Upcoming speaking engagements

For those who may be interested, here is an updated list of my speaking engagements over the next few months. Many are about about my recently published book The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain, which is the first book by a legal scholar about one of the Supreme Court's most controversial property rights decisions.

Sept. 15, 2015, 4-5:30 PM, New York City, NYU Law School, 40 Washington Square South, Vanderbilt Hall, Rm. 206: "The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain,"Classical Liberal Institute, New York University Law School. With commentary by NYU Professor Richard Epstein, a leading academic expert on takings.

Sept. 20, 2015, 1-4:30 PM, Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona, Rogers College of Law: Constitution Day panel on notable Supreme Court cases of the most recent term. With Prof. RonNell Andersen Jones (BYU Law School), federal Judge G. Murray Snow, and U of Arizona Prof. David Marcus.

September 22, noon, Tempe, AZ, Arizona State University College of Law,: "The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain," Federalist Society (with commentary by Arizona State law Prof. Dennis Karjala)

September 25, 2015, 2:30-3:30 PM, Baltimore, MD: University of Vermont/University of Maryland Takings Conference, Panel on "Kelo after 10 Years." Other participants in the panel include University of Minnesota Prof. Alexandra Klass and Eva Tillman, principal counsel for condemnation of the Baltimore Solicitor's Office.

September 29, 2015, Charlottesville, VA, University of Virginia School of Law, 11:30-1 PM: "The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain," University of Virginia Federalist Society (with commentary by UVA Professor Jon Cannon).

Oct. 1, 2015, Lexington, VA, Washington and Lee College of Law, noon: "The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain," Washington and Lee Federalist Society

October 15, 2015 (time TBA) Los Angeles, CA, UCLA Law School: "The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain," UCLA Law School Federalist Society

October 22, 2015, Boston, MA, Boston University School of Law, noon: "The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain," BU Federalist Society

October 24, 2015, New Haven, CT, Yale Law School, 11 AM (tentative time): Panel on "Income Inequality and Democracy," with Yale Law School Prof. Bruce Ackerman, Yale Law School Prof. Anne Alstott, and economist Gene Sperling (former economic adviser to President Obama).

October 28, 2015, Austin, TX, University of Texas School of Law, Faculty Colloquium: "The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain." (open only to UT Austin law faculty).

October 29, 2015, Austin, TX, noon-1 PM (tentative time), : "The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain." Austin Lawyers Division Federalist Society chapter.

November 3, Washington, DC, Heritage Foundation, noon-1 PM (tentative time): "The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain."

Nov. 5, 2015, noon, Berkeley CA, University of California Berkeley Hall School of Law: "The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain," University of California, Berkeley Federalist Society.

Nov. 5, 2015 (evening time TBA): "The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain," Federalist Society, San Francisco Lawyers Division Chapter

Nov. 19, 2015 (time TBA), Lakeland, FL:"The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain," Florida Southern College