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- A discussion of the Supreme Court decision Boumediene v. Bush
June 17, 2008 - The Supreme Court held Thursday, June 12, that Guantanamo Bay detainees have a constitutional right to file for habeas corpus in U.S. federal court. Foreign detainees who have been held for years at the prison camp in Cuba will now have the right to challenge their indefinite imprisonment without charges. Duke Law Professors Madeline Morris, Scott Silliman, and Curtis Bradley discuss this landmark decision and what the next steps will be for the detainees. - April, 2008
- DLJ Administrative Law Symposium: Administrative Law, Preemption, and Federalism
April 15, 2008 - Which policies prevail when federal agency action conflicts with state law? The Supreme Court focused on this question this year in Riegel v. Medtronic and will return to it next year in Wyeth v. Levine. This symposium brings distinguished scholars together to discuss this question at the core of constitutional law, administrative law, and public policy. - What Would You Do With $100 Million?
April 9, 2008 - Duke Chapel Dean Sam Wells engages in a one-on-one conversation with Duke Law Dean David Levi in the series, Deans Dialogues. Dean Levi addresses the question "What would you do with $100 Million?" - The Future of EU-US Relations
April 8, 2008 - Mr. Angelos Pangratis, Deputy Head of Delegation of the EU?s Delegation to the US, speaks on the economic and political issues at the cutting edge of the EU-US relationship. He covers areas of converging interests as issues on which the EU and the US still remain divided. - A Nonobvious Discussion of Patents
April 3, 2008 - Professor Suzanne Scotchmer of the Berkeley faculty will present the annual Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property. - March, 2008
- What can Brown do for you?: Neutral principles and the struggle for ownership of the Equal Protection Clause
March 25, 2008 - Prof. Pam Karlan of Stanford Law School presents the annual Currie Lecture. One of the nation's leading experts on voting and the political process, Karlan is the co-author of three leading casebooks on constitutional law and related subjects. She has served as a commissioner on the California Fair Political Practices Commission and as an assistant counsel and cooperating attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. A former clerk to Justice Harry A. Blackmun of the Supreme Court of the United States, Karlan is also the founding director of Stanford Law School?s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. - Kosovo's Independence: The Politics, Legality, and Philosophy of Secession
March 24, 2008 - Professor Tibor Varady, professor at Emory University Law School, and Professor Allen Buchanan, James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy and Policy Studies at Duke University, offer their views on Kosovo's recent declaration of independence from Serbia. - The U.S. v. John Lindh: Constitutional and Human Rights Implications of an Extraordinary Case
March 6, 2008 - The Program in Public Law presents "U.S. v. John Lindh: Constitutional and Human Rights Implications of an Extraordinary Case." Frank R. Lindh discusses the case of his son John Walker Lindh, arrested in Afghanistan in 2001 and currently serving a 20-year sentence for serving in the Taliban Army. - January, 2008
- A Responsibility to Lead: How Lawyers Can Fill Our Leadership Deficit
January 16, 2008 - Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr., senior counsel with Wilmer Hale and former senior vice president and general counsel for GE, discusses "lawyers as leaders," and the opportunity and responsibility that lawyers have to serve as leaders, not just in the legal profession but also in the community at large. His presentation is sponsored by the Law School's Leadership Working Group and the Office of the Dean. - November, 2007
- A Charged Atmosphere: The Future of U.S. Policy on Global Warming - part 1
November 16, 2007 - 2007 DELPF conference Panel 1: Regulation Under Massachusetts v. EPA Panelists are Ryke Longest and Frank Princiotta. Moderated by Jim Salzman. - A Charged Atmosphere: The Future of U.S. Policy on Global Warming - part 2
November 16, 2007 - 2007 DELPF Symposium Panel 2: New Legislative Approaches Panelists are Michael Toman, Scott Segal, and Jedediah Purdy. Moderated by Jonathan Wiener - A Charged Atmosphere: The Future of U.S. Policy on Global Warming - part 3
November 16, 2007 - 2007 DELPF Symposium Panel 3: State Preemptions Panelists are Sean Donahue, Hari Osofsky, and Jonas Monast. Moderated by Douglas Crawford-Brown. - Desperately Seeking Subsidiarity: Danish Private Law in Scandinavian, European & Global Context
November 13, 2007 - Professor Joseph Lookofsky of Copenhagen University will present the Annual Bernstein Memorial Lecture. - The Terror Presidency
