Workshops & Conferences

Fall 2011

• August 22, 11:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Eric Helland (Claremont McKenna College, Dept. of Economics).  Topic: "How Much Should Judges be Paid? An Empirical Study on the
  Effect of Judicial Pay," with James Anderson. (CLEO)
• August 26, 1, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Room 130)
  Akhil Amar (Yale Law School). Topic: "America's Unwritten Constitution." Commentator: Rebecca Brown (Faculty Workshop)
  
• August 29, 11:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Jonathan Masur (University of Chicago Law School). Topic: "Patent Inflation." (CLEO)
• August 31, 12:20 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Reva Siegel (Yale Law School). Topic: "Dignity and Sexuality: Claims on Dignity in Transnational Debates Over Abortion and Same-Sex Marriage." (CLHC)
• September 1, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Faculty Lounge, Room 443)  Reception to Follow
  Catherine Fisk (UC Irvine Law School). Book Panel Discussion.  Topic: "Working Knowledge."  Commentators: Paul Saint Amour (University of Pennsylvania) and Katherine Stone (UCLA School of Law)
• September 9, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Room 130)
  Gillian Hadfield (USC Gould School of Law). Topic: "What is Law: A Coordination Account of the Characteristics of Legal Order," Commentator: Shmuel Leshem (Faculty Workshop)
  
• September 19, 11:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Kathryn Zeiler (Georgetown University Law Center). Topic: "Are Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Study Results Method-Dependent?" (CLEO)
• September 23, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Room 130)
  Tom Lyon (USC Gould School of Law). Topic: "Child Witnesses and the Confrontation Clause." Commentator: Dan Simon (Faculty Workshop)
• October 3, 11:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Benjamin Hermalin (University of California, Berkeley).  Topic: "TBA." (CLEO)
• October 3, 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Room 102, Mudd Hall Bldg.)
  Dave Estlund (Brown University).  Topic: "TBA." (CLP)
• October 5, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Faculty Lounge, Room 443)  Reception to Follow
  Richard Banks (Stanford Law). Topic: "Is Marriage for White People?"  Panelists include: Kim Buchanan (USC Gould School of Law), Doug Nejaime (Loyola Law School), Melissa Murray (UC Berkeley School of Law), Camille Gear Rich (USC Gould School of Law), Sandy Banks (Columnist, LA Times) (CLHC)
• October 17, 11:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Gary Charness (UC Santa Barbara). Topic: "How Communication Affects Flexibility: An Experimental Study of Formal and Informal Contracting." (CLEO)
• October 17, 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Room 102, Mudd Hall Bldg.)
  Margaret Moore (Queen's University, Canada). Topic: "TBA." (CLP)
• October 18, 12:20 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Adrienne Davis (Washington University School of Law). Topic: "Decriminalizing Sex Work." (CLHC)
• October 21, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Room 130)
  Andrei Marmor (USC Gould School of Law). Topic: "TBA." Commentator: tba (Faculty Workshop)
• October 28, TBA (Faculty Lounge, Room 433)
  Gideon Yaffe (USC Gould School of Law).  Book Event: Topic: "TBA."
  
