Colloquium Schedule

2008-09

Wednesdays from September 3, to November 5, Talks begin at 12:25 PM (unless otherwise noted)

  • September 3 - Laura E. Gomez,
    “What's Race Got To Do With It?: Latinos and Media Coverage of the 2008 Democratic Primary”
  • September 10 - John LaVelle
    “The Roberts Court's First Indian Law Decision in Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Company: A Narrow Defeat for Indian Nations or an Ominous Piecemeal Stripping of Tribal Jurisdiction?”
  • September 17 - Gloria Valencia-Weber,
    Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez: a Story about the Decision”
  • September 24 - Erik Gerding
    “Larry Lessig and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Code, Crash, & Open Source”
  • October 1 - “First Wednesday”
    Panel Discussion of the Supreme Court:
    the Past Term, the Coming Term and a Preliminary Assessment of the Roberts Court
    Moderator: Ruth Kovnat; Panelists: Margaret Montoya, Michael Browde, & Jim Ellis
    open to the entire Law School, begins at noon
  • October 8 - Christine Zuni Cruz
    The Pueblo Lands Act Amendment
  • October 15
    Marjorie Florestal,
    McGeorge School of Law,
    John F. Kennedy's International Economic Policy
  • October 22 - Sergio Pareja,
    “Taxation without Liquidation: Rethinking ‘Ability to Pay’”
  • October 29 - Barbara Creel
    Title to be announced
  • November 5 – “Half-baked Ideas”
    Carol Suzuki, Ernesto Longa & colleague to be announced

2009-10

Spring, 2010

University of New Mexico School of Law Spring 2010 Faculty Colloquium
Wednesdays at 11:30 am in the New Faculty Lounge, UNMSOL

  • January 27 - Professor Laura Gomez
    “What Historical Case Studies Tell Us about How Law and Race
    Constitute Each Other”
    * Law Library Conference Rm, 3rd Floor, Minzner COA*
  • February 3 - Professor Denise Fort
    “Is There Hope after Copenhagen? The Global Warming and Carbon Control Story Continued."
  • February 10 - Professor Marsha Baum
    “Animal Anti-Cruelty Exceptions: How Judicial and Legislative Responses Affect Animals
  • February 17 - Professor Nancy Lopez, Sociology, UNM
    "Working the Paradox: ‘Reconceptualizing Race as "Social Race’ From the Supreme Court to High School Classrooms”
  • February 24 - Professor Elizabeth Rapaport
    “Old Age on Death Row: Whither the Eighth Amendment?”
  • March 3 - Dr David McArdle, Senior Lecturer, University of Stirling Law School, Scotland
    “Disability Discrimination in the USA and the UK”
  • March 10 - Professor Barbara Creel
    “The Right to and Role of Defense Counsel in Tribal Criminal Court Proceedings”
  • March 17 - SPRING BREAK
  • March 24 - Professor Matthew Paul Schaefer, University of Nebraska College of Law
    “Constraining State-Level Foreign Relations: Rejustifying, Refining and Distinguishing the Dormant Foreign Affairs Doctrine."
  • March 31- Professor Theresa Maynard
    Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
    “Educating Transactional Lawyers”
  • April 7 - Professor Eric Gerding
    "How Do We Make Sure Financial Regulators Do Their Job?: Legal Devices to Counter Political Cycles."

Fall, 2009

Wednesdays, 11:45 am, New Faculty Lounge

  • September 9 - Professor Angela J. Davis
    American University Washington College of Law
    “Prosecutorial Misconduct: The Mike Nifong Exception”
  • September 16 - Professor Leo Romero
    “Criminal Sanctions v. Punitive Damages for Ecological Disasters Like the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill”
  • September 23 - Professor Jurgen Brohmer
    University of New England, School of Law, NSW, Australia
    “Federalism in Germany and Australia—Money Talks”
  • September 30 - Professor Nathalie Martin
    “Payday Lending Laws from the Ground Up: A Customer’s View”
  • October 7th Professor Stephen H. Legomsky
    Washington University School of Law
    “Portraits of the Undocumented Immigrant: Epiphany through Dialectic”
  • October 14 - No Meeting, Fall Break Week
  • October 21 - Professor Christian G. Fritz
    “American Constitutionalism: Out from Under the Shadow Of the Federal Constitution”
  • October 28 - Professor Brent T. White
    University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
    “Under Water and Not Walking Away: Shame, Fear and the Social Management of the Housing Crisis”
  • November 4 - Professor Denise Fort
    “Maintaining Ecosystems Services in a Changed Climate: Bold Ideas”
  • November 11 - David Myers, UNM Law Library Archivist
    “New Mexico Becomes Modern: State Political Changes in the 1950’s and 1960’s”
  • November 18 - Professor Kent A. Kiehl
    Mind Research Network & UNM Department of Psychology
    “Psychopathy in Prison Populations”

