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	11/11/2011 - Third Panel - Regulation in the Fringe Economy   Video     Audio "Tomorrow's Fringe lending Issues" Moderator: Margaret Howard, Panelists: Jean Braucher, Eric Chaffee, Geoffrey Rapp, Nathalie Martin
	11/11/2011 - Second Panel - Regulation in the Fringe Economy   Video     Audio "Should Payday Loans be Regulated And How" Moderator: Hilary Miller, Panelists: Jay Speer, Paige Marta Skiba, Christopher Peterson, William Webster
	11/11/2011 - Fourth Panel - Regulation in the Fringe Economy   Video     Audio "Empirical Data and a Direction for Federal Regulation" Moderator: Harlan Beckley, Panelists: Creola Johnson, Richard Hynes, Alan White, Jim Hawkins
	11/10/2011 - First Panel - Regulation in the Fringe Economy   Video     Audio "Testing Mainstream Ideas About Fringe Lending Regulation" Moderator: Bruce Miller, Panelists: Robery Mayer, Lance McMillian, Todd Zywicki
	11/10/2011 - Keynote - Regulation in the Fringe Economy   Video     Audio Ronald Mann delivers the keynote address for the Regulation in the Fringe Economy symposium.
	11/4/2011 - Nuclear Energy Regulation: Comparing American and Japanese Regimes   Video     Audio The Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment presents a panel discussion Nuclear Energy Regulation: Comparing American and Japanese Regimes.
	10/28/2011 - From Nancy Cruzan to Terri Schiavo: The Right to Die in America Today   Video     Audio Bill Colby, the lawyer who represented the family of Nancy Cruzan in their family's right-to-die case, speaks at the Washington and Lee University School of Law on Oct. 28, 2011
	10/21/2011 - 2011 John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Competition: Winning Argument   Video     Audio David Miller '13L makes his winning oral argument during the 2011 John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Competition.
	9/29/2011 - Christopher Alexion - Law Review Student Notes Presentation   Video   Christopher Alexion presents "Open the Door, Not the Floodgates: Controlling Qui Tam Litigation under the False Claims Act" during the 2011 Law Review Student Notes Presentation.
	9/29/2011 - 2011 Hendricks Lecture in Law and History   Video   Distinguished legal historian Alfred Brophy delivers the 2011 Hendricks Lecture in Law and History. The topic of Prof. Brophy's talk is "The Jurisprudence of Slavery, Freedom, and Union at Washington College, 1831-1861."
	9/29/2011 - Christine Shepard - Law Review Notes Presentation   Video   Christine Shepard presents "Corporate Wrongdoing and the In Pari Delicto Defense in Auditor Malpractice Cases: A New Approach" during the 2011 Law Review Notes Presentation.
	9/14/2011 - 2011 Supreme Court Preview - Prof. J.D. King   Video     Audio Prof. J.D. King talks about two cases, Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri v. Frye. These cases both explore whether a criminal defendant has any recourse when his lawyer performs deficiently during plea bargaining, either by providing grossly incompetent advice regarding the plea offer or by failing to inform the defendant of the offer at all.
	9/14/2011 - 2011 Supreme Court Preview - Prof. Erik Luna   Video     Audio Prof. Erik Luna discusses United States v. Jones. The issue in Jones is whether the government may attach a GPS device to your car and monitor your travels for several weeks, all without obtaining a warrant.
	9/14/2011 - 2011 Supreme Court Preview - Prof. Josh Fairfield   Video     Audio Prof. Josh Fairfield discusses Golan v. Holder, which asks whether Congress, by removing works from the public domain, exceeded its power to enact copyright laws to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts or violated the First Amendment right to freedom of speech.
	9/14/2011 - 2011 Supreme Court Preview - Prof. Brian Murchison   Video     Audio Prof. Brian Murchison will discuss FCC v. Fox, in which the court will decide whether the FCC's new policy of fining broadcasters for fleeting expletives violates broadcasters' freedom of speech.
	5/7/2011 - 2011 Law Graduation - Commencement Address   Video     Audio Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio, who has covered the U.S. Supreme Court for the last 35 years, delivers this year's commencement address at Washington and Lee School of Law. In her remarks, Totenberg urged the graduates to find diverse lives by focusing on more than billable hours.
	5/7/2011 - 2011 Law School Graduation   Video   Video of the 2011 graduation ceremony at Washington and Lee School of Law.
	4/4/2011 - Brand New Law: The Marketing of Health Care Reform   Video     Audio William M. Sage, Vice Provost for Health Affairs and James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence at the University of Texas at Austin,delivers the 2011 Johnson & Johnson Law and Medicine Colloquium at Washington and Lee School of Law.
	3/30/2011 - Remembering Movement Lawyers and Rethinking Constitutional History from the Bottom Up   Audio Tomiko Brown-Nagin, the Justice Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of History at the University of Virginia School of Law, presents a public lecture based on selections from her book, Courage to Dissent, which is about lawyers, courts, and community-based activism during the Civil Rights Era.
	3/18/2011 - Race and the Criminal Justice System - Keynote Address   Video     Audio The JCRSJ symposium keynote address was delivered by David Baugh, a capital defender with the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. His speech is titled "Structured Disenfranchisement of African Americans by the Criminal Justice System."
	3/18/2011 - Race and the Criminal Justice System - Panel 1   Video     Audio The first symposium panel focused on race and traffic stops. Panelists include Aaron Haas, Oliver Hill Fellow at W&L Law, and Prof. Kami Chavis Simmons of Wake Forest University.
