School of Law Events Calendar

LLM Student Events (August 24 through October 23)

Monday, August 25

• 9:00 AM Personalized Medicine and Intellectual Property Conference

Wednesday, September 3

• 1:00 PM Welcome Week Ice Cream Social for Students

Thursday, September 4

• 1:00 PM Faculty Workshop: Presentation by Professor Robert Sloane, "The Sad, Quiet Death of Missouri v. Holland"

Thursday, September 11

• 1:00 PM Faculty Workshop: Presentation by Professor Kevin Outterson, "Repairing the Broken Market for Innovation to Treat Infectious Diseases"

Monday, September 15

• 1:00 PM Constitution Day Special Event, "Questions Raised by Ferguson: Exploring Constitutional Rights Related to Search, Seizure, and the 4th Amendment"

Thursday, September 18

• 1:00 PM Faculty Workshop: Presentation by Scott Hershovitz, U. of Michigan Law School Professor, "The Expressive Function of Tort Law"

Friday, September 19

• 2:30 PM Sumner M. Redstone Building Dedication

Wednesday, September 24

• 1:00 PM Maximizing Your Academic Performance through Wellness (or How to Train Your Brain)

Thursday, September 25

• 1:00 PM Faculty Workshop: Presentation by Paul Gugliuzza, "Patent Preemption"

Monday, September 29

• 1:00 PM Town Hall Meeting

Wednesday, October 1

• 4:20 PM Clark Legal History Series presentation: "The Personnel Power" by Cornell Professor of Law Josh Chafetz

Thursday, October 2

• 12:45 PM Annual Distinguished Lecture: "The Interlocking Gears of Rights and Structure: Why the Critics Are Wrong About U.S. v. Windsor" by Yale Professor of Law Heather Gerken

Monday, October 6

• 12:45 PM U.S. Bar Exam Preparation Series: Pro Bono Information Session

Thursday, October 9

• 1:00 PM Faculty Workshop: Presentation by BU Law Professor Nancy Moore, "Financial Rewards for Whistleblowing Lawyers"
• Kids in Crisis in Boston and at the Border: Immigrant Rights at Risk?

Wednesday, October 15

• 4:20 PM "Revulsions of Capital: The Politics of Law and Slavery in the Age of the Turner Rebellion" by UC-Berkeley Law Professor Chris Tomlins

Thursday, October 16

• 12:00 PM Pike Lecture featuring Michael Rezendes of The Boston Globe
• 12:45 PM Affordable Care Act Subsidy Debate featuring BU Law Professor Abby Moncrieff and Case Western Law's Jonathan Adler
• 1:00 PM Faculty Workshop: Presentation by BU Law Professor Jim Fleming, "Fidelity to Our Living Constitution"

Monday, October 20

• 2:30 PM IP Speaker Series: Presentation by Annett Kur, "From Minimum Standards to Maximum Rules"

Tuesday, October 21

• 2:45 PM Financial Services Compliance Keynote Address: Martin Pfinsgraff, OCC Senior Deputy Comptroller for Large Banks
• 3:30 PM Chief Compliance Officers Industry Panel Discussion

Thursday, October 23

• 12:45 PM U.S. Bar Exam Preparation Series: Massachusetts Bar Exam Info Session for Foreign-Trained Lawyers
• 1:00 PM Faculty Workshop: Presentation by BU Law Professor David Webber, "Shareholder Litigation without Class Actions"
• 4:30 PM Student/Faculty Mixer