Jan 19 |
6:30 p.m. -
8:30 p.m. |
Third Annual ACS Judges Panel
Location: S-240B
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: American Constitution Society
Details:
Members of the federal judiciary will speak about their experiences behind the bench and answer questions from the audience. This year's topic is "Judicial Activism: Is It Really an Issue?" The panel will seek to reframe the public debate about judicial activism of the role of the courts as a co-equal branch of government, and explore how that role may (or may not) be changing over time. |
Jan 26 |
6:30 p.m. -
8:30 p.m. |
"Counselors, Advocates and Gatekeepers – Balancing the role and responsibilities of Lawyers in the face of tightening anti-money laundering/terrorist – financing regulation."
Location: G-214
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Professor Geoffrey Hazard
Details:
To what extent the client-attorney relationship is changing in the U.S. and in Europe because of anti-money laundering / terrorist legislation?
Panelists:
Geoffrey Hazard, Penn Law and UC Hastings
Claudio Cocuzza, Antonelli Cocuzza & Associati, LL.M. University of Pennsylvania 1988.
The conference aims at exploring, in a comparative key, the tension between forging a stronger public-private partnership against crime, and the traditional role of lawyers in society as reflected in well-established rules governing the attorney-client relationship, confidentiality, and the lawyer's duties to their clients and society. The "gatekeeper initiatives" by national governments and multilateral institutions will be examined, along with the underlying ethical and legal obligations of lawyers. Discussion will include ways to reconcile the tension between the lawyer's fundamental role in society and the "gatekeeper" role, the implications for clients, lawyers and law societies of the gatekeeper initiative, what lawyers can and should do vis-a-vis clients, and what type of best practices lawyers can adopt to avoid inadvertent involvement with illicit international activity.
Professor Hazard will focus on Sarbanes-Oxley's effect on the attorney-client privilege, such as reporting up, reporting out/Noisy withdrawal and Outside audit disclosure.
Mr. Cocuzza will discuss European anti-money laundering directives (including the recently developed Third Directive), their implementation into national laws, and how these laws have impact on the legal profession in terms of required due diligence on clients and transactions, internal anti-money laundering compliance programs, suspicious transactions reporting on client activities, other anti-money laundering requirements now applicable to European lawyers and Notaries.
The panel will identify the challenges presented to legal professionals and law firms in complying with these requirements, including in cross-border transactions, and the expectations of those government or SROs responsible for monitoring compliance.
CLE credits available. For more information see http://www.law.upenn.edu/cle/ |
Jan 27 |
9 a.m. -
5 p.m. |
Journal of Labor and Employment Law Symposium
Location: Levy Conference Center
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Journal of Labor and Employment Law
Details:
The Journal of Labor & Employment is hosting our Symposium, Professional Sports and Collective Bargaining, on Friday, January 27th. Prominent academics, private practitioners, and NBA and MLB attorneys will be speaking about salary arbitration in baseball and individual player privacy in the NBA.
Please join us in the Levy Conference Center and RSVP to rlacher@law.upenn.edu if you plan to attend and wish to join us for lunch.
9:30-10am Registration & Continental Breakfast
10-10:30am Opening Remarks
10:30-12pm Salary Arbitration and Baseball Bargaining
Don Fehr, Executive Director of MLBPA
Roger Abrams, Professor at Northeastern Law and Salary
Arbitrator
Daniel Hamel, Partner at Proskauer Rose, Counsel to Management
in Salary Arbitrations
12:15-1:45pm Lunch, RSVP required, students free
2pm-3:45pm Individual Privacy & the NBA: Regulating Dress Codes and DNA Testing
Hal Biagas, Deputy Counsel, NBPA
Michael McCann, Professor at Mississippi College of Law
Alan Milstein, Attorney to Alan Iverson, Eddy Curry, Maurice
Clarett, and others
Jeremi Duru, Professor at Temple Law, Race and Sports Scholar
3:45-4:15pm Closing Remarks
Scott Rosner, Program Director of Wharton Sports Business
Initiative and Sports Law Lecturer at Wharton and Penn Law |
Jan 31 |
8 a.m. -
10:30 a.m. |
Parent's Rights and Children's Rights: Point and Counterpoint
Location: Levy Conference Center
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Field Center for Children's Policy, Practice, and Research
Details:
Discussion between Dr. Richard Gelles, Dean University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice and Professor Martin Guggenheim, NYU Law School, of the tensions between protecting the rights of parents and the sanctity of the family, and intervening to protect children from potential harm. |