	3/18/2011 - Race and the Criminal Justice System - Panel 2   Video     Audio The second symposium panel focused on the impact of the drug war on minority communities. Panelists include Prof. Erik Luna of W&L Law, Prof. Joseph Kennedy of the University of North Carolina School of Law, and Prof. Ron Bacigal of the University of Richmond School of Law.
	2/25/2011 - Restitution Rollout - Keynote Address - Andrew Kull   Video     Audio Keynote Address from the W&L Symposium Restitution Rollout: The Restatement (Third) of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment.
	2/25/2011 - Restitution Rollout - Panel 4 - Restitution on the Cutting Edge   Video     Audio Panel 4 from the W&L Symposium Restitution Rollout: The Restatement (Third) of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment.
	2/25/2011 - Restitution Rollout - Panel 3 - Defense   Video     Audio Panel 3 from the W&L Symposium Restitution Rollout: The Restatement (Third) of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment.
	2/25/2011 - Restitution Rollout - Panel 2 - R3RUE and Contract   Video     Audio Panel 2 from the W&L Symposium Restitution Rollout: The Restatement (Third) of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment.
	2/25/2011 - Restitution Rollout - Panel 1 - Overview and Unjust Enrichment   Video     Audio Panel 1 from the W&L Symposium Restitution Rollout: The Restatement (Third) of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment.
	2/18/2011 - JECE Spring Symposium - Regulating Resource Extraction - Panel 2   Video     Audio Panel Two: Corporate Social Responsibility. Speakers: Judd Sneirson, Suzanne Spears, Lisa Laplante.
	2/18/2011 - JECE Spring Symposium - Regulating Resource Extraction - Panel 1   Video     Audio Panel One: The Impact of Licensing and Regulations/ The Role of Emergency Management in Mining and Drilling Disasters.Speakers: Patrick McGinley, Robert McLusky, Mark Davis.
	2/18/2011 - JECE Spring Symposium - Regulating Resource Extraction - Panel 3   Video     Audio Resource Extraction and its Effect on Ecosystems. Speakers: Bill Price, Katherine Slaughter.
	2/18/2011 - JECE Spring Symposium - Regulating Resource Extraction - Keynote Address   Video     Audio Yvonne Scannell, visiting at W&L Law from Trinity College in Dublin, where she teaches courses in Irish and European environmental law, delivers the keynote address during the JECE Spring Symposium.
	2/10/2011 - Equal Time, with Prof. Brian Murchison: Black Lung Clinic Heads to 3rd Circuit   Audio On a recent edition of WLUR's Equal Time, host and law professor Brian Murchison speaks with 3L Amanda Streff, a student in the Black Lung who recently argued a case in U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
	2/8/2011 - Do Appellate Judges Find Facts as Well as Apply Law?   Video     Audio Frederick Schauer, David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, delivers this year's Tucker Lecture at Washington and Lee University School of Law. The title of Prof. Schauer's lecture is "Do Appellate Judges Find Facts as Well as Apply Law?"
	1/27/2011 - W&L Law Professor David Bruck Discusses Capital Punishment on WMRA's Virginia Insight   Audio David Bruck, clinical professor of law and director of the Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, discussed the issue of capital punishment on WMRA's Virginia Insight program on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Bruck was interviewed by program host Tom Graham and also took calls from the audience.
	1/21/2011 - Judging After 9/11: Constitutional Law in an Age of Terror   Video     Audio Kim Lane Scheppele, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs and the Director of the Program of Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University, delivered a lecture sponsored by the Transnational Law Institute on the topic of her forthcoming book.
	1/14/2011 - W&L Law Professor David Bruck Discusses Insanity Defense   Audio Insanity defenses are rare but the ability to make such a defense is important in ways that may not always be appreciated.
	12/6/2010 - Wikileaks and the Surveillance Society   Audio Washington and Lee law professor Josh Fairfield discusses the role Wikileaks plays in today's online society and the government's response to having its secrets exposed.
	11/12/2010 - Nuclear Power in a Green Age   Video     Audio Hosted by the Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment. Panelists include Law Professor Al Carr, who will discuss nuclear licensing and its implications on the future of nuclear power usage, Chemistry Professor Frank Settle, who will speak about the nuclear fuel cycle itself, processing, fabrication, burn-up, and radioactivity, and The Nuclear Energy Institute's Mike Bauser, who is an expert with extensive experience with nuclear litigation and the nuclear waste debate.
	11/1/2010 - Exploring the Origins of Gender Integration at VMI   Video     Audio The School of Law hosted a film screening and panel discussion on the gender integration at Virginia Military Institute. The discussion included Duke law professor Thomas B. Metzloff, Laura Brodie, author of the book Breaking Out: VMI and the Coming of Women, Ann Marie Whitmore, legal counsel for VMI in the litigation that led to the Supreme Court case and a law partner at McGuireWoods, Michael Strickler, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent at VMI, and Washington and Lee law professor and constitutional law expert Russell Miller.
	10/29/2010 - Winning Argument - 2010 John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Competition Finals   Video     Audio Suzanne Peters '12L was named Best Oralist at the 2010 John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Competition Finals.
	10/29/2010 - 2010 John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Competition Finals   Video     Audio The finals of the 2010 John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Competition include Suzanne Peters '12L, Jacob Triolo '12L, Roddy Flynn '12L, and Steven Harkins '12L.
