Past Activites & Engagements.
The Association of America Law Schools 2024 Annual Meeting
Several Boston University School of Law professors will speak at The Association of America Law Schools 2024 Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held in Washington DC from January 3 to 6, 2024. Aziza Ahmed: Family and Juvenile Law, Co-Sponsored by Minority Groups, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, and Women in Legal Education Susan […]
Book Talk: The Rise of the Working-Class Shareholder: Labor’s Last Best Weapon
David Webber delivers a talk.
Against Progress: Intellectual Property and Fundamental Values in the Internet Age
Jessica Silbey will speak at Yale University on her book Against Progress: Intellectual Property and Fundamental Values in the Internet Age on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. The event will be held from 12:10pm-1:30pm and is cosponsored by Yale Journal of Technology & Law (YJoLT). When first written into the US Constitution, IP aimed to facilitate ‘progress […]
Intellectual Property and the Anthropocene
View Program The 15th Annual Workshop of the International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP) will be hosted by Boston University School of Law at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Overview We will explore themes connected to problems related to global environmental changes related to human-centered domination of the planet. The […]
Advancing Pregnant Persons’ Right to Life Symposium
Boston University School of Law Thursday, February 8th 2024 Barristers Hall 9:00am–2:30pm In the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, attention has turned to how a constitutional right to life recognizes and values the life and health of pregnant persons. This symposium will gather leading scholars to explore the jurisprudence of the “right […]
Debate: Do We Still Need Race-Based Affirmative Action?
Jonathan Feingold will speak at Johns Hopkins Stavros Niarchos Foundation’s Debate: “Do We Still Need Race-Based Affirmative Action?” on Wednesday, November 15, 2023.
Unifying Concepts: Critical Race Theory, Academic Freedom of Speech, and Democracy
Jasmine Gonzales Rose will present the 2023 University Lecture, “Unifying Concepts: Critical Race Theory, Academic Freedom of Speech, and Democracy” on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 7pm at the Tsai Performance Center. Established in 1950, the University Lecture each year spotlights the outstanding and thought-provoking research and creative work of a Boston University faculty member […]
Cybernetic Avatars and Digital Twin E３LSI Issue Deployment: First Symposium of the Moonshot R&D Project
Woodrow Hartzog will deliver the keynote speech at Keio University at the “Cybernetic Avatars and Digital Twin E３LSI Issue Deployment: First Symposium of the Moonshot R&D Project” conference on November 20, 2023. His speech will cover “Trustworthy Cybernetic Avatars: An Agenda for Law and Design.” The conference will be held in-person at Keio University, Japan, […]
“Crimes Against Humanity at the International Law Commission” The Kleh Lecture featuring Charles C. Jalloh
Boston University School of Law 765 Commonwealth Avenue Barristers Hall, 1st Floor Monday, November 20th, 2023 Please join us for the annual Kleh Lecture featuring Dr. Charles C. Jalloh, Distinguished University Professor of International Law Florida International University. Crimes against humanity are always in the news. Today, in relation to the conflict in the Middle […]
From Romer to Obergefell: The Supreme Court’s Rewriting of the Grounds for Protecting LGBTQIA+ Rights. And What’s Next After Dobbs?
James Fleming will speak at “From Romer to Obergefell: The Supreme Court’s Rewriting of the Grounds for Protecting LGBTQIA+ Rights. And What’s Next After Dobbs?” put on by the Boston University LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff. The talk will be held via Zoom on on Friday, November 3 from 12–1:15 pm. In this talk, […]