The inaugural Duke Law Leadership Experience features speakers, a communications workshop, and alumni panel and provides students with insights and skills to use their law degrees to become leaders in their communities. Professor Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, gives the inaugural Duke Law Leadership Experience keynote address.
Recorded on January 19, 2007.
Lecture titled: Using Law to Lead Social Change.
Conference title: Duke Law Leadership Experience 2007.
Professor Sanford Levinson of the University of Texas School of Law argues that the Constitution is fundamentally defective in several respects and proposes a new Constitutional Convention. He also argues that law schools should reconsider how constitutional law should be taught.
Recorded on January 10, 2007.
Appearing: Speaker: Sanford Levinson, professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
John J. ("Lou") Michels Jr., L '85, discusses his role in a case he successfully argued in 2004 against the mandatory anthrax vaccination of military personnel.
Recorded on November 20, 2006.
Full title: Warning Shots: The Military's Anthrax Vaccination Program & Its Consequences.
Appearing: Scott L. Silliman (Duke University School of Law), introductions ; John J. ("Lou") Michels (McGuireWoods), speaker.
Professor Jeffrey Standen of the Willamette School of Law presents his recent law review article, "The Beauty of Bets: Wagers as Compensation for Professional Athletes." Professor Richman discusses the economics effects of Professor Standen's proposal, and Professor Haagen moderates the discussion. Professor Standen's article outlines the advantages of allowing athletes to bet on their games.
Recorded on November 16, 2006.
Panel titled: The Beauty of Bets: Wagers as Compensation for Professional Athletes.
John B. Bellinger is the principal adviser on all domestic and international law matters to the Department of State, the Foreign Service, and the diplomatic and consular posts abroad. He is also the principal adviser on legal matters relating to the conduct of foreign relations to other agencies and, through the Secretary of State, to the President and the National Security Council. Prior to joining the State Department, Mr.
Professor Carl Schneider of the University of Michigan presents the annual Siegel Lecture on Medical-Legal Ethics.
Recorded on November 14, 2006.
Lecture titled: Informed Consent in Two Professions.
Conference title: Rabbi Seymour Siegel Memorial Lecture on Medical and Legal Ethics 2006.
Appearing: Katharine Bartlett (Duke Law School), introducer; Carl Schneider (University of Michigan), speaker.
Professor Mary Dudziak of the University of Southern California School of Law presents the Duke Law Journal Fall Lecture: "Working Toward Democracy: Thurgood Marshall and the Constitution of Kenya."
Recorded on November 10, 2006.
Full title: Working Toward Democracy: Thurgood Marshall & the Constitution of Kenya.
Appearing: Catherine Fisk (Duke University School of Law), introducer; Mary Dudziak (University of Southern California School of Law), speaker.
Professor Zhu Suli, dean of Peking University School of Law, discusses political parties and the judicial system in China for the fifth annual Herbert L. Bernstein Lecture in International and Comparative Law
Recorded on November 02, 2006.
Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture in International & Comparative Law.
Appearing: Jonathan Ocko, introductions ; Zhu Suli, speaker.
The Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum's annual symposium. This year's topic: Law, Science, and Uncertainty: The Future of Children's Environmental Health. - Panel 3: "Children's Environmental Health: Shaping Future Policy" with James Salzman, John Balbus, J. Routt Reigart, and Ann Gavaghan.
Recorded on October 27, 2006.
Panel titled: Children's Environmental Health: Shaping Future Policy.
Conference title: DELPF Symposium 2006.
A discussion of the investigations into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program with Mr. Paul Volcker, Mr. Mark Califano (JD'88), and Professor Jeffrey Meyer, of the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) that investigated the Program's flaws and the urgent need for reform in the U.N. Mr. Volcker, former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, chaired the IIC; Professor Meyer is the former Senior Counsel to the IIC; and, Mr. Califano served as Chief Legal Counsel to the IIC and supervised major aspects of the investigation.
Recorded on October 27, 2006.
The Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum's annual symposium. This year's topic: Law, Science, and Uncertainty: The Future of Children's Environmental Health. -Welcome by William Schlesinger -Panel 1: "Incorporating Children into the Risk Process" with John Vandenberg, John Wargo, Sandra Hoffman, and Wendy Wagner
Recorded on October 27, 2006.
Panel titled: Incorporating Children Into the Risk Process.
Conference title: DELPF Symposium 2006.
Duke Law Magazine and the Office of Alumni and Development hosted a special Leadership Weekend event: "A Conversation with Katharine T. Bartlett, Dean and A. Kenneth Pye Professor of Law. Alston & Bird Professor of Law Erwin Chemerinsky has a wide-ranging conversation with Dean Bartlett about leadership, legal education, and her scholarship and influences.
The Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum's annual symposium. This year's topic: Law, Science, and Uncertainty: The Future of Children's Environmental Health.
Recorded on October 27, 2006.
Panel titled: Case Studies in Current Policies as They Impact Children's Environmental Health.
