Sibley Lecture Series | Lectures and Presentations | University of Georgia School of Law

American Democracy in Peril, J. Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3/22/2023

The 121st Sibley Lecture was held on March 22 at 3:30pm in the Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom at the University of Georgia School of Law. Judge J. Michael Luttig delivered the lecture "American Democracy in Peril" to the law school community.

American Democracy in Peril, J. Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3/22/2023

Civil Right Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality, Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Harvard Law School, 2/7/2022

On February 7, 20212 dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Tomiko Brown-Nagin delivered the 120th John A. Sibley Lecture. Titled "Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality" the lecture took place...

Civil Right Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality, Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Harvard Law School, 2/7/2022

Who’s Going to Law School? Trends in Law School Enrollment Since the Great Recession, Goodwin Liu, California Supreme Court, 3/30/2021

On March 30, 2021 California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu delivered the 119th John A. Sibley Lecture titled "Who's Going to Law School? Trends in Law School Enrollment Since the Great Recession" virtually to the University of Georgia...

Who’s Going to Law School? Trends in Law School Enrollment Since the Great Recession, Goodwin Liu, California Supreme Court, 3/30/2021

The Case for Racism Response Funds: A Collective Response to Racist Acts, Monica Bell, Yale University, 11/11/2020

On November 11, 2020 Associate Professor of Law and Sociology Monica Bell of Yale University delivered the delivered the 118th Sibley Lecture virtually to the University of Georgia School of Law community. This lecture was broadcast in...

The Case for Racism Response Funds: A Collective Response to Racist Acts, Monica Bell, Yale University, 11/11/2020

Are Supreme Court Decisions the Law of the Land?, David A. Strauss, University of Chicago, 04/12/2019

David A. Strauss, Gerald Ratner Distinguished Service Professor of Law and faculty director of the Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic, University of Chicago delivered the 117th John A. Sibley Endowed Lecture: “Are Supreme...

Are Supreme Court Decisions the Law of the Land?, David A. Strauss, University of Chicago, 04/12/2019

The Lessons of Lawyering: Why Ours is an Honorable Profession, Heather Gerken, Yale Law School, 4/13/2018

Dean Gerken asks a simple question: Why is it that lawyers -- long condemned as “hired guns” -- stand up for the rule of law? The reason is their training. Law schools are one of the few remaining spaces where students are trained to...

The Lessons of Lawyering: Why Ours is an Honorable Profession, Heather Gerken, Yale Law School, 4/13/2018

Bringing Terrorists to Justice, Richard C. Tallman, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4/6/2016

Judge Richard C. Tallman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, spoke on the challenges dealing with foreign terrorists through the judicial system.

Bringing Terrorists to Justice, Richard C. Tallman, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4/6/2016

Anatomy of a Legal Decision, Janet Napolitano, University of California, 10/27/2014

On October 27, 2014, the law school's 112th Sibley Lecture was presented by former U.S. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano. Napolitano currently serves as president of the University of...

Anatomy of a Legal Decision, Janet Napolitano, University of California, 10/27/2014

Inexcusable Wrongs, John C.O. Goladberg, Harvard University, 4/11/2014

John Goldberg, Eli Goldston Professor of Law at Harvard University, presented “Inexcusable Wrongs” as the University of Georgia School of Law’s 111th Sibley Lecturer. An expert in tort law, tort theory and political philosophy, Goldberg...

Inexcusable Wrongs, John C.O. Goladberg, Harvard University, 4/11/2014

Toward a Jurisprudence of the Civil Rights Acts, Robin L. West, Georgetown University, 10/23/2013

Robin L. West, Frederick Haas Professor of Law and Philosophy at Georgetown University, discussed the meaning of the civil rights protected by the historic 1964 Civil Rights Act, as well as the meaning of “civil rights” more generally...

