Colloquium on Constitutional Theory

Course Instructors

Professor Emma Kaufman

Professor Daryl Levinson

Professor Trevor W. Morrison

Course Information

Fall 2024

Monday, 4:45–6:45 p.m.
Vanderbilt Hall, Room 208

LAW-LW.10031.001 | 2 Credits

This colloquium is designed for students interested in reading and critically engaging with legal scholarship in the areas of constitutional law, constitutional theory, and public law. A series of scholars will present and discuss works in progress with enrolled students and NYU faculty.

Fall 2024 Schedule of Presenters

September 9

Jonathan Gienapp (Stanford University Department of History)

Against Constitutional Originalism

September 23

Karen Tani (Penn Carey Law)

October 7

Risa Goluboff (University of Virginia School of Law)

"Charlottesville" as Legal History

October 28

Don Herzog (University of Michigan Law School)

Reading Wars

The focus of the talk will be on chapters 6 & 7, as well as the preface.

November 11

Madhav Khosla (Columbia Law School)

Courting Authoritarianism

November 25

Tom Schmidt (Columbia Law School)

Immunity After Trump