Jan 31 |
7 p.m. -
8:30 p.m. |
Securities Law Reform
Location: G-213
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Journal of International Economic Law
Details:
Speaker: Professor Bill Tyson |
Feb 1 |
7 p.m. -
9 p.m. |
Emmett Till Documentary (PBS) Viewing
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Black Law Students Association
Details:
Black History Month Kick-off begins with PBS's Emmett Till
Documentary. This story starts in August 1955, a fourteen-year-old black boy whistled at a white woman in a grocery store in Money, Mississippi. Emmett Till, a teen from Chicago, didn't understand that he had broken the unwritten laws of the Jim Crow South until three days later, when two white men dragged him from his bed in the dead of night, beat him brutally and then shot him in the head. Although his killers were arrested and charged with murder, they were both acquitted quickly by an all-white, all-male jury. Shortly afterwards, the defendants sold their story, including a detailed account of how they murdered Till, to a journalist. The murder and the trial horrified the nation and the world. Till's death was a spark that helped mobilize the civil rights movement. Three months after his body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River, the Montgomery bus boycott began |
Feb 2 |
9 a.m. -
6 p.m. |
Clinical Trials in The Third World Symposium
Location: Levy Conference Center
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Bioethics, Law and Public Policy Society |
Feb 7 |
7 p.m. -
9 p.m. |
Public Interest Film Series
Location: T-145
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Public Service Office
Details:
BUS 174 is a careful investigation of the hijack of a bus in Rio, the hijack took place in June 12, 2000 (Valentines day in Brazil) and was broadcast live for 4 and a half hours. The whole country stopped to watch the drama on TV.
Not only does it explain the dramatic events that unfolded as the police tried, and failed, to handle the hijack situation; but it also tells the amazing life story of the hijacker, revealing how a typical Rio de Janeiro street kid was transformed into a violent criminal because society systematically denied him any kind of social existence. |
Feb 8 |
6:30 p.m. -
9 p.m. |
The Role & Relevance of Churches in the Community
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Black Law Students Association
Details:
Speakers: Dr. Barbara D. Savage, author & Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania, Rev. Dr. Mary A. Tumpkin, author & Senior Minister of the Universal Truth Center (Miami, FL), Rev. Dr. Alyn E. Waller, Senior Pastor, Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church (Philadelphia, PA), Rev. Dr. Mark Kelly Tyler, Senior Pastor, Historic Macedonia AME Church (Camden, NJ)
This panel brings together academics and church leaders to discuss the evolution of churches in minority communities. They will explore the social and political roles that the church plays in building and developing surrounding communities through economic development, political participation, youth outreach, and other non-profit initiatives. |
Feb 10 |
8 a.m. -
5 p.m. |
Location: Levy Conference Center
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Journal of Constitutional Law
Details:
Topic: "The Future of Unenumerated Rights" |
Feb 13 |
1:30 p.m. -
3:30 p.m. |
The Enron Movie: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Location: S-245A
Open To: The Law School Community
Sponsored By: Regina Austin
Details:
Profs. Skeel and Hamermesh will be present after the screening for a brief Q&A. |
Feb 13 |
6:30 p.m. -
9 p.m. |
Building Relationships Part II:
Location: G-214
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Black Law Students Association
Details:
Speaker: Dr. Maureen Black
Dr. Black will present her findings on a study examining how the social, educational, professional, and financial goals of minorities affect their ability to create healthy productive relationships. Continuing her talk from last year's Relationship panel at Penn, she will lead a discussion on topics such as intimacy, family, and dating. |
Feb 14 |
3 p.m. -
4:30 p.m. |
Immigration Law, Deportation and Civil Liberties in Post 9/11 Philadelphia
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Penn Urban Studies Department |
Feb 15 |
4:30 p.m. -
5:45 p.m. |
Edward B. Shils Lecture in Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Location: Gittis 214
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Law School Development and Alumni Relations
Details:
14th Annual Shils Lecture
Guest Speaker: Phil de Picciotto, L'81, President, Athletes and Personalities, Octagon
Topic: NEGOTIATING GLOBALLY: BUILDING ATHLETE BRANDS ACROSS BORDERS |
Feb 16 |
4:30 p.m. -
5:30 p.m. |
Law and Entrepreneurship Lecture
Location: TBA
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Institute for Law and Economics
Details:
Michael Biondi - Lazard Ltd.