November 12, 2007 - Jack Goldsmith is the Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. During 2003 ? 2004, Professor Goldsmith served under Attorney General John Ashcroft as an Assistant United States Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice. He has written a number of texts on both international law and the internet and most recently authored ?The Terror Presidency,? which details his time as an Assistant U.S. Attorney General and the legal issues raised by the Bush administration?s approach to the war on terror. Professor Goldsmith graduated with a B.A. summa cum laude from Washington & Lee University in 1984. He subsequently earned a second B.A. from Oxford University, in 1986, a J.D. from Yale Law School, in 1989, an M.A., first class honors, from Oxford in 1991, and a diploma from the Hague Academy of International Law in 1992. Professor Goldsmith was a former clerk for Justice Kennedy of the Uni ted States Supreme Court and has previously taught at both the University of Chicago Law School and the University of Virginia School of Law. - Animals and Bioengineering: A Consideration of Law, Ethics, and Science - part 1
November 9, 2007 - November 10, 2007 A 2 day event held November 9 and 10, the Animals and Bioengineering Conference brings together, for the first time, animal law and patent attorneys, litigators, scientists, ethicists, government regulators and industry representatives to explore the evolution and development of laws relating to the use of animals in bioengineering. This Conference discusses some of the many ways in which animals are currently being used in bioengineering, including producing human medicines in transgenic animals, producing disease resistant farm animals, cloning animals for xenotransplantation and cloning animals for food applications. Both the present state of the law and the possible need for changes in the law are addressed. Welcome by Dean David F. Levi Opening Remarks by Gilda Mariani and Peter Bennett Panel 1: A Legal History Moderated by Barbara Gislason - "History of the Animal Welfare Act" presented by Betty Goldentyer - "History of Government Oversight of Genetically Modified Animals" presented by Rachel G. Lattimore - Animals and Bioengineering: A Consideration of Law, Ethics, and Science - part 2
November 9, 2007 - November 10, 2007 Panel 2: Introduction to the Science of Animal Genetics Moderated by Barbara Gislason -"Improving Animals Each Generation by Selection from the Best Gene Sources" presented by Paul Van Raden -"The Science of Making Clones and Transgenic Animals" presented by Robert Wall - Animals and Bioengineering: A Consideration of Law, Ethics, and Science - part 3
November 9, 2007 - November 10, 2007 Panel 3: Perspectives on Public Policy Moderated by Kristina Hancock -"Patenting of Animals" presented by Joyce Tischler -"Strengths and Weakness of the Animal Welfare Act" presented by Cathy Liss -"A Veterinarian's Perspective of Regulation of Animal Care" presented by B. Taylor Bennett -"The Animal Biotechnology Industry Perspective of Regulation of Animals Derived Through Biotechnology" presented by Barb Glenn -"Do State Anti-Cruelty Laws Apply to Animals Used in Scientific Research?" presented by William A. Reppy - Animals and Bioengineering: A Consideration of Law, Ethics, and Science - part 4
November 9, 2007 - November 10, 2007 Panel 4: What Is Happening Out in the Field Moderated by Deborah Runkle -"Transgenesis for Human Health and BSE Resistance" presented by Eddie Sullivan -"Enhancing Genetic Improvement" presented by Irina Polejaeva -"Transgenesis for Food Application" presented by Joseph McGonigle - Animals and Bioengineering: A Consideration of Law, Ethics, and Science - part 5
November 9, 2007 - November 10, 2007 Opening remarks for November 10 sessions by Gilbert Whittimore Panel 4 continued: "The Nuts and Bolts of Genetic Engineering of Animals" presented by Thomas Coffman Panel 5: Ethical Issues in the Use of Animals Moderated by David Furlow -"Ethics and the Genetic Engineering of Animals" presented by Bernard Rollin -"The Ethics of Animal Biotechnology" presented by Margaret Riley - Animals and Bioengineering: A Consideration of Law, Ethics, and Science - part 7
November 9, 2007 - November 10, 2007 Panel 6: Future Prospects of Law and Regulation Moderated by David Furlo -"Legal Control Over the Genetic Modification of Animals" presented by Steve Wise -"Is More Regulation Needed?" presented by Jeannie Perron -"Developing Public Policy for Genetic Manipulation of Animal Genes" presented by David Favre - October, 2007
- Musicians in Copyright's Federated Domain
October 30, 2007 - Michael Carroll is Professor of Law at Villanova University, where he focuses on intellectual property and the law of the Internet. Carroll also serves on the Board of Directors of Creative Commons, www.creativecommons.org This event is hosted by the Center for the Study of the Public Domain as part of the Information Ecology Series. - The Roberts Court Moves Right?