	10/21/2010 - Recovering the Legal History of the Civil War   Video   The 2010 Hendricks Lecture in Law and History was delivered by G. Edward White, the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law.
	10/21/2010 - 2010 Law Review Students Notes Presentation   Video     Audio On October 21, third-year law students Micah Jost and Aaron Sims presented their winning law review notes during the annual event recognizing the best student articles produced by Washington and Lee Law Review staff writers.
	10/19/2010 - 2010 Supreme Court Preview   Video     Audio Faculty at Washington and Lee University School of Law discuss several of the most compelling cases on the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court docket during the School's annual Supreme Court Preview. The program includes Prof. Brian Murchison, Prof. Ann Massie, Prof. Josh Fairfield, and Prof. David Bruck.
	10/14/2010 - Leadership in the 21st Century   Video   Paul Quinn College President Michael Sorrell spoke with students about this experience in sports management and strategic public affairs.
	5/8/2010 - 2010 Law School Graduation   Video   The Washington and Lee University School of Law celebrated its 155th commencement on Saturday, May 8. During the ceremony, the University awarded 123 juris doctor degrees along with two master of laws degrees. ABA president Carolyn Lamm delivered this year's address.
	4/22/2010 - Why International Courts and Tribunals Look and Act like They Do   Video     Audio David Caron, President of the American Society of International Law delivers the Washington and Lee Transnational Law Institute Distinguished Lecture for spring 2010. Caron explores the dynamic strategic relationships that lead courts and tribunals to look and act as they do.
	3/19/2010 - 2010 JECE Symposium - Keynote Address   Video     Audio Jonathan Cannon, Blaine T. Phillips Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law, Class of 1941 Research Professor of Law, and Director of Environmental and Land Use Law Program delivers the symposium keynote address, titled "Acting in Uncertainty's Shadow: The Challenge of Climate Change Policy."
	3/19/2010 - 2010 JECE Symposium - Panel Two   Video     Audio Panel Two of "The Intersection of Renewable Energy Development and Geoengineering" is titled "Federalism, Energy, and Technology" and features Ann Carlson, Hari Osofsky, and Erin Ryan.
	3/19/2010 - 2010 JECE Symposium - Panel Three   Video     Audio Panel Three of "The Intersection of Renewable Energy Development and Geoengineering" is titled "Challenges of Clean Technology Implementation" and features Marcilynn Burke, Richard Hildreth,and Ashira Ostrow.
	3/19/2010 - 2010 JECE Symposium - Panel Four   Video     Audio Panel Four of "The Intersection of Renewable Energy Development and Geoengineering" is titled "Geoengineering and Ethical Challenges of Technology" and features Deepa Badrinarayana, William C.G. Burns, Cinnamon Pinon Carlarne,and Maria Savasta-Kennedy.
	3/19/2010 - 2010 JECE Symposium - Closing Remarks   Video     Audio Closing remarks during"The Intersection of Renewable Energy Development and Geoengineering," featuring Rodney A. Smolla, Marti McCaleb,Sheri Hiter,and Hari Osofsky.
	3/19/2010 - 2010 JECE Symposium - Panel One   Video     Audio Panel One of "The Intersection of Renewable Energy Development and Geoengineering" is titled "Property, Economics and Clean Energy" and features Joel Eisen, Alexandra Klass, and Michael Vandenbergh.
	3/16/2010 - Managing Perfect Storms: A Judicial Perspective on the Challenges Presented by High Visibility Cases   Audio The Hon. Leonie M. Brinkema, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, delivers the 2010 Tucker Lecture at Washington and Lee University School of Law. Judge Brinkema has presided over some of the most closely watched cases of the decade, including the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, the first person convicted for crimes related to the 9/11 terror attacks.
	3/8/2010 - McDonald v. Chicago   Audio Earlier this year, Prof. Erik Luna discussed McDonald v. Chicago, the important Second Amendment case just decided by the U.S. Supreme Court and what a decision striking down the Chicago gun laws will mean for future legal battles.
	3/4/2010 - Controlling International Organizations   Video     Audio Professor Jan Klabbers, Director of the Castren Center on Human Rights at the University of Helsinki and currently Visiting Professor at the NYU Law School will give a presentation titled: "Controlling International Organizations."
	2/18/2010 - Lawfare: The Formation and Deformation of Gacaca Jurisdictions in Rwanda, 1994-2009.   Video     Audio Professor Jens Meierhenrich of Harvard University speaks about his latest book, exploring judicial responses to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, in a presentation titled "Lawfare: The Formation and Deformation of Gacaca Jurisdictions in Rwanda, 1994-2009." Sponsored by the Washington and Lee Transnational Law Institute.
	1/26/2010 - Health Care 101   Video     Audio Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost, an expert in health care law, examines existing health care reform legislation and its complications.
	1/21/2010 - Hollingsworth v. Perry, The California Marriage Equality Lawsuit   Video     Audio Professor William N. Eskridge, Jr., the John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School, discusses the Hollingsworth case, which challenges California's recent Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage in the state.
	11/12/2009 - Combating Sexual Violence in Tanzania   Video   Law students in Washington and Lees International Human Rights Practicum recently traveled to Tanzania to investigate enforcement of the countrys 1998 Sexual Offenses Act. The landmark legislation amended the countrys penal code to include tougher penalties for sexual assault and also outlawed human trafficking and the harmful cultural practice known as female genital mutilation. In this video, students present background on the Act and discuss their findings.
