Symposia, Colloquia, and Special Events

Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), to give 2023 MLK Day lecture.

Emory University will host the 2024 Conference on Empirical Legal Studies.

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Emory University School of Law presents "Revisiting Dr. King's Theory of Love, Power, and Justice," a lecture by Robert M. Franklin Jr., James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor in Moral Leadership.

Robert M. Franklin Jr., James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor in Moral Leadership, led the celebration with a lecture titled "Revisiting Dr. King's Theory of Power, Love, and Justice."

Emory Law welcomed Lieutenant General Charles N. Pede, Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, as speaker for its second annual Global Leaders Lecture.

In a conversation with Emory constitutional law scholar Fred Smith Jr., Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, reflected on her personal experiences and how the crux of law is "about helping people."

The late Justice William Brennan is said to have described the secret to success on the U.S. Supreme Court with five fingers outstretched. With five votes on a nine-member court, a justice could do anything, Jonathan Ringel writes for the Daily Report. Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested a similar approach when she told a packed Emory University audience Tuesday how she handles harsh criticism of her opinions. Of colleagues who have occasionally blasted one of her positions, she said, "I could have strangled them, but I need their vote for the next case."

It's important for citizens to participate in the lawmaking process by lobbying for changes they want to see, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Tuesday at Emory Law, during an appearance that included a conversation with her former law clerk, Professor Fred Smith Jr. "I believe with all my heart that unless we become engaged in our country and become active participants in making a difference in the world we're in, that we will be nothing but bystanders otherwise, and nobody should live their life being a bystander," she said.

Jimmy Carter, University Distinguished Professor and 39th president of the United States spoke before a packed audience in Glenn Memorial Auditorium last week for Emory University School of Law's Centennial David J. Bederman Lecture.

Former president Jimmy Carter says he hopes President Donald Trump's words and actions will "reinvigorate" the women's movement in this country, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The U.S. tendency to champion human rights and international law has weakened in the past few years, he said, a trend that's intensifying now. Carter was Emory Law's invited speaker for the annual David J. Bederman Lecture on April 6.

Emory International Law Review, the Immigration Law Practice Society, and Emory OUTLaw hosted a conference to address the persecution and protection of LGBTI immigrants.

T. Alexander Aleinikoff, a leading scholar in immigration and refugee law, will give the annual David J. Bederman Lecture on Wednesday, April 6 at 12 noon in Emory Law's Tull Auditorium.

Harold Hongju Koh, a leading expert in international law, national security and human rights, will be the keynote speaker at the 2016 Randolph W. Thrower Symposium at Emory University School of Law on Thursday, Feb. 11.

Feb. 18 and 19, the Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review and the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution will partner to present ¿Fraud Against the Government & SEC Whistleblower Actions Training.¿ This event will feature more than 20 authorities on fraud, including U.S. attorneys, experts from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and judges.

The inaugural TI:GER conference will be held at Emory Law Jan. 29, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 2016 TIGER Innovation Conference: Solutions in Healthcare brings together professionals from law, business, and medicine to discuss innovative solutions in healthcare and the current trends in the commercialization of healthcare technology.

Emory University School of Law presents a lecture by Sherrilyn Ifill, president & director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. The event will be held Thursday, January 14, at 6 p.m. in Tull Auditorium at 1301 Clifton Road, Atlanta, 30322.

Emory Law and the Pound Civil Justice Institute will sponsor a symposium Thursday, Oct. 15, on ¿The `War¿ on the Civil Justice System.¿

Monday, April 20, Emory University School of Law will host its second annual Diversity Speaker Series panel discussion.

Emory Law's Fourth Biennial Conference on Teaching Transactional Law and Skills is June 6-7.

SEC Commissioner Aguilar 85L speaks at Emory Law April 21.

Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, will speak at Emory Law on April 9, 2014.

Several world-renowned scholars on law and religion will speak on aspects of "Christianity and Human Rights" at Emory Law.

The first in a new series of conversations about diversity in the legal profession was held at Emory Law on Jan. 27.

Ledbetter will present the keynote address at the annual Legal Association for Women Students conference titled, "Will Leaning In Shatter the Glass Ceiling?"

The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder will be the topic of a public forum at Emory University School of Law Tuesday, Nov. 12.

A public forum at Emory University School of Law Nov. 12 will include members of the federal bench, legal professors and civil rights activists.

Emory Law has created a new lecture series thanks to a grant from the McDonald Agape Foundation.

The Emory Public Interest Committee Conference, "Neighbors for Sale: Modern Slavery in Atlanta," will be held Sept. 21, at Emory University School of Law.

A March 5 conference at Emory Law will address what is often the most emotionally fraught and expensive periods of medical care: the end of life.

Emory Law co-presents a civil rights exhibit on the Emory University campus.

The Honorable Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, will deliver the keynote speech for Emory Law Journal's annual Randolph W. Thrower Symposium

Emory Law will host symposiums and lectures on current contentious legal issues.

David Adelman 89L, U.S. ambassador to Singapore, discusses the role of southeast Asia in the global economy.

Emory Law's Center for Transactional Law and Practice sponsored the conference 'Preparing the Transactional Lawyer: From Doctrine to Practice,' on Nov. 2-3.

The Georgia Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments at Emory University School of Law at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14.

Emory Law professor Mary Dudziak launches the new Project on War and Security in Law, Culture and Society this fall at Emory University School of Law.

Emory Law's Center for the Study of Law and Religion will address "When Law and Religion Meet" in a lecture series.