THE FALL FACULTY WORKSHOP SERIES
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
“Deference to the Executive in the
United States After 9/11”
Eric Posner, Kirkland and Ellis Professor of
Law, University of Chicago Law School
Professor Posner writes in the areas
of contract law, international law,
constitutional law and administrative law.
His newest books are The Executive Unbound: After the
Madisonian Republic (Oxford University Press, 2011), with
Adrian Vermeule, and Climate Change Justice (Princeton
University Press, 2010), with David Weisbach.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
OCTOBER 26, 2011
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
“Padilla v. Kentucky: A New
Paradigm in Legal Representation
and the Academy”
“The Public Policy Defense to
Contracts: How Unruly Is the
Horse?”
Michael Pinard, Professor of Law and
Director of the Clinical Law Program,
University of Maryland School of Law
David A. Friedman, Assistant Professor of
Law, Willamette University College of Law
Professor Pinard’s scholarship and research
interests focus on the criminal process, criminal defense
lawyering and the impact of criminal convictions. His
article “Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions:
Confronting Issus of Race and Dignity” appeared in the New
York University Law Review. Professor Pinard is co-editor-inchief of the Clinical Law Review and serves on the Clinical
Skills Committee of the ABA’s Section on Legal Education
and Admissions to the Bar.
Professor Friedman’s primary scholarship
addresses the intersection of consumer law,
advertising regulation and behavioral economics. His article
“Debiasing Advertising: Balancing Risk, Hope, and Social
Welfare” appears in the Spring 2011 issue of the Journal of
Law and Policy.
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DISTINGUISHED PRACTITIONER
“Immigrants’ Rights and
Constitutional Principles:
Today’s Challenges”
Lucas Guttentag, Robina Foundation
Distinguished Senior Fellow in Residence
and Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Professor Guttentag was the founding
national director (1985-2011) of the Immigrants’ Rights
Project of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation,
which he built into the preeminent strategic litigation
organization in the country for advancing the constitutional
and civil rights of non-citizens.
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NOVEMBER 16, 2011
“Islamic Divorce in North America:
A Shari’a Path in a Secular Society”
Julie Macfarlane, Professor of Law,
University of Windsor Faculty of Law, and
Professor of Practice, Kroc Institute for
International Peace Studies, University of
Notre Dame
Professor Macfarlane’s new book Islamic Divorce in
North America: A Shari’a Path in a Secular Society will
be published by Oxford University Press in 2012. She
has extensive experience as a facilitator working with
government, management groups, unions, universities,
professional associations and not-for-profit organizations
in developing consensus in planning, policymaking and
conflict-resolution strategies.
NOVEMBER 3-5, 2011
Jointly presented by the Conference of Asian Pacific
American Law Faculty (CAPALF) and Northeast People of
Color Conference (NEPOC).
THE COLLOQUIUM ON LAW & SEXUALITY
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
“Hybrid Revisited”
Ruth Colker, Distinguished University
Professor and Heck Faust Memorial Chair
in Constitutional Law, Ohio State University
Moritz College of Law
Professor Colker is one of the leading
scholars in the country in the areas
of constitutional law and disability
discrimination.
OCTOBER 17, 2011
“Sexual Liberty and Same-Sex
Marriage: An Argument From
Bisexuality”
Michael Boucai, Law Teaching Fellow,
Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law
In his teaching and research, Professor
Boucai brings history, social science and
critical theory to bear on legal problems, particularly in the
domain of sexuality.
OUR SPRING 2012 SERIES WILL FEATURE:
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the
First Amendment, Yale Law School
NOVEMBER 14, 2011
“Conceptions of Parenthood”
Loretta Lynch (tentative), U.S. Attorney for the Eastern
District of New York
Courtney G. Joslin, Acting Professor of
Law, UC Davis School of Law
Serena Mayeri, Professor of Law and History, University of
Pennsylvania Law School
Professor Joslin’s areas of interest include
family and relationship recognition,
particularly focusing on same-sex and
nonmarital couples.
SCHOLARS MAKING AN IMPACT • THE FALL WORKSHOP SERIES AT HOFSTRA LAW
C H A R G E
The Law School is a proud member of the ABA-EPA Law Office Climate Challenge Program.
T H E
2011 Distinguished Practitioner Lecture with Michael Cardozo
U.S. Circuit Judge Gerard E. Lynch delivers the
2011 Howard and Iris Kaplan Memorial Lecture
Professor June Carbone delivers the 2011Sidney and Walter
Siben Distinguished Professorship Lecture in Family Law
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