Faculty Workshops at BU Law

Presenting works-in-process in a colloquial setting.

BU Law Faculty Workshops are generally held on a weekly basis during the academic year (Fall through Spring semesters). Faculty members from BU Law and from other universities are invited to present scholarly work-in-progress (usually accompanied by a pre-distributed draft of a paper) in a colloquial setting. These workshops, typically very well-attended, start with a light lunch and proceed to a full hour of presentation and discussion of the specific paper. The tradition at these workshops allocates twenty minutes to the presenter and forty minutes to questions, comments, and suggestions by various faculty members. Once a year, an outstanding scholar of national reputation is invited to give a public lecture at BU Law. The lecture is open to faculty, students, and the University community. The lecture presented by the distinguished speaker is thereafter published in the Boston University Law Review.

Unless otherwise noted, Faculty Workshops will be held in the Faculty Lounge on the 15th floor of the law tower from 1-2pm.

Fall Workshops 2024

September 5: Jed Shugerman

September 12: Book Event: The National Security Constitution in the Twenty-First Century, Harold Koh, Yale Law School, Barristers Hall

September 19: Rory Van Loo

September 26: Shapiro Lecture, featuring a panel discussion with Hon. Robert Pratt (Jurist in Residence), Hon. Nancy Gertner, and Hon. Jack McConnell, to be moderated by Zohra Ahmed, Barristers Hall

October 3: No event (Rosh Hashanah)

October 10: Barbara Jordan Lecture, Paulette Brown, former ABA president, Barristers Hall

October 17: Woody Hartzog

October 24: Jim Fleming & Linda McClain

October 31: Rebecca Pendleton & Brooke Arlington

November 7: Elizabeth Pollman, University of Pennsylvania School of Law

November 14: Madison Condon

November 21: Zohra Ahmed

December 5: Jonathan Feingold

Spring Workshops 2025

January 16: Gerry Leonard

January 23: Maya Steinitz

January 30: Annual Distinguished Lecture, Steven Vladek, Georgetown Law, Barristers Hall

February 6: David Webber

February 13: BU Distinguished Interdisciplinary Speaker, Ann McKee, Director of BU’s CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) & Alzheimer’s Research Disease Centers

February 20: Steve Koh

February 27: Ann Tweedy, University of South Dakota School of Law (visiting at BU)

March 6: William Carter, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Spring Recess, March 8-16

March 20: Weijia Rao

March 27: Katerina Linos, University of California-Berkeley School of Law

April 3: Scott Hirst

April 10: Julie Dahlstrom

April 17: Steven Dean

April 24: Reserve Make-up Day (Full Day Weather Closing)—if there are no closings, and no need to use this date for make-up classes, we will have a workshop by Nicole Huberfeld

May 1: Janet Freilich