Panel on the Virtues and Vices of "Scholactivism"
This event is not open to the public.
What is the line between the role of an academic legal scholar and a lawyer-activist? Are these roles similar, partially overlapping, or entirely distinct? And how can we negotiate the tensions between the different roles that the study of law and legal scholarship ask of us, if at all?
The Hauser Global Law School Program cordially invites you to a panel discussion of these and related questions about the connections between scholarship and activism in the law, featuring Hauser Global Professor Tarun Khaitan, Princeton University Professor Kim Lane Scheppele, NYU School of Law Professors Gráinne de Búrca, Mattias Kumm and Jeremy Waldron, and Hauser Post-Doctoral Global Fellow Oren Tamir.
The background context for this discussion is a recent editorial written by Professor Khaitan for the International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON) criticizing the increased appearance on the public law and comparative public law scene of “scholactivism,” a practice which in his view inappropriately meshes the role of legal scholar and lawyer-activist. That editorial generated substantial commentary (and quite heated controversy) across the universe of public law scholars and beyond, as reflected in multiple tweet-storms and an online symposium on Professor Khaitan’s intervention in the leading public law blog Verfassungsblog. We encourage those attending to read Professor Khaitan’s brief editorial in advance, as well as his response to the Verfassungsblog symposium.
Light lunch will be available from 12:00 p.m., and the panel discussion will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m.
RSVP: Please contact the Hauser Global Law School Program office at law.global@nyu.edu.