Past Symposia
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Marijuana at the Crossroads
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Right to Access Symposium
On November 3-5, 2011, the Byron White Center held the 19th Annual Rothgerber Conference on “Toward a Constitutional Right of Access to Justice: Implications and Implementation.” This year’s Conference explored the many facets of access to justice.
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Neuroscience & Criminal Law
On March 4, 2011, the Denver University Law Review hosted a symposium to discuss recent advances in neuroscientific techniques and methods that offer both promise and pitfalls for law. Because neuroscientific evidence is being offered in courts at an accelerating rate, the stakes are high. This symposium provided insight into current neuroscientific capabilities, discussed several trends, and highlighted recent and forthcoming developments.
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Popular Constitutionalism
On January 27 and 28, the Denver University Law Review co-sponsored the 2011 Ira C. Rothgerber Conference. This two day conference, which centered on "Popular Constitutionalism and the Uses of History in Constitutional Argument," featured a Keynote Address by Harvard University Professor Jill Lepore.
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Medical Marijuana
On April 5, 6 and 7, 2010, the Denver University Law Review co-sponsored a three-day debate focusing on medical marijuana. This debate brought together attorneys, doctors, academics and politicians, each who shared various, and often contradictory, viewpoints about Colorado's treatment of medical marijuana. Video of the debate can be viewed here.
Additionally, the Law Review invited each of the speakers to draft written comments, expanding on what they said during the debate. Characteristic of the debate itself, the written responses represent varying viewpoints within this important discussion. The written responses can be found here.
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Government Speech
On January 22, 2010, the Denver University Law Review joined the University of Colorado’s Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law to host a Symposium on “Government Speech.” Held in the Old Supreme Court Chambers at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, the event brought together the nation’s top government speech scholars for a spirited discussion. This Issue of the Denver University Law Review showcases the written product from that discussion.
Moreover, the Denver University Law Review invited several interested "Government Speech" scholars to join this discussion by drafting responses to the printed works. Their contributions can be read here.
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Legal Scholarship in the Internet Age
This series of articles marked the formal launching of the Denver University Law Review’s online supplement, DULR Online. The DU Law Review was not the first to test the utility of an online counterpart to a law journal; several other journals have already established online forums. Despite this growing trend, many questions about the role of electronic resources in legal scholarship remain unanswered. This series aimed to expand upon a few of the issues surrounding online legal scholarship.
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Cyber Civil Rights
The Denver University Law Review is proud to present an online symposium on Cyber Civil Rights.
This series showcases the written product of our November 2009 conference, Cyber Civil Rights: New Challenges for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in our Networked Age. Participants included professors and practitioners from across the country, who presented their views on three subjects: Online Harassment, Privacy, and Regulation.
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Contextualizing Online Harassment
This online symposia includes an eleven-part series entitled Cyber Civil Rights.