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From intimate lunchtime talks by our world-renowned faculty to academic conferences curated by student organizations, the Law School is continually host to some of the most groundbreaking ideas in the legal academy and beyond. Since 2005, the Law School has been committed to sharing these ideas with not only our campus community but with the world at large by making available free audio recordings of selected events. Please use the filters below to find a recording that might interest you, or use the page links at the bottom to browse through the list at your leisure.

  • Clinics in Action: The Exoneration Project
    April 4, 2013

    The Exoneration Project presents "Convicting the Innocent: Addressing Wrongful Convictions in Cook County, Illinois"

  • Geoffrey Stone, "When Contraception Was a Crime"
    March 28, 2013

    Geoffrey Stone (Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Law School) explores the history of laws against contraception, including discussion of those who struggled against those laws, how the tide turned, and what role the courts played in that process. This...

  • Jeff Anderson, "Hallmarks of Effective Leadership"
    March 21, 2013

    Jeff Anderson is Associate Dean for Leadership Development at the Booth School of Business. This talk was recorded on February 12, 2013 and sponosored by the Office of the Dean of Students.

  • 2013 Coase Lecture - Tom Ginsburg, "Constitutions as Products"
    March 14, 2013

    Constitutional lawyers tend to study constitutions as sets of legal rules and judicial decisions. But written constitutions are also products, with different design features: they can be more or less detailed, innovative, or ambitious; they can be produced in a more or less...

  • Harvey C. Mansfeld, "A Critique of Legal Realism"
    March 7, 2013

    Professor Harvey Mansfield is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government at Harvard University. He received his AB and his PhD from Harvard University and has taught at Harvard since 1962. Professor Mansfield is a preeminent scholar of political philosophy and government, having written...

  • James R. Kearl, "Private Giving vs. Government Programs"
    March 6, 2013

    Professor James Kearl is the A.O. Smoot Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University. He received his PhD in economics from MIT and completed post-doctoral work at Harvard Law School. Professor Kearl was named a White House Fellow in 1983 and served as a Special Assistant to the Secretary...

  • Robert M. Chesney, "Beyond the Battlefield, Beyond Al Qaeda: The Destabilizing Legal Architecture of Counterterrorism"
    March 6, 2013

    Robert M. Chesney is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Charles I. Francis Professor in Law at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law.

    This talk was recorded on February 21, 2013, and sponsored by the Federalist Society.

  • David Strauss, "Campaign Finance First Principles"
    February 28, 2013

    What limits should the government be allowed to impose on people who want to give money to a political campaign, or spend money in support of a campaign? The question is complex, difficult, and very important. Limits on the way money can be used to support candidates can undermine democracy...

  • Disability Law Society & American Constitution Society present "Post-Newtown Legal Reforms: A Panel Discussion"
    February 21, 2013

    This discussion, sponsored by ACS and the Disability Law Society, was held on February 12, 2013.

    Speakers included:

  • Jonathan Masur, "Well-Being Analysis vs. Cost-Benefit Analysis"
    February 14, 2013

    Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is the primary tool used by policymakers to inform administrative decisionmaking. Yet its methodology of converting preferences (often hypothetical ones) into dollar figures, then using those dollar figures as proxies for quality of life, creates systemic errors...