Topic: "The Banker as Entrepreneur" |
Feb 17 |
6 p.m. -
9 p.m. |
Voting Rights: The Legal and Political Aspects of the Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Location: Levy Conference Center
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Black Law Students Association
Details:
Speaker: Invited Speakers from the NAACP's LDF and Ballard Spahr
Panelists will discuss the relevant issues surrounding voting rights in light of the recent attention to the 2007 reauthorization of provisions within the Voting Rights Act created during the modern civil rights movement. Academics and attorneys will tackle the issues presented by the recent Texas redistricting controversy involving former House Party Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) and work that has been done to uphold voting rights across the nation. |
Feb 18 |
8 a.m. -
9 p.m. |
Location: Levy Conference Center
Open To: The Public - Ticket Required
Sponsored By: Black Law Students Association
Details:
Keynote Speaker: Kathleen Cleaver, J.D.
Topic: Commitment to Community: Expanding the Legal Discourse on Justice and Social Advancement. |
Feb 18 |
8 a.m. -
9 p.m. |
Location: Levy Conference Center
Open To: The Public - Ticket Required
Sponsored By: Black Law Students Association
Details:
Keynote Speaker: Kathleen Cleaver, J.D.
Topic: Commitment to Community: Expanding the Legal Discourse on Justice and Social Advancement. |
Feb 18 |
8 a.m. -
9 p.m. |
Location: Levy Conference Center
Open To: The Public - Ticket Required
Sponsored By: Black Law Students Association
Details:
Keynote Speaker: Kathleen Cleaver, J.D.
Topic: Commitment to Community: Expanding the Legal Discourse on Justice and Social Advancement. |
Feb 18 |
8 a.m. -
9 p.m. |
Location: Levy Conference Center
Open To: The Public - Ticket Required
Sponsored By: Black Law Students Association
Details:
Keynote Speaker: Kathleen Cleaver, J.D.
Topic: Commitment to Community: Expanding the Legal Discourse on Justice and Social Advancement. |
Feb 25 |
9 a.m. -
2 p.m. |
Law and Finance Symposium
Location: Levy Conference Center
Open To: Faculty and Students by Invitation
Sponsored By: Penn's Institute for Law and Economics, Wharton's Financial Institutions Center, & New York University
Details:
Symposium on Law and Finance |
Feb 27 |
6 p.m. |
Briefing on Intelligent Design
Location: National Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: National Constitution Center/ Penn Law
Details:
An examination of the Intelligent Design issue and recently concluded Dover case. Eric Rothschild L'93, who represented the plaintiffs, and Edward Sisson, a Washington attorney involved in First Amendment/religious clause litigation with Penn Law Professor Sarah Gordon. |
Feb 28 |
4:30 p.m. -
6:30 p.m. |
Chancery Court Program
Location: S-240A
Open To: Faculty, students and members of the Penn Community
Sponsored By: Institute for Law and Economics
Details:
The Technicolor Saga: The Trial Judges Tell Their Story. Discussion moderated by the Honorable Leo E. Strine, Jr. |
Feb 28 |
6:30 p.m. -
8 p.m. |
Plaza Hotel Case Study
Location: S-46
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: The Real Estate Club
Details:
Hear Jay A. Neveloff, Partner- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, discuss the Plaza Hotel Conversion. |
Mar 1 |
6:30 p.m. -
7:45 p.m. |
Federalist Society Speaker
Location: S-240B
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: The Federalist Society
Details:
Speaker: Alan Charles Kors (President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and Penn history professor)
A speech exploring freedom of the press on college campuses, with a particular focus on the recent Mohammed cartoon controversy. |
Mar 13 |
3 p.m. -
4:15 p.m. |
Is Catching and Prosecuting Bad Guys Consistent with Protecting Privacy?—How the Job Really Gets Done
Location: Silverman 240 B (Allen's Privacy Class)
Open To: Entire Law School Community
Sponsored By: Professor Anita L. Allen
Details:
A lively presentation in Prof. Allen's Privacy Law Class open to the entire law school community
Featuring Peter Casolaro, the dynamic Homocide Prosecutor in the Manhattan's D.A.s Office, who inspired the TV show "Law and Order"
Learn how police get lawful access your house, computer, phone calls, phone records and life history. Follow a real case to learn how the 4th Amendment, Wiretapping Laws and other rules enter into criminal justice on the ground.
