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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.

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Shakespeare and the Law: Keynote Discussion featuring Justice Stephen Breyer, Richard Posner, Martha Nussbaum, & Richard Strier

Posted: November 5, 2009

The University of Chicago Law School's "Shakespeare and the Law" conference brought together thinkers from law, literature, and philosophy to investigate the legal dimensions of Shakespeare's plays.
Barry R. Weingast, "Democratization and Countermajoritarian Institutions"

Posted: November 2, 2009

This talk was presented on October 16, 2009 at the Conference on Comparative Constitutional Design at the University of Chicago Law School. Barry Weingast is Ward C. Krebs Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. Roger...
Stefan Voigt, "Mapping Constitutionally Safeguarded Judicial Independence - A Global Survey"

Posted: November 2, 2009

This talk was recorded on October 17, 2009 as part of the conference Comparative Constitutional Design held at the University of Chicago Law School. Lee Epstein (Northwestern) provides commentary.
Milton Friedman, "Capitalism and the Jews"

Posted: October 30, 2009

This recording of University of Chicago Professor of Economics Milton Friedman was recorded on October 15, 1978 by James H. Fox, JD '78.

The speech was originally scheduled for the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, but was moved to the University of Chicago Law School Auditorium upon the...
Panel Discussion on Gay Marriage with Professors Mary Anne Case, Martha Nussbaum, David Strauss and Lecturer James Madigan

Posted: October 29, 2009

This panel discussion was recorded on October 20, 2009 and was sponsored by Outlaw, the Law School Democrats, and the Law...

Tom Ginsburg, "On the Evasion of Executive Term Limits"

Posted: October 22, 2009

Tom Ginsburg is Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.
Alison Siegler, "Is Life Without Parole for Juveniles Who Commit Non-Homicides Constitutional?"

Posted: October 16, 2009

Alison Siegler is Assistant Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School and is the Director of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic’s Federal Criminal Justice...

Jonathan Masur, "The Assertive Supreme Court: Patent Law and the Future of Economic Regulation"

Posted: October 12, 2009

Jonathan Masur is Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. This talk was recorded October 5, 2009 as part of the Law School's annual First Monday Lecture Series.
Douglas Baird, "Eero Saarinen's Law School"

Posted: September 24, 2009

This Chicago's Best Ideas lecture was recorded May 2, 2009, as part of the Law School's annual reunion festivities. Douglas Baird is Harry A. Bigelow Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.
Alison Siegler and Students, "Clinics in Action: The Federal Criminal Justice Project"

Posted: September 10, 2009

Assistant Clinical Professor of Law Alison Siegler, as well as students Stephanie Holmes, Brynn Lyerly, Emma Mittelstaedt, Chris Stanton, Daniel Bork, Kristin Love, and James Burnham, discuss the work of the...

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