Spring 2022 Symposium The Identity Capitalists by Nancy Leong
In this groundbreaking book, Nancy Leong coins the term "identity capitalist" to label the powerful insiders who eke out social and economic value from people of color, women, LGBTQ people, the poor, and other outgroups. Leong deftly uncovers the rules that govern a system in which all Americans must survive: the identity marketplace.
Prisoners of Politics
Featuring Vice Dean and Charles Seligson Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, Rachel Barkow and her book, Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration (Harvard/Belknap 2019). Professor Barkow also serves as the Faculty Director of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at NYU. From 2013-2019, she served as a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission. Since 2010, she has also been a member of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office Conviction Integrity Policy Advisory Panel.
The Color of Creatorship with Anjali Vats
The New England Law Review hosted a round-table discussion based upon the arguments set forth by Anjali Vats in her peer-reviewed book, The Color of Creatorship: Intellectual Property, Race, and the Making of Americans.
In The Color of Creatorship, Vats argues that intellectual property formation in the United States reflects and shapes racial formation. The book explores copyright, trademark, and patent discourses and argues that it is interwoven together, operating to form American ideals about race.
The Spring Symposium hosted a round-table discussion featuring Professor Anjali Vats, Dean Deidré Keller, and Professor Janewa Osei-Tutu.
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Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System with Alec Karakatsanis
The New England Law Review hosted Attorney Alec Karakatsanis, the Founder and Director of Civil Rights Corps, as the featured speaker for our Fall 2020 Symposium, where Attorney Karakatsanis discussed the arguments set forth in his recent book, Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System.
Corporations Are People Too (And They Should Act Like It)
The New England Law Review hosted a symposium regarding Boston College Professor Kent Greenfield’s book Corporations Are People Too (And They Should Act Like It). The panelists discussed the role of corporations in American society and their claims to constitutional rights. In his book, Professor Greenfield suggests that ending corporate personhood is not the solution since it is consistent with the purpose of corporations and the Consitution itself that corporations can claim rights at least some of the time.
Courts and Informal Constitutional Change in the States
The New England Law Review hosted a symposium regarding state constitutions and how their informal and formal amendments interact. The panelists discussed the findings of Professor Jonathan L. Marshfield in his forthcoming article entitled Courts and Informal Constitutional Change in the States set to be published in Volume 51, Issue 3 of the New England Law Review.
The Future of Foreign Intelligence: Privacy and Surveillance in a Digital Age
The New England Law Review spring symposium took place on November 9th at New England Law | Boston. Professor Laura Donohue discussed her book The Future of Future Intelligence: Privacy and Surveillance in a Digital Age.
The Novelization of the Criminal Justice System & Its Effect on Pop Culture
The New England Law Review criminal law book symposium was held on September 21st at New England Law | Boston. It showcased the art of writing novels that heavily involve the criminal justice system and its functions. New York Times Bestselling Author and Professor of Law Alafair Burke discussed her recent novel, “The Ex.”
Behavioral Legal Ethics: A Behavioral Approach to Lawyer Mistake and Apology
The New England Law Review fall paper symposium was held on November 10th at New England Law | Boston. It showcased Associate Dean Catherine Gage O’Grady’s article, “A Behavioral Approach to Lawyer Mistake and Apology.”
The First Amendment Bubble: How Privacy and Paparazzi Threaten a Free Press
The New England Law Review spring book symposium was held on February 11th at New England Law | Boston. It showcased Professor Amy Gajda’s book The First Amendment Bubble: How Privacy and Paparazzi Threaten a Free Press. Her book explores judicial oversight of journalism news judgment. She discussed how the expansion of acceptable news content has shifted courts’ focus from the First Amendment to individual privacy—a shift that curtails mainstream journalists’ press freedoms. Both Professor Calvert as well as Professor West responded.
Sexual Violence in the U.S. Military: Discipline, Justice, and Command
The New England Law Review fall paper symposium was held on October 8th at New England Law | Boston. It showcased Professor Rachel VanLandingham’s article “Discipline, Justice, and Command in the U.S. Military: Maximizing Strengths and Minimizing Weaknesses in a Special Society.” She discussed why military commanders should be removed from the prosecutorial chain, as this position constitutes an unethical practice of law, and further discussed the collateral consequences of such a removal.
