The Frankel Lecture Series
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Upcoming: Frankel Lecture 2008
The Houston Law Review is also pleased to announce that Professor Geoffrey Hazard from the University of California Hastings School of Law will be the Keynote Speaker at the 13th Annual Frankel Lecture on November 7th, 2008. E-mail symposium@houstonlawreview.org for more information or call the Law Review office at 713-743-2247.The Frankel Lecture
The annual Frankel Lecture series aspires to promote academic exchange by featuring prominent scholars from across the nation who can bring the latest cutting edge legal debate directly to the Houston Law Center. The Frankel Lecture Series provides the Houston Law Review with an opportunity to support and publish presentations by internationally recognized legal scholars such as Harold Hongju Koh, Judge Alex Kozinski, David Nimmer, Pamela Karlan, Kevin R. Johnson and many others. In addition to the lecture itself, the articles written by the Keynote Speaker and the Commentators are published in the Houston Law Review. The Houston Law Review is generously supported by the Frankel Family Foundation.
Previous Topics include:
2007: Hurricane Katrina: Lessons About Immigrants in the Modern Administrative State Keynote Speaker: Professor Kevin R. Johnson, University of California Davis School of Law Commentator: Professor Anna Shavers, University of Nebraska Law School Commentator: Professor Raquel Aldana, University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Law 2006: The Voting Rights Act Keynote Speaker: Professor Pamela Karlan, Stanford Law School Commentator: Professor Ellen Katz, University of Michigan Law School Commentator: Professor Nina Perales, Southwest Regional Counsel for MALDEF in San Antonio, Texas 2005: Taking Affirmative Action Seriously: Getting Beyond the Numbers Keynote Speaker: Dorothy A. Brown, Washington and Lee U. School of Law Commentator: Carla D. Pratt, Dickinson School of Law at Penn State Commentator: Dean Evan H. Caminker, U. of Michigan Law School 2004: Free Will, Religious Liberty, and the French Prohibition of Religious Paraphernalia in Public Schools Keynote Speaker: Steven Gey, Florida State University School of Law Commentator: Professor Robert Destro, Catholic U. School of Law Commentator: Professor T. Jeremy Gunn, Emory School of Law Commentator: Professor Dina Alsowayel, University of Houston 2003: Doing Well by Doing Good: Exploring the Role of Public Service in the Careers of Black Corporate Lawyers Keynote Speaker: David Wilkins, Harvard Law School Commentator: Bryant Garth, Director, American Bar Foundation Commentator: Robert W. Gordon, Yale Law School 2002: The Crisis in Corporate Governance: 2002 Style Keynote Speaker: Robert W. Hamilton, University of Texas School of Law Commentator: Larry Ribstein, University of Illinois College of Law Commentator: Robert Thompson, Vanderbilt University Law School 2001: American Violence as a Shaper of Gun Law Keynote Speaker: Robert Weisberg, Stanford University Commentator: Jonathan Simon, University of Miami School of Law Commentator: Erik Luna, University of Utah College of Law 2000: Copyright in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Authorship and Originality Keynote Speaker: David Nimmer, University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law Commentator: James L. Oaks, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals Commentator: Martha Woodmansee, Case Western Reserve University 1999: The Relevance of Legal Scholarship to the Judiciary and Legal Community Keynote Speaker: Judge Alex Kozinski, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Commentator: Judge Lynn N. Hughes, United States District Court, Southern District of Texas Commentator: David R. Dow, University of Houston Law Center 1998: Bringing International Law Home Keynote Speaker: Harold Hongju Koh, Yale Law School Commentator: Thomas M. Franck, New York University School of Law Commentator: Robert O. Keohane, Duke University 1997: Bioethics Policy: Looking Beyond the Power of Sovereign Governments 1996: Non-financial Barriers to Health Care