	11/6/2009 - Violence on Campus Opening Remarks   Video     Audio Introductions and opening remarks from the Violence on Campus symposium that explored what the fields of psychology, medical science, and law can teach us about school suicide and violence.
	11/6/2009 - Violence on Campus - Gary Pavela   Video     Audio Gary Pavela, author of Questions and Answers on College Student Suicide: A Law and Policy Perspective and currently director of the Syracuse University Academic Integrity Office, delivers a lecture titled "College Suicide: A Law and Policy Perspective."
	11/6/2009 - Violence on Campus - Panel 2   Video     Audio This panel focused on students who pose a threat to others and the steps that institutions of higher education should take to ensure their students' safety. Presenters included Bella Sood, Rich Brusca and Don Challis.
	11/6/2009 - Violence on Campus Panel 1   Video     Audio The first panel explored students who are a danger to themselves and examined interventions that campus personnel might make to identify at-risk students and help them before disaster strikes. Presenters included Daryl Lapp, Eileen Ryan, and Ann P. Hass.
	11/6/2009 - Violence on Campus - Lucinda Roy   Video     Audio Lucinda Roy is an alumni distinguished professor of English at Virginia Tech where she tutored Seung-Hui Cho, who killed 32 people in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. Roy is the author of No Right to Remain Silent in which she writes about her experiences with Cho and with the investigation into his rampage. In her presentation, Roy made a series of recommendations for dealing with campus violence.
	10/23/2009 - Winning Argument - 2009 John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Finals   Video     Audio Mike Gardner's winning argument from the 2009 John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Finals at Washington and Lee School of Law.
	10/23/2009 - 2009 John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Finals   Video     Audio Mike Gardner '10L, Margaret Hannapel '11L, Kiyomi Bolick '10L and Patrick Chamberlain '10L compete in the finals of the 2009 John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy competition.
	10/22/2009 - Violence on Campus   Audio Prof. Ann Masie, professor of law and organizer of an upcoming symposium on violence on campus, discusses some of the important events and legal disputes involving colleges and troubled students.
	10/20/2009 - 2009 Law Review Notes Presentation   Video     Audio Quinn Ryan and Brett Shockley present their notes at the annual Law Review Student Notes Presentation.
	10/19/2009 - The Future of Poverty in America: Recession, Health Care Reform and Climate Change   Video     Audio David Super, professor of law at the University of Maryland School of Law and a leading scholar in the field of anti-poverty law, spoke at the Washington and Lee School of Law on Monday, Oct. 19.
	10/14/2009 - Law School Launches Criminal Justice Clinic   Audio Prof. J.D. King, director of the Law School's new criminal defense clinic, explains some of the goals and benefits of the new program.
	10/13/2009 - 2009 Supreme Court Preview   Video     Audio Law Professors Rodney Smolla, Scott Sundby, Brian Murchison, and David Millon discuss several key cases on the 2009-10 U.S. Supreme Court docket. Cases covered include U.S. v. Stevens, Jones v. Harris Associates, Sullivan v. Florida, and Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
	10/9/2009 - Prof. Scott Sundby – Sullivan v. Florida and Graham v. Florida   Audio Prof. Scott Sundby discusses Sullivan v. Florida and Graham v. Florida, two cases the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this term dealing with juveniles sentenced to life in prison without parole for crimes other than murder.
	10/9/2009 - Dean Rodney A. Smolla – U.S. v. Stevens   Audio Dean Rodney A. Smolla discusses U.S. v. Stevens. In this case, the U.S. Supreme Court will review a circuit court decision striking down a federal animal cruelty law as a violation of the First Amendment.
	10/9/2009 - Prof. David Millon - Jones v. Harris Associates   Audio Prof. David Millon discusses Jones v. Harris. In this case, the Court will decide whether the federal Investment Company Act limits the ability of investment advisors to charge higher management fees for in-house mutual funds.
	9/22/2009 - International Claims Tribunals: Focus on Victims   Video     Audio Lucy Reed, president of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and a senior partner with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, delivers the Washington and Lee Transnational Law Institute Distinguished Lecture for fall 2009.
	9/2/2009 - Three Generations, No Imbeciles   Video     Audio The Health Law Association presents Georgia State law professor Paul Lombardo, author of Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court and Buck v. Bell.
	8/27/2009 - Justice Unity Dow Lecture   Video     Audio Critically acclaimed novelist and former Botswana High Court Judge Unity Dow speaks at the law school about Africa's engagement with the norms of international law.
	8/14/2009 - Legal Systems Around the World   Audio Professor James Moliterno explains some of the key differences between the U.S. legal ethics code and those found around the world.
	7/28/2009 - Virginia Gubernatorial Debate   Audio Dean Smolla explains how he prepared to moderate the first debate in the closely watched Virginia governor's race and shares his impressions of the event.
	7/21/2009 - W&L Law Professor Says Delay Will Derail Health Care Reform — Again   Audio Washington and Lee University law professor Timothy Jost, who has written extensively on issues of health care and health law, believes that the longer Congress takes to produce health care legislation, the more likely it will be that history repeats itself.
	7/17/2009 - Charles Taylor Trial Noteworthy in International Law   Audio Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has taken the stand in his own defense to charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes. Washington and Lee University law professor Mark Drumbl, who specializes in international law, calls the case groundbreaking on several fronts.
