Faculty Workshops
In the Faculty Workshop series, top scholars from other institutions present works-in-progress (articles or books) to Northwestern Law faculty members. Faculty members provide feedback and pose questions. Workshops are held every week throughout the academic year, with topics covering a wide range of doctrinal legal fields and research methodologies.
During the summer, Faculty Workshops are dedicated to presentations by members of the Northwestern Law faculty. At summer's end, the Law School holds Faculty Projects Day, at which almost all faculty members present their ongoing research projects.
2020-2021 Faculty Workshop Series | 2020 Summer Faculty Workshop Series | 2019-2020 Faculty Workshop Series
2020-2021 Faculty Workshop Series
The Faculty Workshop Series for Northwestern Law faculty will take place from 12:00 - 1:00 pm. CLE credits will be offered.
Note: Papers are private and accessible to Northwestern Law faculty only. Zoom information will be sent to faculty via email in advance of each workshop.
September 28
Dan Rodriguez, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Transportation, Law, and the Problem of Escape
October 5
Jennifer Arlen, NYU School of Law
Can the Law Change Preferences?
October 12
David Hoffman, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
The Social Cost of Contract
October 26
Kristen Eichensehr, University of Virginia School of Law
The Youngstown Canon: Vetoed Bills and the Separation of Powers
November 2
Jennifer Robbennolt, Illinois College of Law
Perceptions of Settlement
November 9
Lauren Sudeall, Georgia State University College of Law
Praxis and Paradox in Eviction Court
November 16
Michael Kang, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Joanna Shepherd, Emory School of Law
Free to Judge?
November 23
Stephanie Stern, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Untransit
December 14
Dan Rodriguez and Bernard Black, Northwestern Law and Justin Sperry (MSL ’21), Pfizer
Bernie Black, Law and Policy of Coronavirus December 2020
January 11
Matthew Kugler, Northwestern Law
Public Attitudes Towards Deepfakes
January 19 (Tuesday)
Avani Mehta Sood, UC Berkeley School of Law
Reaching a Verdict: Testing the Legal and Psychological Effects of Verdict Format in Criminal Cases
January 25
Nora Freeman Engstrom, Stanford Law School
Pursuing Public Health Through Litigation: Lessons from Tobacco and Opioids
February 1
Alice Ristroph, Brooklyn Law School
The Second Amendment in a Carceral State
February 8
Mitu Gulati, Duke Law
Legal Air Cover
February 15
Christopher Odinet, University of Iowa Law
Modernizing Mortgage Law
February 22
Thomas Frampton, University of Virginia School of Law
The Dangerous Few
March 1
Katherine Stone, UCLA Law
Arbitration - From Sacred Cow to Golden Calf: Three Phases in the History of the Federal Arbitration Act
March 8
LaToya Baldwin Clark, UCLA Law
Stealing Education
March 15
Nicole Stelle Garnett, University of Notre Dame Law School
Religious Covenants
March 22
Sharece Thrower, Vanderbilt University
Presidential Constraints on Supreme Court Decision-Making
March 30 (Tuesday)
Alex Stremitzer, ETH Zurich
Aspirational Rules
April 5
Victor Quintanilla, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Digital Inequalities and Access to Justice: Dialing into Zoom Court Unrepresented
April 12
Rachel Sachs, Washington University School of Law
New Innovation Models in Medical AI
April 19
Katrina Wyman, NYU School of Law
The Private/Public Divide in Property
April 26
Ariela Gross, USC Gould School of Law
Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana
May 3
William Forbath, University of Texas School of Law
May 10
Yesha Yadav, Vanderbilt Law School
May 17
Neha Jain, University of Minnesota Law School
2020 Summer Faculty Workshop Series
At each of these sessions, two faculty members will discuss their summer research project.
June 15
Charlotte Crane and Matthew Kugler
June 22
Steve Lubet and Jim Pfander
June 29
Bob Burns and Jay Koehler
July 6
Steve Calabresi and Laura Pedraza-Fariña
July 13
John McGinnis and Max Schanzenbach
July 20
Zach Clopton and Deb Tuerkheimer
July 27
Bernie Black and Michael Barsa/David Dana
August 3
Paul Gowder and Emerson Tiller
August 10
Dave Schwartz and Nadav Shoked
2019-2020 Faculty Workshop Series
The Faculty Workshop Series for Northwestern Law faculty will take place in the Faculty Commons from 12:00 - 1:00 pm. CLE credits will be offered and lunch will be provided.
Note: Papers are private and accessible to Northwestern Law faculty only.
September 3
Michelle M. Mello, Stanford University
Legal Strategies for Reining in “Unconscionable” Prices for Prescription Drugs
September 9
Gregory S. Alexander, Cornell University
Property, Dignity, and Human Flourishing
September 30
Nestor M. Davidson, Fordham University
City Charters as Local Constitutions
November 4
James E. Pfander, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
The Common Law Origins of Ex Parte Young
November 6
Judge Gregory E. Mize, Judge Allie Greenleaf Maldonado, and Judge Russell F. Canan
December 16
Andrew M. Koppelman, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Gay Rights vs. Religious Liberty? The Unnecessary Conflict
January 10
Faculty Projects Day
January 21
Kyle Rozema, Washington University in St. Louis
Lawyer Misconduct in America
February 10
Jide Nzelibe, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Mixed Stakes Conflicts in International and Constitutional Law
February 17
James Lindgren, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Godparents as Fictive Kin
February 24
Alexander Tsesis, Loyola University Chicago
Constitutional Distrust and the Limits of Interpretive Finality
March 2
Nancy Leong, University of Denver
Enjoyed by White Citizens
March 9
Wendy Netter Epstein, DePaul University
Private Law Alternatives to the Individual Mandate
April 6 [Virtual]
The Current Supreme Court Docket
Steve Calabresi, Shari Diamond, Heidi Kitrosser, and Jim Pfander
April 13 [Virtual]
The State of Administrative Law Today
Bob Burns, John McGinnis, and Jim Speta
April 20 [Virtual]
Economic, Comparative, and Legal Ramifications of the Pandemic
Ezra Friedman, Jide Nzelibe, Max Schanzenbach, and Nadav Shoked