October 15, 2007 - The Program in Public Law at Duke Law School presents a lecture with Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ). The ACLJ is involved in public interest and public policy issues working to protect religious and constitutional liberties. Sekulow has argued several landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court which have become part of the legal landscape in the area of religious liberty litigation. In the Mergens case, Sekulow cleared the way for public school students to form Bible clubs and religious organizations on their school campuses. In the Lamb's Chapel case, Sekulow defended the free speech rights of religious groups, ensuring that they be treated equally with respect to the use of public facilities. And, most recently, in McConnell v. FEC, Sekulow ensured that the constitutional rights of young people remain protected with a unanimous decision by the high court guaranteeing that minors can participate in political campaigns. - Supreme Court Preview
October 1, 2007 - The Program in Public Law kicks off the academic year with a Supreme Court Preview. Duke Law Professors Curt Bradley, Neil Siegel, James Coleman, and Catherine Fisk discuss important cases that the Supreme Court will hear in the upcoming term, including the Guantanamo cases and Medellin, as well as some significant employment discrimination, election, and criminal procedure cases. - September, 2007
- The Court of Public Opinion: The Practice and Ethics of Trying Cases in the Media - Part 11
September 29, 2007 - Panel 10 - The Role and Responsibility of the Court Panelists include David F. Levi, Gary A. Hengstler, Leroy F. Millette, Jr., W. Terry Ruckriegle, David A. Sellers, and Reggie B. Walton. - The Court of Public Opinion: The Practice and Ethics of Trying Cases in the Media - Part 10
September 29, 2007 - Panel 9 - The Role and Responsibility of the Public Panelists include Christopher H. Schroeder, Scott G. Bullock, Kimberly A. Gross, and Steven Shapiro. - The Court of Public Opinion: The Practice and Ethics of Trying Cases in the Media - Part 9
September 29, 2007 - Panel 8 - A Conversation: Living Through Lacrosse Panelists include Erwin Chemerinsky, John F. Burness, James E. Coleman, Jr., Latisha Gotell Faulks, Paul H. Haagen, Sergio Quintana, and Emily Rotberg. - The Court of Public Opinion: The Practice and Ethics of Trying Cases in the Media - Part 8
September 29, 2007 - Panel 7 - Institutional Response to Crisis Panelists include Noah Pickus, Judith Clair, Ronald L. Dufresne, Richard S. Levick, and Craig A. Masback. - The Court of Public Opinion: The Practice and Ethics of Trying Cases in the Media - Part 7
September 29, 2007 - Panel 6 - Comparative Law Approaches to Media Access to Court Proceedings Panelists include Francesca Bignami, Lucy Dalglish, Peter M. Jacobsen, Gavin Phillipson, and Giorgio Resta. - Reflections by President Richard H. Brodhead
September 29, 2007 - Duke President Richard Brodhead's comments during The Court of Public Opinion conference. - The Court of Public Opinion: The Practice and Ethics of Trying Cases in the Media - Part 6
September 28, 2007 - Panel 5 - The Role and Responsibility of the Prosecutor Panelists include: Thomas B. Metzloff, R. Michael Cassidy, Colm F. Connolly, Marsha Goodenow, and Loretta Lynch Hargrove - The Court of Public Opinion: The Practice and Ethics of Trying Cases in the Media - Part 5
September 28, 2007 - Panel 4 - The Role and Responsibility of Defense Counsel Panelists include: Robert P. Mosteller, Harold A. Haddon, Laurie L. Levenson, and Michael E. Tigar. - The Court of Public Opinion: The Practice and Ethics of Trying Cases in the Media - Part 4
September 28, 2007 - Panel 3 - A "Fred Friendly" Roundtable Panelists include: Jack Ford, Peter Gilchrist, Margaret A. Jablonski, Kerstin Kimel, David F. Levi, Lawrence G. McMichael, Beatrice Myers, Ellen W. Reckhow, Sonja Steptoe, Ron Wellman, and Elliot Wolf. - The Court of Public Opinion: The Practice and Ethics of Trying Cases in the Media - Part 3
September 28, 2007 - Panel 2 - The Role and Responsibility of New Media Panelists include James Salzman, KC Johnson, Marcy Wheeler, and Kinsey Wilson. - The Court of Public Opinion: The Practice and Ethics of Trying Cases in the Media - Part 2