Conference title: Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum (DELPF Symposium (2006))
Professor Justin Hughes teaches intellectual property, Internet law, and international trade courses at Cardozo Law School. From 1997 to 2001, Hughes worked as an attorney-advisor in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, focusing on the Administration's initiatives in Internet-related intellectual property issues, Eleventh Amendment immunity issues, intellectual property law in developing economies, and copyright appellate filings for the United States (including the Napster litigation).
Part of the Information Ecology Lecture Series.
Terry Anderson from the Property and Environment Research Center, in Bozeman, MT, discusses market-based solutions to environmental issues such as endangered species and public lands management. [Author of Free Market Environmentalism]. Duke Law and Nicholas School Prof. Jim Salzman will facilitate a question and answer period.
Recorded on October 25, 2006.
Lecture titled: Free Market Environmentalism: A Non-Regulatory Approach to Environmental Stewardship.
Discussion with Profs. Jeff Powell and Neil Siegel.
Recorded on October 24, 2006.
Lecture titled: The Use of International & Foreign Law in Interpreting the U.S. Constitution.
Appearing: Jeff Powell (Duke University School of Law) and Neil Siegel (Duke University School of Law), speakers.
This groundbreaking Symposium will analyze two seemingly conflicting value systems in recent employment discrimination cases: one that prohibits stereotyping in the workplace, and another that upholds workplace appearance standards. Part 1. Welcome by Catherine Fisk --- Closing remarks by Devon Carbado.
Recorded on October 20, 2006.
Conference title: Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination (Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination Symposium (2006))
Appearing: Devon Carbado (UCLA School of Law)
This groundbreaking Symposium will analyze two seemingly conflicting value systems in recent employment discrimination areas: one that prohibits stereotyping in the workplace, and another that upholds workplace appearance standards. Session 2 with Mitu Gulati, Paul Ades, Tristin Green, Darryl Roberts, Laura Morgan Roberts, and Ashleigh Shelby Rosette
Recorded on October 20, 2006.
Panel titled: The Workplace.
Conference title: Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination (Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination Symposium (2006))
This groundbreaking Symposium will analyze two seemingly conflicting value systems in recent employment discrimination areas: one that prohibits stereotyping in the workplace, and another that upholds workplace appearance standards. Session 3 with Catharine Fisk, Jennifer L. Gillan, Ann McGinley, Jennifer Pizer, Lucille Ponte, Julie Seaman, and Patrick Shin.
Recorded on October 20, 2006.
Panel titled: Sex- Differentiated Dress.
Conference title: Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination (Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination Symposium (2006))
This groundbreaking Symposium will analyze two seemingly conflicting value systems in recent employment discrimination cases: one that prohibits stereotyping in the workplace, and another that upholds workplace appearance standards. Part 1. Welcome by Catherine Fisk --- Opening remarks by Dean Katharine Bartlett --- Session 1 with Dean Katharine Bartlett, Joel Friedman, Rafael Gely, Michael Selmi, Rebecca Springer, and Kimberly Yuracko.
Recorded on October 20, 2006.
Full title: Opening Remarks, Appearance Codes & Employment Discrimination.
This groundbreaking Symposium will analyze two seemingly conflicting value systems in recent employment discrimination areas: one that prohibits stereotyping in the workplace, and another that uploades workplace appearance standards. Part 3. Session 4 with Trina Jones, Theresa Beiner, Martha Chamallas, Adrienne Davis, Barbara Flagg, Deborah Zalesne.
Recorded on October 20, 2006.
Panel titled: Sexual Harrassment.
Conference title: Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination (Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination Symposium (2006))
This groundbreaking Symposium will analyze two seemingly conflicting value systems in recent employment discrimination areas: one that prohibits stereotyping in the workplace, and another that uploads workplace appearance standards.
Recorded on October 20, 2006.
Panel titled: Labor Unions & Collective Bargaining.
Conference title: Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination (Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination Symposium (2006))
This groundbreaking Symposium will analyze two seemingly conflicting value systems in recent employment discrimination areas: one that prohibits stereotyping in the workplace, and another that upholds workplace appearance standards.
Recorded on October 20, 2006.
Panel titled: Race, Sexual Orientation & Protected Classes.
Conference title: Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination (Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination Symposium (2006))
Duke law students were briefed on the legal, personal, and cultural issues faced by victims of domestic violence during an October 18 discussion at the Law School. Sebastian Kielmanovich '04, a prosecutor with Wilmington's district attorney's office, Suzanne Chester, managing partner of the domestic violence unit of Legal Aid of North Carolina, and Teandra Miller, director of the agency's Battered Immigrants Project took part in a panel sponsored by the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Advocacy Project.
Recorded on October 18, 2006.
Formerly of the United States Foreign Relations Committee, Peter Galbraith has recently published, The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End.
Recorded on October 18, 2006.
Full title: Practical Politics & the Law: Ambassador Peter Galbraith.
Appearing: Christopher Schroeder (Duke Law School), introducer: Peter Galbraith (US Ambassador), speaker.