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Faculty Works in Progress

Faculty Works in Progress (FWIP) lectures are held in the Lindquist and Vennum Conference Room, Room 385, from 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. on each Thursday listed below. These events are open to the public, but you must RSVP to Lori Peterson at 612-626-4468 or pete6294@umn.edu.

SPRING 2009

JANUARY

Thursday
1/22/09
Catherine Sharkey, New York University
"Agency Accountability: Federal Preemption's Future"
Thursday
1/29/09
Leo Katz, University of Pennsylvania
"Why the Law Spurns Win-Win Transactions"

FEBRUARY

Thursday
2/5/09
Katherine Sikkink, University of Minnesota (Political Science)
"The Justice Cascade: Criminal Accountability for Mass Human Rights Violations"
Thursday
2/12/09
William McGeveran, University of Minnesota
"A Free Speech Amendment for the Lanham Act"
Thursday
2/19/09
Gregory S. Alexander, Cornell University
"The Social Obligation Norm in American Property Law"
Thursday
2/26/09
Susanna L. Blumenthal, University of Minnesota
"The Apprehension of Fraud in Nineteenth-Century American Law"

MARCH

Thursday
3/5/09
Patrick Keenan, University of Illinois
"Conflict Commerce"
Thursday
3/12/09
Brian T. Fitzpatrick, Vanderbilt University
"Class Action Settlements and Their Fee Awards"
Thursday
3/26/09
Richard Brooks, Yale Law School
Topic TBA

APRIL

Thursday
4/2/09
David L. Faigman, University of California, Hastings
"Frames of Reference: Can Constitutionality Really Be Measured One Case at a Time?"
Friday
4/10/09
Kim Forde-Mazrui, University of Virginia
"Tradition as a Suspect Justification: The Case of Different-Sex Marriage"
Thursday
4/16/09
Susan Haack, University of Miami
"Proving Causation: The Holism of Warrant and the Atomism of Daubert"

FALL 2008

SEPTEMBER

Thursday
9/4/08
Meghan Ryan, University of Minnesota
"Does the Eighth Amendment Punishments Clause Prohibit Only Punishments That are Both Cruel and Unusual?"
Thursday
9/11/08
Elizabeth Boyle and Minzee Kim, University of Minnesota (Sociology)
"International Law, State Action, and Outcomes for Individuals: The Case of Child Rights"
Thursday
9/18/08
Christopher Sprigman, University of Virginia
"The Emergence of IP Norms in Stand-Up Comedy"
Thursday
9/25/08
Daniel Schwarcz, University of Minnesota
"The British Approach to Consumer Financial Disputes: A Model for Reform in Insurance Law and Beyond"

OCTOBER

Thursday
10/2/08
Thomas Merrill, Yale University
"The Origins of the Appellate Review Model in Administrative Law"
Friday
10/10/08
Sean Coyle, University College, London
"Some Thoughts on Fuller's Jurisprudence"
Thursday
10/16/08
Jeffrey Kahn, Southern Methodist University
"International Travel, National Security, and the Constitution in War and Peace"
Thursday
10/23/08
Nicole Stelle Garnett, University of Notre Dame
"Ordering the City"
Thursday
10/30/08
Charles Silver, University of Texas
"Managing Lead Attorneys' Compensation in Multi-District Litigation"

NOVEMBER

Thursday
11/6/08
Barry Feld and Shelley Schaefer (Sociology), University of Minnesota
"The Right to Counsel in Juvenile Court: Law Reform, Judicious Non-Intervention, and Unintended Consequences"
Thursday
11/13/08
Clarisa Long, Columbia University
"Interest Groups and Institutions in Patent and Copyright"