Recent Activities
Lawrence G. Baxter
- Professor Baxter gave a presentation titled, "Financial Regulatory Reform in the United States," to members and clients of Baker& McKenzie in Sydney, Australia. (June 29, 2009)
- Professor Baxter presented a paper, "Internationalisation of Law: The "Complex" Case of Bank Regulation," presented at the Bond University 20th Anniversary Symposium on Internationalisation of Law:
Legislating,Decision Making, Practice and Education, in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. (June 26, 2009)
- Professor Baxter organized and chaired a panel of experts on Nationalizing our Banks as part of the development of a program on regulatory modernization. The forum was held at the Duke Law
School. (March 25, 2009)
- Professor Baxter gave a presentation titled, "Financial Regulatory Reform in the United States," to members and clients of Baker& McKenzie in Sydney, Australia. (June 29, 2009)
Sara Sun Beale
- Professor Beale attended the meeting of the Standing Committee on Practice and Procedure, representing the Criminal Rules Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C.(June 1, 2009)
- Professor Beale spoke to the newly organized Duke Law club of New England at the offices of Bingham McCutchen in Boston. (May 27, 2009)
- Professor Beale participated in a panel discussion on "Competing Regulators—Who should regulate and when? Federal Prosecutors, Federal Regulators, or the States?" The discussion took place during an
NYU Law School conference on Regulation By Prosecutors. (May 8, 2009)
- Professor Beale spoke at the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference with Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny Breuer, and vice chairman of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Judge Reuben
Castillo, on sentencing policy. The conference took place in Hilton Head, South Carolina. (May 7, 2009)
- Professor Beale spoke at a conference on "Achieving the Right Balance: The Role of Corporate Criminal Law In Ensuring Corporate Compliance," at Georgetown University Law Center. (April 21, 2009)
- Professor Beale spoke at a conference on "Achieving the Right Balance: The Role of Corporate Criminal Law In Ensuring Corporate Compliance," at Georgetown University Law Center. (April 21, 2009)
- Professor Beale participated in a panel discussion on corporate criminal liability at a conference on "Achieving the Right Balance: The Role of Corporate Criminal Law in Ensuring Corporate
Compliance." The conference was held at Georgetown Law School. (April 21, 2009)
- Professor Beale attended and served as reporter for the spring meeting of the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules in Washington, D.C. (April 6, 2009)
- Professor Beale presented a paper " You've Gone a Long Way Baby Two Waves of Juvenile Justice Reforms as seen from Jena Louisiana" at a conference on the Jena 6 case at Harvard Law School. (March 13, 2009)
- Professor Beale participated in a panel discussion with other Duke faculty in a Federal Judicial Center program on Law and National Security in the War on Terrorism. Professor Beale gave a
presentation on "Prosecution of Terrorists in the Federal Courts" at Duke Law School. (March 12, 2009)
- Professor Beale participated in a panel discussion with other Duke faculty in a Federal Judicial Center program on Law and National Security in the War on Terrorism. Professor Beale gave a
presentation on "Prosecution of Terrorists in the Federal Courts" at Duke Law School. (March 12, 2009)
- Professor Beale spoke to the Fourth Circuit District Judges on "Criminal Law: Changes in the Federal Rules and Federal Practice," in Baltimore. (March 9, 2009)
- Professor Beale spent her spring 2009 semester as a visiting professor at NYU. (January 1, 2009)
Donald H. Beskind
- Professor Beskind chaired a panel on "Approaching the Bench, You and the Judge: The Ethical Relationship Between Judge and Counsel: What Each Owes the Other". The lecture was held at the North
Carolina Advocates for Justice in Raleigh,N.C. (January 30, 2009)
- Professor Beskind chaired a panel on "Advocacy Skills Training Series: Jury Selection," at the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Raleigh, N.C. (November 21, 2008)
- Professor Beskind chaired a panel on "Approaching the Bench, You and the Judge: The Ethical Relationship Between Judge and Counsel: What Each Owes the Other". The lecture was held at the North
Carolina Advocates for Justice in Raleigh,N.C. (January 30, 2009)
Guy-Uriel Charles
- Professor Charles joined the board of the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization addressing campaign finance and elections, political communication and government ethics. (January 26, 2009)
- Professor Charles joined the board of the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization addressing campaign finance and elections, political communication and government ethics. (January 26, 2009)
