The University of Chicago Law School Federalist Society

Schedule for 2010 - 2011

AUTUMN 2010

September 28, 2010
Professor M. Todd Henderson
The University of Chicago Law School
The Need for Open Debate

October 5, 2010
Adam Mortara
The University of Chicago Law School
Clark Neily
The Institute for Justice
A Debate on Judicial Activism

October 7, 2010
Allyson Ho
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Supreme Court Preview: A Discussion of the New Term

October 11, 2010
Mark Behrens
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Tort Reform

October 12, 2010
Jusice Stephen Markman
Michigan Supreme Court
The Future of Constitutional Debate

Podcast

October 21, 2010
Professor Richard Garnett
The University of Notre Dame Law School
The Legacy of Chief Justice Rehnquist

October 27, 2010
Alan Gura
Gura & Possessky PLLC
McDonald and the Right to Bear Arms

Podcast

October 28, 2010
Cathy Young
The Cato Institue, The Boston Globe, Reason
Women, Men, and the Law: Is Feminism Still Relevant?

November 1, 2010
Professor Jonathan Mitchell
George Mason University Law School
Stare Decisis and Constitutional Text
joined by
Adam Mortara
The University of Chicago Law School

November 10, 2010
Greg Coleman
Yetter, Warden & Coleman LLP
Ricci v. DeStefano

November 16, 2010
Hans von Spakovsky
The Heritage Foundation
Voter Identification and Voter Fraud

Podcast

November 18, 2010
Professor Carl Schneider
The University of Michigan Law School
Internal Review Boards
joined by
Professor Omri Ben-Shahar
The University of Chicago Law School

December 1, 2010
Professor Orin Kerr
The George Washington University Law School
The Supreme Court Nominations Process Is It Broken? What Could Fix It?

WINTER 2011

January 6, 2011
John Allison
BB&T Corporation
The U.S. Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences
Podcast

January 25, 2011
Ted Frank
BB&T Corporation
The Law of McDonald’s: Hot Coffee, Obesity and Prank Phone Calls

Podcast

February 8, 2011
Rosalind Dixon
The University of Chicago Law School
Adam Mortara
The University of Chicago Law School
A Debate on Diversity in the Academy

February 9, 2011
Jordan Lorence
Alliance Defense Fund
The Right of Conscience

Podcast

February 10, 2011
David Bernstein
George Mason University Law School
joined by
Gerald Rosenberg
The University of Chicago
Rehabilitating Lochner: Defending Individual Rights Against Progressive Reform

Podcast

February 14, 2011
David Mayer
Capital University Law School
Liberty of Contract

Podcast

February 23, 2011
Stuart Anderson
National Foundation for American Policy
A Free Market Solution to Our Immigration Problems

Podcast

SPRING 2011

March 30, 2011
Professor Richard Epstein
The University of Chicago Law School
Professor Aziz Huq
The University of Chicago Law School
Professor M. Todd Henderson
The University of Chicago Law School
Professor Anup Malani
The University of Chicago Law School
One Year Later: A Discussion on Healthcare Reform

March 31, 2011
Professor John Kunich
Indian Law Institute
Professor Jonathan Masur
The University of Chicago Law School
A Debate on the (De)Regulation of Climate Change

April 12, 2011
Sherif Girgis
Princeton University

April 13, 2011
Professor Robert Alt
Ashland University
Why the Affordable Care Act Is Unconstitutional

Podcast

April 14, 2011
Professor Randy Barnett
Georgetown University Law School
Why the Affordable Care Act Is Unconstitutional

Podcast

April 21, 2011
Professor Steven Calabresi
Northwestern University Law School
The Rise and Fall of the Separation of Powers

Podcast

May 9, 2011
Marshall Huebner
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Schedules for Previous Years