September 28, 2007 - Panel 1 - The Role and Responsibility of Traditional Media Panelists include Sara Sun Beale, Sylvia Adcock, Loren Ghiglione, Eric N. Lieberman, Malcolm Moran, William J. Raspberry, and Ari Shapiro. - The Court of Public Opinion: The Practice and Ethics of Trying Cases in the Media - Part 1
September 28, 2007 - Welcome and Opening Remarks by Kathryn Webb Bradley, Chair of the Conference Steering Committee Opening Address by Hodding Carter III with introduction by Eduardo Hauser - School Integration: Shifting the Policy Discussion After Parents Involved
September 6, 2007 - Join Wake County lawyer Ann Majestic, education litigator Audrey Anderson (Hogan & Hartson), and other speakers for a panel moderated by policy professor Charlie Clotfelter on the policy impacts of the Supreme Court's recent decision on school integration. Sponsored by Hogan & Hartson, the American Constitution Society, the Federalist Society, the Education Law & Policy Society, and the Program in Public Law. - School Integration: Legal Implications of Parents Involved
September 5, 2007 - Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor Neil Siegel, Anurima Bhargava of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and Roger Clegg of the Center for Equal Opportunity discuss the legal implications of the Supreme Court's recent decision on school integration. Sponsored by the American Constitution Society, the Federalist Society, the Education Law & Policy Society, and the Program in Public Law. - April, 2007
- Hoop Dreams: How Sonny Vaccaro Revolutionized the Business of Basketball
April 12, 2007 - Sonny Vaccaro, the trailblazing shoe company executive who created the high school summer basketball scene and signed many of the game's greatest stars - including Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant - to endorsement contracts, discusses his career and future goals. Vaccaro, who has worked for Nike, Adidas, and Reebok, highlights the structure of endorsement deals as well as his plans to launch a national basketball academy. - Challenges for the Americas and the Role of the OAS
April 9, 2007 - Duke Law hosts the Katherine and S. Davis Phillips International Lecture. This lecture commemorates the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Duke Center for International Studies. Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States presents "Challenges for the Americas and the role of the OAS". - From Pan Am to Gaddafi
April 3, 2007 - From shelter animals being passed off as trained security dogs, to travels to Libya, London, and Paris to negotiate the $10 million per family settlement with the Libyan government. Meet the lawyers who first handled the conventional litigation against the airline and then, under the newly amended Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, sued the Libyan government in groundbreaking, "anything but conventional" litigation. - March, 2007
- Copyright Liberties
March 30, 2007 - Information Ecology Lecture Series with Professor Jessica Litman
In this talk, Professor Litman challenges the conventional paradigm of copyright statutory interpretation, under which unlicensed uses of copyrighted works are deemed infringing unless excused.That rubric was never accurate, she argues, and relying on it has distorted our thinking.In particular, it has encouraged us to give short shrift to the core importance in the copyright scheme of reading, listening, viewing, watching, playing and using copyrighted works. For most of its history, copyright law was designed to maximize the opportunities for non-exploitative enjoyment of copyrighted works in order to encourage reading, listening, watching and their cousins.Litman terms the freedom to engage in those activities "copyright liberties", and argues that they are both deeply embedded in copyright's design and crucial to its promotion of the Progress of Science.
Litman is a Professor at the University of Michigan Law School, where she teaches copyright law, Internet law, and trademarks and unfair competition. She is the author of the influential book Digital Copyright, and the coauthor with Jane Ginsburg and Mary Lou Kevlin of a casebook on Trademarks and Unfair Competition Law. - The Geography of Innovation in the U.S. - A Tale of 280 Cities
March 7, 2007 - Information Ecology Lecture with Dr. Robert Hunt
Robert Hunt is a Senior Economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia whose research fields include innovation and intellectual property, and economic geography.