George C. Christie
- Professor Christie was a commentator on " The Proposed Restatement Third Torts: Physical and Emotional Harm's treatment of Land Possessor's Liability," at a symposium at the Wake Forest University
School of law organized by the American Law Institute and the Law Schools of Wake Forest University and the University of Texas. (April 3, 2009)
- Professor Christie was a commentator on " The Proposed Restatement Third Torts: Physical and Emotional Harm's treatment of Land Possessor's Liability," at a symposium at the Wake Forest University
School of law organized by the American Law Institute and the Law Schools of Wake Forest University and the University of Texas. (April 3, 2009)
Richard A. Danner
- Professor Danner was part of a panel discussion titled "Workshop for New Academic Law Library Directors: making Scholarship a Reality," at the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting
in San Diego, Calif. (January 10, 2009)
- Professor Danner was named to the Board of Advisers of the Social Science Research Network Legal Information and Technology Journal. (January 1, 2009)
- Professor Danner gave a presentation titled, "Supporting Scholarship: Thoughts on the Role of The Academic Law Librarian," at The Law Librarian's Role in Scholarly Enterprise Collquium in Columbia,
S.C. (November 21, 2008)
- Professor Danner was part of a panel discussion titled "Workshop for New Academic Law Library Directors: making Scholarship a Reality," at the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting
in San Diego, Calif. (January 10, 2009)
Deborah A. DeMott
- Professor DeMott presented a paper, "Comparative Perspectives on Ratification," to the conference on "The Unauthorized Agent" at the University of Nijmegen in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (January 10, 2009)
- Professor DeMott was elected Chair of The Association of American Law Schools' Section on Agency, Partnership and Limited Liability Companies. (January 3, 2009)
- Professor DeMott presented a paper, "Comparative Perspectives on Ratification," to the conference on "The Unauthorized Agent" at the University of Nijmegen in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (January 10, 2009)
Lisa Kern Griffin
- Professor Griffin spoke at a conference on "Regulation by Prosecutors," at New York University School of Law. (May 8, 2009)
- Professor Griffin commented on “Political Control of Federal Prosecutions,” at the 39th Annual Duke Law Journal Administrative Law Conference. (March 20, 2009)
- Professor Griffin presented remarks at a panel on “Evidentiary Foul Play: Deception, Destruction, and Just Deserts,” at the American Association of Law Schools, Evidence Section. (January 9, 2009)
- Professor Griffin took part in a faculty workshop entitled "Criminal Lying, Prosecutorial Power, and Social Meaning," at Stanford Law School in Palo Alto, Calif. (January 7, 2009)
- Professor Griffin spoke at a conference on "Regulation by Prosecutors," at New York University School of Law. (May 8, 2009)
Donald L. Horowitz
- Professor Horowitz delivered remarks at the University of Toronto conference on "Democratization and Ethnic Communities." (April 17, 2009)
- Professor Horowitz spoke at a forum organized by the League of Women Voters on proposed changes in the electoral system for Durham City Council. (April 1, 2009)
- Professor Horowitz received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration section of the International Studies Association at the association's 50th annual convention
in New York City. A roundtable of scholars convened to discuss Horowitz's work at the convention. (February 15, 2009)
- Professor Horowitz delivered a lecture entitled "An Inside Job: How Indonesia Became a Constitutional Democracy," at the University of Hawaii. (January 20, 2009)
- Professor Horowitz delivered remarks at the University of Toronto conference on "Democratization and Ethnic Communities." (April 17, 2009)
David F. Levi
- Dean Levi served as moderator for a panel discussion examining the career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens during the 2009 Law Review Symposium at the University of California, Davis,
School of Law. (March 6, 2009)
- Dean Levi served as moderator for a panel discussion examining the career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens during the 2009 Law Review Symposium at the University of California, Davis,
School of Law. (March 6, 2009)
Ralf Michaels
- Professor Michaels was awarded a fellowship by the Program in Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University, where he will spend a year researching a book on U.S. courts as world courts. (January 1, 2009)