Monday, March 13, 2006, 3-4:15
Silverman Hall Classroom 240-B
Speakers Bio: Born in Manhattan, graduated Emory Law School in 1977, worked in private practice for one year in Atlanta,Ga. ( primarily criminal defense work ), realized he was on the wrong side of the law so became an assistant district attorney in 1978, started at Manhattan D.A.'s Office in 1983, has handled note-worthy cases including the investigation and indictment of Stanley Friedman, one of the two the Democratic Party bosses of New York during the Koch administration, the investigation and prosecution of close aides to Governor Mario Cuomo for bribery and corruption, the prosecution of child-murderer Joel Steinberg ( the first nationally televised trial in America ), the prosecution of subway-bomber Edward Leary (also televised in part), and conducted (with other team members ) the re-investigation of the "Central Park Jogger " case which resulted in the exoneration of five young men who were previously convicted. Presently holds the position of Senior Trial Counsel, is a member of the Death Penalty Committee ( though New York recently struck down its death penalty) and the Hiring Board of the Office. |
Mar 15 |
4:30 p.m. -
6:30 p.m. |
IP and Commercial Trade Issues in China
Location: T-145
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: International Law Organization
Details:
Speaker: Adam Bobrow, Private Consultant prior advisor to the CECC
IP and Commercial Trade Issues in China -- Practical advise and case studies for working in the Chinese legal environment |
Mar 16 |
3 p.m. -
4:30 p.m. |
Righteous Anger and the Wicked States
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: American Constitution Society and The Federalist Society
Details:
Professor Calvin Johnson, Professor of Law at the University of Texas, will be coming to discuss the ideas in his latest book, and hopefully debate them with Dean Beeman of the University of Pennsylvania. |
Mar 16 |
3 p.m. -
6 p.m. |
Hong Kong's Unique Constitutional Status
Location: G-214
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Jacques de Lisle
Details:
Speaker: Robert Allcock, Solicitor General of Hong Kong, SAR |
Mar 16 |
4:30 p.m. -
5:30 p.m. |
ILE Distinguished Jurist Lecture
Location: TBA
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Institute for Law and Economics
Details:
Lecture by the Honorable Vaughn R. Walker, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California |
Mar 16 |
6 p.m. -
9 p.m. |
Speech on Palestine by Omar Dajani
Location: G-2
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Penn Muslim Law Students Association
Details:
Speech on Negotiations and Occupation by Omar Dajani |
Mar 17 |
2 p.m. -
3:30 p.m. |
Negotiating Death: ADR and End of Life Decision-making
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Bioethics Law and Public Policy Society at Penn Law and the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics.
Details:
Speaker: Glenn Cohen, J.D. United States Department of Justice
Please join us for a discussion with Glenn Cohen who will be speaking about his recent article, "Negotiating Death: ADR and End of Life Decisionmaking". |
Mar 17 |
3:30 p.m. -
6:30 p.m. |
Conference on International Arbitration
Location: G-214
Open To: Public
Sponsored By: Journal of International Law and Policy Club |
Mar 20 |
9 a.m. -
5 p.m. |
Constitutional Change and Foreign Policy in Asia
Location: Levy Conference Center
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Foreign Policy Research Institute, Penn Law and the National Constitution Center |
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Mar 22 |
2 p.m. -
3 p.m. |
National Retail Leasing Case Study
Location: S-240B
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Penn Law Real Estate Club
Details:
Harry S. Cherken, Partner - Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, will discuss a national retail Form of Lease as well as his career. |
Mar 22 |
5 p.m. -
9 p.m. |
Clinical Trials Symposium
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Bioethics, Law and Public Policy Society |
Mar 23 |
3 p.m. -
4:30 p.m. |
Forum on Rumsfeld v. FAIR
Location: S-240B
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Lambda Law |
Mar 23 |
4:30 p.m. -
6:30 p.m. |
The Future of Sharia: Religion and State in the Muslim World
Location: G-214
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Penn Muslim Law Students Association
Details:
Lecture by Mohammed Fadel, Professor at Toronto Law School |
Mar 24 |
12 p.m. -
1:30 p.m. |
Malcolm X Annual Human Rights Lecture
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: United Law Students of Color
Details:
Speaker: Professor Lani Guinier - Harvard University |
Mar 28 |
12 p.m. -
8 p.m. |
Location: Penn Law and the National Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: The Public Service Office
Details:
Topic: A Civil Gideon: Making the Case |
Mar 31 |
8 a.m. -
6 p.m. |
Journal of International and Economic Law Symposium
Location: Levy Conference Center
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Journal of International Economic Law
Details:
Topic: Open Source in the International Marketplace: What the Open Source Intellectual Property Movement Means for the Developed and Developing Worlds |
Apr 3 |
1:30 p.m. -
3 p.m. |
Legal Advisor to Investigators at Abu Ghraib
Location: G-213
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: International Law Organization
Details:
Discussion on Human Rights issues affecting the conflict in Iraq |
Apr 4 |
4:30 p.m. -
6:30 p.m. |
CHANCERY COURT PROGRAM
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Penn Community
Sponsored By: Institute for Law and Economics
Details:
"Appraisal Jurisprudence and Investment Banker Opinions: Do They Speak the Same Language?"
