Torts & Race

Join LS4BL, ACS, and Professor Wasserman for a lunchtime event discussing the intersection between Torts & Race. Lunch will be provided. No need to RSVP.

Balancing Free Speech and Executive Power in Government Contracts

Notre Dame Law School's ACS chapter will host Zachary Price for a lunch event. Zachary Price will be giving a lecture on the topic of Government Contracts, and will discuss the issue of balancing free speech and executive power. This event will be open to NDLS students.

Penn Law x Drexel Law: The First Amendment in Flux

The event is a co-hosted event between Penn Carey Law and Drexel Kline Law Schools. The 12:15 start should allow Drexel students/faculty to come over to Penn and get settled (we can meet them at the entrance and take them to the room). Professor Berman has agreed to moderate, with Professors Cimino, Kalhan, and Shanor are on the panel. Below are some topic ideas we've shared with or heard from some attendees to start discussions, but we are letting the panelists guide the discussion.

- Recent executive order condemning "anti-America" or "anti-Christianity" speech (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/)

- 10/2's "Compact for Excellence in Higher Education," particularly the tying of federal funds to "transforming or abolishing institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle and even spark violence against conservative ideas" (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-nine-universities-compact-federal-funds/)

- Law firm/university settlements with the White House

- De-airing of Jimmy Kimmel over his comment related to Charlie Kirk's assassination and other uses of executive power or threats to quash speech

- And more.

Criminal Appellate Litigation: Perspectives from the Bar and Bench

We are collaborating with the Criminal Law Association to host a panel of speakers with a background in criminal appellate litigation. We have three panelists (an appeals court judge who was formerly a criminal defense attorney, the chief public defender for the state of NH, and a Mass Prosecutor who handles appellate work for the state) who will join our event via Zoom. Northeastern Prof. Daniel Medwed is an expert in criminal appellate litigation himself and will moderate the panel.