Gershenson Faculty Workshop Series 2024-2025

The Charles H. Gershenson Faculty Workshop Series at Wayne State University Law School brings leading scholars from across the country to present works in progress for comment and discussion. Wayne Law is hosting the 2024-2025 workshops in person and on Zoom. Faculty from other law schools are welcome to participate. For more information, contact Professor Michael Oswalt, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development. The workshop series is made possible by the Charles H. Gershenson Trust Endowment Fund.

2024-2025 Presenters

Thursday, September 5, 2024

• 12:15 p.m. Doron Dorfman, Seton Hall Law School
• Presentation Topic:  Third Party Accommodations

Thursday, October 10, 2024

• 12:15 p.m. Brian Leiter, University of Chicago Law School
• Presentation Topic:  The Roles of Judges in Democracies: A Realistic View

Monday, December 9, 2024

• 12:15 p.m. Carliss Chatman, SMU Dedman School of Law School, Visiting Boston University School of Law, Fall 2024
• Presentation Topic:  1981

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

• 12:15 p.m. Richard Re, University of Virginia School of Law
• Presentation Topic:  Legal Realignment

Thursday, February 27, 2025

• 12:15 p.m. Alexander Reinert, Cardozo School of Law
• Presentation Topic:  Bivens, Monell, and Remedial Convergence

Thursday, March 6, 2025

• 12:15 p.m. César Rosado-Marzán, University of Iowa College of Law
• Presentation Topic:  A Baseline of Decency: The Moral Economy of Worker Centers and Alt-Labor

Thursday, March 27, 2025

• 12:15 p.m. Hiba Hafiz, Boston College Law School
• Presentation Topic:  Unfree Labor: The Legal Geography of Work

Thursday, April 3, 2025

• 12:15 p.m. Douglas NeJaime, Yale Law School
• Presentation Topic:  True Parenthood

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

• 12:15 p.m. Michelle Adams, University of Michigan Law School
• Presentation Topic:  The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North

To join each workshop virtually, visit the Zoom link above.