Faculty Activities
April 20, 2012- Professor James Heller will participate in the second discussion of a two-part series "Conversations about Copyright" in the Earl Gregg Swem Library on the William & Mary campus.
April 9, 2012 - Professor Christie S. Warren gave a presentation at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University on Islamic Legal Issues in the Contemporary Era.
April 7, 2012- Professor Christie S. Warren gave a presentation titled "Constitutional Conversations in light of the Arab Spring" at a symposium sponsored by the W&M Graduate Student Association for Arts and Sciences in the Commonwealth Auditorium.
April 6, 2012- Professor James Heller participated in the first discussion of a two-part series “Conversations about Copyright” in the Earl Gregg Swem Library on the William & Mary campus.
March 27, 2012- Professor Laura A. Heymann presented "Dialogues of Authenticity" at a faculty colloquium at Notre Dame Law School in South Bend, Indiana.
March 20, 2012- Professor Timothy Zick participated in an Institute of Bill of Rights Law discussion with Occupy Wall Street organizer Amin Husain in William & Mary Law School.
March 14, 2012 - Professor Jason Solomon presented "The Supreme Court's Theory of Private Law" (co-authored with Professor Nathan B. Oman) at Brooklyn Law School's Legal Theory Colloquium.
March 13, 2012- Professor Alan Meese presented the 2012 St. George Tucker Lecture titled “Competition Policy and the New Deal: Lessons Learned and a Way Forward.”
March 5-10, 2012- Professor Christie S. Warren taught a course on Post-Conflict Justice and the Rule of Law at the Center for Political and Constitutional Studies in the Office of the Presidency of Spain in Madrid, Spain.
March 2, 2012- Professor Lynda Butler was presented with the Courtland Traver Award at the 16th Annual Advanced Real Estate Seminar in Williamsburg, VA. The award recognizes lawyers that make significant contributions to the education of real estate lawyers.
March 2012- Professor Allison Orr Larsen has been selected by the Provost to receive an Alumni Fellowship Award. The award recognizes young members of the faculty who are outstanding as teachers. She will the award at the Alumni Society's Awards Banquet this fall.
February 23, 2012- Professor Laura A. Heymann presented the 2012 Blackstone Lecture titled “Dialogues of Authenticity.”
February 13, 2012- Dean Davison M. Douglas moderated The Federalist Society's panel on legal education reform and regulation. Professor Jason M. Solomon was a panelist.
February 10, 2012 - Professor Tim Zick was among the invited guest bloggers participating in the First Amendment Architecture Online Symposium sponsored by Concurring Opinions.
February 3, 2012- Professor Laura A. Heymann was awarded the College's Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award at the Charter Day celebration. The award was established in 1970 to recognize annually a faculty member at the College with fewer than 10 years of service whose "personal character, concern as a teacher, and influence has demonstrated the stimulation and inspiration of learning for the betterment of the individual and society as exemplified by the life of Thomas Jefferson." She is the first law professor to win the award.
February 2, 2012- Professor Paul Marcus delivered the fifth annual Darrow K. Soll Memorial Criminal Law and Justice Lecture at the University of Arizona law school in Tucson, AZ.
February 2012- Professor Christie S. Warren advised the Iraqi Council of Ministers and the United Nations Mission for Iraq on issues relating to setting up the constitutionally mandated Federation Council. While there, she gave a presentation in Parliament on comparative international options for creating upper houses of parliament in federated systems.
January 18-20, 2012- Professor Christie S. Warren conducted a program on Long-Term Program and Curriculum Development for senior Rule of Law Officers from the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division Office of Overseas Prosecution Development, Assistance, and Training who are stationed in the Asia and Middle East region in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
January 16, 2012- Professor Patricia E. Roberts was elected Chair of the Williamsburg/James City County Special Education Advisory Committee.
January 3, 2012- Professor Laura A. Heymann was a signatory to an amicus brief filed in the Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a trademark litigation dispute between Christian Louboutin S.A. v. Yves Saint Laurent America Holding, Inc.
January 2012- Professor Laura A. Heymann and Professor Timothy Zick were signatories to a letter opposing SOPA/PIPA, which has been referenced on Google.
January 2012 -Professor Jayne Barnard is appointed to a three-year term serving on the board of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, the charitable foundation of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. The mission of the Foundation is to provide underserved Americans with the knowledge, skills and tools necessary for financial success throughout life.
