Each year, the Villanova Law Review presents legal symposia on a variety of subjects.
For information regarding future and past events, please see below:
| 2013 |
| Villanova Law Review and Villanova School of Business Center for Marketing and Public Policy Research Law & Business Leaders Lecture |
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| Date: | April 16, 2013, 7:00 pm |
| Topic: | The Villanova Law Review and the Villanova School of Business Center for Marketing and Public Policy Research are pleased to announce their Law & Business Leaders Lecture, which took place at 7:30pm on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at Villanova University School of Law in Room 101. Our distinguished speakers, Joseph V. Del Raso, James R. Bucknam, and John P. Duke delivered a lecture entitled, “New Paradigms in Law and Business: Managing Disruptive Change and Preparing for the Future.” The lecture discussed trends that are transforming the services that businesses demand from lawyers, and the way that the legal services industry is responding. In particular, they examined the growing demand for regulatory and risk management expertise, increased competition and new revenue models, the growth and globalization of law firms, and the rise of professional management. Their experience is both a case study in successfully managing disruptive change, and an introduction to the dynamics shaping the rapidly-evolving legal services industry. |
| Speakers: | Joseph V. Del Raso, Partner Pepper Hamilton, LLP James R. Bucknam, CEO Freeh Group International Solutions John P. Duke, Partner Pepper Hamilton, LLP |
| Pictures/Video: | Video: Law and Business Leaders Lecture |
| Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Lecture, Sponsored By Pepper Hamilton LLP |
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| Date: | January 22, 2013 |
| Topic: | The Villanova Law Review was pleased to participate in the annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Pepper Hamilton, LLP, on Tuesday, January 22, 2013.We were honored to have Professor Taunya Banks deliver this year’s lecture. Professor Banks’s talk, “The Unfinished Journey: Educational Equality and Martin Luther King, Jr. Revisited,” will be published in Volume 58 of the Law Review. |
| Speaker: | Taunya Lovell Banks, Jacob A. France Professor of Equality Jurisprudence at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law |
| More Info: | Taunya Lovell Banks is the Jacob A. France Professor of Equality Jurisprudence at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law where she writes about race and identity, gender, class and law in constitutional law, popular culture and medicine. She is a contributing co-editor of SCREENING JUSTICE – THE CINEMA OF LAW: FILMS OF LAW, ORDER, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (2006). Her articles have appeared in numerous law journals including Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review, U.C.L.A. Law Review, New York University Review of Law & Social Change and Michigan Law Review. Professor Banks is a former member of the Association of American Law Schools’ Executive Committee, and a two-term Trustee of the Law School Admissions Council. She also served on the Editorial Boards of the JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION and the LAW & SOCIETY REVIEW.Last year, Professor Trina Jones, Duke University School of Law, delivered a lecture entitled, “Occupying America: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the American Dream, and the Challenge of Socioeconomic Inequality.” Professor Jones’s Article is available here: http://www.law.villanova.edu/lawreview/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Jones-Vol57-2.pdf . |
| Villanova Law Review Norman J. Shachoy Symposium |
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| Date: | January 18, 2013 |
| Topic: | This year’s symposium was entitled “Assessing the CISG and Other International Endeavors to Unify International Contract Law: Has the Time Come for a New Global Initiative to Harmonize and Unify International Trade?” The symposium brought together many of the world’s leading experts on international contract law. Additionally, the Villanova Law Review was pleased to have the symposium cosponsored by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Philadelphia Bar Association, and the New York Bar Association, as well as the Global Philadelphia Association. |
| Speakers: | To view the updated schedule and speakers – Click Here |
