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2012: "Festschrift in Honor of Professor Martin H. Redish"

On March 30, 2012, Northwestern University and the Northwestern University Law Review held a symposium celebrating the career of Professor Martin H. Redish.

PANELS

The conference featured three academic panels: Federal Jurisdiction, Civil Procedure, and Constitutional Law.

Civil Procedure Panel:

Professor Richard D. Freer Professor Richard Marcus Professor Linda S. Mullenix Professor Jay Tidmarsh Moderator: Professor James Pfander

Constitutional Law Panel:

Professor Lawrence C. Alexander Professor Corey Brettschneider Professor Andrew M. Koppelman Professor Eugene Volokh Moderator: Professor Stephen B. Presser

Federal Jurisdiction Panel:

Professor Erwin Chemerinsky Professor Richard H. Fallon The Honorable Alex Kozinski Professor William P. Marshall Moderator: Steven Calabresi

Tribute Panel:

Mr. Matthew Arnould Professor Andrew I. Gavil Professor Andrea M. Matwyshyn Ms. Abby M. Mollen Professor Howard M. Wasserman Professor Christopher S. Yoo

Please direct any inquiries regarding the journal's symposium issue to Thomas Kayes at t-kayes2013@nlaw.northwestern.edu. Papers from the conference will be published in the journal's 107th volume.

Symposia Topic Proposals

We encourage interested parties to submit symposium topics for our 2012 - 2013 symposium beginning on January 1, 2012. If you would like to submit a topic for our consideration, please prepare a proposal of no more than five pages, outlining the following information:

Topic Why the topic is timely Why the topic is important How the topic advances legal scholarship Proposed list of participants Proposed panels (topic and the list of participants for each panel) Possible funding Any additional information that might help us in evaluating your proposal

You should submit your proposal to Thomas Kayes, the Review's Special Sections Editor. Feel free to contact Thomas should you have any questions about the proposal. To allow for ample time to secure symposium participants, we plan to select the topic by May 2012.

We are looking forward to working with you on selecting the most engaging topic for our 2012 - 2013 symposium.

Past Symposia

"2011: The Legacy of Justice Stevens"

Forthcoming Pieces Include:

Diane Marie Amann's symposium article, Justice Stevens, Originalist Bill Barnhart's symposium article, Justice Stevens and the News Media: An Exercise in Exposition Alan E. Brownstein's symposium article, Continuing the Constitutional Dialogue: A Discussion of Justice Stevens' Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Jurisprudence Steven G. Calabresi's symposium article, The Rise and Fall of the Separation of Powers Erwin Chemerinsky's symposium article, A Fixture on a Changing Court: Justice Stevens and the Establishment Clause Co-authors Lee Epstein, William M. Landes, and Judge Richard A. Posner's symposium article, Unanimous Decisions in the Supreme Court Aziz Huq's symposium article, The Institution Matching Canon Dawn Johnsen's symposium article on Justice Stevens' on the terrorism cases Andrew M. Koppelman's symposium article, Justice Stevens, Religious Enthusiast Simon Lazarus's symposium article, Stripping the Gears of National Government: Justice Stevens' Stand Against Judicial Subversion of Progressive Laws and Lawmaking Stefanie A. Lindquist's symposium article, Supreme Court Prequel: Justice Stevens on the Seventh Circuit Thomas W. Merrill's symposium article, Justice Stevens and the Chevron Puzzle

To view videos from the symposium or for more information please see "The Legacy of Justice Stevens" on our Colloquy website.

2010:  "Political Science and the Law"

2009:  "Maturing Internet Studies"

2008:  "Original Ideas on Originalism"

2007:  "Ordering State-Federal Relations Through Federal Preemption Doctrine"

2006:  "Censorship and Institutional Review Boards"

2005:  "The First Century: Celebrating 100 Years of Legal Scholarship"