Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture Series
The Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture Series is supported by the Charles Loridans Foundation. The series is named for Henry J. Miller, a partner in the law firm of Alston & Bird for more than 50 years.
Spring 2012 – 50th Lecture
Professor Erwin Chemerinsky
Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law at Stanford Law School
“Closing the Courthouse Doors.”
February 9, 2012
Fall 2011 – 49th Lecture
Professor Roberta Romano
Sterling Professor of Law and Director of the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law
"For Diversity in the International Regulation of Financial Institutions: Rethinking the Basel Architecture."
November 3, 2011
Spring 2011 – 48th Lecture
Professor Pamela S. Karlan
Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law at Stanford Law School
“Old Reasons, New Reasons, No Reasons.”
March 31, 2011
Event Details - Video and transcript
Fall 2010 – 47th Lecture
Professor Mark Tushnet
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law
“The Hughes Court's Treatment of Radical Dissent: The Case of Angelo Herndon”
October 21, 2010
Spring 2010 - 46th Lecture
Professor Ian Ayres
William K. Townsend Professor and Anne Urowsky Professorial Fellow in Law at Yale Law School.
"Legal Barriers to Diversification"
March 18, 2010
Event details - Video - transcript coming soon-
Fall 2009 - 45th Lecture
Professor Geoffrey R. Stone
Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago.
"The Second Great Awakening: A Christian Nation?"
October 15, 2009
Event details - Video and transcript
Spring 2009 - 44th Lecture
Professor Peggy Cooper Davis
John S.R. Shad Professor of Lawyering and Ethics, New York University School of Law
"Intellectual Versatility in the Study and Practice of Law"
March 26, 2009
Event details - Video and transcript
Fall 2008 - 43rd Lecture
Professor John O. McGinnis
Stanford Clinton Sr. Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
"The Bush Administration's Legal Strategy in the War on Terror: A Retrospective"
October 23, 2008
Event details - Video, audio and transcript
Spring 2008 - 42nd Lecture
The Hon. Justice Sandra Day O' Connor
42nd Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture, Keynote Anniversary Speaker
March 11, 2008
Fall 2007 - 41st Lecture
Professor Frederick Schauer
Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government
"Has Precedent Ever Really Mattered in the Supreme Court?"
September 10, 2007
News Article - Draft Paper - Video