Martha C. Nussbaum Student Roundtables
The Martha C. Nussbaum Student Roundtables support the University of Chicago’s longstanding commitment to free expression and open discourse. The roundtables were endowed by Professor Nussbaum in 2019 with the intent of bringing together students and faculty with diverse, and often disparate ideological viewpoints in a respectful discussion. Students are encouraged to engage and confront ideas that may be different from their own with a spirit of civil and vigorous debate. Space is limited, and RSVP is required.
Date |
Topic |
Hosts |
Registration |
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 |
Pubic v. Private Sector Responses to Climate Change |
Adam Chilton, Professor of Law, Walter Mander Research Scholar Hajin Kim, Assistant Professor of Law |
Registration is closed. |
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 |
The Past, Present and Future of Roe v. Wade |
Bridget Fahey, Assistant Professor of Law Geoffrey R. Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law |
Registration is closed. |
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 |
Political discourse in the age of party orthodoxy |
Emily Buss, Mark and Barbara Fried Professor of Law M. Todd Henderson, Michael J. Marks Professor of Law |
Registration is closed. |
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 | The Opioid Epidemic: Who’s to Blame? |
Saul Levmore, William B. Graham Distinguished Service Professor of Law Emily Underwood, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Bluhm-Helfand Director of the Innovation Clinic |
Registration is closed. |
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | Two Big Changes in Law Practice: Advertising and Online Hearings. |
R. H. Helmholz, Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Distinguished Service Professor of Law William H. J. Hubbard, Professor of Law |
Registration is closed. |
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 |
Police Reform and Abolition |
Adam A. Davidson, Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow, Lecturer in Law Aziz Z. Huq, Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law Richard H. McAdams, Bernard D. Meltzer Professor of Law |
Registration is closed. |
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 | Abortion |
William Baude, Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Constitutional Law Institute Martha C. Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics |
Registration is closed. |
2019-2020 Nussbaum Roundtables
Date |
Topic |
Hosts |
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Friday, October 18, 2019 |
Inequality |
William Hubbard, Professor of Law David Weisbach, Walter J. Blum Professor of Law, Senior Fellow, the Computation Institute of the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory |
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 |
Identity Politics |
Tom Ginsburg, Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar, Professor of Political Science Claudia Flores, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Director, International Human Rights Clinic |
Friday, November 22, 2019 |
Immigration |
Adam Chilton, Assistant Professor of Law, Walter Mander Research Scholar Anup Malani, Lee and Brena Freeman Professor of Law |
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 |
Drug Legalization |
William Baude, Professor of Law, Aaron Director Research Scholar Martha C. Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics |
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 |
Project |
Saul Levmore, William B. Graham Distinguished Service Professor of Law Erica Zunkel, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Associate Director of the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic |
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 | Should Roe v. Wade be Overruled? |
Geoffrey R. Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law Mary Anne Case, Arnold I. Shure Professor of Law |
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 | Constitutions and COVID |
Tom Ginsburg, Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar, Professor of Political Science Aziz Z. Huq, Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law, Mark Claster Mamolen Teaching Scholar |
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 |
Supreme Court Reform |
Daniel Hemel, Assistant Professor of Law, Ronald H. Coase Research Scholar Sarah M. Konsky, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic |
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 | COVID and Our Constitution |
Adam Chilton, Professor of Law, Walter Mander Research Scholar Farah Peterson, Professor of Law |
2020-2021 Nussbaum Roundtables
Date |
Topic |
Hosts |
Registration |
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 |
COVID and our Constitution |
Adam Chilton, Assistant Professor of Law, Walter Mander Research Scholar Farah Peterson, Professor of Law |
Registration is closed. |
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 |
Governmental Responses to COVID-19 |
Richard A. Epstein, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law, Senior Lecturer Lior J. Strahilevitz, Sidley Austin Professor of Law |
Registration is closed. |
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 |
After the 2020 Election |
Bridget Fahey, Assistant Professor of Law Jonathan S. Masur, John P. Wilson Professor of Law, David and Celia Hilliard Research Scholar, Director of the Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Program in Behavioral Law, Finance and Economics |
Registration is closed. |
Friday, January 29, 2021 | Corporate Purpose |
Joshua C. Macey, Assistant Professor of Law Hajin Kim, Assistant Professor of Law |
Registration is closed. |
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 | Social Media v. Democracy |
Aziz Huq, Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law Geoffrey Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law |
Registration is closed. |
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 | School Choice |
Tom Ginsburg, Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar, Professor of Political Science Emily Underwood, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Bluhm-Helfand Director of the Innovation Clinic |
Registration is closed. |
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | Police Violence and Police Reform |
Richard McAdams, Bernard D. Meltzer Professor of Law Sharon Fairly, Professor from Practice John Rappaport, Professor of Law, Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar |
Registration is closed. |
Monday, May 10, 2021 | Criminal Reform Priorities for the New Administration |
Alison Siegler, Clinical Professor of Law, Director, Federal Criminal Justice Clinic Sonja Starr, Julius Kreeger Professor of Law and Criminology |
Registration is closed. |