| PowerPoint Slides: | Panel 1: Eiselen Saidov Schroeter Panel 2: Han Osuna Sono Spagnolo Panel 3: Ramberg Panel 4: Flechtner Perales Schwenzer |
| Pictures/Video: | Pictures: Picture 1 Picture 2 Video: Prof. Garro Prof. Bridge |
| Articles: | Volume 58, Issue 4 of the Villanova Law Review will be devoted to this year’s Villanova Law Review Norman J. Shachoy Symposium. The issue is due to be released in May 2013. A sample of Articles will be available in advance on our “Forthcoming” page. |
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| 2012 |
| The Seventh Annual John F. Scarpa Conference on Law, Politics, and Culture | |
| Date: | September 14, 2012 |
| Topic: | The John F. Scarpa Conference on Law, Politics, and Culture is widely considered to be among the preeminent events in Catholic legal education. The 2012 topic was “Living the Catholic Faith in Public Life. |
| Speakers: | Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Keynote Address Helen Alvare H. David Baer Gerard Bradley Patrick McKinnley Brennan Reverend Bryan Heier Peter Steinfels Michael J. White |
| More Info: | For more information on the 2012 Scarpa Conference – Click here. |
| Pictures: | Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 Picture 5 |
| 2011 |
| Villanova University Law Review Norman J. Shachoy Symposium | |
| Date: | September 23, 2011 |
| Topic: | This symposium brings together leading academics, government officials, practitioners, and journalists to discuss issues relating to the taxation of offshore activity – both individuals and MNC’s, and the role of the tax laws regulating executive compensation. |
| More Info: | To view the archive of this symposium – Click here. |
| 2010 |
| Thirty-Third Annual Donald A. Giannella Memorial Lecture | |
| Date: | March 17, 2010 |
| Topic: | Are Catholics Unreliable from a Democratic Point of View? And What Does It Mean If They Are? |
| Speakers: | Patrick McKinley Brennan, John F. Scarpa Chair in Catholic Legal Studies, Villanova University School of Law |
| More Info: | For more information – Click Here. |
| 2009 |
| Norman J. Shachoy Law Review Symposium | |
| Date: | September 1, 2009 |
| Topic: | The Rise (and Fall?) of the New Shareholder: Sovereign Wealth Funds, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity |
| Speakers: | Michael Pagano Colleen Baker Alan Palmiter Randall Thomas James F. Cotter Richard Booth Steven M. Davidoff Jill Fisch Lisa Fairfax Roberta S. Karmel Larry E. Ribstein Lawrence A. Hamermesh |
| More Info: | For more information – Click Here. |
| The 2009 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Symposium on Securities Regulation | |
| Date: | October 10, 2009 |
| Topic: | Financial Regulatory Reform: Genesis, Progress, & Impact |
| Speakers: | Elizabeth F. Brown Eric J. Pan Ann Graham Joan MacLeod Heminway Ronald J. Colombo Anita K. Krug Arthur Laby Brandon Becker Jeffrey E. Thomas Marc Menchel Harvey J. Goldschmid |
| The Fourth Annual John F. Scarpa Conference on Law, Politics, and Culture | |
| Date: | October 22, 2009 |
| Topic: | A Celebration and Exploration of the Path-breaking Work of Joseph Vining |
| Speakers: | Joseph Vining, Keynote Address Lee Bollinger Steven Smith Rev. John McCausland H. Jefferson Powell Patrick Brennan Judge John T. Noonan, Jr. Jack Sammons James Boyd White |
| 2008 |
| 2008 VLS Law Review Symposium | |
| Date: | Febuary 2, 2008 |
| Topic: | Norman J. Shachoy Symposium: The Future of Judicial Independence |
| Speakers: | Professor Judith Resnik The Honorable Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. Professor Adam Samaha The Honorable Stephen Reinhardt Dr. Tim Reagan Professor Peter W.Martin The Honorable T.S. Ellis, III The Honorable Rebecca Love Kourlis Professor Marc L.Miller Professor KimLane Scheppele |
| More Info: | For more information - Click Here. |
| 2006 |
| 2006 VLS Law Review Symposium | |
| Date: | October 21, 2006 |
| Topic: | Expertise in the Courtroom, Scientists and Wizards |
| Speakers: | D. Michael Risinger Robert Mosteller Jennifer Mnookin Simon Cole Susan Haack L.H. LaRue Gary Edmond Michael Lynch David S. Caudill |
| Moderators: | Anne Poulin Robert Miller Richard E. Redding |
| More Info: | For more information - Click Here. |
| 2005 |
| Giannella Lecture | |
| Date: | February 23, 2005 |
| Speaker: | Cathleen Kaveny, Notre Dame Law School |
| Fifth Annual Working for Justice for All Programs – Commemorating the Life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
| Date: | January 19, 2005 |
