Law School lectures, addresses, conferences and workshops include those of various student organizations and events (e.g., the Black Law Student Association, the Penn Latinx American Law Students Association, and the Edwin R. Keedy Cup Competition), the School’s institutes and centers (e.g., the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, the Penn Program on Regulation, the Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition, and the Toll Public Interest Center), as well as distinguished lectures (e.g., The Leon C. & June W. Holt Lecture in International Law and the Paul G. Haaga, Jr. Lecture in Law, Government, and Public Policy).

The collection also includes bibliographies, prepared by Biddle Law Library staff, for further reading on the subject matter of some of the events.

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Submissions from 2021

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Announcement of SJD/Visiting Scholar Workshop: Asaf Raz: "Mandatory Arbitration and the Boundaries of Corporate Law" (1/15/21)

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Announcement of Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law Book Talk: Richard Painter: "American Nero: The History of the Destruction of the Rule of Law, and Why Trump Is the Worst Offender" (1/14/21)

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Announcement of Institute for Law and Economics Conference on Racial Equity in Corporate Governance: "What (If Anything) Can a Rebalanced System of Corporate Governance Do to Promote Racial Equity?" (1/14/21)

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Announcement of John Legend and Yusef Salaam: "Seeing Us, and Hearing Our Voices: A Criminal Justice Conversation" (1/12/21)

Submissions from 2020

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Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Lessons Learned in Crisis: Regulation and Regulatory Authority During a Public Health Emergency" (12/7/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Panel Discussion: "Lessons Learned in Crisis: Regulation and Regulatory Authority During a Public Health Emergency" (12/7/20)

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Announcement of Graduates of the Last Decade Event: "Beyond BigLaw: Career Transitions" (12/3/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Graduates of the Last Decade Event: "Beyond BigLaw: Career Transitions" (12/3/20)

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Announcement of Global Conversation: Leon Gwaka: "Digital Technology in Zimbabwe in a Deepening Economic Crisis" (11/24/20)

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Announcement of "Expanding Scope of Practice After COVID-19" (11/20/20)

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Selected Bibliography for "Expanding Scope of Care After COVID-19" (11/20/20)

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Announcement of American Constitution Society and Law Students for a Democratic Society Discussion: "Weaponization of the First Amendment" (11/16/20)

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Announcement of American Constitution Society and Law Students for a Democratic Society Panel Discussion: "A DIscussion on Disability Rights" (11/16/20)

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Announcement of Institute for Law and Economics Conference on Racial Equity in Corporate Governance: "What Can the C-Suite and Boardroom Do to Promote a More Inclusive Workforce and Racial Equity?" (11/16/20)

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Announcement of Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law Book Talk: Barton Gellman: "Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State (10/29/20)

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Announcement of Institute for Law and Economics Conference on Racial Equity in Corporate Governance: "How Can We Increase Racial Diversity in the C-Suite and Boardroom?" (10/29/20)

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Announcement of Legal History Workshop: Sara McDougall: "Judging Sex Crimes: Pregnancy and Punishment in Medieval France" (10/29/20)

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Announcement of Panel Discussion: "The Future of the Supreme Court" (10/28/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Announcement of Panel Discussion: "The Future of the Supreme Court" (10/28/20)

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Announcement of Michael Smerconish: "Won't Get Fooled Again? Explaining Donald Trump's Improbable 2016 Victory and Whether it Will Happen Again" (10/26/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Michael Smerconish: "Won't Get Fooled Again? Explaining Donald Trump's Improbable 2016 Victory and Whether it Will Happen Again" (10/26/20)

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Announcement of Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition Panel Discussion: "The Economics of Digital Services" (10/21/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition Panel Discussion: "The Economics of Digital Services" (10/21/20)

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Announcement of Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition Fireside Chat: Andre Iancu (10/19/20)

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Announcement of American Constitution Society Discussion: Abdul El-Sayed and Allison Hoffman: "Progressive Policymaking During a Pandemic" (10/1/20)

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Announcement of Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law Conference: "Circling the Arctic: Security and the Rule of Law in a Changing North" (10/1-3/20)

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Announcement of Legal History Workshop: Melissa Murray: "Race-ing Roe: Reproductive Justice, Racial Justice, and the Battle for Roe v. Wade" (10/1/20)

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Announcement of Quattrone Center Panel Discussion: "Criminal Justice Reform and Forensics: The Importance of Evidence" (10/1/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law Conference: "Circling the Arctic: Security and the Rule of Law in a Changing North" (10/1-3/20)