- Professor Michaels was awarded a fellowship by the Program in Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University, where he will spend a year researching a book on U.S. courts as world courts. (January 1, 2009)
Barak D. Richman
- Professor Richman was appointed to the advisory board of the American Antitrust Institute. (May 1, 2009)
- Professor Richman was appointed to the advisory board of the American Antitrust Institute. (May 1, 2009)
Neil S. Siegel
- Professor Siegel gave a presentation titled " General Welfare, Interstate Commerce and Economic Analysis," during the annual meeting of the American Law and Economics Association at the University of
San Diego, San Diego, Calif. (May 15, 2009)
- Professor Siegel participated in a Constitutional Theory Conference at the University of Southern California School of Law. (April 3, 2009)
- Professor Siegel gave a presentation titled "The Roberts Court, the Government, and the Individual," during the 15th Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy Rising Stars: A new
Generation of Scholars Looks at Civil Justice, in Chicago, Ill. (April 2, 2009)
- Professor Siegel gave a presentation titled "Symposium on the Jurisprudence of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg," at the New England Law School in Boston,Mass. (March 12, 2009)
- Professor Siegel was the Judge at the North Carolina State Finals of "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution," at the Competition for High School Students in Raleigh, N.C. (March 6, 2009)
- Professor Siegel participated in a discussion group at the 2009 Maryland Discussion Group on Constitutionalism on "Religion and Constitutionalism," at the University of Maryland School of Law
Baltimore,Md. (February 27, 2009)
- Professor Siegel taught "Cases that Changed History: Equal Protection and Affirmative Action," at the Bill of Rights Institute Supreme Court Program for High School Teachers in Raleigh, N.C. (February 16, 2009)
- Professor Siegel delivered a speech regarding "Justice Ginsburg's Constitution Vision in President Barack Obama's America," at the American Constitution Society at the Duke law School. (February 10, 2009)
- Professor Siegel was a consultant at the United States v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. Title II . (February 1, 2009)
- Professor Siegel gave a public interview of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia on "Lives in the Law: A Conversation with Justice Scalia". (January 29, 2009)
- Professor Siegel reviewed the U.S. Supreme Court's October 2007 Term at the New Jersey Judicial College in Teaneck, New Jersey. (November 24, 2008)
- Professor Siegel moderated a U.S. Supreme Court Update at Duke Law School. (November 17, 2008)
- Professor Siegel participated in an American Constitution Society conference entitled "The Second Founding And The Reconstruction Amendments: Toward A More Perfect Union," held at the University of
Pennsylvania Law School. (November 14, 2008)
- Professor Siegel gave a presentation titled " General Welfare, Interstate Commerce and Economic Analysis," during the annual meeting of the American Law and Economics Association at the University of
San Diego, San Diego, Calif. (May 15, 2009)
Scott L. Silliman
- Professor Silliman was the featured speaker at a meeting of the University Club of Wilmington, North Carolina, an event sponsored by the Duke University Office of Development. (May 14, 2009)
- Professor Silliman traveled to New Orleans to be a featured speaker at the 2009 NORAD/NORTHCOM conference for military and civilian attorneys. (April 30, 2009)
- Professor Silliman joined Professor David Schanzer of Duke's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy to put on a program for undergraduates at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
regarding the various issues surrounding the Guantánamo Bay detention facility. (March 25, 2009)
- Professor Silliman served as a speaker on a panel describing international law courses and opportunities at Duke Law School as part of the Admitted Students Weekend. (March 20, 2009)
- Professor Silliman served as the Law School’s principal organizer of a program for 33 federal judges under the auspices of the Federal Judicial Center. The theme of this year’s program was
"Law and National Security in the War on Terrorism", and this was the sixth consecutive year that Duke Law has hosted this two-day event in conjunction with the FJC. (March 12, 2009)
- Professor Silliman was the keynote speaker at a Youth Conference sponsored by U.S. Congressman Mike McIntire (D- NC 7). The conference was held in Lumberton, N.C. (March 9, 2009)
- Professor Silliman gave a presentation on legal issues in the War on Terror to the 5th Annual Conference for National Guard Attorneys in Orlando, Florida (February 13, 2009)
- Professor Silliman served as a guest lecturer at the University of North Carolina Law School’s annual two-day Continuing Legal Education program at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill. He presented