In the U.S. inventions are an urban phenomenon. Why is invention concentrated in cities? Why are some cities more innovative than others? This talk will describe some of Dr. Hunt's findings. It is hosted by the Center for the Study of the Public Domain as part of the Information Ecology lecture series. - God Talk: Religious Speech in Public Discourse
March 5, 2007 - A panel discussion on contemporary issues and enduring quandaries regarding the dangers and benefits of religious speech in public discourse in the United States.Participants: Dr. J.D. Greear, Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, Professor Howard Lesnick, and Dr. H. Jefferson Powell
- The Fourth Estate Under Fire
March 2, 2007 - A panel that includes Duke Law Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky, John Bussian of the Bussian Law Firm, Vinson & Elkins media litigator Thomas Leatherbury and Los Angeles Times legal affairs reporter Henry Weinstein discusses recent developments in law affecting the news media, including such high profile cases as the jailing of former New York Times reporter Judith Miller and sentences given to two San Francisco Chronicle reporters for refusing to testify in the BALCO steroids case. Prior restraints, freedom of information and the recent intersection of criminal law and press coverage in other high profile cases are covered by the panel, to be followed by Q&A. - February, 2007
- Faith, Politics, and the Law
February 27, 2007 - Jim Towey, President of Saint Vincent College, former Counsel to Mother Teresa, and former Director of the White House Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives, speaks about his experience with faith, politics, and the law. - The Life and Legacy of Chief Justice Earl Warren
February 19, 2007 - The Program in Public Law is pleased to present a discussion with Jim Newton, author of the well-reviewed biography, Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made. Newton served as reporter, editor, and bureau chief of the LA Times for close to twenty years. - Happiness and the Law
February 14, 2007 - Professor Bruno Frey, Chair of Economic Policy and Non-Market Economics, University of Zurich, and Director of the Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts, discusses how law and institutions affect expressed happiness in different countries. - The Military Commissions Act of 2006: Outstanding Legal Issues
February 13, 2007 - The Program in Public Law presents "The Military Commissions Act of 2006: Outstanding Legal Issues," a discussion with Duke Law Professors Curtis Bradley and Christopher Schroeder, and Robert Chesney, Associate Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law. - Media Coverage of the Duke Lacrosse Case with Jack Ford
February 7, 2007 - The Program in Public Law presents Media Coverage of the Duke Lacrosse Case, with Jack Ford. Mr. Ford is a Senior Anchor for Court TV. - January, 2007
- Odious Debts & State Corruption - part 4
January 26, 2007 - The journal of Law & Contemporary Problems presents its day-long annual conference at the Law School, providing extensive scholarly discussion and critical analysis of Odious Debt.
Panel IV: "Policing State Corruption and the Relevance of Transnational Justice Issues"
Featuring: Lee Buchheit, Larry Backer, Paul Carrington, Adrienne Davis, David Gray, Jeffrey Meyer, Christiana Ochoa, and Anita Ramasastry - Odious Debts & State Corruption - part 3
January 26, 2007 - The journal of Law & Contemporary Problems presents its day-long annual conference at the Law School, providing extensive scholarly discussion and critical analysis of Odious Debt.
Panel III: "Private Domestic Law Analogies & Solutions"
Featuring: Lee Buchheit, Deborah DeMott, Adam Feibelman, Melissa Jacoby, Bob Rasmussen, Chantal Thomas, and Robert Thompson - Odious Debts & State Corruption - part 1
January 26, 2007 - The journal of Law & Contemporary Problems presents its day-long annual conference at the Law School, providing extensive scholarly discussion and critical analysis of Odious Debt.
Welcome and Introduction by:
-Anne Hazlett, Editor-in-Chief, Law & Contemporary Problems
-Neil Vidmar, Chairman, Law & Contemporary Problems
"The Policy Context for Thinking About the Problem" with Daniel Tarullo
Panel 1: "Odious Debt as a Doctrine of International Law, its Institutional Context, and the Sovereign-Populace Relationship" with Daniel Tarullo, Tai-Heng Cheng, James Feinerman, Kim Fielding, Anna Gelpern, and Shari Spiegel - Odious Debts & State Corruption - part 2
January 26, 2007 - The journal of Law & Contemporary Problems presents its day-long annual conference at the Law School, providing extensive scholarly discussion and critical analysis of Odious Debt.
