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Law School Lectures, Addresses, Conferences, and Workshops

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.

Submissions from 2018 2018

Announcement of Law and Economics Seminar: Josh Fischman: " How Many Cases are Easy?" (4/5/18)

Announcement of Brian Hauss: "Anti-Boycott Legislation and the 'Palestine Exception' to Free Speech" (4/4/18)

Announcement of Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition Panel Discussion: "We’ve Been Wrong for 30 Years? TC Heartland and its Implications for Patent Law and Practice" (4/4/18)

Announcement of Irving R. Segal Lecture in Trial Advocacy: Brig. Gen. John G. Baker: "Drinking from a Poisoned Chalice Post 9/11: Defending the Rule of Law in the Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions" (4/4/18)

Announcement of Panel Discussion: "The Cannabis Conundrum: An Experiment in Federalism or States’ Rights Run Amuck?" (4/4/18)

Selected Bibliography for Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition Panel Discussion: "We’ve Been Wrong for 30 Years? TC Heartland and its Implications for Patent Law and Practice" (4/4/18)

Selected Bibliography for Irving R. Segal Lecture in Trial Advocacy: Brig. Gen. John G. Baker: "Drinking from a Poisoned Chalice Post 9/11: Defending the Rule of Law in the Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions" (4/4/16)

Announcement of Chancery Court Program: "Buy-Side Deal Protections: What is the Current State of the Art and When and Why Do They Matter?” (4/3/18)

Announcement of Roger Normand: "A Frontline Report on the Humanitarian Crisis in Myanmar" (4/3/18)

Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Native American Women: Governance and Survivance" (3/29/18)

Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Neuroscience, Morality, and the Criminal Law" (3/28/18)

Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Participatory Defense: Reforming the Criminal Justice System" (3/28/18)

Announcement of Richard Dicker: "Why International Justice Still Faces Roadblocks" (3/28/18)

Announcement of Chris Jochnik and Roger Normand: "The Humanitarian Crisis in Myanmar: Democracy Under Siege" (3/22/18)

Announcement of Law and Economics Seminar: Ken Ayotte: "Disagreement and Capital Structure Complexity" (3/22/18)

Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Current Developments in Blockchain Law and Policy" (3/22/18)

Selected Bibliography for Panel Discussion: "Current Developments in Blockchain Law and Policy" (3/22/18)

Announcement of Chancery Court Program: “Did Delaware Get It Right or Mess Up in Addressing the Takeover Boom of the 1980’s?” (3/20/18)

Announcement of Panel Discussion: "The J20 Trials and the Criminalization of Dissent" (3/20/18)

Announcement of Book Talk: Steven Vogel: "Marketcraft: How Governments Make Markets Work" (3/19/18)

Announcement of Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law Book Talk: Luke Harding: “Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win” (3/19/18)

Announcement of Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law Conference: "Legal Responses to the Opioid Addiction Crisis: Criminal, Civil and Regulatory Solutions" (3/16/18)

Announcement of Legal History Consortium Workshop: Margot Canaday: “Making the ‘Business Case’: Gay Rights Inside the Post-Fordist Corporation” (3/15/18)

Anouncement of Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law Book Talk: Mark Fallon: "Unjustifiable Means: The Inside Story of How the CIA, Pentagon, and US Government Conspired to Torture" (3/15/18)

Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Don’t Take if for Granted: Protecting the Right to Vote from Partisan Gerrymandering and Voter ID Laws" (3/14/18)

Announcement of Panel Discussion: "The Time’s Up Movement and Diversity in the Entertainment Industry" (3/14/18)

Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Gun Control" (3/13/18)

Announcement of Center for Technology, Innovation. and Competition Faculty Workshop: Luigi Franzoni: "Legal Change in the Face of Uncertainty" (4/10/18)

Announcement of Amy Adler: "Robert Mapplethorpe, Obscenity Law, and the First Amendment" (3/15/18)

Announcement of Law and Economics Seminar: Ray Fisman: "Tax-exempt Lobbying" (3/1/18)

Announcement of Maina Kiai: "The Battle over Kenya’s Democracy: A Flawed Election, A Rerun, and the Supreme Court" (2/28/18)

Announcement of Law Review Luncheon: Jorge Gonzalez: "Surveillance Oversight: How Justice and National Security Meet" (2/27/18)

Announcement of Quattrone Center Exoneree Fellow Talk: Keith Harward: "Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Why Bite Marks Are Not Science" (2/27/18)

Announcement of Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition Workshop: Janet Freilich: “False Prophets: The Problem of Fictional Data in Patents” (2/26/18)