Panel on the Toys R Us Litigation
Moderator:
Hon. Leo E. Strine, Jr.
Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
Panelists:
Thomas J. Allingham II, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
William D. Anderson, Jr., Goldman, Sachs & Co.
John G. Finley, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Robin M. Rankin, Credit Suisse First Boston |
Apr 6 |
3 p.m. -
6:30 p.m. |
International Arbitration: The Dispute Resolution Alternative of Today's Global Economy
Location: S-240B
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: LLM Association, Journal of International Law & Policy and International Law Organization
Details:
This event is is intended to brief the Penn Law community on the key issues currently facing international arbitration practitioners. We envisage that there will be two panels consisting of leading practitioners. The first (3-4:15) is titled "International Commercial Arbitration: Advantages, Disadvantages and Enforcement in the U.S. " and the second panel (4:45-6:15) is titled "The Development of Investment Arbitration: Current Issues, Future Challenges." Our intent is for each panel to be moderated by a Penn faculty member and to consist of three panelists, who will speak for approximately 20-25 minutes. |
Apr 7 |
1:30 p.m. -
3 p.m. |
Lyle Denniston talks about the new Roberts Court
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: American Constitution Society
Details:
Lyle Denniston, dean of the Supreme Court press corps and reporter for ScotusBlog.com, speaks with us about what we can expect from newly constituted Roberts Court. |
Apr 10 |
3:30 p.m. -
5 p.m. |
ILE Seminar
Location: Faculty Lounge
Open To: Faculty, and students who have read the paper
Sponsored By: Institute for Law and Economics
Details:
ILE Seminar presentation by Wesley Cohen, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University |
Apr 13 |
5 p.m. -
7 p.m. |
No Habeas at Guantanamo? Hamdan and Whether the Court Can Review Military Treatment of Detainees
Location: S-46
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: MELSA, MLSA, ACS, ILO, EJF
Details:
Tom Wilner, attorney at Shearman and Sterling DC, discusses the effect on the Detainee Treatment Act on Guantanamo detainees' habeas rights, the likely outcome of the Hamdan case, and his recent argument on behalf of detainees in the DC Circuit. |
Sep 12 |
4:30 p.m. -
6:30 p.m. |
View from the Supreme Court - Beijing
Location: S-245A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Graduate Admissions
Details:
Presentation by Chinese Supreme Court Judge Jianli Song. Judge Song will briefly review the characteristics of the traditional Chinese judicial system, and will then speak about the current Chinese judicial system and practice, current judicial reforms in China and the principal challenges to judicial independence and impartiality there.
Judge Song was appointed to the Supreme People's Court of China in March, 2000. After earning a LLB at Shan Dong Institute of Law and Political Science, he served as a clerk for three years in the District Court in Shan Dong province. Judge Song completed a LLM degree in 1997 from Wuhan University in China . In 1997, he was elected to the Supreme People's Court of China. From 2002-2004, he studied international trade law in Southampton Solent University in Britain and earned a LLM degree from that University.
Judge Song is currently a Visiting Scholar at University of Pennsylvania doing research on International Commercial Arbitration. |
Sep 12 |
6:30 p.m. -
8:30 p.m. |
Supreme Court Litigation
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: American Constitution Society
Details:
Tom Goldstein, founder of the eminent Supreme Court litigation firm Goldstein Howe, now with Akin Gump, talks about Supreme Court litigation, how to get into this field, and why it is so important. |
Sep 14 |
5 p.m. -
9:30 p.m. |
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, School of Medicine, Nursing School, Wharton and GAPSA
Details:
University-Wide Forum to discuss efforts through licensing and other agreements to increase access to essential medicines in the developing world. |
Sep 19 |
6 p.m. -
7:30 p.m. |
Supreme Court Preview
Location: G-1
Open To: Entire Penn Law Community and Public
Sponsored By: Penn Law and National Constitution Center
Details:
Panel Discussion of Upcoming Supreme Court Term |
Sep 21 |
4 p.m. -
8 p.m. |
Gonzales v. Oregon: Recap and Review
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Bioethics, Law & Public Policy Society