	6/10/2009 - Washington and Lee and the Problem of Legal Education in the New South, 1865-1917   Video     Audio Gordon Hylton, visiting professor at the Washington and Lee School of Law, discusses the early days of Washington and Lee Law and some of the struggles it faced as legal education became standardized across the nation.
	5/27/2009 - Sonia Sotomayor Nominated to U.S. Supreme Court   Audio Washington and Lee Law Professor Ann Massie discusses the personal and judicial background of Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's choice to take the seat on the U.S. Supreme Court vacated by David Souter.
	5/11/2009 - Bankrupcty Filings Up With Weakened Economy   Audio Washington and Lee Law Professor Margaret Howard discusses the increase in bankrupcty filings and the work of the American Bankruptcy Institute.
	5/9/2009 - Graduation 2009   Video     Audio 2009 graduation ceremony at Washington and Lee University School of Law.
	5/9/2009 - 2009 Law Commencement Address   Video     Audio Lord Nicholas Addison Phillips, president of the newly formed Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, delivers the commencement address during the 2009 graduation exercises at the Washington and Lee University School of Law.
	4/29/2009 - The Case of Jesse Gelsinger   Audio Robin Fretwell Wilson is Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law and co-editor of Health Law and Bioethics: Cases in Context. Wilson discusses her chapter in the collection dealing with conflicts of interest in the death of Jesse Gelsinger, the first person to die in a gene therapy trial.
	4/29/2009 - Health Law and Bioethics: Cases in Context   Audio Robin Fretwell Wilson is Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law and co-editor of Health Law and Bioethics: Cases in Context. Wilson discusses the purpose of the collection.
	4/16/2009 - 2009 Hendricks Lecture - William T. Coleman   Video     Audio William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr., former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and first African-American to clerk for a U.S. Supreme Court justice, delivers the 2nd Annual Hendricks Lecture in Law and History.
	4/2/2009 - A Supreme Court Advocate's Perspective   Video     Audio Carter G. Phillips, one of the foremost U.S. Supreme Court advocates in the country, delivers the Seventh Annual Lewis F. Powell Jr. Lecture. The title of his talk is "The Incremental Effect of Unanimous Decisions and the Broad Effect of Divided Decisions: A Supreme Court Advocate's Perspective."
	3/30/2009 - Sixth Amendment Obligation of U.S. States   Audio Prof. Erik Luna explain the responsibilities individual states have for providing legal services to indigent defendants.
	3/26/2009 - Government Bailouts: Your Tax Dollars at Work   Video     Audio Former presidential candidate Bob Barr and Denny Garvis, professor of economics at Washington and Lee University, discuss the pros and cons of the economic, legal and policy implications of the use of government funding to bailout private corporations.
	3/25/2009 - Death Penalty Panel Discussion   Video     Audio Criminal law scholars discuss and debate death penalty issues. The discussion will focus primarily on the influence of contemporary culture on the Supreme Court's death penalty rulings. Panelists include Professor Corinna Barrett Lain from the University of Richmond; Professor Paul Marcus from William and Mary School of Law; and Professor Scott Sundby from Washington and Lee University School of Law. The discussion ismoderated by Professor David Bruck.
	3/23/2009 - The African Women's Protocol   Audio Prof. Charles Ngwena explains the importance of this new human rights treaty,adopted by the African Union in 2003 and implemented in 2005.
	3/20/2009 - Exploring the AIG Bonus Fiasco   Audio Mark Grunewald, James P. Morefield Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University and a labor and employment law specialist, discusses the AIG bonus controversy.
	3/19/2009 - Obama Administration Preview   Video     Audio The American Constitution Society presents the Obama Administration Preview, featuring Prof. Tim Jost on healthcare policy, Prof. Drumbl on international law policy and Prof. Millon on bailouts and other stimulus strategies. Topic: The Obama Administration Preview (Healthcare, International, and Stimulus Plans)
	3/19/2009 - Law Applications Buck National Trend   Audio Law Dean Rod Smolla comments on the surge in law school applications. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, application to W&L Law are up 29 percent, well above the national average.
	3/19/2009 - Controversies about Human Dignity: Implications for Biotechnology   Video     Audio Dr. James F. Childress, Professor of Ethics and Medical Education at the University of Virginia, delivers the inaugural lecture of the new Johnson & Johnson Law and Medicine Colloquium Series at the Washington and Lee School of Law.
	3/17/2009 - Supreme Court to Review Jones v. Harris   Audio Prof. Johnson discusses some of the issues at stake in a dispute over mutual fund advisor fees. Prof. Johnson has for the last three years served as an expert witness for the plaintiffs in the case, Jones v. Harris, as it moved through the lower courts.
	3/9/2009 - Obama Stimulus Package Tax Incentives   Audio Michelle Drumbl, assistant clinical professor of law and director of the law school's tax clinic, details some of the new tax deductions created by the recently passed economic stimulus package.
	3/9/2009 - Tips for 2008 Tax Preparation   Audio Michelle Drumbl, assistant clinical professor of law and director of the law school's tax clinic, highlights some exemptions to look for as you file your 2008 taxes.
	2/20/2009 - Climate Policy for the Obama Administration - Panel 4   Video     Audio This interdisciplinary symposium assesses the Administration's initial steps on climate change and reflects on the road ahead. Panel 4 examines ways to achieve justice through climate policy.