Announcement of Public Interest Week: Cecillia Wang: "Trump Administration: A Year in Review" (2/21/18)

ANnouncement of Martin Gruenberg: "The Systemic Resolution of a Globally Significant Financial Institution: A Progress Report" (2/16/18)

Announcement of Journal of International Law Lunch Talk: Cassandra Steer: "An Introduction to International Space Law" (2/15/18)

Announcement of Law and Economics Seminar: Max Schanzenbach: "Good Cop, Bad Cop: An Analysis of Chicago Civilian Allegations of Police Misconduct" (2/15/18)

Announcement of Owen J. Roberts Memorial Lecture: Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2/12/18)

Announcement of Black Law Student Association Sadie Alexander Conference: "The Segregated 2nd Amendment: The Racial Implications of America’s Gun Debate " (2/10/18)

Announcement of Book Talk: Dorothy Roberts: "Killing the Black Body: Reproductive Regulation and Justice 20 Years Later" (2/7/18)

Announcement of Christopher Yoo and Kevin Werbach: "What’s Next With Net Neutrality?" (2/7/18)

Selected Bibliography for Christopher Yoo and Kevin Werbach: "What’s Next With Net Neutrality?" (2/7/18)

Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Impeachment" (2/6/18)

Announcement of Latinx Law Student Association Conference: "Latin@s and the Criminal Justice System: A Conversation about How the Juvenile Justice System and Increased Immigration Enforcement Impacts the Latinx Community" (2/2/18)

Selected Biblioghraphy for Latinx Law Student Association Conference: "Latin@s and the Criminal Justice System: A Conversation about How the Juvenile Justice System and Increased Immigration Enforcement Impacts the Latinx Community" (2/2/18)

Announcement of Law and Economics Seminar: Abe Wickelgren: "Optimal Standards of Proof for Non-Obviousness and Infringement" (2/1/18)

Announcement of Legal History Consortium Workshop: Shaun Ossei-Owusu (2/1/18)

Announcement of Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law Book Talk: Ryan Alford: "Permanent State of Emergency: Unchecked Executive Power and the Demise of the Rule of Law" (1/31/18)

Announcement of Paul Clement: "The Legacy of Hobby Lobby" (1/31/18)

Announcement of Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Lectures in Talmudic Civil Law: Christine Hayes: “Divine Law: A Tale of Two Concepts (and three responses)” (1/30/18)

Announcement of Penn Program on Regulation: Cristie Ford: "Innovation and the State: Finance, Regulation, and Justice" (1/30/18)

Selected Bibliography for Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Lectures in Talmudic Civil Law: Christine Hayes: “Divine Law: A Tale of Two Concepts (and three responses)” (1/30/18)

Announcement of 2018 Keedy Cup (1/25/18)

Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Native American Initiatives at the American Philosophical Society: From Benjamin Franklin to the Present Day" (1/25/18)

Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Roe at 45: The Progression of Reproductive Rights in the United States" (1/24/18)

Announcement of Movie Screening, Panel Discussion and Networking Reception: "Balancing the Scales" (1/23/18)

Selected Bibliography for Movie Screening, Panel Discussion and Networking Reception: "Balancing the Scales" (1/23/18)

Announcement of Law & Entrepreneurship Lecture: Matt Apfel: “Immersive Computing @ Google” (1/17/18)

Selected Bibliography for Law & Entrepreneurship Lecture: Matt Apfel: “Immersive Computing @ Google” (1/17/18)

Announcement of Penn Asian Pacific American Law Student Association Conference: "A Brave New World: Transforming the Lawyer, the Firm, the Industry" (1/13/18)

Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Running on Empty?: The Risk of Trademark Depletion and Possible Solutions" (1/9/18)

Submissions from 2017 2017

Announcement of Penn Program on Regulation Seminar: Gabrielle Wong-Parodi: "Responding to Hurricane Irma’s Risks: Choices and Adjustments Over Time" (12/12/17)

Announcement of Penn Program on Regulation Seminar: Edward J. Balleisen: "Policy Shock: Recalibrating Risk and Regulation after Oil Spills, Nuclear Accidents, and Financial Crises" (12/8/17)

Announcement of GVR Khodadad Lecture: James Blair: "The Development of Neuro-Cognitive Systems Underpinning Callous-Unemotional Traits and Antisocial Behavior" (12/7/17)

Announcement of Law Review Panel Discussion: "Interpreting and Applying the Court’s Copyright Jurisprudence after Star Athletica" (12/7/17)

