The Virginia Junior Faculty Forum is an ongoing monthly colloquy series where untenured law faculty in the Virginia area present works-in-progress to other untenured faculty to get feedback and to brainstorm in a relaxed and highly collegial setting. The Forum was founded in the in the fall of 2007 by the junior faculty at The University of Richmond School of Law.
SPRING 2008 SCHEDULE
The spring 2008 forums will be held at the University of Richmond School of Law in the faculty lounge from 4-7pm with two workshops – 4-5:30 and 5:30-7pm. The events will be followed by social time at a local establishment TBA. The forum is open to junior faculty members from Virginia area law schools. Directions to the University of Richmond School of Law: law.richmond.edu/about/directions.php
February 28 –
Location: University of Richmond School of Law
Associate Professor Corinna Barrett Lain, University of Richmond School of Law
"Death is Different (But Not Really)"
Associate Professor Kristen Osenga, University of Richmond School of Law
"The Fuzzy Logic of Patent Law"
"A Theory for Tax Penalties"
"The Butterfly Effect and the Regulation of Corporate Finance"
May 15 -
Location: University of Richmond School of Law
Assistant Professor Laura Heymann, William and Mary School of Law
Assistant Professor Angela Banks, William and Mary School of Law
Associate Professor Rachel Harmon, University of Virginia School of Law
Assistant Professor Noah Sachs, University of Richmond School of Law and Director of The Robert R. Mehrige Center for Environmental Studies
"The Transnational Effects of Information Disclosure in Environmental Law"
FALL 2007 PRESENTATIONS
Oct. 4, 4-5pm, University of Richmond School of Law
Professor Jim Gibson, presented his work-in-progress, “Reasonableness.” Professor Gibson, an Associate Professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, is visiting this year at the University of Virginia Law School. His piece, which explores the way in which the law’s use of reasonableness standards creates unintended changes in doctrine, expands upon a similar theme he explored in the IP context, published this year in the Yale Law Journal.
Nov. 15, 4-5pm, William and Mary Law School
Assistant Professor Nathaniel Oman from William & Mary School of Law presented his work-in-progress, “The Thirteenth Amendment and Specific Performance.” Professor Oman's piece explores whether ordering specific performance as a remedy for breach of personal service contracts constitutes involuntary servitude under the Thirteenth Amendment.
Dec. 6, 4-5 pm, University of Virginia School of Law
Professor Chris Sprigman, from the University of Virginia School of Law presented his work-in-progress, tentatively titled, "Efficient Copyright Infringement." In this paper, Professor Sprigman envisions what a copyright damages regime would look like that was oriented not towards deterrence, but rather towards encouraging efficient conduct--could we, should we, encourage 'efficient infringement'?