Past Symposia

Law Review 2011 Symposium

Symposium Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Farrand’s Records of the Federal Convention

Please Visit The Symposium Website here

Nov 3–4, 2011

Registration:

Justice Scalia's keynote speech is a ticketed event for members of the GW Law community and symposium participants. Given the limited capacity of the Jack Morton Auditorium, GW Law faculty, students, and alumni who wish to attend the keynote speech must enter a ticket lottery. The lottery will close on Oct 28, and tickets will be distributed the following week to those who are randomly selected to attend the keynote.

To inquire about registration to attend the panel discussions, entering the ticket lottery for Justice Scalia's keynote speech, or to ask questions related to the symposium, please email: gwlr.symposium.info@gmail.com.

Please note: Registration for this event, including panel discussions and keynote address, is required and must be received by October 28. This event is open to members of the GW Law community, invited guests, and symposium participants only.

Fall 2010 Symposium - Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Justice Breyer's Article "The Uneasy Case for Copyright"

In 1970, Stephen G. Breyer, now an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States, published the pioneering article, The Uneasy Case for Copyright. The article both articulated a theoretical framework for assessing copyright law and conducted a study of the publishing industry to provide empirical grounds for such an assessment. Forty years later, debate over the goals and efficacy of copyright and other forms of intellectual property has only increased, and Justice Breyer’s article continues to occupy a prominent place in that debate.

To commemorate the fortieth anniversary of The Uneasy Case for Copyright, the Intellectual Property Law Program of The George Washington University Law School will hold a symposium on Thursday, November 4th, 2010. Justice Breyer himself will give the keynote address, and distinguished legal academics and economists from the United States and abroad will consider the legacy of the article and the current state of inquiry into the proper place of copyright and intellectual property law. Participants include Michael Abramowicz, Oren Bracha, Robert Brauneis, Josef Drexl, John Duffy, Niva Elkin-Koren, Seth Ericsson, Wendy Gordon, F. Scott Kieff, B. Zorina Khan, Martin Kretschmer, Stan Liebowitz, Pam Samuelson, and Talha Syed. Symposium papers will be published in Volume 79, Issue 6 of The George Washington Law Review.

Fall 2009 Symposium - Judicial Review: Historical Debate, Modern Perspectives, and Comparative Approaches

Judicial Review: Historical Debate, Modern Perspectives, and Comparative Approaches

Two important new books challenge prevailing views of the origins and exercise of the power of judicial review. Philip Hamburger’s Law and Judicial Duty and Barry Friedman’s The Will of the People are each the focus of one of the symposium’s panels. A third panel will focus on modern perspectives and comparative approaches to judicial review.

We hope you can join us as a distinguished group of panelists explores judicial review, analyzing the debate surrounding its origins and development, as well as contemporary and comparative practices.

Fall 2008 Law Review Symposium

"What Does Our Legal System Owe Future Generations? New Analyses of Intergenerational Justice for a New Century"

Despite the diversity of challenges facing the legal community as the first decade of the twenty-first century comes to a close, virtually all legal issues raise several interrelated questions: As we decide how or whether to change the law, in what way should our decisions be affected by our perceived obligations to our children, grandchildren, and generations beyond? To what extent should we assume that we know what is best for future generations, and how much do we tie their hands by our decisions today?

Please join The George Washington Law Review as a distinguished group of speakers explores intergenerational justice within the areas of legal philosophy, constitutional law, environmental law, fiscal policy, and reproductive rights.