Toward a Jurisprudence of the Civil Rights Acts, Robin L. West, Georgetown University, 10/23/2013

Social Justice Lawyering: Confronting Power, Racial and Economic Injustice and Hopelessness Within the Law

Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, discussed the dynamics of social justice lawyering, mass incarceration, racial and economic history, and the tactics, strategies and tools for using the law to advance...

Social Justice Lawyering: Confronting Power, Racial and Economic Injustice and Hopelessness Within the Law

The Role of the World Court Today, Joan E. Donoghue, International Court of Justice, 4/3/2012

Donoghue addressed the continuing role of the World Court in light of the evolution of international law and the creation of other courts and tribunals.

The Role of the World Court Today, Joan E. Donoghue, International Court of Justice, 4/3/2012

Death, Taxes and Systemic Risk: Dealing with the Inevitable, John C. Coffee Jr., Columbia Law School, 3/28/2011

Coffee explored the aftermath of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 as well as the vulnerability of the U.S. financial system.

Death, Taxes and Systemic Risk: Dealing with the Inevitable, John C. Coffee Jr., Columbia Law School, 3/28/2011

Noah's Curse and Paul's Admonition: Civil Rights, Religious Liberty, Gay Equality, William Eskridge, Jr, Yale Law School, 3/18/2010

Erskine's lecture explored the controversial parallel between the gay rights and the civil rights movement.

Noah's Curse and Paul's Admonition: Civil Rights, Religious Liberty, Gay Equality, William Eskridge, Jr, Yale Law School, 3/18/2010

When and How (If at All) Does Law Constrain Official Actions?, Frederick F. Schauer, University of Virginia School of Law, 10/28/2009

Schauer discussed whether Americans are highly influenced by law and courts.

When and How (If at All) Does Law Constrain Official Actions?, Frederick F. Schauer, University of Virginia School of Law, 10/28/2009

Saving Lives, Saving from Death, Saving from Dying, Mark G. Kelman, Stanford Law School, 3/25/2009

Kelman addressed the issue of how it is appropriate to understand the "valuation" of statistical deaths, compared to the deaths of known individuals.

Saving Lives, Saving from Death, Saving from Dying, Mark G. Kelman, Stanford Law School, 3/25/2009

The Concept and the Rule of Law, Jeremy Waldron, New York University School of Law, 3/5/2008

Waldron discussed the Rule of Law as a normative ideal that arises directly out of the morally laden description that we give of what law is.

The Concept and the Rule of Law, Jeremy Waldron, New York University School of Law, 3/5/2008

A Balanced View of American Power, Lee Hamilton, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 3/27/2007

Hamilton's speech addressed how the U.S. can use its power around the world to protect its interests and advance its values.

A Balanced View of American Power, Lee Hamilton, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 3/27/2007

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Printed flier promoting the 101st John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law, delivered by legal scholar Stanley Fish on March 8, 2006. Extent: 12.79 in. x 9.98 in. (32.49 cm x 25.35 cm) flier Subject: Fish, Stanley...

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Printed program for the 101st John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law, delivered by legal scholar Stanley Fish on March 8, 2006. Extent: 12.79 in. x 9.98 in. (32.49 cm x 25.35 cm) program Subject: Fish, Stanley...

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Printed invitation announcing the 101st John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law, delivered by legal scholar Stanley Fish on March 8, 2006. Extent: 12.79 in. x 9.98 in. (32.49 cm x 25.35 cm) invitation Subject...

Labor Pains in America's New Birth of Freedom: How the Reconstruction Amendments Were Enacted, Akhil Reed Amar, Yale Law School, 10/25/2005

Amar's lecture was based on excerpts from his book, America's Constitution: A Biography.

Labor Pains in America's New Birth of Freedom: How the Reconstruction Amendments Were Enacted, Akhil Reed Amar, Yale Law School, 10/25/2005

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Photograph of Yale University law professor Akhil Reed Amar signing books at a reception for the 100th John A. Sibley Lecture, which he delivered, at the University of Georgia School of Law on October 25, 2005. Extent: 14.24 in. x 9.73 in...

