About the Workshop
The Berkeley/Texas/Toronto/Yale Private Law Junior Faculty Forum (BETTY) is a new platform dedicated to fostering an in-depth exchange of ideas on the conceptual and normative foundations of private law. It aims to build an engaged community of private law scholars, with a particular emphasis on strengthening connections between junior and senior professors. We are currently seeking submissions for this meeting. Eight junior scholars will be selected through a blind review process to present their work at the Forum. A senior faculty member will provide commentary on each paper, followed by the author’s response and an open Q&A session. Here is the call for papers.
The Organizing Committee
Avihay Dorfman
Professor of Law and Founding Director, The Private Law Theory Program
University of Texas at Austin
Hanoch Dagan
Elizabeth J. Boalt Distinguished Professor of Law and Founding Director, Berkeley Center for Private Law Theory
Berkeley Law
Larissa Katz
Professor of Law and Cecil A. Wright Chair
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Daniel Markovits
Guido Calabresi Professor of Law and Founding Director, Yale Center for the Study of Private Law
Yale Law School
The Program
April 17
Location: JON 6.206
9:30: Gather and light breakfast
9:45: Opening remarks
10:00-11:15: Andew Jennings (Emory), Everyday Veil Piercing with comments by Henry T. C. Hu (UT)
11:15-11:30: Break
11:30-12:45: Jared Mayer (Cardozo), The Modern Corporation and the Ghost of Partnerships Past with comments by Mira Ganor (UT)
12:45-2:00: Lunch
2:00-3:15: Emily Stolzenberg (Villanova), Toward a Private Law of Intimate Obligations with comments by Sean Williams (UT)
3:15-3:30: Break
3:30-4:45: Michael Pressman (Utah), Measuring Privileged Harm with comments by Mark Gergen (Berkeley)
5:00: Break/stroll/drinks
6:00: Dinner (TBA)
April 18
Location: TBA
8:30: Light breakfast
9:00-10:15: James Toomey (Iowa), Privately-Crafted Obligations with Comments by Erik Encarnacion (UT)
10:15-10:35: Break
10:35 – 11:55: Haim Abraham (UCL), A Rights-Based Understanding of Deterrence with comments by Avihay Dorfman (UT) [or TBA]
11:55-12:20: Closing remarks
12:20-1:20: Lunch
Participants
Haim Abraham, UCL
Hanoch Dagan, Berkeley
Avihay Dorfman, Texas
Erik Encarnacion, Texas
Mira Ganor, Texas
Mark Gergen, Berkeley
Henry T.C. Hu, Texas
Andrew Jennings, Emory
Larissa Katz, Toronto
Daniel Markovits, Yale
Jared Mayer, Cardozo
Michael Pressman, Utah
Emily Stolzenberg, Villanova
James Toomey, Iowa
Sean Williams, Texas
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