Elmer J. Schaefer Workshop Series

The Elmer J. Schaefer Workshop Series features speakers from the faculties at William & Mary and other law schools, providing them the opportunity to present their work and engage in scholarly discussion.  Paper topics and formats vary widely from journal articles to book chapters. Attendance is limited to William & Mary faculty and invited guests.

Elmer J. Schaefer, Professor Emeritus, joined the Law School’s faculty in 1973 and retired in 2002. He was known as a dedicated and innovative teacher whose research focused primarily on antitrust and business regulation topics.

Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 | Previous Years

Spring 2025
Jan. 23 – Franita Tolson (USC) (Wythe Lecture)

Feb. 6 – Cathy Hwang (UVA)

Feb. 11 (Tuesday) – Ayelet Shachar (Berkeley)

Feb. 20 – Alexandra Lahav (Cornell)

Mar. 6 – Catherine Sharkey (NYU)

Mar. 20 – Martha Minow (Harvard) (Cutler Lecture)

Mar. 27 – Joseph Blocher (Duke)

Apr. 10 – Miriam Seifter (Wisconsin)

Apr. 17 – Sarah Rajec (Blackstone Lecture)

Fall 2024
Sept. 12 – David Schleicher (Yale)

Sept. 20 (Friday) – Pam Karlan (Stanford) (Constitution Day Lecture)

Sept. 30 (Monday) – Mike Klarman (Harvard)

Oct. 18 (Friday) – Aditya Bamzai (UVA)

Oct. 24 – Carlos Vazquez (Georgetown)

Nov. 21 – Daniel Hemel (NYU)

Fall 2023 | Spring 2024

Previous Years

Spring 2024
Jan. 25 – Eric Ruben (SMU)

Feb. 6 – Farah Peterson (Chicago) (Cutler Lecture)

Feb. 15 – Tess Wilkinson-Ryan (Penn)

Feb. 22 – Frederic Schauer (UVA)

Feb. 29 – Daniel Crane (Michigan)

Mar. 7 – Rachel Sachs (Wash U)

Mar. 21 – Jonathan Choi (USC) (via Zoom)

Mar. 28 – Annette Gordon-Reed (Harvard) (Wythe Lecture)

Apr. 11 – Jeffrey Pojanowski (Notre Dame)

Apr. 25 – Joshua Sellers (Texas)

Fall 2023
Sept. 21 – Jessica Bulman-Pozen (Columbia) (via Zoom)

Oct. 2 – Jeff Bellin (St. George Tucker Lecture)

Oct. 5 – Todd Peppers (Washington & Lee/Roanoke)

Oct. 12 – Christine Kim (Cardozo)

Oct. 19 – David Hoffman (Penn)

Nov. 2 – Kim Krawiec (UVA) and Nate Oman

Spring 2023
Jan. 26 – Lee Kovarsky, Bryant Smith Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law

Feb. 2 – Shalini Ray, Associate Professor of Law, Alabama Law

Feb. 7 – Neal E. Devins, Sandra Day O'Connor Professor of Law and Professor of Government, William & Mary Law School, & David Klein, Professor of Political Science, Eastern Michigan University

Feb. 16 – Greg Mitchell, Joseph Weintraub-Bank of America Distinguished Professor of Law, UVA School of Law

Feb. 23 – Derek T. Muller, Ben V. Willie Professorship in Excellence, Iowa College of Law

March 2 – Alexander Tsesis, Raymond & Mary Simon Chair in Constitutional Law and Professor of Law, Loyola School of Law

March 9 – Curtis A. Bradley, Allen M. Singer Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School

March 23 – Justin Hughes, Hon. William Matthew Byrne, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law, Loyola Marymount University, Loyola Law School

March 30 – Richard Albert, William Stamps Farish Professor in Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law (Zoom)

April 6 - Donald Langevoort, Thomas Aquinas Reynolds Professor of Law, Georgetown Law

April 13 - Kimani Paul-Emile, Professor of Law, Fordham School of Law

April 20 – James Y. Stern, Professor Law, William & Mary Law School – Blackstone lecture

April 2 – Kathleen Thomas, George R. Ward Term Professor of Law, and Associate Professor of Law, UNC School of Law

Fall 2022
Sept. 15 – RonNell Anderson Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, University of Utah College of Law

Oct. 6 – Danielle Stokes, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law

Oct. 20 – Neil Siegel, David W. Ichel Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, Duke Law

Nov. 3 – Jennifer Breen, Associate Professor of Law, Syracuse University College of Law

Nov. 10 – Brian Fitzpatrick, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise, Vanderbilt Law School

Dec. 1 – Daiquiri Steele, Assistant Professor of Law, Alabama Law

2021-22
Marie-Amelie George, Associate Professor of Law, Wake Forest Law

Christopher Serkin, Elisabeth H. and Granville S. Ridley Jr. Chair in Law Professor of Management, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt Law School

Katherine Mims Crocker, Assistant Professor of Law, William & Mary Law School

Evan J. Criddle, Ernest W. Goodrich Professor of Law and W. Taylor Reveley III Research Professor, William & Mary Law School

Luke Norris, Associate Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law

Sara Mayeux, Associate Professor of Law, Associate Professor of History, Vanderbilt Law School

Brandon L. Garrett, L. Neil Williams, Jr. Professor of Law, Director, Wilson Center for Science and Justice, Duke Law

Nicole Huberfeld, Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, BU School of Public Health, Professor of Law, BU School of Law

Elizabeth Scott, Harold R. Medina Professor Emerita of Law , Columbia Law School

Kenneth R. Feinberg, The Law Offices of Kenneth R. Feinberg PC

Seth Davis, Professor of Law, Berkeley Law

Amanda L. Tyler, Shannon C. Turner Professor of Law, Berkeley Law

2020-21
Steve Vladeck, Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts, University of Texas School of Law

Kate Sablosky Elengold, Assistant Professor of Law, UNC School of Law

Marin K. Levy, Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law

Anita Krishnakumar, Professor of Law, Georgetown Law

Daniel Schaffa, Assistant Professor, University of Richmond School of Law

Nina Varsava, Faculty Member, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Law School

Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law, UC Irvine Law

June Carbone, Robina Chair in Law, Science and Technology, University of Minnesota Law School

Naomi R. Cahn, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Distinguished Professor of Law, Nancy L. Buc ’69 Research Professor in Democracy and Equity, Director, Family Law Center, University of Virginia School of Law

Jim Hawkins, Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center

Jennifer Rothman, Nicholas F. Gallicchio Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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