	2/20/2009 - Climate Policy for the Obama Administration - Panel 3   Video     Audio This interdisciplinary symposium assesses the Administration's initial steps on climate change and reflects on the road ahead. Panel 3 explores greening energy policy.
	2/20/2009 - Climate Policy for the Obama Administration - Panel 2   Video     Audio This interdisciplinary symposium assesses the Administration's initial steps on climate change and reflects on the road ahead. Panel 2 addresses complexities of scale.
	2/20/2009 - Climate Policy for the Obama Administration - Panel 1   Video     Audio This interdisciplinary symposium assesses the Administration's initial steps on climate change and reflects on the road ahead. Panel 1 deals with managing scientific and policy uncertainty.
	2/19/2009 - Law School Expert Explores Value of Khmer Rouge Trials   Audio Mark Drumbl, professor of law and director of the W&L School of Law's Transnational Law Institute, explores the value of the Khmer Rouge Trials, in which law students are participating as defense support.
	2/10/2009 - Climate Change and the Economy   Audio Prof. Hari Osofsky addresses the effects of environmental regulation on economic growth. Washington and Lee Law School recently hosted a symposium exploring the vast array of issues implicated by climate change.
	2/6/2009 - Obama Nominee Tax Snags   Audio Robert T. Danforth, tax expert and associate dean of academic affairs at Washington and Lee Law School, discusses tax filing problems that have plagued some Obama nominees as well as those from previous administrations.
	1/20/2009 - Affirmative Action and Higher Education: Help or Hindrance?   Video     Audio Gail Heriot, Professor of Law at University of San Diego School of Law, Roger Clegg, President of Center for Equal Opportunity, and Ted Delaney, Professor of History at Washington and Lee University discuss recent findings on the effects of affirmative action.
	1/19/2009 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day Speaker - Hilary O. Shelton   Video     Audio Hilary O. Shelton, director of the Washington bureau of the NAACP, speaks at Washington and Lee School of Law as part of the University's celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
	11/15/2008 - 2008 Law and Media Symposium: Panel Discussion   Video     Audio Panel and free-form discussion on Internet protections of political speech in light of the just-concluded presidential race. Featuring Jeanne Cummings of Politico.com; Bob Strong, Politics Department; and Rod Smolla, Dean of the Law School. Moderated by journalism department head Brian Richardson.
	11/14/2008 - 2008 Law and Media Symposium: Dean Erwin Chemerinsky   Video     Audio Erwin Chemerinsky, constitutional law expert and founding dean of the law school of the University of California, Irvine, delivers the 2008 Tucker Lecture as part of the annual Law and Media Symposium. Dean Chemerinsky discusses how previous adjustments in First Amendement law in response to the evolution of media are insufficient in dealing with the Internet.
	11/14/2008 - 2008 Law and Media Symposium: Jim Brady   Video     Audio Jim Brady, vice president and executive editor Washingtonpost.com, discusses some of the challenges of running one of the most popular site for online news.
	11/14/2008 - 2008 Law and Media Symposium: John Harris   Video     Audio John Harris of Politico.com talks about the end of print journalism and migration of the established media to online outlets.
	11/14/2008 - 2008 Law and Media Symposium: Moot Court Exercise   Video     Audio Dean Rod Smolla opens the 2008 Law and Media Symposium with a moot court exercise, where he presents oral arguments on both sides of a dispute before a fictional Supreme Court. The case involves the fictional college gossip site sleazycampus.com.
	11/11/2008 - Legal Reason in the Global Financial Markets   Video     Audio Dr. Annelise Riles, Jack G. Clarke '52 Professor of Far East Legal Studies, Professor of Anthropology, and Director of the Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture at Cornell Law School, delivers a lecture titled "Legal Reason in the Global Financial Markets."
	10/17/2008 - Winning Argument - 2008 Davis Moot Court Competition   Video     Audio Victoria Corder delivers her winning argument during the 2008 John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Competition at Washington and Lee School of Law.
	10/17/2008 - 2008 John W. Davis Moot Court Finals   Video     Audio The 2008 John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Competition concluded with the final round on Friday, October 19 in the Millhiser Moot Court Room at the Washington and Lee University School of Law.
	10/16/2008 - Justice Powell and the Death Penalty   Audio Larry A. Hammond, distinguished criminal defense attorney, Watergate special prosecutor and clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., speaks about the death penalty at the School of Law.
	10/14/2008 - 2008 ACS Supreme Court Preview   Video     Audio The American Constitution Society at Washington and Lee School of Law presents the annual Supreme Court Preview, a look ahead at important cases on the U.S. Supreme Court Docket. Featuring professors Eric Luna, Brian Murchison, Michelle Drumbl, Adam Scales, and Dean Rod Smolla.
	10/13/2008 - The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage   Audio The Federalist Society presents Professor Dale Carpenter, who gives a talk on "The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage."
	10/3/2008 - How Parents can Connect with their Children in Virtual Worlds   Audio Washington and Lee law professor Joshua Fairfield discusses how parents can participate in online games with their children. The School of Law hosted the first ever law symposium on virtual worlds on Oct. 3, 2008.
	10/3/2008 - Protecting Virtual Playgrounds - Keynote Address   Video     Audio Edward Castronova, the father of economic analysis of virtual worlds, delivers the keynote address for Protecting Virtual Playgrounds: Children, Law and Play Online.
