Law School Events

Mr. Kurt Wimmer, a partner at Covington & Burling in Washington, DC, will present the 2011 Mervis Lecture titled "Digital Copyright and the New Economics of Online Content." Free admission and all are welcome.

Human Security Law Center is screening Paradise Now at 5 pm on Monday, October 2. Please come for snacks and to discuss the state of Israeli-Palestinian relations and Palestine's bid to the UN for statehood.

Professor Frederick Schauer, David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, will be honored with the Marshall-Wythe Medallion at a dinner in his honor on Tuesday, Oct. 4.

Pitcairn Island Attorney General Paul Rishworth will lecture about the difficulty of criminal investigations and trials in the context of a small and remote island society with no effective policing or functioning court.

Michael C. Dorf, the Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell University Law School, will present the Cutler Lecture titled "Frankenstein's Monster or Spandrel? The Vices and Virtues of Legal Retrofitting."

On Oct. 14-15, the Law School's Property Rights Project will host its annual conference for the first time overseas in cooperation with Tsinghua University School of Law. Pre- and post-conference tours of China and Hong Kong are available.

Interest meeting for the creation of a new graduate student group for LGBTQ students and allies. Refreshments will be served!

Beyond Boobs! co-founders Mary Beth Gibson and Rene Bowditch will present information everyone (women and men) need to know about their breast health. Featuring a guest appearance by Ami Dodson, Ms. July 2012. Pizza and calendars provided!

WHRO, Hampton Roads' public media affiliate, will host a community discussion at the Sadler Center on the changing role of women in war and peace. A panel discussion will follow a preview of the new PBS series, Women, War & Peace. Free.

Join filmmaker Nick Verbitsky for a screening of his documentary "Confidence Game," which focuses on the final week of Bear Stearns before the financial collapse of 2008. Members of the W&M faculty will join Verbitsky for a Q&A session after the film.

October is disAbility Awareness Month Please join us for the screening of the PBS award-winning film, 'How Difficult Can This Be? Frustration. Anxiety. Tension. City Workshop: Understanding Learning Disabilities' followed by a community discussion

Join us for a screening of the PBS Special and award winning film: "How Difficult Can this Be? F.A.T. City Workshop: Understanding Learning Disabilities."

Gerald Zerkin of the Capital Resource Council, Federal Public Defender Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, will present a lecture entitled "Preserving Constitutional Rights in the Age of Disenlightenment." This event is free anopen to the public.

Join WLS at a General Body Meeting where we will discuss upcoming events, 1L leadership positions and how to apply, and the start of our WLS Blog!

Judge Barzilay will speak on the topic of The Court of International Trade and the Interplay between our International Agreements and the Application of U.S. Law Related to Them

Sponsored by the Black Law Student Association of the William & Mary Law School