2010-11

Spring, 2011

University of New Mexico School of Law Spring 2011 Faculty Colloquium
Wednesdays at 11:45 a.m. in the New Faculty Lounge, UNMSOL

Spring 2011 Faculty Colloquium Series Flyer

Wednesday, February 16
John Copeland Nagle
John N. Matthews Professor
Notre Dame Law School
TBA

Friday, February 18
Lawrence M. Friedman
Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor
Stanford Law School
Front Page: On American Criminal Trials

Wednesday, February 23
John LaVelle
UNM School of Law
Beating a Path of Retreat from Treaty Rights and Tribal Sovereignty: The Story of Montana v. United States

Friday, March 11
Frank Valdes
Professor of Law
University of Miami
TBA
(Presentation to students and faculty)

Wednesday, March 23
Sherri Burr, Alfred Mathewson, and Rob Schwartz
UNM School of Law
Panel Discussion:
Joint Authorship: Benefits and Burdens of Pairing with Other Law Professors?

Wednesday, March 30
David Marcus
Associate Professor of Law
University of Arizona
TBA

Wednesday, April 6
Gloria Valencia-Weber
UNM School of Law
Security at the U.S. Borders: Sovereignty Negotiations with Transnational Tribes

Wednesday, April 13
Reed Benson
UNM School of Law
Does the Public Trust Doctrine Apply to Water in the Western States?

Wednesday, April 20
Camille Carey
UNM School of Law
Domestic Violence as Tort

Wednesday, April 27
Vickie Sutton
Paul Whitfield Horn Professor
Texas Tech School of Law
TBA

2011-12

University of New Mexico School of Law Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 Faculty Colloquium
Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. in the New Faculty Lounge, Court of Appeals Library, and Room 2405, UNMSOL

Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 Faculty Colloquium Series Flyer

Fall, 2011

September 7, 2011
Eileen Gauna
Professor of Law
UNM School of Law
New Mexico's Carbon Reduction Rules

September 14, 2011
Tim Canova
Betty Hutton Williams Professor of Int'l Economic Law
Chapman University School of Law
Debt Crisis in the US and Europe
With Commentary by Emeritus Professor Ted Parnall

September 21, 2011
Max Minzner
Associate Professor of Law
UNM School of Law
The Criminal Rules Enabling Act

September 28, 2011
Scott Hughes
Professor of Law
UNM School of Law
Expressions, Empathy, & Mediation

October 5, 2011
andré douglas pond cummings
Professor of Law
West Virginia University College of Law
Racial Coding and Financial Crises

October 12, 2011
Roberta Cooper Ramo
President
American Law Institute
The Work of the ALI

Spring, 2012

February 1, 2012
Rob Schwartz
Professor of Law
UNM School of Law
New Developments in End of Life Decision-making

February 8, 2012
Kathy Powers
Assistant Professor of Political Science
UNM Political Science Department & Affiliated Law Faculty
International Legal Personality and Autonomy in Trade and Human Rights

February 13, 2012 (Monday)
Robert Solomon
Professor
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Clients at Risk: What is a Lawyer to Do?

February 22, 2012
Richard J. Berry
Mayor of Albuquerque
Albuquerque: The Plan

February 29, 2012 (Court of Appeals Library)
Anita Bernstein
Professor of Law
Brooklyn Law School
Diversity May Be Justified

March 7, 2012
Julie Greenberg
Professor of Law
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Intersexuality and the Law

March 21, 2012
Cheryl Wade
Harold F. McNiece Professor
St. John's University School of Law
Corporate Governance & Race

March 28, 2012
Leo Romero
Emeritus Professor of Law
UNM School of Law
Judicial Selection in New Mexico

April 4, 2012
Andrew Sandoval-Strausz
Associate Professor of History
UNM History Dept. & Affiliated Law Faculty
The Freedom to Travel

April 11, 2012 (Court of Appeals Library)
Roy Brooks
Warren Distinguished Professor of Law
University of San Diego
Racial Justice in the Age of Obama

April 18, 2012
Tim Goldsmith
Associate Professor of Psychology
UNM Psychology Dept. & Affiliated Law Faculty
Knowledge Networks and the Law
With Commentary by Professor Nathalie Martin