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Photograph of Yale University law professor Akhil Reed Amar signing books at a reception for the 100th John A. Sibley Lecture, which he delivered, at the University of Georgia School of Law on October 25, 2005. Extent: 14.24 in. x 9.73 in...

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Photograph of Yale University law professor Akhil Reed Amar speaking to people while signing books at a reception for the 100th John A. Sibley Lecture, which he delivered, at the University of Georgia School of Law on October 25...

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Photograph of Yale University law professor Akhil Reed Amar signing books at a reception for the 100th John A. Sibley Lecture, which he delivered, at the University of Georgia School of Law on October 25, 2005. Extent: 14.24 in. x 9.73 in...

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Photograph of Yale University law professor Akhil Reed Amar signing a book at a reception for the 100th John A. Sibley Lecture, which he delivered, at the University of Georgia School of Law on October 25, 2005. Extent: 11 in. x 17 in...

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Photograph of Yale University law professor Akhil Reed Amar speaking to people at a reception for the 100th John A. Sibley Lecture, which he delivered, at the University of Georgia School of Law on October 25, 2005. Extent: 14.24 in. x...

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Photograph of Yale University law professor Akhil Reed Amar delivering the 100th John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law on October 25, 2005. Extent: 14.24 in. x 9.73 in. (36.17 cm x 24.71 cm) photograph Subject...

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Photograph of Yale University law professor Akhil Reed Amar delivering the 100th John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law on October 25, 2005. Extent: 6.78 in. x 9.99 in. (17.22 cm x 25.37 cm) photograph Subject...

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Photograph of Yale University law professor Akhil Reed Amar delivering the 100th John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law on October 25, 2005. Extent: 14.24 in. x 9.73 in. (36.17 cm x 24.71 cm) photograph Subject...

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Photograph of Yale University law professor Akhil Reed Amar delivering the 100th John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law on October 25, 2005. Extent: 6.85 in. x 9.99 in. (17.41 cm x 25.37 cm) photograph Subject...

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Printed program for the 100th John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law, delivered by Yale University law professor Akhil Reed Amar on October 25, 2005. Extent: 12.83 in. x 9.99 in. (32.6 cm x 25.37 cm...

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Program (color) for the 99th John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law, given on March 28, 2005 by constitutional law scholar Sanford V. Levinson from the University of Texas School of Law. Extent: 12.73 in. x 9.99...

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Page of program for the 99th John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law, given on March 28, 2005 by constitutional law scholar Sanford V. Levinson from the University of Texas School of Law. The illustration is of...

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Program (black-and-white) for the 99th John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law, given on March 28, 2005 by constitutional law scholar Sanford V. Levinson from the University of Texas School of Law. Extent: 12.78...

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Page of program for the 99th John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law, given on March 28, 2005 by constitutional law scholar Sanford V. Levinson from the University of Texas School of Law. The illustration is of...

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Photograph of Stanford Law professor Pamela S. Karlan delivering the 98th John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law on October 21, 2004. Extent: 6.84 in. x 9.98 in. (17.38 cm x 25.35 cm) photograph Subject: Karlan...

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Flier for the 98th John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law, given on October 21, 2004 by Stanford Law professor Pamela S. Karlan. Extent: 7.83 in. x 9.99 in. (19.9 cm x 25.37 cm) flier Subject: Karlan, Pamela...

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Flier for the 98th John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law, given on October 21, 2004 by Stanford Law professor Pamela S. Karlan. Extent: 6.58 in. x 9.99 in. (16.72 cm x 25.37 cm) flier Subject: Karlan, Pamela...

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Program (black-and-white) for the 98th John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law, given on October 21, 2004 by Stanford Law professor Pamela S. Karlan. Extent: 12.78 in. x 9.99 in. (32.46 cm x 25.37 cm...

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Page of program for the 98th John A. Sibley Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law, given on October 21, 2004 by Stanford Law professor Pamela S. Karlan. The illustration is of Hirsch Hall. Extent: 11 in. x 17 in. (27.94 cm x...