Panel II: "The Economics of Odious Debt and the Problem of Despotic Leaders and State Corruption" with Daniel Tarullo, Patrick Bolton, Albert Choi, Mechele Dickerson, Caroline Gentile, Kunibert Raffer, David Skeel, and Tom Ulen - Trying Cases in the Media - The Role of Prosecutor and the Press
January 25, 2007 - The Program in Public Law presents "Trying Cases in the Media -- the Role of Prosecutor and the Press," a discussion panel that will explore issues surrounding high publicity cases. The panel includes Duke Law Professors Tom Metzloff, Jim Coleman, Mike Tigar, and N&O reporter Joe Neff, who has been covering the Duke lacrosse case. - Our Undemocratic Constitution
January 10, 2007 - The Program in Public Law presents Sanford Levinson, distinguished professor from The University of Texas at Austin. - November, 2006
- Warning Shots: The Military's Anthrax Vaccination Program and Its Consequences
November 20, 2006 - John J. ("Lou") Michels, L '85, discusses his role in a case he successfully argued in 2004 against the mandatory anthrax vaccination of military personnel. - The Beauty of Bets: Wagers as Compensation for Professional Athletes
November 16, 2006 - Professor Jeffrey Standen of the Willamette School of Law presents his recent law review article, "The Beauty of Bets: Wagers as Compensation for Professional Athletes." Professor Richman discusses the economics effects of Professor Standen's proposal, and Professor Haagen moderates the discussion. Professor Standen's article outlines the advantages of allowing athletes to bet on their games. - Transatlantic Approaces to International Law and Institutions
November 15, 2006 - John B. Bellinger is the principal adviser on all domestic and international law matters to the Department of State, the Foreign Service, and the diplomatic and consular posts abroad. He is also the principal adviser on legal matters relating to the conduct of foreign relations to other agencies and, through the Secretary of State, to the President and the National Security Council. Prior to joining the State Department, Mr. Bellinger served as Senior Associate Counsel to the President, Legal Adviser to the National Security Council, Counsel for National Security Matters in the Department of Justice, Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and other public policy positions. - Working Toward Democracy: Thurgood Marshall and the Constitution of Kenya
November 10, 2006 - Professor Mary Dudziak of the University of Southern California School of Law presents the Duke Law Journal Fall Lecture: "Working Toward Democracy: Thurgood Marshall and the Constitution of Kenya." - Fifth Annual Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture in International & Comparative Law
November 2, 2006 - Dean Zhu Suli of Peking University delivers the Bernstein Int'l & Comparative Law Lecture. - October, 2006
- International Programs and The Law: Investigating the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program
October 27, 2006 - A discussion of the investigations into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program with Mr. Paul Volcker, Mr. Mark Califano (JD'88), and Professor Jeffrey Meyer, of the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) that investigated the Program?s flaws and the urgent need for reform in the U.N. Mr. Volcker, former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, chaired the IIC; Professor Meyer is the former Senior Counsel to the IIC; and, Mr. Califano served as Chief Legal Counsel to the IIC and supervised major aspects of the investigation. - free market environmentalismFree Market Environmentalism: A non-regulatory approach to environmental stewardship.