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Announcement of Institute for Law and Economics Panel Discussion: "Puerto Rico in Crisis: Then, Now, and Looking Ahead" (9/30/20)

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Announcement of Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law Book Talk: Aziz Z. Huq & Tom Ginsburg: "How To Save A Constitutional Democracy" (9/24/20)

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Announcement of Online Lecture: Sally Katzen: "Hidden in Plain Sight: Why Regulations Need a Fresh Look" (9/24/20)

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Announcement of Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition Panel Discussion: "Current and Emerging Issues in Law and Technology Fall 2020" (9/22/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition Panel Discussion: "Current and Emerging Issues in Law and Technology Fall 2020" (9/22/20)

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Announcement of Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law Conference: "Protecting Democracy: Foreign Interference, Voter Confidence, and Defensive Strategies in the 2020 Elections and Beyond" (9/17/20)

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Announcement of Federalist Society Book Event: Ilan Wurman: "The Second Founding: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment" (9/17/20)

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Announcement of Institute for Law and Economics Panel Discussion: "Benefiting Investors in the Short and Long Term Through Vigorous and Nimble Enforcement" (9/17/20)

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Announcement of Panel Discussion: "A New Era of Equality: Redefining Leadership through a Lens of Allyship" (9/15/20)

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Announcement of Penn Program on Regulation Webinar: "The COVID-19 Crisis and Its Implications for U.S. Regulatory Law" (8/26/20)

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Announcement of Webinar: "Reimagining Legal Technology - Reimagining the Future of the Profession" (8/12/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Webinar: "Reimagining Legal Technology - Reimagining the Future of the Profession" (8/12/20)

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Announcement of Future of the Legal Profession Initiative Virtual Conference: "Reimagining the Future of the Legal Profession" (7/29/20 - 8/12/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Future of the Legal Profession Initiative Virtual Conference: "Reimagining the Future of the Legal Profession" (7/29/20 - 8/12/20)

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Selected Bibliography for "Personal Branding for Lawyers" (4/22/20)

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Announcement of "Coding for Lawyers" (4/21/20)

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Selected Bibliography for "Coding for Lawyers" (4/21/20)

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Announcement of Penn Program on Regulation Book Talk: Richard Cordray: "Watchdog: How Protecting Consumers Can Save Our Families, Our Economy, and Our Democracy" (3/25/20)

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Announcement of Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition Panel Discussion: "Year in Review: Law and Technology" (3/23/20)

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Announcement of Penn Latinx Law Student Association Conference (3/20-21/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Penn Latinx Law Student Association Conference (3/20-21/20)

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Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Conversations About Justice: (Mis)Representation: On Prison-Based Gerrymandering in the 21st Century" (3/19/20)

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Announcement of Chancery Court Program: "Cross-Border Deal Dynamics in A Fragmenting World: Regulatory Protectionism, Global Sustainability and Worker Concerns, Chinese State-Sponsored Enterprises, and Brexit"" (3/17/20)

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Announcement of Justin Driver: "Are Public Schools Becoming Constitution-Free Zones?" (3/16/20)

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Announcement of Daniel Benjamin: "Social-Science Genomics: A Primer and Progress Report" (3/5/20)

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Announcement of Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition Law & Technology Scholarship Colloquium: Tai Zarsky: "Optimizing Breach Notification" (3/4/20)

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Announcement of International Women's Human Rights Roundtable: "Intersections: The Rights of Indigenous Peoples" (3/3/20)

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Announcement of Owen J. Roberts Lecture in Constitutional Law: Dorothy E. Roberts: "Abolition Constitutionalism" (3/3/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Owen J. Roberts Lecture in Constitutional Law: Dorothy E. Roberts: "Abolition Constitutionalism" (3/3/20)

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Announcement of Penn Law Review Author Lunch: Justin Murray: "Criminal Procedure and Prejudice" (3/3/20)

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Announcement of Penn Black Law Student Association Sadie Alexander Conference: "The Cost of Slavery: How Reparations Correct America’s Balance Sheet" (2/29/20)

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Announcement of Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law Book Talk: James R. Clapper: "Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence" (2/27/20)

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Announcement of Future of the Profession Initiative Conference: "Law 2030: A Global Conversation about the Future of the Profession" (2/27-28/20)

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Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Affirmative Action In A Post-Harvard Landscape: Escaping The Model Minority Myth" (2/25/20)

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Announcement of Penn Law Review Author Lunch: Eugene Volokh: "Anti-Libel Injunctions" (2/25/20)

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Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Medicare for All and Beyond: Expanding Coverage, Containing Costs" (2/21/20)

