Dean Kerry Abrams moderates a panel discussion with three of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s former law clerks: Duke Law Professors Lisa K. Griffin (clerked in 1997-98) and Matthew Adler (clerked in 1992-93) and Duke Law alumna Sarah Boyce ’12 (Deputy Attorney General & General Counsel, NC Department of Justice, clerked in 2015-16).

This conversation was hosted as part of celebrations at Duke University on April 8, 2024, honoring the life and legacy of Justice O’Connor, the 2024 recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law.

Avishalom Tor (Notre Dame Law School), Gabriel Scheffler (University of Miami School of Law), Daniel Walters (Texas A&M Law School), panelists. Moderated by Matthew Adler (Duke Law)

Session 1

Join Professor Matthew Adler, Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy and Public Policy, for a discussion of his recent book, Measuring Social Welfare: An Introduction. This title provides an overview of the social welfare function (SWF) framework and a demonstration of how it can be used as a powerful tool for evaluating governmental policies. James Boyle, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law, will provide introductory remarks.

Co-sponsored by the Goodson Law Library and Office of the Dean.

Professors Matt Adler, Joseph Blocher, and Ernie Young engage in a panel discussion with Christina Duffy Ponsa-Kraus, George Welwood Murray Professor of Legal History at Columbia Law School, exploring a range of constitutional issues-typically uncovered in the 1L curriculum-that arose in the decades following the Civil War and Reconstruction. Professor Ponsa-Kraus discusses some of the legal questions surrounding the status of Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories, including in particular the history and continuing relevance of the century-old Insular Cases.

Professor Matthew Adler discusses his new Oxford Handbook co-edited with Marc Fleurbaey of Princeton University. The Handbook represents a definitive guide to research on individual well-being and on the existing and emerging tools for evaluating public policy in light of well-being. Contributions from internationally renowned economists and philosophers explore different methodologies for policymaking, from standard approaches such as cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and gross domestic product (GDP), to newer tools from emerging fields of research such as happiness studies.

Duke Law Journal presents: 43rd Annual Administrative Law Symposium: A Happiness Approach to Cost-Benefit Analysis which focuses on the role of well-being analysis in administrative law.

Professor Matthew Adler (Duke Law) presents his piece, titled "Happiness Surveys and Public Policy: What's the Use?".

Recorded on February 15, 2013.

Lecture titled: Happiness Surveys & Public Policy: What's the Use?.

Conference title: Happiness Approach to Cost-Benefit Analysis (Administrative Law Conference 2013)

Remarks on legislative work to improve emergency management and disaster response.

Administrative Law 2006: Administrative Law and Emergency Management | Risk Assessment and the Hazards of Hindsight

Recorded on March 24, 2006.

Conference title: Administrative Law and Emergency Management: Katrina and Beyond (Administrative Law Conference 2006))

Appearing: Matthew Adler (University of Pennsylvania Law School), Douglas Kysar (Cornell Law School) and Thomas McGarity (University of Texas at Austin School of Law), panelists.

September 16, 2011 - Second Session - Constitutional Limits of Congress's Enumerated Powers

Ilya Somin (George Mason University School of Law), "A Mandate for Mandates: Is the Individual Health Insurance Case a Slippery Slope?"
Introductory remarks by Gillian Metzger (Columbia Law School), moderator

Stuart Benjamin (Duke Law School), "Bootstrapping"
Introductory remarks by Matt Adler (University of Pennsylvania School of Law)

Panelists: Jamie Boyle (Duke Law School), Erwin Chemerinsky (UC-Irvine School of Law)