Details:
After Gonzales v. Oregon: Death with Dignity or Division of Power? Please join us for a discussion of the issues motivating the Supreme Court's ruling in this important case. We'll be joined by Jonathan Levy from the U.S. Department of Justice, and David Sontag, from Dechert, LLP, who was on the team submitting an amicus brief on behalf of Bioethicists. |
Sep 26 |
6 p.m. -
7:30 p.m. |
The Tragedy of the Uncommons: Institutional Responses to Catastrophic Risks
Location: Gittis Hall, Room 1
Open To: Faculty and selected guests
Details:
CATASTROPHIC RISK REGULATION SEMINAR
Sponsored By: Penn Program on Regulation, Program on Law, the Environment, and Economics, The Fels Institute of Government, and Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania |
Sep 28 |
1:45 p.m. -
2:45 p.m. |
Fair and Independent Courts: A Conference on the State of the Judiciary
Location: Gittis 1
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: The Law School
Details:
This is a live video feed from Washington, D.C. of Professor Stephen Burbank participating on a panel with Tom Daschle, Newt Gingrich, and Warren Rudman (moderated by Kenneth Duberstein). Professor Burbank will be discussing "Judicial Independence, Judicial Accountability and Interbranch Relations." Justices O'Connor and Breyer are the co-chairs of this conference. |
Oct 4 |
7 p.m. -
9:30 p.m. |
Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke-Acts 2 & 3
Location: International House
Open To: Students $8
Sponsored By: Documentaries & the Law Project
Details:
Scribe's Producer's Forum, in conjunction with HBO and Film at International House, is presenting a screening of several acts of When the Levees Broke which will be followed by a Q & A with Sam Pollard, producer and executive editor of the documentary. |
Oct 5 |
9 a.m. -
5 p.m. |
Guantanamo Teach-In
Location: Levy Conference Center
Open To: Students
Sponsored By: Public Service Office |
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Oct 5 |
1:30 p.m. -
2:30 p.m. |
Patrick Merloe Lecture
Location: T-253 (The Rare Book Room)
Open To: All Students
Sponsored By: Graduate and International Programs |
Oct 11 |
4:30 p.m. -
5:30 p.m. |
Distinguished Jurist Lecture
Location: S-240A
Open To: Public
Sponsored By: Institute for Law and Economics
Details:
Distinguished Jurist Lecture by Hon. Richard A. Posner, United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School
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Oct 12 |
10 a.m. -
5:30 p.m. |
Location: Penn Law
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Penn Law
Details:
Panels during the day at Penn Law on The Process of Constitutionalism in Iraq , Democracy and Federalism, and Religion and Constitutionalism in Iraq |
Oct 16 |
4 p.m. -
6 p.m. |
35th Anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising of 1971
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Public Service Office
Details:
A public lecture with Heather Ann Thomson, the author of "Whose Detroit? Politics, Labor and Race in Modern American City" (2001). Thompson is the recent recipient of a Soros Justice Fellowship and is writing a new book on the Attica Prison Rebellion of 1971 and its legacy (to be published by Pantheon Press). |
Oct 17 |
4:30 p.m. -
5:30 p.m. |
The Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Lectures in Talmudic Civil Law
Location: G-2
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Alumni and Development Office
Details:
Speaker: Yair Lorberbaum, Ph.D.
Topic: "The Image of God in Classical Judaism –Biblical Literature"
Joseph S. Gruss, a banker who founded Gruss and Company in 1942, was counted among the leading benefactors of Jewish education in both New York and Israel. In 1987 Mr. Gruss, through a bequest from his wife Caroline's estate, established the Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Chair in Talmudic Civil Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Joseph Gruss explained the gift from his wife's estate in these terms: "Talmudic civil law reflects the universal principles of justice and protection of the rights of the most vulnerable. It has played a substantial role in the development of the Judeo-Christian heritage that serves as a foundation of the Common Law." |
Oct 23 |
4:30 p.m. -
5:30 p.m. |
The Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Lectures in Talmudic Civil Law
Location: TBA
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Alumni and Development Office
Details:
Speaker: Yair Lorberbaum, Ph.D.