What Stays in Vegas
The New England Law Review spring book symposium was held on February 25th at New England Law l Boston. It showcased Adam Tanner’s book “What Stays in Vegas: The World of Personal Data-Lifeblood of Big-Business – and the End of Privacy as We Know It.” The book explores how American companies are threatening our privacy and gathering personal information without oversight.
Educational Ambivalence: The Story of the Academic Doctorate in Law
The New England Law Review fall paper symposium was held on November 5th at New England Law l Boston. It showcased Professor Gail Hupper’s article “Educational Ambivalence: The Rise of a Foreign-Student Doctorate in Law.” Professor Hupper is a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School and her article explores the evolution of the J.S.D. and S.J.D. programs. Although originally designed for graduates of United States law schools, these programs are now primarily intended for students who obtained their initial legal education outside of the United States.
A Look Back at the History of Capital Punishment
The New England Law Review’s 2014 Book Symposium, “A Look Back at the History of Capital Punishment,” spotlighted the New York Times reviewed A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America by Professor Evan J. Mandery. A Wild Justiceanalyzes the implications of Furman v. Georgia and gives an in-depth, behind-the-scenes view of this historic moment in U.S. legal history.
Benchmarks: Evaluating Measurements of Judicial Productivity
The New England Law Review’s 2013 symposium was inspired by an article by Judge William Young of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and New England Law Professor Jordan Singer, which proposes “bench presence”—the number of hours a trial judge spends adjudicating issues in the open courtroom—as a critical component of a trial court’s overall productivity. These articles served as a springboard to a broader discussion on the propriety and mechanics of evaluating both courts as institutions and individual judges as public servants.
Redefining Theft In the Information Age
On Monday, March 18, 2013, The New England Law Review hosted a discussion of Professor Stuart P. Green’s book, 13 Ways to Steal a Bicycle: Theft Law in the Information Age. In 13 Ways to Steal a Bicycle, Professor Green assessed our current legal framework in the context of an economy that increasingly commodifies intangibles and at a time when the means of committing theft and fraud grow ever more sophisticated.
Crisis in the Judiciary
State court systems in America are facing deep challenges. Many civil and criminal matters remain idle for years before a judicial resolution is reached. Budgets are strained, impacting the administration of justice. In the face of this crisis, the New England Law Review sought to provide a forum in which to consider these issues and highlight viable solutions, with input from experts from various sectors of the legal community.
Wrongful Conviction and the Judiciary
Professor Brandon L. Garrett discussed his book, Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong, which analyzes the first 250 criminal convictions overturned on the basis of DNA evidence. Professor Garrett was joined by the Honorable Robert J. Cordy and the Honorable Nancy Gertner, who discussed the judiciary’s role in responding to the critical problem that wrongful conviction poses to our criminal justice system. Gretchen Bennett, executive director of the New England Innocence Project, discussed the Massachusetts General Court’s recent passage of SB 1987, which guarantees defendants post-conviction access to forensic and scientific analysis.
On The Table: An Examination of Medical Malpractice, Litigation, and Methods of Reform
On October 20, 2011, the New England Law Review hosted its annual symposium entitled “On the Table: An Examination of Medical Malpractice, Litigation, and Methods of Reform.” The 2011 symposium featured speakers from across the country discussing the crisis of healthcare costs and ideas for how to reduce the high occurrence of medical error. Additionally, the panelists examined innovative ideas for redressing plaintiffs’ injuries after negligent medical errors occur.
The Law of American State Constitutions
On March 10, 2011, the New England Law Review hosted a lecture with Professor Robert F. Williams of Rutgers School of Law | Camden. Professor Williams is a renowned scholar in the area of state constitutional law and is the associate director of the Center for State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers. He joined the students and audience at NEL|B to discuss his publication, The Law of American State Constitutions.
Crossing the Border: The Future of Immigration Law and Its Impact on Lawyers
On November 12, 2010, the New England Law Review held its annual symposium entitled, “Crossing the Border: The Future of Immigration Law and Its Impact on Lawyers.” The symposium addressed timely issues in immigration reform and proposed practical approaches to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Padilla v. Kentucky decision.