Law Conference
Hosted by Professor Allison Christians. Details pending.
- Oct. 9, 2009 Ideas & Innovations: Jeremy Levitt, Associate Dean for International Programs and Distinguished Professor of International Law,
Florida A&M University College of Law. Hosted by Professor Linda Greene. - Oct. 23, 2009 Ideas & Innovations: Stacy Leeds, Professor of Law and Director, Tribal Law and Government Center at the University of Kansas, Adjunct faculty at Haskell Indian Nations University, and Member of the Supreme Court for the Kaw National of Oklahoma. Hosted by Professor Richard Monette.
- Nov. 20-21, 2009 Transatlantic Conference on New Governance and the Transformation of Law By invitation conference co-chaired by Professors Louise Trubek (Wisconsin) and Joanne Scott (University College London). This event also is the 2009 Wisconsin Law Review Symposium.
2010 Conferences, Workshops and Speakers
- Feb. 26, 2010 Ideas & Innovations: Pamela Samuelson, Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law, Professor of Information Management, Chancellor's Professor and
Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, University of California, Berkeley School of Law / Boalt Hall.
Hosted by Professor Shubha Ghosh.
- Apr. 16, 2010 Ideas & Innovations: M. Elizabeth McGill, Joseph Weintraub-Bank of America Distinguished Professor of Law and Horace W. Goldsmith Research Professor, University of Virginia School of Law. Hosted by Professor Jason Yackee.
- Oct. 8-9, 2010 Midwest Law and Society Retreat Biennial event bringing together faculty and graduate students from the Midwest's diverse law and society programs for a weekend of intellectual exchange and community building. A call for proposals will be announced in early 2010.
- Oct. 22-23, 2010 Legal Education Conference
Hosted by Professor Elizabeth Mertz. Details pending.
Recent Past Events
2008 Events List (pdf)
Selected Conferences, Workshops and Speaker Series:
- Ideas & Innovations in Legal Scholarship - Spring 2008
- Ideas & Innovations in Legal Scholarship - Fall 2008
- Feb. 15-16, 2008 Contracts: Law in Action Workshop. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Contracts Group and hosted by Jean Braucher (Roger Henderson Professor of Law at the James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona and Distinguished Scholar at the Institute for Legal Studies) who is chair of the project to revise the textbook, Contracts: Law in Action.
- March 14-15, 2008 Working From the World Up: Equality's Future -- A New Legal Realism Conference Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Feminism and Legal Theory Project. Hosted by Professor Victoria Nourse and sponsored by the Institute for Legal Studies, the Feminism and Legal Theory Project at Emory University, the New Legal Realism Project, and the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender and Society. Featuring a keynote address by Professor Patricia Williams, Columbia University Law School.
Program and Selected Papers
- Sept. 19-20, 2008 Midwest Law and Society Retreat
Biennial interdisciplinary event that brings together faculty and graduate students from the region's diverse social science and law programs for a weekend of intellectual exchange. More information
- Oct. 24-26, 2008 Interdisciplinary Conference
The Weimar Moment: Liberalism, Political Theology, and Law.
This interdisciplinary conference, which has multiple sponsors, brought together leading academics, authors and intellectuals to examine the Weimar period in European history, culture, and law and to trace the continuity of Weimar thinkers and their impact on the continued viability of liberal democracy in today’s world. Program and Registration Information
Past Events 2006 & 2007
Past Events 2000-2005