School of Law

James W. Ellis, the National Law Journal’s 2002 Lawyer of the Year, will deliver the keynote address during the School of Law’s fourth annual access to equal justice conference, titled “Mental Health and the Law,” March 19 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Ellis, professor of law at the University of New […]

Photo by Kevin LowderSchool of Law students rehearse a re-enactment of the second Dred Scott trial for the University’s 150th Birthday Party Sept. 14.

Jordanian Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein will lecture on “The International Criminal Court: Future Challenges” at noon March 18 in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 309. Al-Hussein is the permanent representative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations and president of the Assembly of States Parties for the International Criminal Court. His lecture is […]

Photo by Mary ButkusPeter J. Wiedenbeck was installed as the Joseph H. Zumbalen Professor of the Law of Property Feb. 27 in Anheuser-Busch Hall.

Ever since his stint as a naval officer, Charles R. McManis, J.D., the Thomas and Karole Green Professor of Law, has repeatedly traversed new and complex waters. McManis’ unusual path to the law and teaching has taken him from sailor and burgeoning philosopher to the forefront of biopiracy prevention and digital intellectual property law in […]

During the Age of Imperialism, historical art pieces such as the Bust of Nefertiti were taken from their home countries and installed in major world museums. Leading academics, authors and curators will examine whether these works should be returned to their source nations at the “Imperialism, Art & Restitution” conference March 26-27 at the School […]

Seligman draws on extensive personal interviews to provide a comprehensive examination of the SEC.

Jerome A. Cohen, a leading American specialist on Chinese law, will present a lecture on “Criminal Justice & U.S.-China Relations” at 3 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Cohen, professor of law at New York University and of counsel at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, has expertise in […]

Titled “Bankruptcy and Reorganization: Current Events and Future Outlook,” the F. Hodge O’Neal Corporate and Securities Law Symposium is April 2.

The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and the Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies in the School of Law and the Department of Political Science in Arts & Sciences will present a conference called “Globalization, the State, and Society” Nov. 13-14 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. This event is part […]