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Announcement of Wharton Restructuring and Distressed Investing Conference (2/21/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Panel Discussion: "Medicare for All and Beyond: Expanding Coverage, Containing Costs" (2/21/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Wharton Restructuring and Distressed Investing Conference (2/21/20)

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Announcement of Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Workshop: Benjamin Porat: "Evaluating Bodily Injury: Human Nature and Social Structure" (2/20/20)

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Announcement of Documentaries & the Law Lecture on Media and the First Amendment: Particia Roberts-Miller & Seth Kreimer: "Dialogue on Demagoguery and Free Speech" (2/20/20)

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Announcement of Eric Helland: "The Effects of Product Liability on Safety: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Litigation" (2/20/20)

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Announcement of Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition Law & Technology Scholarship Colloquium: Gideon Parchomovsky: "Two Conceptions of Fair Use" (2/19/20)

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Announcement of Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition Panel DIscussion: "The Rise of Antitrust Scrutiny of Big Tech: Transatlantic Perspectives" (2/18/20)

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Announcement of Lunch Conversation: Charles Ramsey (2/18/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition Panel DIscussion: "The Rise of Antitrust Scrutiny of Big Tech: Transatlantic Perspectives" (2/18/20)

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Announcement of Mark P. Nevitt & Daniel Shields: "Law and DIplomacy: Conflict in the South China Sea" (2/13/20)

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Announcement of Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition Law & Technology Scholarship Colloquium: Jennifer Rothman: "The First Amendment and the Right(s) of Publicity" (2/12/20)

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Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Dual Allegiances in America: Christian, Jewish & Muslim Perspectives" (2/12/20)

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Announcement of Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law Conference: "Twenty Years of Women, Peace, and Security Initiatives: Are We Doing Better?" (2/11/20)

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Announcement of John Baker: "A More or Less Perfect Union: Amending the Constitution" (2/11/20)

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Announcement of Paul G. Haaga, Jr. Lecture in Law, Government and Public Policy: Michéle Flournoy: "Driving Change through Red Tape: Policymaking in the World's Biggest Bureaucracy" (2/11/20)

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Announcement of Penn Law Review Author Lunch: Joshua Macey and Jackson Salovaara: "Rate Regulation Redux" (2/12/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Paul G. Haaga, Jr. Lecture in Law, Government and Public Policy: Michéle Flournoy: "Driving Change through Red Tape: Policymaking in the World's Biggest Bureaucracy" (2/11/20)

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Announcement of Penn Law South Asian Law Students Association Conference: "A Century after Thind: South Asians in the Legal Profession" (2/7/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Penn Law South Asian Law Students Association Conference: "A Century after Thind: South Asians in the Legal Profession" (2/7/20)

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Announcement of Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Lecture in Talmudic Civil Law: Benjamin Porat: "The Biblical Struggle for Social Justice: New Perspectives" (2/6/20)

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Announcement of Nicholas Tabor: "Capital, Contagion, and Financial Crises: What Stops a Run from Spreading?" (2/6/20)

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Selected Bibliography for Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Lecture in Talmudic Civil Law: Benjamin Porat: "The Biblical Struggle for Social Justice: New Perspectives" (2/6/20)

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Announcement of Penn Law Asian Pacific American Law Student Association Conference: "Fighting for Visibility: Asian Americans in Law and Politics" (2/1/20)

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Announcement of Michael Brennan: "The Anti-Federalists: Then and Now" (1/30/20)

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Announcement of Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law and Penn Program on Regulation Book Talk: Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth: "The Ethical Algorithm: The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Design" (1/29/20)

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Announcement of Nicholas Rosenkranz: "The Subjects of the Constitution" (1/29/20)

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Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Conversations about Justice: 0.5 Degrees: The Green New Deal and the Climate Crisis" (1/29/20)

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Announcement of 2020 Edwin R. Keedy Cup

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Announcement of Yesha Yadav: "Debt Buybacks and the Myth of Creditor Power" (1/23/20)

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Announcement of Alicia Hilton: "Double Jeopardy Post-Gamble" (1/22/20)

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Announcement of Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law Film Screening and Panel Discussion: "The Report"

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Announcement of Kathryn Ciano Mauler: "Big Tech and the Regulatory State" (1/16/20)

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Announcement of Haleh Esfandiari: "A 30-Minute Fireside Chat on Iran" (1/14/20)

Submissions from 2019

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Announcement of Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law Conference: "Hybrid Threats in the Grey Zone: Mapping the Terrain" (12/6-7/19)