Webcasts: Lectures

Racial Justice Speaker Series - Lisa Fairfax, Professor, George Washington University

Racial reckoning with economic inequities: board diversity as a symptom and partial cure
January 12, 2021 | Information | 58:31

Racial Justice Speaker Series - Professor Irene Oritseweyinmi Joe

"When public defenders fall short"
November 19, 2020 | Information | 59:25

Racial Justice Speaker Series - Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Dean, Boston University School of Law

"The Trauma of Injustice"
October 27, 2020 | Information | 54:48

Racial Justice Speaker Series / 2020 Bodenheimer Lecture on Family Law - Professor Robin A. Lenhardt, Georgetown Law

"The Family in Inequality Debates"
October 21, 2020 | Information | 58:44

Racial Justice Speaker Series - Darrell Steinberg, Mayor of Sacramento

"Protests and Pandemic: An equity response"
September 23, 2020 | Information | 59:29

Racial Justice Speaker Series - Brendon Woods, Alameda County Public Defender

'A riot is the language of the unheard': Is Racial Justice Possible in America?
September 16, 2020 | Information | 57:00

Professor William S. Dodge presents:

The John D. Ayer Endowed Chair in Business Law Lecture

Extraterritorial Regulation of Business: From Securities to Bankruptcy and Beyond
March 4, 2020 | Information | 46:53

Professor Carlton Larson presents his book:

"The Trials of Allegiance: Treason, Juries, and the American Revolution"
February 19, 2020 | Information | 1:02:22

Professor Karima Bennoune

Homer G. Angelo and Ann Berryhill Endowed Chair Lecture

International Law and Women's Rights: Building the Global Jurisprudence of Sex Equality
January 29, 2020 | Information | 1:03:02

Edward L. Barrett Jr. Lecture 2019: Prof. Michele Bratcher Goodwin

"Policing the Womb: The Penal Risks of Pregnancy"
November 6, 2019 | Information | 57:20

Central Valley Foundation/James B. McClatchy Lecture on the First Amendment

Annette Gordon-Reed: “Monuments, Shields, and Statues: What, and Who, Belong in the Public Sphere?”
September 18, 2019 | Information | 54:14

2019 Bodenheimer Lecture: Catharine MacKinnon

Family Law through a Sex Equality Lens
January 28, 2019 | Information | 1:05:27

Rwandan Minister of Justice Johnston Busingye

“The Collective Memory of Genocide”
November 5, 2018 | Information | 58:33

Edward L. Barrett, Jr., Lecture on Constitutional Law featuring David Cole

"Defending Liberty in the Age of Donald Trump: A View from the Front"
September 17, 2018 | Information | 1:04:36

Immigration & Nationality Law Review Lecture 2018

Cecillia Wang, ACLU Deputy Legal Director

How to Fix a Broken Immigration System: Enforce the Constitution
March 13, 2018 | Information | 1:17:07

Law in the Information Age Lecture featuring Simon Tam of the Slants

One Band's Free Speech Odyssey
March 5, 2018 | Information | 53:53

Edward L. Barrett, Jr. Endowed Lecture featuring Gabriel "Jack" Chin

"Is the United States a 'White' Country? The Problem of Immigration Policy"
March 1, 2018 | Information | 53:46

Edward L. Barrett, Jr., Lecture on Constitutional Law 2018

Guy-Uriel Charles "Race, Exit and the Voting Rights Act"
February 6, 2018 | Information | 1:00:11

2017.2 Bodenheimer Lecture: Melissa Murray

Loving’s Legacy: Decriminalization and the Regulation of Sex
November 16, 2017 | Information | 52:36

Lecture in Honor of the Daniel J. Dykstra Chair

featuring Madhavi Sunder

Intellectual Property in the Experience Economy
November 7, 2017 | Information | 55:14

Central Valley Foundation/James B. McClatchy Lecture on the First Amendment Fall 2017

Professor Eugene Volokh

Libel and Invasion of Privacy in the Internet Age
October 16, 2017 | Information | 1:03:34

Central Valley Foundation/James B. McClatchy Lecture on the First Amendment 2017

Professor Noah Feldman

The Three Lives of James Madison
January 26, 2017 | Information | 58:40

2017 Bodenheimer Lecture: Camille Gear Rich

Freedom of Contract and the Mono-Racial Family
January 19, 2017 | 1:01:19

Barrett Lecture on Constitutional Law

Professor Michael C. Dorf

The Presidential Election and Constitutional Change
November 3, 2016 | Information | 1:05:31

Barrett Lecture on Constitutional Law 2016

Professor Heather Gerken

Watch
February 4, 2016 | Information | 52:48

Central Valley Foundation/James B. McClatchy Lecture on the First Amendment 2015

Professor Nathaniel Persily

The Campaign Revolution Will Not Be Televised: The Legal Implications of Politics On-Demand
October 29, 2015 | Information | 56:09

Bodenheimer Lecture: Linda Greenhouse

Pregnant Teachers and Unintended Offspring
March 18, 2015 | Information | 51:53

Central Valley Foundation Lecture 2015

Professor Jack Balkin

Information Fiduciaries and the First Amendment
March 12, 2015 | Information | 1:2:1

Ken Starr on Religion, Law, and the Hobby Lobby Case

Watch
February 25, 2014 | Information | 54:43

Barrett Lecture on Constitutional Law 2013

Professor Alan Brownstein

Coercion and Endorsement: Constitutional Challenges to State Sponsored Prayers at Local Government Meetings
November 19, 2013 | Information | 1:03:56

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture on Social Justice 2013

Sister Simone Campbell '77

We the People: The Challenging Intersection of Law & Politics
October 29, 2013 | Information | 57:04

Central Valley Foundation/James B. McClatchy Lecture on the First Amendment 2013

Professor Akhil Amar

The Firstness of the First Amendment
October 16, 2013 | Information | 1:18:25

Fenwick & West Lecture Series in Technology, Entrepreneurship, Science, and Law (TESLaw) 2013

On the Frontier of the Future: Innovation and the Evolution of Patentable Subject Matter

Welcome and Keynote
September 27, 2013 | Information | 44:11

Panel 1, "Patent Eligibility in the Life Sciences"
September 27, 2013 | 1:26:58

Lunch Keynote
September 27, 2013 | 49:13

Panel 2, "Patent Eligibility in Software and Business Methods"
September 27, 2013 | 1:40:06

The Barrett Lecture 2012

Former Solicitor General Drew S. Days III

Equalizing Equality: The Canadian Record After Three Decades of Constitutionally-Authorized Affirmative Action
November 14, 2012 | Information | 1:15:04

2012 Central Valley Foundation/James B. McClatchy Lecture on the First Amendment

Geoffrey R. Stone: "The 2012 Election and the Future of the Supreme Court."
October 15, 2012 | Information | 1:13:57

The Law In The Information Age Lecture: Peter Menell

A Decade After The Digital Copyright Revolution: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead
March 8, 2012 | Information | 1:41:33

The Bodenheimer Lecture

Prof. Angela Onwuachi-Willig

According to Our Hearts: What Does the Rhinelander v. Rhinelander Case Teach Us about Race, Law, and Family?
November 8, 2011 | Information | 1:05:57

The 2nd annual Central Valley Foundation/James B. McClatchy Lecture on the First Amendment

9th Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski

The First Amendment in the Age of Information Overload
October 27, 2011 | Information | 1:19:38

Presidential Commission on Bioethical Issues Professor Anita Allen

Unpopular Privacy
October 27, 2011 | Information | 53:11