October 25, 2006 - Terry Anderson from the Property and Environment Research Center, in Bozeman, MT, will discuss market-based solutions to environmental issues such as endangered species and public lands management. Duke Law and Nicholas School Prof. Jim Salzman will facilitate a question and answer period. - The Use of International and Foreign Law in Interpreting the U.S. Constitution
October 24, 2006 - Discussion with Profs. Jeff Powell and Neil Siegel. - Practical Politics and the Law
October 2, 2006 - Dean Kenneth Starr of Pepperdine Law School, former Solicitor General and Whitewater independent prosecutor, speaks on his experiences at the intersection of law and politics. - September, 2006
- Becoming a Civil Rights Lawyer
September 21, 2006 - Michael Meltsner, currently a professor of law at Northeastern and formerly one of NAACP Legal Defense Fund's top lawyers who worked with Thurgood Marshall, will be speaking about his new book and his experiences as a civil rights attorney during the 1960s. Hosted by BLSA - Constitution Day: The Constitution and the War on Terror
September 18, 2006 - The Program in Public Law presents Constitution Day: The Constitution and the War on Terror, a panel discussion. - The Future of Social Security
September 13, 2006 - The President's pointman on Social Security will be speaking at Duke to give us a preview of what Social Security will look like with - or without - reforms. - Reexamining the Balance of Power Through Guantanamo Bay: A Discussion of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
September 7, 2006 - Professors Siliman, Chemerinsky, and Morris discuss the Supreme Court's recent decision and the President's response. - August, 2006
- Faculty panel looks at new Supreme Court term
August 28, 2006 - Sponsored by the Program in Public Law - Presidential Signing Statements: What is the Problem with Them?
August 21, 2006 - Sponsored by the Program in Public Law - April, 2006
- US National Security Strategy - Finding the Right Balance (Richard B. Myers, General, USAF, Ret.)
April 21, 2006 - Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - US National Security Strategy - Finding the Right Balance (Kenneth A. Minihan)
April 20, 2006 - Kenneth A. Minihan, Lt Gen, USAF (ret), former Director, National Security Agency, and now Managing Director and Member of the Homeland Security Fund Investment Committee Paladin Capital Group. - US National Security Strategy - Finding the Right Balance (US Representative Walter B. Jones)
April 20, 2006 - The Honorable Walter B. Jones United States House of Representatives 3rd District, North Carolina - The Terrorist Surveillance Program - Constitutional or Impeachable?
April 11, 2006 - Professor Douglas Kmiec of Pepperdine University discusses the constitutionality of the terrorist surveillance program. He recently testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in regard to the program. - Burt Neuborne: The Role of Courts in Time of War
April 3, 2006 - Burt Neuborne, the Inez Milholland Professor of Civil Liberties at NYU Law School and former National Legal Director for the ACLU, speaks on "The Role of Courts in Time of War." - March, 2006
- Administrative Law and Emergency Management: Katrina and Beyond
March 24, 2006 - The Conference addresses the administrative law issues of emergency preparedeness & response. With Hurricane Katrina as a starting point, the conference addresses political accountability, state executive power, risk assessment, hindsight analysis, and tax policy. - February, 2006
- James Bessen. The Empirical Evidence on Patents: Do they work like property?
February 27, 2006 - Do patents promote innovation and economic growth like property rights do? James Bessen answers this question by reviewing empirical research on patents, including historical research, cross-country studies, estimates of patent value and estimates of litigation costs. This event is hosted by the Center for the Study of the Public Domain as part of the Information Ecology lecture series. - Great Lives in the Law: Linda Greenhouse
February 13, 2006 - Linda Greenhouse discusses her 27-year career as Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times, taking part in the Program in Public Law's "Great Lives in the Law" series. Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law Walter Dellinger interviews Greenhouse. - Age Restrictions in Professional Sports: From Maurice Clarret to LeBron James
February 2, 2006 - Panel discussion of legal issues associated with age restrictions in professional sports by Professor McCann, Professor Barack Richman, and Professor Paul Haagen. - January, 2006
- What's On the Supreme Court Docket?
January 25, 2006 - The Program in Public Law invites you to a discussion of the most significant cases pending before the Supreme Court this term. - Private Military Contractors and the Law of War
January 23, 2006 - Frank Fountain, Doug Brooks, Scott Silliman and Joe Neff comment on the new role of these private firms in American endeavors, paying particular attention to implications for the laws of war, human rights and contemporary concerns about abuses. - Siegel Lecture: Alexander Capron
January 19, 2006 - Alexander Capron, director of ethics, trade, human rights, and health law at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, delivered the law school's fifth annual Rabbi Seymour Siegel Lecture in medical-legal ethics. - November, 2005
- Westcott and Chemerinsky: The Solomon Amendment: Compelling Duke to Allow Anti-Gay Recruitment on its Campus
November 22, 2005 - Kathi Westcott, the Deputy Director of Law for the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, and Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky discuss the "Solomon Amendment: Compelling Duke to Allow Anti-Gay Recruitment on its Campus".
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