• October 31, 11:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Yehonatan Givati (Harvard Law School). Topic: "The Optimal Structure of Policymaking: Rulemaking, Adjudication, Licensing and Advance Ruling" (CLEO)
• October 31, 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Room 102, Mudd Hall Bldg.)
  Samuel Freeman (University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Philosophy). Topic: "TBA." (CLP)
• November 9, 12:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. (University Club Banquet Room) Reception to follow
  West Coast Law & Literature Conference. Speakers: Jed Rubenfield (Yale Law School) and Sandra MacPherson (Ohio State University, English Department). Topic: "TBA." (CLHC)
• November 11, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (Faculty Lounge, Room 443) 
  PPT of Judicial Collegiality: Strategic Interaction on Court Panels
• November 14, 11:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Frank Partnoy (University of San Diego School of Law). Topic: "Disclosure Strategies and Shareholder Litigation Risk." (CLEO)
• November 14, 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Room 102, Mudd Hall Bldg.)
  David Schmidtz (University of Arizona, Dept. of Philosophy). Topic: "TBA." (CLP)
• November 16, 12:20 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Anne Dailey (University of Connecticut School of Law). Topic: "The Psychodynamics of Surrogacy." (CLHC)
• November 18, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Room 130)
  Camille Gear Rich (USC Gould School of Law). Topic: "TBA." Commentator: Tom Lyon (Faculty Workshop)
• November 28, 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Room 102, Mudd Hall Bldg.)
  Peter Vallentyne (University of Missouri-Columbia, Dept. of Philosophy). Topic: "TBA." (CLP)
• November 28, 11:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  William Hubbard (University of Chicago Law School). Topic: "The Problem of Measuring Legal Change, with Application to Bell Atlantic v. Twombly." (CLEO)
• December 9, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Room 130)
  Stephen Rich (USC Gould School of Law). Topic: "TBA." Commentator: tba. (Faculty Workshop)

Spring 2012

• January 9, 11:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Room 103)
  Abraham Wickelgren (University of Texas School of Law). Topic: "TBA" (CLEO)
• January 25, 12:20 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Rebecca Lemon (USC, Dept. of English). Topic: "Shakespeare's State of Emergency" (CLHC)
• January 27, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Faculty Lounge, Room 433)
  Mary Dudziak (USC Gould School of Law). Symposium on "War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences."
  
• February 6, 11:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Vikramaditya Khanna (University of Michigan Law School).  Topic: "TBA." (CLEO)
• February 8, 12:20 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Jody David Armour (USC Gould School of Law). Topic: "TBA." (CLHC)
• February 10, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Room 130)
  Hilary Schor (USC Gould School of Law)). Topic: "TBA." Commentator: tba. (Faculty Workshop)
• February 22, 12:20 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Tera Hunter (Princeton University, Dept. of History). Topic: "TBA." (CLHC)
• February 24, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Room 130)
  Mitu Gulati (Duke University Law School). Topic: "TBA." Commentator: tba (Faculty Workshop)
• February 27, 11:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Jennifer Reinganum and Andrew Daughety (Vanderbilt University, Dept. of Economics). Topic: "TBA." (CLEO)
• March 6, 12:20 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Stuart Banner (UCLA School of Law). Topic: "American Property: A History of How, Why, and What We Own." (CLHC)
• March 9, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Room 130)
  Daniel Klerman (USC Gould School of Law). Topic: "Personal Jurisdiction: Exit, Voice and Price."  Commentator: tba. (Faculty Workshop)
• March 19, 11:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Zorina Khan (Bowdoin College, Economics Dept.). Topic: "TBA." (CLEO)
• March 21, 12:20 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Nathan Perl-Rosenthal (USC, Dept. of History).  Topic: "Sailors Before the Law and the Making of Republican Cosmopolitanism, CA 1776-1795." (CLHC)
• March 23, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Room 130)
  Jonathan Barnett (USC Gould School of Law). Topic: "TBA." Commentator: tba. (Faculty Workshop)
• April 2, 11:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Room 118/120)
  Ronald Mann (Columbia University School of Law). Topic: "TBA." (CLEO)
• April 13, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Room 130)
  Daria Roithmayr (USC Gould School of Law). Topic: "Evolutionary Game Theory." Commentator: tba. (Faculty Workshop)
• April 19, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (USC Town &Gown)
  10th Annual Law and Humanities Distinguished Lecture. Speaker: John Comaroff (University of Chicago, Dept. of Anthropology). Topic: "Divine Detection: Crime and the Metaphysics of Disorder." (CLHC)
• April 27, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Room 130)
  David Cruz (USC Gould School of Law). Topic: "TBA." Commentator: tba.(Faculty Workshop)