Faculty Workshops & Visiting Scholars

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.

2026-2027 Visiting Faculty Seminars

DatePresenter
October 1, 2026

David John Giammatteo

Associate Professor of Law 

University at Buffalo School of Law 

Bureaucratic Control in the Adjudicative State

October 29, 2026

Robin Paul Malloy

Professor of Law

Syracuse University College of Law

Property and Justice in Adam Smith’s Market Jurisprudence

November 4, 2026

Bjarnne Tellman

Author and CEO of FjordStream Advisors

Discussing his book "Law in the Era of AI: Clients, Firms, and the Future of the Legal Industry" (Wiley, 2026)

November 12, 2026

Jennifer Brinkman

Assistant Professor of Law

Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law

The Frozen Circuit Split: Juvenile Adjudications and the Apprendi Prior-Conviction Exception

December 10, 2026Faculty Research Draft Swap

Past Events

2025-2026 Visiting Faculty Seminars

DatePresenter
September 11, 2025David Orentlicher
Professor of Law
UNLV – William S. Boyd School of Law
Majority and Minority: How To Address Political Extremism with Constitutional Reform
September 25, 2025William Wiecek
Professor Emeritus
Syracuse University College of Law
The Dark Past: The US Supreme Court and African Americans, 1800-2015
October 13, 2025Doron Dorfman
Professor of Law
Seton Hall University School of Law
Exploring the Duty to Accommodate in Law & Society
November 5, 2025Jessica Eaglin
Professor of Law
Cornell University School of Law
Networked Information Technology in Criminal Law
November 10, 2025Anna Roberts
Professor of Law
Brooklyn Law School
Prior Conviction Impeachment: What is it, Why is it Harmful, and Might it be Abolished?
January 21, 2026Christopher Havasy
Associate Professor of Law
George Washington University Law School
Social Justice Conflicts in Public Law
January 29, 2026Jennifer M. Chacón
Professor of Law
Stanford Law School
The Law of the Immigration Raid
February 5, 2026Carliss Chatman
Professor of Law
SMU Dedman School of Law
Caremark After Federalism: Rebuilding Oversight Without Agencies
February 12, 2026Reva Siegel
Professor of Law
Yale Law School
Title TBD
February 24, 2026Alexis Shore Ingber
Assistant Professor
Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications
Title TBD
February 26, 2026Camilla Hrdy
Associate Professor of Law
Rutgers Law School
Testing the Gernsback Hypothesis: Science Fiction’s Influence on Patents and Innovation
March 19, 2026Thomas Wilson Williams
Associate Professor of Law
American University Washington College of Law
Owning Health Equity
April 16, 2026Anil Kalhan
Professor of Law
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
Title TBD

2024-2025 

DatePresentation
April 24, 2025Faculty Colloquium: Professor Kathleen Morris, UC Berkeley School of Law, Democracy’s Double Agents
April 3, 2025Faculty Colloquium: Professor Ji Seon Song, University of California, Irvine School of Law, Crisis Policing
March 27, 2025Inaugural 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, 2025Discussion: 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, 2025Discussion: A Conversation on Academic Abelism with Professor Jay Dolmage, University of Waterloo, Hosted by the Disability Law & Policy Program
March 4, 2025Faculty Colloquium: Professor Conor Clarke, Washington University School of Law
February 26, 2025Discussion: 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, 2025Faculty Colloquium: Professor Sam Bagenstos, University of Michigan Law School, Science and Politics in Public Health Regulation

2023 - 2024

DatePresentation
 Professor Dan Traficonte, People Having Ordinary Skills, Syracuse University College of Law
January 16, 2024Professor 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, 2024Professor Sarah Lorr, Brooklyn Law School
March 7, 2024Professor Kimberly West-Faulcon, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
April 4, 2024Professor Arlene Kanter, Syracuse University College of Law
April 18, 2024Professor Jamelia Morgan, Northwestern University

2022 - 2023

DatePresentation
January 19, 2023Professor Jennifer Breen, "Democratic Erosion and the United States Supreme Court", Syracuse University College of Law
January 26, 2023Professor Amna Akbar, "Reform and Struggles Over Life, Death, and Democracy", Ohio State University – Moritz College of Law (zoom)
February 15, 2023Professor Chapin Cimino, Drexel University School of Law
March 9, 2023Professor 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, 2023Professor Dov Fox, "Medical Disobedience", University of San Diego (zoom)
April 27, 2023Professor 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

DatePresentation
September 9, 2020Lightning Round & Celebration of Scholarship
September 17, 2020Professor Jake Elberg, Seton Hall Law: "Health Care Fraud Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry"
October 14, 2020Professor 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, 2020Professor 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, 2020Professor Carol Brown, Richmond School of Law: "Extraordinary," co-sponsored by the Center on Property, Citizenship, and Social Entrepreneurism
November 18, 2020The 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, 2020Professor Danielle Stokes, Syracuse Law: "Zoning for Climate Change"
February 4, 2021Professor David Driesen, Syracuse Law: "How Giving the President Unfettered Removal Authority Can Undermine the Senate’s Role in Appointments."
February 11, 2021Professor Stacey Tovino, Oklahoma Law: "Not So Private." Discussants: Professor Nina Kohn and Professor Doron Dorfman, Syracuse Law.
February 18, 2021Professor Osagie Obasogie, Berkeley Law: "Excited Delirium and Police Use of Force.”
March 11, 2021Professor Eric Talley, Columbia Law, on "Price Gouging in a Pandemic."
March 17, 2021Professor Arlene Kanter, Syracuse Law: “The Future is Here: The Right to Remote Work under the Americans with Disabilities Act.”
April 1, 2021Professor 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, 2021Professor 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, 2021Professor Nina Kohn, Syracuse Law: “Legislating Supported Decision-Making”