his regular National Security Law Update lecture to 150 attorneys. Professor Silliman has been featured as a guest lecturer in this program for the last 12 years. (February 7, 2009)
- Professor Silliman participated in a Duke University program as one of three speakers on a panel addressing detention and prosecution issues at Guantánamo Bay. (January 22, 2009)
- Professor Silliman was the featured speaker at the monthly Durham Bar Association luncheon. (January 14, 2009)
- Professor Silliman moderated a panel at Duke Law School entitled "Crisis in Gaza: Perspectives on the Conflict" which probed the differing Palestinian and Israeli viewpoints on the ongoing
military operations in Gaza. (January 13, 2009)
- Professor Silliman spoke at a luncheon meeting of Duke Law School's National Security Law and Policy Society, where he discussed numerous issues involved in closing the detention facilities at
Guantanamo Bay. (November 18, 2008)
- Professor Silliman participated in, and spoke at, a program on military law at North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham, N.C. (November 13, 2008)
- Professor Silliman was the featured speaker at a meeting of the University Club of Wilmington, North Carolina, an event sponsored by the Duke University Office of Development. (May 14, 2009)
Neil Vidmar
- Professor Vidmar gave a presentation titled, "The Medical Malpractice Crisis of 2000: Data from Florida," at the 2009 annual meeting of the Law & Society Association in Denver, Colo. (May 29, 2009)
- Professor Vidmar took part in a jury selection in the Canadian Context, Criminal Lawyers Association in Toronto, Canada. (November 29, 2008)
- Professor Vidmar took part in a jury selection in the Canadian Context, Criminal Lawyers Association in Toronto, Canada. (November 29, 2008)
- Professor Vidmar participated in a panel discussion on "The Social Costs of Dangerous Products: From Lead to Tainted Drugs," at the American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. (November 14, 2008)
- Professor Vidmar participated in a panel on "The Social Costs of Dangerous Products," at a conference on Dangerous Products: From Lead Toys to Tainted Drugs, at American University Washington College
of Law in Washington, D.C. (November 14, 2008)
- Professor Vidmar submitted an Amicus brief supporting the Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Gonzalez v. Florida, No. 08-6833 (U.S. Supreme Court). (November 9, 2008)
- Professor Vidmar gave a presentation titled, "The Medical Malpractice Crisis of 2000: Data from Florida," at the 2009 annual meeting of the Law & Society Association in Denver, Colo. (May 29, 2009)
Noah Weisbord
- Visiting Assistant Professor Weisbord served as an independent expert delegate to the Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression. The working group, established by the International Criminal
Court, met most recently at The Hague. (November 17, 2008)
- Visiting Assistant Professor Weisbord participated in a panel discussion on "The Global War on Terrorism and Accountability for War Crimes," during a conference on The Rule of Law and the Global War
on Terrorism at the Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kan. (November 13, 2008)
- Visiting Assistant Professor Weisbord participated in a panel discussion, "Defining War and Terrorism: Redrawing Conceptual Lines," during a conference on The Rule of Law and the Global War on
Terrorism, at the Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kan. (November 13, 2008)
- Visiting Assistant Professor Weisbord served as an independent expert delegate to the Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression. The working group, established by the International Criminal
Court, met most recently at The Hague. (November 17, 2008)
Jonathan B. Wiener
- Professor Wiener, president and conference chair, spoke about "10 Ideas to Improve Regulatory Oversight in the Obama Administration" at the annual meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis in Boston,
MA. (December 10, 2008)
- Professor Wiener spoke about "Risk in an Interconnected World" at the International Regulatory Reform Conference in Berlin, Germany. (November 17, 2008)
- Professor Wiener, president and conference chair, spoke about "10 Ideas to Improve Regulatory Oversight in the Obama Administration" at the annual meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis in Boston,
MA. (December 10, 2008)
Lawrence A. Zelenak
- Professor Zelenak gave a presentation titled, "Tax Policy and Personal Identity over Time," at the University of Florida Law School in Gainesville. (March 27, 2009)
- Professor Zelenak gave a presentation titled, "Tax Policy and Personal Identity over Time," at the University of Florida Law School in Gainesville. (March 27, 2009)