Topic: "The Image of God in Classical Judaism –Talmudic Literature"
Joseph S. Gruss, a banker who founded Gruss and Company in 1942, was counted among the leading benefactors of Jewish education in both New York and Israel. In 1987 Mr. Gruss, through a bequest from his wife Caroline's estate, established the Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Chair in Talmudic Civil Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Joseph Gruss explained the gift from his wife's estate in these terms: "Talmudic civil law reflects the universal principles of justice and protection of the rights of the most vulnerable. It has played a substantial role in the development of the Judeo-Christian heritage that serves as a foundation of the Common Law." |
Oct 24 |
6 p.m. -
7:30 p.m. |
Americans at Risk: Why We are not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now
Location: G-1
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Penn Program on Regulation, Law & the Environment; Wharton Risk Management & Decision Processes Center and the
Details:
Catastrophic Risk Regulation Seminar
Speaker: Irwin Redlener, Director The National Center for Disaster Preparedness and Associate Dean for Public Health Advocacy and Preparedness, Columbia University |
Oct 25 |
12 p.m. -
1:30 p.m. |
Your Land Is My Land: Eminent Domain After Kelo
Location: S-240B
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: The Federalist Society
Details:
A talk by Professor Ilya Somin of George Mason University |
Oct 25 |
4:30 p.m. -
6:30 p.m. |
Activism from the Closet: Gay Rights in the Middle East
Location: G-213
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Graduate and International Programs
Details:
Prof. El Menyawi, currently a Visiting Scholar at Penn Law, is a Koranic scholar trained in his native Egypt . Exiled to Canada for his human rights advocacy, he earned an LLB from McGill and an LLM from Osgoode Hall. He has taught or been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard, Yale and Melbourne Law Schools, and is the Co-founder and Associate Editor of the "Muslim World Journal of Human Rights", published by Berkeley Press. |
Oct 26 |
4:30 p.m. -
5:30 p.m. |
Location: S-245A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: The Law School
Details:
Speaker: Henry R. Silverman L'64
Chairman & CEO, Realogy Corporation
Topic: Managing in the 21st Century
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Oct 30 |
12 p.m. -
1:30 p.m. |
Legal History Colloquium
Location: Faculty Lounge
Open To: Faculty
Sponsored By: Legal History
Details:
Speaker: Dan Ernst, Georgetown Law Center
Topic: TBA |
Nov 1 |
4 p.m. -
6 p.m. |
Two Conversations on Human Rights
Location: S-245A
Open To: Students
Sponsored By: Public Service Program and Graduate International Programs
Details:
Louis Bickford, Director of the International Center for Transitional Justice, will speak about his work in international human rights, announce the Penn Law-ICTJ internship program and provide information to interested students.
Massoud Karimi, Director of the Center for Human Rights at Mofid University in Qom, Iran will speak on the challenges of teaching human rights in Iran today. |
Nov 2 |
12 p.m. -
1:15 p.m. |
The Fable of Federal Environmental Regulation
Location: G-214
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: The Federalist Society
Details:
Speaker: Prof. Jonathan H. Adler, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Business Law & Regulation at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
A critical examination of the role of the federal government in environmental protection will be presented by Professor Jonathan Adler, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Business Law & Regulation at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. |
Nov 8 |
4:30 p.m. -
5:30 p.m. |
Dean's Lecture on International Legal Issues
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Graduate and International Programs
Details:
Speaker: Edward Kwakwa - World Intellectual Property Organization
Topic: Issues in International IP Law |
Nov 8 |
6 p.m. -
7 p.m. |
Speaker Series – Intellectual Property, Penn Biotech Group
Location: Huntsman Hall Room G86
Open To: All Penn Students
Sponsored By: Intellectual Property, Penn Biotech Group
Details:
Dr. Legaard will be discussing his career, biotech IP law basics, current IP trends, among other topics. We are looking forward to a good Q & A after his basic presentation, so bring your questions! We especially recommend this presentation for those of you who you are considering a career in IP law. Paul K. Legaard is a patent attorney at Cozen O'Connor (Philadelphia office) specializing in all areas of intellectual property in the technical areas of biotechnology, vaccines, organic chemistry, molecular biology, bioinformatics, immunology, pharmaceuticals, medicine, genomics, nucleic acids, biomedical devices, optical waveguides and polymer physics. Prior to joining Cozen O'Connor, Paul was a senior associate at Woodcock Washburn LLP. |
Nov 9 |
3 p.m. -
4:30 p.m. |
Professor Justin Wolfers on Sports Gambling
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Entertainment and Sports Law Society
Details:
ESLS First Monthly Meeting: Elctions, for Sports and Entertainment Chairs, and a Speaker on Sports gambling: Professor Justin Wolfers |
Nov 13 |
3:30 p.m. -
6:30 p.m. |
Public Service Speaker Series
Location: S-147