| Time/Room: | 3:00 p.m., Room 29 |
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| Professor James Foreman of Georgetown University Law Center, will deliver the Martin Luther King Week Keynote Address. His topic is, “From Martin Luther King to Bill Cosby: Race and Class in the 21st Century.” A reception immediately follows. The Villanova Law Review will publish the keynote address. | |
| 2004 |
| 2004 VLS Law Review Symposium | |
| Date: | October 23, 2004 |
| Topic: | Brave New World: U.S. Responses to the Rise in International Crime |
| Speakers: | Patricia Bellia The Honorable Stuart W. Holliday Herbert V. Morais, Esq. Sean B. Murphy John F. Murphy Joy Smallwood, Esq. David P. Stewart, Esq. Harvey Rishikof David Warner, Esq. Bruce Zagaris, Esq. |
| Moderators: | Steven Chanenson Ruth E. Gordon Joseph Dellapenna |
| More Info: | To learn more about each speaker - Click Here. |
| 27th Annual Donald A. Gianella Memorial Lecture | |
| Date: | March 24, 2004 |
| Speaker: | Steven D. Smith |
| 2003 |
| Reuschlein Lecturer | |
| Date: | October 8, 2003 |
| Speaker: | Peter Berkowitz |
| Audio/Video: | Click Here |
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| 2002 |
| 2002 VLS Law Review Symposium | |
| Date: | October 5, 2002 |
| Topic: | Lessons from Enron: How Did Corporate & Securities Law Fail? |
| Speaker: | Congressman John LaFalce |
| Congressman LaFalce has served Western New York’s 29th District as its Representative since being first elected in 1974. He successfully won re-election in November 2000 for his fourteenth term. He plans to retire from Congress this year, at the end of his current term. A Buffalo native, Congressman LaFalce earned his undergraduate degree from Canisius College and his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law. After law school he served in the United States Army Adjutant General Corps and then practiced law at the Western New York law firm of Jaekle, Fleishman and Mugel. In 1970 he entered public service, winning a seat in the New York State Senate, and in 1972 he was elected to the State Assembly. In 1974, Congressman LaFalce became only the second Democrat to win his Congressional District seat. After serving on a number of committees, he was elected Chairman of the full House Committee on Small Businesses in 1987 and was named ranking Democrat on the Banking Committee in 1998. Congressman LaFalce has been a leader in Congressional efforts to modernize the nation’s complex financial services systems. He was instrumental in the passing of the Financial Services Act of 1999, for which he earned the “American Financial Leadership Award” from the Financial Services Roundtable. Congressman LaFalce has also been a longstanding consumer advocate, authoring key provisions in the 1999 financial services legislation designed to protect consumers from deceptive practices in bank sales of insurance and investment products. He is also regarded for his leadership on international financial issues, having passed major debt relief legislation for highly indebted poor countries. | |
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| 26th Annual Donald A. Gianella Memorial Lecture | |
| Date: | October 16, 2002 |
| Topic: | Between Sanctity and Depravity: A Protestant Contribution to the Theory of Human Dignity |
| Speaker: | Professor John Witte, Jr. |
| John Witte, Jr., J.D. (Harvard), is the Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law and Ethics, Director of the Law and Religion Program, and Director of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion at Emory University. A specialist in legal history, marriage, and religious liberty, he has published 100 professional articles, and 12 books, including Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective, 2 vols. (1996); From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition (1997); Proselytism and Orthodoxy in Russia(1999); Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment (2000); and Law and Protestantism: The Legal Teachings of the Lutheran Reformation (2002). His writings have appeared in German, French, Italian, Hebrew, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, and Romanian translations.Professor Witte has lectured and convened major conferences throughout North America, Western Europe, Israel, and South Africa. He has been selected seven times by the Emory law students as the Most Outstanding Professor and has won six other major awards for his teaching and research. | |
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