Selected Bibliography for GVR Khodadad Lecture: James Blair: "The Development of Neuro-Cognitive Systems Underpinning Callous-Unemotional Traits and Antisocial Behavior" (12/7/17)

Center for Tax Law & Policy Seminar Series: Mark Gergen: "The Securities Tax and Cross-Border Investment" (12/6/17)

Center for Tax Law & Policy Seminar Series: Joseph Rosenberg: "Assessing the Trade-offs Between Expensing and Interest Deductibility in Corporate Tax Reform" (11/29/17)

Announcement of Legal History Consortium Workshop: Suzanne Kahn (11/27/17)

Announcement of Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition Workshop: Jeremy Sheff: "Valuing Progress" (11/16/17)

Announcement of Global Distinguished Lecture: Tzipi Livni: “The Two States for Two Peoples Solution and an Evolving US Foreign Policy” (11/16/17)

Announcement of Panel Discussion: "Locked Up: Reforming Cash Bail in Philadelphia" (11/16/17)

Announcement of Center for Tax Law & Policy Seminar: Ben Lockwood: “Regressive Sin Taxes” (11/15/17)

Announcement of Doug Bandow and Claire Finkelstein: "The Way Forward with North Korea" (11/15/17)

Announcement of Helena Alviar: "Achieving Long-Term Justice: The Social Dimensions of Peace in Colombia" (11/15/17)

Announcement of Institute for Law and Economics Distinguished Jurist Lecture: Travis Laster: "The Procedural Implementation of Enhanced Scrutiny" (11/15/17)

Announcement of Penn Program on Regulation Seminar: Howard Shelanski: "Will Today’s Politics Upend Sound Regulation?" (11/15/17)

Announcement of Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law Conference: "Navigating Law and Ethics at the Crossroads of Journalism and National Security" (11/9-10/17)

Announcement of Wendell Pritchett and Martin Kurzweil: "Quality Assurance in U.S. Higher Education: The Current Landscape and Principles for Reform" (11/9/17)

Announcement of Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law Book Talk: Christopher J. Fuller: "See It/Shoot It: The Secret History of the CIA's Lethal Drone Program" (11/8/17)

Announcement of Center for Tax Law and Policy Seminar: Alan Viard: "Taxes, Transfers, Progressivity, and Redistribution” (11/8/17)

Announcement of Quattrone Center Book Talk: Brandon L. Garrett: "End of Its Rope: How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive Criminal Justice" (11/8/17)

Announcement of Leon C. & June W. Holt Lecture in International Law: Ernesto Zedillo: "Revisiting the Ongoing Debate about Globalization" (11/7/17)

Announcement of Shawn Watts: "Alternate Dispute Resolution through the Lens of Native American Peacemaking" (11/7/17)

Announcement of Shira Perlmutter: "The Role of the U.S. in the International Intellectual Property System" (11/6/17)

Announcement of Penn Program on Regulation Workshop: "Who Wins and Who Loses? The Distribution of Regulatory Impacts in the United States" (11/3/17)

Announcement of Quattrone Center Event: "Innovation in Prosecution Summit" (11/2-3/17)

Announcement of Center for Tax Law & Policy Seminar: Fadi Shaheen: "The Limits of Preventing Double Taxation Without Creating Opportunities for Nontaxation” (11/1/17)

Announcement of Constitutional Law Speaker Series: David Law (11/1/17)

Announcement of Cynthia Arnson: "Implementing Peace: Colombia in Comparative Perspective" (11/1/17)

Announcement of Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Memorial Lecture: Ta-Nehisi Coates (11/1/17)

Announcement of Shen Kui: "New Developments in Legal Reform in China" (10/30/17)

Announcement of David Rudovsky and Catherine Sruve: "Is Qualified Immunity Constitutional?" (10/26/17)

Announcement of Center for Tax Law & Policy Seminar Series: Ms. Elaine Maag: “Complex Families, Complex Taxes: Why Changing Family Dynamics are Making the Tax Code Obsolete, Particularly for Low-Income Families” (10/25/17)

Announcement of Law & Entrepreneurship Lecture: William Koenig: "Game Changers: The Transformation of Sports Media (and a Career) " (10/25/17)

Announcement of Lawrence Solum: "The Case for Originalism" (10/25/17)

Selected Bibliography for Law & Entrepreneurship Lecture: William Koenig: "Game Changers: The Transformation of Sports Media (and a Career) " (10/25/17)

Announcement of Ilan Goldenberg: "The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Peace Negotiations" (10/17/17)

Announcement of Sajan Poovayya: "The Right to Privacy in the Supreme Court of India" (10/16/17)