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Public Service Program
Details:
Speaker: Louis Rulli, University of Pennsylvania
Topic: Poverty Law |
Nov 15 |
12 p.m. -
1 p.m. |
Reproductive rights and Physician Advocacy: Dr. Gee on Suing Wal-Mart for Failure to Fill a Plan B Prescription
Location: G-2
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Bioethics, Law & Public Policy Society
Details:
Dr. Rebekah Gee, M.D., M.P.H. will be speaking about physician advocacy in the context of her suit against Wal-Mart and the need to take legal measures to protect reproductive rights. There will be a question-and-answer session following her talk. |
Nov 15 |
4:30 p.m. -
5:30 p.m. |
The Owen J. Roberts Memorial Lecture
Location: Levy Conference Center
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Alumni and Development Office
Details:
Speaker: Justice Richard J. Goldstone
Topic: "The First Decade of South Africa's Constitutional Court"
The Roberts Lectureship was established in 1957 to honor Owen J. Roberts, an 1895 graduate of the College of the University of Pennsylvania and an 1898 graduate of the Law School. He was a former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School (1948-1952) It is considered one of the foremost endowed lectureship at the University and over the years has brought such distinguished jurists and scholars as Felix Frankfurter, Louis Pollak, Archibald Cox, John Rawls, Guido Calabresi and Antonin Scalia to Penn Law School. |
Nov 16-17 |
9 a.m. -
7 p.m. |
Location: Levy Conference Center
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Law Review
Details:
In the United States , the regulation of greenhouse gas
emissions has recently moved from theory to reality. This has occurred not through centralized, federal law and regulations, but rather through decentralized action: state regulation and lawsuits brought by state and non-governmental organization plaintiffs seeking to compel federal regulation and, alternatively, to attach common law liability to firms whose processes or products generate greenhouse gas emissions. This Symposium brings together some of the world's leading scholars to critically analyze the law, economics and science of these recent decentralized responses to global warming. |
Nov 16 |
12 p.m. -
1:15 p.m. |
The USA PATRIOT Act -- A Practical Perspective
Location: G-214
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: The Federalist Society
Details:
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey Christopher J. Christie will be speaking on the topic of "The USA PATRIOT Act -- A Practical Perspective," offering some insights as to how the Act is put into practice day-to-day. Joining Mr. Christie will be Executive Assistant United States Attorney Charles McKenna. |
Nov 20 |
12 p.m. -
1:30 p.m. |
Entertainment and Sports Law Speaker
Location: S-240A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Entertainment and Sports Law Society
Details:
Speaker: Professor Justin Wolfers, Wharton School
Topic: Sports Gambling |
Nov 28 |
6 p.m. -
7:30 p.m. |
Location: Gittis Hall, Room 1
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Penn Program on Regulation, Law & the Environment; Wharton Risk Management & Decision Processes Center and the
Details:
Catastrophic Risk Seminar
Philip Weiser
Visiting Professor Penn Law,
Professor, University of Colorado
School of Law and the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program
Please use the 3440 Sansom Street entrance
The paper can be found at: http://www.law.upenn.edu/academics/institutes/regulation/seminars.html |
Nov 29 |
4:30 p.m. -
5:30 p.m. |
Law and Entrepreneurship Lecture
Location: S-245A
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Institute for Law and Economics
Details:
Speaker: Pamela Daley (Penn Law '79)
Senior Vice President for Corporate Business Development General Electric Company
Topic: "Large-Scale Entrepreneurship: Business Development at GE" |
Dec 1 |
12 p.m. -
3 p.m. |
World Aids Day Panel Discussion
Location: T-145
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Public Service Program
Details:
Kathy Miller-Wilson, Deputy Director of The AIDS Law Project, and Nan Feyler, Executive Director of the Nationalities Service Center will discuss the impact of HIV and AIDS locally and globally. |
Dec 6 |
3 p.m. -
5:30 p.m. |
Location: P-101F
Details:
Details: Papers will be presented.
Panel I: What Do We Know About OIRA Review?
Panel II: How Can OIRA Review Be Improved? |
Dec 6 |
6 p.m. -
7:30 p.m. |
Location: Gittis 213
Details:
On this 25th anniversary of the establishment of this often controversial form of White House regulatory review, Penn Law is convening the largest public gathering of the individuals who have served as OIRA Administrator, the Presidential appointee commonly referred to as the nation's "Regulatory Czar." The panelists include James C. Miller III (Reagan Admin.), Wendy Lee Gramm (Reagan Admin.), Sally Katzen ( Clinton Admin.), John Spotila ( Clinton Admin.), and John Graham (Bush Admin.) |
Dec 7 |
4:30 p.m. -
7 p.m. |
Human Rights & Political Prisoners in Russia: A View from the Khodorkovsky Case
Location: G-214
Open To: The Public
Sponsored By: Penn Law, The International League for Human Rights, & the Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures
Details:
A moderated conversation with Mikhail Khodorkovsky's legal team, international lawyers and policy experts |
