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Events

April 18, 2022
“Unintended Consequences of Judicial Insulation”
Howard H. Rolapp Distinguished Visitor
University of Utah School of Law
Salt Lake City, UT

April 4, 2022, 1:45 p.m.
“After McCleskey”
Criminal Law Speaker Series
Fordham Law School
New York, NY

March 24, 2022
“Abandoning Animus”
Symposium: The Limits of Animus
University of Alabama School of Law
Tuscaloosa, AL

February 23, 2022, 1 p.m.
A Conversation with Fiona Hill
Boston University
Law School
Boston, MA

February 17, 2022
“Norms of Revision”
Lecture
Center for Constitutional Democracy
Seminar on Constitutionalism and Democracy
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN

February 10-11, 2022
Doubling Down on Equality
Symposium: Revoking Irrevocable Punishment
Washington & Lee Law School
Lexington, VA

January 26, 2022, 1 p.m.
“After McCleskey”
Criminal Justice Institute
New York Law School
New York, NY

January 17, 2022
Keynote Address: “A Voting Rights Legacy–MLK’s and Ours”
Martin Luther King Day Celebration
Brookline, MA
View stream or replay here

October 30, 2021
Civic Education in Polarized Times
Comment on Seana Schiffrin
American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
Safra Ethics Center
Harvard University
Boston, MA

October 25, 2021
“After McCleskey”
Faculty workshop
University of Colorado
School of Law
Boulder, CO

September 17, 2021
“Democracy Under Duress”
Constitution Day Lecture
University of Pittsburgh
School of Law
Pittsburgh, PA

May 28, 2021
“Becoming Free, Becoming Black” with author Ariela Gross
Author Meets Readers
Law & Society Association Annual Meeting
Chicago, IL

May 26, 2021
“Anti-Asian Violence and the Law: The Past, the Present, and the State of Hate Crimes Laws”
Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP
3050 K Street NW
Washington, DC

May 25, 2021
AAPI Heritage Month & Practical Equality
Davis & Gilbert
1675 Broadway
New York, NY

May 24, 2021
Book Event for Bojan Bugaric & Mark Tushnet, “Power to the People: Constitutionalism in the Age of Populism”
Boston University Center for the Study of Europe
Boston, MA

May 18, 2021
The Chilean Process and the Role of the Constitution in Democratic Stability
U.S. State Dept./ Instituto Desafios de la Democracia
Santiago, Chile

April 17, 2021
“Legacies of Pragmatism”
Symposium: Reexamining Pragmatism in Constitutional Interpretation
Drake University Law School
Des Moines, IA

February 25, 2021
“The Place of the President in Historical Time”
Symposium on Jack Balkin, “The Cycles of Constitutional Time”
Boston University School of Law
Boston, MA

October 27, 2020
Election 2020: Voting Rights, Populism, Political Violence?
Boston University
Boston, MA

August 5, 2020
“Threat of Dissent” with author Julia Rose Kraut
New York Historical Society
New York, NY

July 20, 2020
Lecture: Practical Equality
Alston & Bird
Atlanta, GA

May 21, 2020
“One Mighty & Irresistible Tide” with author Jia Lynn Yang
Politics & Prose Bookstore
Washington, DC

March 2, 2020, 4 pm
“Living Presidentialism: What, If Anything, Constrains the Modern Presidency?”
Invited Lecture
SUNY-Albany
UAlbany Uptown Campus
SS 256
Albany, NY

January 21, 2020, 12 pm
Faculty Workshop (closed event)
Rutgers Law School
Newark, NJ

January 15, 2020, 9 am
2020 Ideas Forum (Invitation only)
Brennan Center for Justice
Washington, DC

November 1, 2019, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
National Press Club’s Book Fair and Author Night
529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC

September 28, 11:30 a.m.
Conversation with DE Supreme Court Justice Randy Holland
History Book Festival
Bethel United Methodist Church
129 W. 4th Street
Lewes, DE

June 25, 6:30 p.m.
Talk & Book Signing
Fountain Bookstore
1312 E. Carey Street
Richmond, VA

June 11, 12 p.m.
“Practical Economic & Social Equality”
Ideas at Work
AFL-CIO
815 16th Street NW
Washington, DC

June 7, 2019, 11:15 a.m.
“Let’s Talk About Text”
American Constitution Society Annual Convention
Capital Hilton
1001 16th Street NW
Washington, DC

May 31, 2019, 11:50 a.m.
Law & Society Association Annual Meeting: Author Meets Readers
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Avenue NW
Regency B
Washington, DC

May 30, 2019, 6:30 p.m.
Reading & Booksigning
Kramerbooks & Afterword
1517 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC

May 3, 2019, 6 p.m.
Public Lecture & Book Signing
Peninsula College Learning Center
Fort Worden, Bldg 202
Port Townsend, Washington

May 3, 2019, 2 p.m.
Public Lecture & Book Signing
Port Townsend High School
1500 Van Ness Street
Port Townsend, Washington

Apr. 22, 2019, 6:30 p.m.
Conversation with Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) & Book Signing
American University
Washington College of Law
4300 Nebraska Avenue NW
Washington, DC

April 12, 2019, 1-3 p.m.
Lincoln Ideas Forum, Book Signing to Follow
Lincoln’s Cottage
140 Rock Creek Church Road N.W.
Washington, DC

April 10, 2019, 6:30 p.m.
Lecture and Book Signing
Auburn Avenue Research Library
101 Auburn Ave NE
Atlanta, Georgia
Sponsored by the Southern Center for Human Rights

April 5, 2019, 11:30 a.m.
The Transfer of Legislative Power to the Executive
Democracy in America: The Promise & the Perils
Loyola Law School
Chicago, Illinois

April 4, 2019, 12 p.m.
Conversation with University of Chicago Professor Aziz Huq & Book Signing
American Constitution Society
Northwestern University School of Law
Chicago, Illinois

March 15, 2019, 11 a.m.
Conversation with Professor Tim Zick & Book Signing
American Constitution Society
William & Mary School of Law
Williamsburg, Virginia

March 11, 2019, 6:30 p.m.
Conversation with Honorable Denny Chin, U.S. Court of Appeals 2d Circuit & Book Signing
Asian American Bar Association of New York
Seyfarth, Shaw
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York

March 8, 2019, 6 p.m.
Reading and Book Signing
Island Books
3014 78th Avenue SE
Mercer Island, Washington

March 7, 2019, 6 p.m.

Conversation with Professor Megan Ming Francis & Book Signing
University of Washington Bookstore
4326 University Way
Seattle, Washington

March 4, 6 p.m.
Progressivism and Originalism in the 21st Century
American Constitution Society
Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC

February 27, 2019, Time TBA
A Conversation with Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
& Book Signing
American Constitution Society
NYU Law School
Room 216
New York, New York

February 21, 2019, 7 p.m.
A Conversation with Adam Liptak, The New York Times & Book Signing
Politics & Prose
Washington, D.C.

February 20, 2019, 7 p.m.
A Conversation with Harvard Law Professor Noah Feldman & Book Signing
Co-Sponsored by Harvard Law American Constitution Society/Boston ACS Lawyers’ Chapter
Harvard Book Store
Cambridge, Massachusetts

October 16, 2018, 4 p.m.
Public Lecture: “What Might Have Been,” Canaries in the Coal Mine of Human Rights: 75 Years After West Virginia v. Barnette
Robert H. Jackson Center
Jamestown, New York

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