Syracuse Law presents Faculty Workshops each year to convene leading scholars both internally and from other institutions. Addressing subjects from executive orders and government agencies to humanitarian law and medical patents, these workshops aim to broaden the horizons of legal scholarship, facilitate the sharing of ideas, and challenge how we think about the law and legal practice.
2025-2026 Visiting Faculty Seminars
| Date | Presenter |
| September 11, 2025 | David Orentlicher Professor of Law UNLV – William S. Boyd School of Law Majority and Minority: How To Address Political Extremism with Constitutional Reform |
| September 25, 2025 | William Wiecek Professor Emeritus Syracuse University College of Law The Dark Past: The US Supreme Court and African Americans, 1800-2015 |
| October 13, 2025 | Doron Dorfman Professor of Law Seton Hall University School of Law Exploring the Duty to Accommodate in Law & Society |
| November 5, 2025 | Jessica Eaglin Professor of Law Cornell University School of Law Networked Information Technology in Criminal Law |
| November 10, 2025 | Anna Roberts Professor of Law Brooklyn Law School Prior Conviction Impeachment: What is it, Why is it Harmful, and Might it be Abolished? |
| January 21, 2026 | Christopher Havasy Associate Professor of Law George Washington University Law School Social Justice Conflicts in Public Law |
| January 29, 2026 | Jennifer M. Chacón Professor of Law Stanford Law School The Law of the Immigration Raid |
| February 5, 2026 | Carliss Chatman Professor of Law SMU Dedman School of Law Caremark After Federalism: Rebuilding Oversight Without Agencies |
| February 12, 2026 | Reva Siegel Professor of Law Yale Law School Title TBD |
| Februray 26, 2026 | Camilla Hrdy Associate Professor of Law Rutgers Law School Testing the Gernsback Hypothesis: Science Fiction’s Influence on Patents and Innovation |
| March 19, 2026 | Thomas Wilson Williams Associate Professor of Law American University Washington College of Law Owning Health Equity |
| April 16, 2026 | Joanna Schwartz Professor of Law UCLA School of Law Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable |
| April 23, 2026 | Anil Kalhan Professor of Law Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law The Consolidation of Immigration Surveillance |
Past Events
2024-2025 Academic Year
| Date | Presentation |
| April 24, 2025 | Faculty Colloquium: Professor Kathleen Morris, UC Berkeley School of Law, Democracy’s Double Agents |
| April 3, 2025 | Faculty Colloquium: Professor Ji Seon Song, University of California, Irvine School of Law, Crisis Policing |
| March 27, 2025 | Inaugural Hon. Rosemary S. Pooler Memorial Lecture: Professor Miriam Seifter, University of Wisconsin Law School, Law for All: The Legacy of Judge Rosemary Pooler |
| March 19, 2025 | Discussion: Public Defenders and Criminal Justice Reform: Evolving Challenges, New Standards: Erik Teifke, Monroe County Public Defender, and Patrica Warth, New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services |
| March 6, 2025 | Discussion: A Conversation on Academic Abelism with Professor Jay Dolmage, University of Waterloo, Hosted by the Disability Law & Policy Program |
| March 4, 2025 | Faculty Colloquium: Professor Conor Clarke, Washington University School of Law |
| February 26, 2025 | Discussion: Dr. Pavlo Pushkar, Head of Division at the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, Human Rights During War |
| February 20, 2025 | Faculty Colloquium: Professor Sam Bagenstos, University of Michigan Law School, Science and Politics in Public Health Regulation |
2023 – 2024
| Date | Presentation |
|---|---|
| Professor Dan Traficonte, People Having Ordinary Skills, Syracuse University College of Law | |
| January 16, 2024 | Professor Robin Malloy, A Network Capabilities Approach to Land Use and Disability Law, Syracuse University College of Law |
| Professor Mark Graber, University of Maryland School of Law | |
| February 22, 2024 | Professor Sarah Lorr, Brooklyn Law School |
| March 7, 2024 | Professor Kimberly West-Faulcon, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles |
| April 4, 2024 | Professor Arlene Kanter, Syracuse University College of Law |
| April 18, 2024 | Professor Jamelia Morgan, Northwestern University |
2022 – 2023
| Date | Presentation |
|---|---|
| January 19, 2023 | Professor Jennifer Breen, “Democratic Erosion and the United States Supreme Court”, Syracuse University College of Law |
| January 26, 2023 | Professor Amna Akbar, “Reform and Struggles Over Life, Death, and Democracy”, Ohio State University – Moritz College of Law (zoom) |
| February 15, 2023 | Professor Chapin Cimino, Drexel University School of Law |
| March 9, 2023 | Professor Kristin Henning with Professor Paula Johnson, “The Rage of Innocence”, Georgetown and Syracuse University College of Law |
| March 22, 2023 | “Merrill v. Milligan Symposium“ Evan Milligan (Lead plaintiff, Executive Director of Alabama Forward) Brittany Carter, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Member of the Merrill v. Milligan Litigation Team Tish Gotell Faulks, Legal Director ACLU Alabama, Member of the Merrill v. Milligan Litigation Team Thomas Keck, Professor of Political Science, SU Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Kristen Barnes and Paula Johnson co-moderated the panel and Suzette Melendez gave closing remarks |
| April 5, 2023 | Professor Dov Fox, “Medical Disobedience“, University of San Diego (zoom) |
| April 27, 2023 | Professor Nina Mendelson with Professor David Driesen, University of Michigan and Discussion of David’s paper: “Does the Separation of Powers Justify the Major Questions Doctrine?” |
2020 – 2021
| Date | Presentation |
|---|---|
| September 9, 2020 | Lightning Round & Celebration of Scholarship |
| September 17, 2020 | Professor Jake Elberg, Seton Hall Law: “Health Care Fraud Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry” |
| October 14, 2020 | Professor Kathryn Sikkink, Harvard Kennedy School: “Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century,” co-hosted by Professor Arlene Kanter’s CUSE Grant Project on Effectiveness of Human Rights Treaties |
| October 26, 2020 | Professor Mark Nevitt, Syracuse Law: “Is Climate Change a National Emergency?” and Professor Cora True-Frost on “Harmony and Dissonance at the Intersections of International Human Rights Law” |
| November 12, 2020 | Professor Carol Brown, Richmond School of Law: “Extraordinary,” co-sponsored by the Center on Property, Citizenship, and Social Entrepreneurism |
| November 18, 2020 | The Hon. James E. Baker, Syracuse Law, discusses his new book The Centaur’s Dilemma: National Security Law for the Coming AI Revolution |
| December 4, 2020 | “Half-Baked” Mini Workshops with Syracuse Law’s Professor Cora True-Frost (“Harmony and Dissonance at the Intersections of International Human Rights Law”) and Professor Jenny Breen (“The Capital ‘in His Person’: Human Capital Theory and the Mid-Twentieth-Century Redefinition of the ‘Labor Question'”) |
| December 9, 2020 | Professor Danielle Stokes, Syracuse Law: “Zoning for Climate Change” |
| February 4, 2021 | Professor David Driesen, Syracuse Law: “How Giving the President Unfettered Removal Authority Can Undermine the Senate’s Role in Appointments.” |
| February 11, 2021 | Professor Stacey Tovino, Oklahoma Law: “Not So Private.” Discussants: Professor Nina Kohn and Professor Doron Dorfman, Syracuse Law. |
| February 18, 2021 | Professor Osagie Obasogie, Berkeley Law: “Excited Delirium and Police Use of Force.” |
| March 11, 2021 | Professor Eric Talley, Columbia Law, on “Price Gouging in a Pandemic.” |
| March 17, 2021 | Professor Arlene Kanter, Syracuse Law: “The Future is Here: The Right to Remote Work under the Americans with Disabilities Act.” |
| April 1, 2021 | Professor John Lovett, Loyola Law School: “Easements and Change: The Case for the Uniform Easement Relocation Act.” Discussant: Professor Robin Malloy, Syracuse Law. Co-sponsored by the Center on Property, Citizenship, and Social Entrepreneurism. |
| April 8, 2021 | Professor Paula Johnson and Aili Obandja, Syracuse Law: “Justice for the Souls of Black People: The Case for Reparations in Namibia and the United States” |
| April 22, 2021 | Professor Nina Kohn, Syracuse Law: “Legislating Supported Decision-Making” |