	10/3/2008 - Protecting Virtual Playgrounds - Panel One   Video     Audio Dorothy Singer, Greg Lastowka, and Robin Wilson discuss the concept of play and how it has been central to the development of virtual worlds. Panel One of Protecting Virtual Playgrounds: Children, Law and Play Online.
	10/3/2008 - Protecting Virtual Playgrounds - Panel Three   Video     Audio Robert Bloomfield, Joshua Fairfield, and John Zuur Platten discuss the commercialization of child-oriented virtual worlds and challenges of regulation. Panel Three of Protecting Virtual Playgrounds: Children, Law and Play Online.
	10/3/2008 - Protecting Virtual Playgrounds - Panel Two   Video     Audio Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Brad Bushman, and Kaveri Subrahmanyam examine the latest social science research on the effects of videogames and virtual worlds on children. Panel Two of Protecting Virtual Playgrounds: Children, Law and Play Online.
	10/2/2008 - Law Review Notes Presentation: Allen Myers   Video     Audio Allen C. Myers, recipient of the Roy L. Steinheimer Award, presents his note titled, "Untangling the Safety Net: Protecting Federal Benefits from Freezes, Fees, and Garnishment."
	10/2/2008 - Law Review Notes Presentation: Michelle Evans   Video     Audio Michelle L. Evans, recipient of the Washington and Lee Law Council Law Review Award, presents her note titled "Wrongs Committed during a Marriage: The Child That No Area of the Law Wants to Adopt."
	10/1/2008 - The EU As Rising Superpower   Video     Audio Friis Arne Petersen, Danish Ambassador to the United States, gives his perspective on crucial contemporary issues regarding international relations and the evolution of the European Union.
	9/19/2008 - 2008 Robert J. Grey Negotiations Competition   Video     Audio The 2008 Robert J. Grey Jr. Negotiations competition at Washington and Lee University School of Law came to a close Friday evening, Sept. 19, with the team John Sorock and Shannon Sherrill taking top honors. This problem for this year's competition involved an elder law issue.
	9/15/2008 - The Future of the International Criminal Court   Video     Audio In advocating ratification of the Rome Statute by the U.S. to establish membership in the International Criminal Court, Ambassador David Scheffer remarks that "in this important endeavor, the Unites States is no longer a leading nation, nor are we a follower. We are simply an outlier, with little international relevance or influence."
	8/28/2008 - Clark Neily on D.C. v. Heller   Audio Clark Neily, Senior Attorney at the Institute for Justice, discusses the Supreme Court's decision in D.C. v. Heller and its impact on existing gun laws throughout the country.
	3/28/2008 - 2008 Powell Lecture   Video     Audio Philip K. Howard, a prominent attorney and advocate of legal reform, delivers the 2008 Powell Lecture.
	3/26/2008 - Health Care Debate   Video     Audio Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute and Dr. Ted Marmor of Yale University debate America's health care crisis. Moderated by Washington and Lee Law professor and nationally recognized health law expert Timothy Jost.
	3/17/2008 - Media, Law and the Courts Symposium   Video     Audio The inaugural Media, Law and the Courts symposium at Washington and Lee University takes a look back at how "60 Minutes Wednesday" handled the National Guard story and is asking: "What lessons have the media learned?" Participants include Michael Missal, Walter Dean, Thomas Spahn, and Edward Wasserman.
	2/22/2008 - When Massachusetts was Religious and Virginia Wasn't   Video     Audio William E. Nelson, the Judge Edward Weinfeld Professor of Law at New York University Law School, delivers the inaugural Hendricks Lecture in Law and History. Professor Nelson's lecture is titled "When Massachusetts was Religious and Virginia Wasn't - and Why it Changed."
	2/6/2008 - Breakfast with the Constitution   Audio This program explores the freedom of the press, examining a number of current issues relevant to the ability of journalists to obtain information on government activity, the protection of the confidentiality of a journalists' news sources, efforts by the government to restrain the publication of classified national security material, and attempts by the government to criminally prosecute journalists for divulging classified information leaked to the journalist by government officials.
	1/29/2008 - Diamonds, Guns, and Thugs--The West African Extreme   Video     Audio David Crane, former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, delivers a public lecture titled "Diamonds, Guns, and Thugs--The West African Extreme." Professor Kevin John Heller of the Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, New Zealand, provides a commentary on Chief Prosecutor Crane's lecture.
	12/14/2007 - Restitution Roundtable Part Two   Audio Eoin O'Dell, Lewis Law Center Scholar-in-Residence at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, hosts a scholar's roundtable discussion addressing restitution in North America.
	12/14/2007 - Restitution Roundtable Part One   Audio Eoin O'Dell, Lewis Law Center Scholar-in-Residence at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, hosts a scholar's roundtable discussion addressing restitution in North America.
	11/27/2007 - Academic Freedom at Public and Private Universities   Video     Audio Dean Smolla delivers the Inaugural Dean's Lecture. Dean Smolla explores the meaning of academic freedom on the modern university campus in a lecture titled "Freedom of Expression and Religion on the Modern Campus: Academic Freedom at Public and Private Universities."
	10/18/2007 - ACS Supreme Court Review   Video     Audio The American Constitution Society at Washington and Lee Law School held its first annual Supreme Court Discussion Panel: Looking Back and Moving Forward. Dean Rod Smolla, Professor Ann Massie, Professor David Bruck, Assistant Professor Lawton Cummings, and Visiting Professor Caprice Roberts discuss prior and upcoming Supreme Court cases.
