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Scholarly Dialogues

Scholarly Dialogue: Donald J. Langevoort (Mar 2010)

February 25, 2010

Penn State Law Review is pleased to announce a special guest as part of its Scholarly Dialogues series.  Donald J. Langevoort, Thomas Aquinas Reynolds Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, will present his working paper, Reading Stoneridge Carefully:  A Duty-Based Approach to Reliance and Third Party Liability under Rule 10b-5.  This event will occur on Wednesday, March 24,…

Scholarly Dialogue: Nancy Welsh (Feb 2010)

February 8, 2010

Penn State Law Review hosted a Scholarly Dialogue with Professor of Law Nancy Welsh on Thursday, February 25, 2010.  Professor Welsh, of the Penn State Dickinson School of Law, presented her forthcoming article “What Is ‘(Im)Partial Enough’ in a World of Embedded Neutrals?”   Professor Welsh’s work discussed the role of “embedded neutrals” who may have an affiliation with only one of the parties in…

Scholarly Dialogue: Zachary A. Kramer (Feb 2010)

January 29, 2010

Penn State Law Review held a Scholarly Dialogue with Professor Kramer on Monday, February 8, 2010.

This Dialogue featured Zachary A. Kramer, Assistant Professor of Law, as he presented his work, “Heterosexuality and Military Service.”

Professor Kramer’s work makes two distinct contributions to the scholarly literature. First, it provides a new way of approaching the issue of gay military service. To date,…

Scholarly Dialogue: Victor Romero (Jan 2010)

January 17, 2010

Penn State Law Review held a Scholarly Dialogue on Thursday, January 28 with Victor C. Romero.

This Dialogue featured Victor C. Romero, Maureen B. Cavanaugh Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law, as he presented his work, “Of Hope and Humility:  Christian Realism, Immigration Reform, and Executive Leadership.”   Drawing upon President Barack Obama’s admiration of Reinhold Niebuhr’s work, Romero’s work outlines a…

Scholarly Dialogue: Carla Pratt (Nov 2009)

November 10, 2009

The program featured a recent article titled “Way to Represent:  The Role of Black Lawyers in Contemporary American Democracy” by Carla Pratt, professor of law at Penn State University, the Dickinson School of Law.  Professor Pratt’s article, which was published earlier this year in Fordham Law Review, argues that black lawyers perform a unique role in modeling race-conscious lawyering, thereby…

Scholarly Dialogue: Larry Catá Backer (Oct 2009)

October 8, 2009

Professor Backer presented the inaugural event in the Scholarly Dialogues Series.

The program featured a recent article by Professor Backer, Professor of Law at Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law. The article is entitled “The Party as Polity, the Communist Party, and the Chinese Constitutional State: A Theory of State-Party Constitutionalism.” Professor Backer’s article, which was published in 2009 in the Journal…