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2008-2009 Lecture Series

 

All lectures take place in Lockhart Hall (Room 25) in the Law School unless otherwise noted. You may also view these (*) lectures online.

 

Jesse H. Choper
Professor of Public Law
University of California-Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law

September 3, 2008 at 12:15 p.m.

Approved for 1 CLE credit

Event #123986

"Liberal And Conservative Supreme Court Justices–What Difference Does It Really Make And What Does It Bode For The Future?"

Class of 1965 Lecture

 
 

Dale Carpenter
Professor of Law
University of Minnesota Law School

October 21, 2008 at 3:30 p.m.

Approved for 1 CLE credit

Event # 125357

"Law, Tradition, and Same-Sex Marriage" *

The Earl R. Larson Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Appointment Lecture

 
 

Gregory Shaffer
Professor of Law
University of Minnesota Law School

November 11, 2008 at 3:30 p.m.

Approved for 1 CLE credit

Event # 125359

"A Call for a New Legal Realism in International Law" *

The Melvin C. Steen and Corporate Donors Professorship in Law Appointment Lecture

View a PDF transcript of this lecture.

 
 

Michele B. Goodwin
Professor of Law
University of Minnesota Law School

November 25, 2008 at 3:30 p.m.

Approved for 1 CLE credit

Event # 126678

"Law in the 21st Century" *

The Everett Fraser Chair in Law Appointment Lecture

 
 

John Matheson
Professor of Law
University of Minnesota Law School

February 3, 2009 at 3:30 p.m.

1 CLE credit requested

"The Top-Ten List: Ways to Improve Corporate Governance"

The Law Alumni Distinguished Professor of Law Appointment Lecture
 

 
 

Judge Guido Calabresi
U.S. 2nd Circuit Court
Professorial Lecturer in Law
Yale Law School

February 10, 2009 at 12:15 p.m.

1 CLE credit requested

"Equality in the American Constitution?"

The William B. Lockhart Lecture

 
 

Thomas F. Cotter
Professor of Law
University of Minnesota Law School

February 17, 2009 at 3:30 p.m.

Approved for 1 CLE credit

Event# 127205

"Patent Holdup, Patent Remedies and Antitrust Responses"

The Briggs and Morgan Chair in Law Appointment Lecture
 

 
 

Francesco Parisi
Professor of Law
University of Minnesota Law School

March 10, 2009 at 3:30 p.m.

Approved for 1 CLE credit

Event #126680

"Efficiency of the Common Law Hypothesis Revisited"

The Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly Chair in Law Appointment Lecture
 

 
 

John M. Finnis
Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy
University of Oxford

March 24, 2009 at 12:15 p.m.

Approved for 1 CLE credit

Event # 125358

"Does Free Exercise of Religion Deserve Constitutional Mention?"

The John Dewey Lecture in the Philosophy of Law Lecture

 
 

Brian Bix
Professor of Law and Philosophy
University of Minnesota Law School

April 7, 2009 at 3:30 p.m.

Approved for 1 CLE credit

Event # 126679

"Law and Language: How Words Mislead Us"

The Frederick W. Thomas Chair for the Interdisciplinary Study of Law and Language Re-appointment Lecture

 
 

Nadine Strossen
Professor of Law
New York Law School

April 14, 2009 at 12:15 p.m.

1 CLE credit requested

"Current Challenges to Civil Liberties"

The Horatio Ellsworth Kellar Distinguished Visitor Program