Faculty Workshops and Conferences
September 10
Cecil D. Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program
Randall Kiser, DecisionSet
Let's Not Make a Deal: An Empirical Study of Decision Making in Unsuccessful Settlement Negotiations
Bennett Miller Room 12:00-1:00
September 12
Law & Economics/Applied Microeconomics Seminar Series
Robert Pollak, Washington University Economics
Family Bargaining and Long Term Care of the Disabled Elderly
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
September 12-13
International Legal Studies Program
Vanderbilt Roundtable on Foreign Affairs
Bass Berry Sims Room all day Friday and Saturday morning
September 19
Law & Behavioral Biology Speaker Series
Kent Kiehl, University of New Mexico Psychology
Brain Imaging and the Criminal Psychopath: Assessment, Recidivism, and Neruobiology
Bennett Miller Room 4:00-5:00 (Lecture) 5:00-6:00 (Reception)
September 22
Law & Business Program
Jesse Fried, UC Berkeley – Boalt Hall
Do VCs Misbehave? Some Evidence from Silicon Valley
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
September 25
Law & Business Program
Cally Jordan, University of Melbourne Law School
Legal Origins Revisited: The Case of Corporate Governance
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
September 29
Law & Business Program
Sean Griffith, Fordham Law School
How the Merits Matter: D&O Insurance and Securities Settlements
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
September 29
International Legal Studies Program
Panel Discussion of Michael Newton & Michael Scharf’s book
Enemy of the State: The Trial & Execution of Saddam Hussein
Michael Scharf, Case Western University School of Law
Mark Ellis, Executive Director, International Bar Association, London
Judge Ra'id Juhi Hamadi Al-Saedi, Fellow, US Institute of Peace (former Chief Investigative Judge, Iraqi High Tribune)
Flynn Auditorium 3:30-4:30 (Panel) 4:30-5:30 (Reception)
October 2
Law & Behavioral Biology Speaker Series
Helen Mayberg, Emory University Psychiatry and Neurology
Neuroscience Meets the Criminal Justice System: Functional Brain Scans as Evidence in Capital Litigation
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
October 6
Law & Business Program
Todd Henderson, University of Chicago Law School
Scienter Disclosure
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
October 13
Law & Business Program
James Spindler, USC Gould School of Law
Vicarious Liability for Bad Corporate Governance: Are We Wrong About 10b-5?
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
October 14
Grant Hayden, Hofstra Law School
Arrow's Theorem and the Exclusive Shareholder Franchise
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
October 20
Law & Business Program
Henry Hansmann, Yale Law School
Globalizing Commercial Litigation
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
October 23
Program in Constitutional Law & Theory
Mary Dudziak, USC Gould School of Law
Law, War and the History of Time
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
October 24
Panel Discussion of Suzanna Sherry and Daniel Farber’s book
Judgment Calls: Politics & Principles in Constitutional Law
Daniel Farber, UC Berkeley – Boalt Hall
Frederick Schauer, University of Virginia Law School
Mitchell Berman, U. of Texas School of Law
Hyatt Room 3:00-4:30 (Panel) 4:30-5:30 (Reception)
October 28
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
A Conversation with the Law School
Flynn Auditorium 10:30-11:45
October 30-November 1
Law & Business Conference
Legal Issues in the Governance of Supply Chains
Alexander Room Thursday afternoon and Friday morning
November 3
Law & Business Program
Robert Bartlett, University of Georgia Law School
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
November 6
International Legal Studies Program
Ruth Okediji, Minnesota Law School
Beyond Fragmentation: WIPO-WTO Relations and the Future of Global IP Norms
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
November 10
Law & Business Program
Larry Hamermesh, Widener Law School
Rationalizing Appraisal Standards in Compulsory Buyouts
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
November 11
Jason Solomon, University of Georgia Law School
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
November 14
Technology & Entertainment Law Program
Vitural Worlds, Social Networking and User-Generated Content
Bartholomew Room all day Friday and Saturday morning
November 17
Law & Business Program
Howell Jackson, Harvard Law School
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
November 18
Joanna Grossman, Hofstra Law School
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
December 1
Law & Business Program
Reinier Kraakman, Harvard Law School
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
January 14
Anthony Sebok, Cardozo School of Law
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
January 20
Law & Behavioral Biology Speaker Series
M. Keith Chen, Yale School of Management
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
January 23-24
International Legal Studies Program
Winter Roundtable on Terrorism and Humanitarian Law
Bass Berry Sims Room all day Friday and Saturday morning
January 29
Program in Constitutional Law & Theory
Trevor Morrison, Columbia Law School
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
January 30
Cecil D. Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program
Mass Settlements via Contracts with Plaintiffs’ Law Firms
Howard Erichson, Fordham Law School
Charles Silver, University of Texas School of Law
Bruce Kuhlik, Merck & Co.
Chris Seeger, Seeger Weiss
Michael Rozen, The Feinberg Group
Benjamin Zipursky, Fordham Law School
Room TBD all day
February 10
Program in Constitutional Law & Theory
Mitchell Berman, University of Texas School of Law
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
February 13
Law & Business Program
Carliss Baldwin, Harvard Business School
Modularity and the Theory of the Firm
Bass Berry Sims Room 12:00-1:00
March 12-13
Program in Constitutional Law & Theory
Frank Michelman, Harvard Law School
Alexander Room 12:00-1:00
March 27
Law & Economics Program
Conference and Panel: Heterogeneity of the Value of Statistical Life
Room TBD all day
April 17-19
Society for Evolutional Analysis in Law
Annual Scholarship Conference
Room TBD all day
