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
Past Workshops
Summer Workshops 2022
June 2: Portia Pedro (Remote)
June 9: Jonathan Feingold (In-Person)
June 16: Christopher Robertson (In-Person)
June 23: Rory Van Loo (Remote)
June 30: Naomi Mann (In-Person)
July 7: Scott Hirst (Remote)
July 14: Danielle Duryea (In-Person)
July 21: Andy Sellars (In-Person)
July 28: Keith Hylton (Remote)
Spring Workshops 2022
Jan. 20: Yonathan Arbel (Alabama Law)
Jan. 27: Jordi Goodman
Feb. 3: Julie Dahlstrom
Feb. 17: Mike Meurer
Feb. 24: Annual Distinguished Lecture: Guy Charles (Harvard Law)
Mar. 17: Karen Pita Loor
Mar. 24: Gary Lawson
Mar. 31: Madison Condon
Apr. 7: Annual Distinguished Interdisciplinary Visitor: Perry Merhling (Pardee School)
Apr. 14: Christine Farley
Apr. 21: Christopher Robertson
Fall Workshops 2021
Sept. 9: David Webber
Sept. 16: Scott Hirst
Sept. 30: Linda McClain
Oct. 7: Rory Van Loo
Oct. 14: David Walker
Oct. 21: Robert Tsai
Oct. 28: Jon Feingold
Nov. 11: Jim Fleming
Nov. 18: Andy Winden (University of Florida)
Dec. 2: Aziza Ahmed
Dec. 9: Jessica Clarke (Vanderbilt University)
Spring 2021 Schedule
Jan. 21: David Walker
Jan. 28: Jack Beermann
Feb. 1 (Monday): Maya Steinitz
Feb. 4: Annual Pike Lecture with Elyn Saks (USC Gould School of Law)
Feb. 11: Madison Condon
Feb. 18: Rory Van Loo
Mar. 4: Race, Law & Inequality Lecture with Devon Carbado (UCLA Law)
Mar. 18: Scott Hirst
Mar. 25: Race, Law & Inequality Lecture with Trina Jones (Duke Law)
Mar. 29 (Monday): Kristin Collins
Apr. 1: Annual Distinguished Lecture with Melissa Murray (NYU Law)
Apr. 8: Naomi Mann
Apr. 15: Portia Pedro
Fall 2020 Schedule
Sept. 3: Julie Dahlstrom
Sept. 10: Christopher Robertson
Sept. 17: Fred Tung
Sept. 24: Gary Lawson
Oct. 1: Michael Meurer
Oct. 5 (Monday): Kleh Lecture with Eddie Bruce Jones (Birkbeck College School of Law)
Oct. 8: Race and the Law Lecture with Deborah Archer (NYU Law)
Oct. 15: Nicole Huberfeld
Oct. 22: Jonathan Feingold
Oct. 29: Tally Kritzman-Amir
Nov. 5: Janet Freilich
Nov. 12: Jamie Binnall (Cal State Long Beach Criminology)
Nov. 19: Saule Omarova (Cornell Law)
Dec. 3: Race and the Law Lecture with Issa Kohler-Hausmann (Yale Law)
Summer 2020 Schedule
Jun. 4: Michael Meurer
Jun. 11: Tiffany Lee
Jun. 18: Kathy Zeiler
Jun. 25: Wendy Gordon
Jul. 9: William Park
Jul. 16: Danielle Pelfrey
Jul. 23: Portia Pedro
Jul. 30: Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Spring 2020 Schedule
Jan. 16: Anna di Robilant
Jan. 23: Jay Wexler
Jan. 30: Ahmed Ghappour
Feb. 6: Steve Koh (BC Law)
Feb. 13: Michael Meurer
Feb. 13: Shapiro Lecture with Roberta Liebenberg (Fine, Kaplan and Black)
Feb. 20: Kris Collins
Feb. 27: Osamudia James (U Miami Law)
Mar. 5: Sadiq Reza
Mar. 26: Danielle Citron
Apr. 2: Scott Hirst
Apr. 9: Jonathan Feingold
Apr. 16: Rebecca Ingber
Apr. 22: Jessica Silbey
Fall 2019 Schedule
Sept. 5: Julie Dahlstrom
Sept. 10: Paul Gowder
Sept. 16: Kish Parella
Sept. 19: Beck Lecture with Gary Lawson
Sept. 26: Kleh Lecture with Rashida Manjoo (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Oct. 3: Richard Re (UCLA Law)
Oct. 10: Mark Lemley (Stanford Law)
Oct. 17: Rory Van Loo
Oct. 24: James Fleming
Oct. 31: Joseph Weiler (NYU Law)
Nov. 7: David Seipp
Nov. 14: Rick Garnett (Notre Dame Law)
Nov. 21: Portia Pedro
Dec. 5: Annual Interdisciplinary Visitor, Dean Sandro Galea (BU School of Public Health)
Spring 2019 Schedule
Jan. 17: Rory Van Loo
Jan. 24: Jack Beermann
Jan. 31: Scott Hirst
Feb. 7: Michael Meurer
Feb. 14: Ben Spencer (UVA Law)
Feb. 21: Pnina Lahav
Feb. 28: Shapiro Lecture
Mar. 4 (Monday): Keith Hylton
Mar. 7: Dan Farbman (BC Law)
Mar. 21: Rebecca Ingber
Mar. 28: Richard Re (UCLA Law)
Apr. 4: Portia Pedro
Apr. 11: Distinguished Lecture with David Cole
Apr. 18: Kris Collins
Fall 2018 Schedule
Sept. 20: Jack Beermann
Sept. 27: Distinguished Interdisciplinary Visitor Vivien Schmidt (Professor of International Relations in the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Professor of Political Science at Boston University, as well as Founding Director of BU’s Center for the Study of Europe)
Oct. 4: Anna di Robilant
Oct. 18: Douglas NeJaime (Yale Law School)
Oct. 25: Gary Lawson
Nov. 8: Linda McClain
Nov. 15: Julian Mortenson (University of Michigan Law School)
Nov. 29: Jim Wheaton
Dec. 6: Gustavo Ribeiro