Past Constitutional Law Speaker Series

Professor Nancy Leong from the University of Denver will be presenting her paper “Racial Capitalism.”

Professor Jack M. Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale University, will be presenting his paper “Constitutional Redemption: Political Faith in an Unjust World.”

Professor Anne O’Connell from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law will be presenting her paper “Vacant Offices: Delays in Staffing Top Agency Positions.”

Professor Rebecca Tushnet from the Georgetown University Law Center will be presenting her paper “Attention Must Be Paid: Commercial Speech, User-Generated Ads, and the Challenge of Regulation.”

Professor Akhil Amar from the Yale Law School will be presenting his paper “America’s Unwritten Constitution: Between the Lines and Beyond the Text.”

Professor Randy Barnett from Georgetown Law will be presenting his paper “The Misconceived Assumption About Constitutional Assumptions.”

Professor Kim Sheppele from Princeton University will be presenting her paper “The International State of Emergency: Challenges to Constitutionalism after September 11.”

Professor Brannon Denning from the Cumberland School of Law will be presenting his paper “Reconstructing the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine

Professor Saul Cornell from Ohio State University will be presenting his paper “The Original Meaning of Original Understanding: A Neo-Blackstonian Critique.”

Professor Jill Hasday from the University of Minnesota Law School will be presenting her paper “Women in Combat: Military Service, Equal Protection, and Extrajudicial Constitutional Change.”

Professor Trevor Morrison from Cornell University will be presenting his paper “Suspension and the Extrajudicial Constitution.”

Professor Bernadette Meyler from Cornell University will be presenting her paper “Daniel DeFoe and the Written Constitution.”