	10/5/2007 - A District Judge's Thoughts about the Independent Judiciary Debate   Video     Audio The Hon. Joan H. Lefkow of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois delivers the 2007 Tucker Lecture at the Washington and Lee University School of Law.
	10/3/2007 - Class of 1975 Alumni Chair Investiture Lecture   Video     Audio Professor Mark Drumbl delivers the inaugural Class of 1975 Alumni Chair lecture. Prof. Drumbl was awarded earlier this year the Class of 1975 Alumni Chair previously held by Professor Roger Groot. The lecture is titled "Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law", based upon his book of the same name.
	9/25/2007 - Making Globalization Responsible   Video     Audio Professor Jose Alvarez, Hamilton Fish Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at Columbia Law School and the President of the American Society of International Law, delivered the Transnational Law Institute's fall lecture. His lecture is titled "Making Globalization Responsible".
	9/21/2007 - 2007 Powell Lecture   Video     Audio The Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the first law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, delivers the 2007 Powell lecture.
	9/17/2007 - Powell Symposium: Panel Two   Video     Audio As part of the Washington and Lee University School of Law's commemoration of the 100th birthday of Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, legal scholars and journalists gathered at the School of Law for a symposium addressing National Security and the First Amendment. Panel Two, moderated by Professor Dayo Abah, includes Chuck Rosenberg, Mike Allen, and ABC News President David Westin.
	9/17/2007 - Powell Symposium: Panel One   Video     Audio As part of the Washington and Lee University School of Law's commemoration of the 100th birthday of Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, legal scholars and journalists gathered at the School of Law for a symposium addressing National Security and the First Amendment. Panel One, moderated by Professor Brian Murchison, includes Dean Rod Smolla, Professor Kathleen Sullivan from Stanford, and former Deputy Attorney General James Comey.
	9/17/2007 - Powell Symposium: Opening Remarks   Video     Audio As part of the Washington and Lee University School of Law's commemoration of the 100th birthday of Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, legal scholars and journalists gathered at the School of Law for a symposium addressing National Security and the First Amendment. Providing opening remarks were Dean Rodney Smolla, President Ken Ruscio, and Lewis Powell III.
	4/13/2007 - Katrina Symposium: Former N.O. Mayor Marc Morial   Audio Former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial joined legal scholars from around the nation to discuss the Hurricane Katrina disaster during a symposium titled "Race and Class in the 21st Century Through the Lens of Hurricane Katrina."
	4/6/2007 - Powell Symposium: The Road from Bakke to Grutter   Video     Audio As part of the Washington and Lee University School of Law's commemoration of the 100th birthday of Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, legal scholars gathered at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. for a symposium addressing diversity in higher education. Panel One, "The Road from Bakke to Grutter", features John Jeffries, John Payton, and George Will.
	4/6/2007 - Powell Symposium: The Future of Affirmative Action in Higher Education   Video     Audio As part of the Washington and Lee University School of Law's commemoration of the 100th birthday of Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, legal scholars gathered at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. for a symposium addressing diversity in higher education. Panel Two, "The Future of Affirmative Action in Higher Education", features Lani Gunier, Gail Heriot, and Rachel Moran.
	3/12/2007 - The Making of Environmental Law   Video     Audio Professor Richard Lazarus of Georgetown University Law Center delivers a lecture titled 'The Making of Environmental Law' at Washington and Lee University School of Law on Thursday, March 8 at 3:00 p.m. in the Millhiser Moot Court Room.
	2/6/2007 - Iraqi High Tribunal: Saddam Hussein Conviction and Execution   Video     Audio The Transnational Law Institute at the Washington and Lee University School of Law presents an honorary lecture by Prof. M. Cherif Bassiouni titled Iraqi High Tribunal: Saddam Hussein Conviction and Execution. Bassiouni is one of the world's leaders in the field of international criminal law and war crimes trials.
	1/27/2007 - Exporting American Norms: Values, Honor, and Controversy in U.S. Foreign Policy   Video     Audio School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl delivers a lecture as part of the 2007 Institute for Honor.
	1/19/2007 - Robert Grey Speaks at Founder's Day/ODK Convocation   Video     Audio Robert Grey '76, Washington and Lee trustee, delivers the annual Founders' Day address on "Leadership for the Common Good."
	10/20/2006 - The Roberts Court: Initial Impressions   Video     Audio Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor and legal correspondent for Slate magazine, offers some initial impressions on the Roberts Court for this year's Tucker Lecture. Lithwick writes the columns "Supreme Court Dispatches" and "Jurisprudence" for Slate and has covered everything from the Microsoft trial to the calculus of capital punishment.
	10/4/2006 - Supreme Court Preview   Video     Audio Professors from the Washington and Lee University School of Law preview several key cases to be argued before the Supreme Court during the Court's 2006-2007 session. Faculty frame the important issues of the case, discuss case facts, and explain the routes the cases took through the lower courts before being accepted by the Supreme Court.
	9/29/2006 - The Press and National Security in Wartime   Video     Audio Professor Mary-Rose Papandrea of the Boston College Law School delivers the inaugural Charles S. Rowe First Amendment Lecture. The topic of Professor Papandrea's lectureis "The Press and National Security in Wartime".
	9/26/2006 - American Justice in a Globalized World   Video     Audio Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University delivers the inaugural lecture for the Transnational Law Institute. The topic of Dean Slaughter's lecture is "American Justice in a Globalized World".