Law Talk Live at Columbia Law School

On Thursday, September 14th at 3:00 PM, CLI Director Richard Epstein, will will be a panelist on a live podcast recording at Columbia Law School in conversation with John Yoo, Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley School of Law, and Eric Talley, Isidor & Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Columbia Law […]

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Waldron and Epstein: Part I: Hayek and the Problem of Knowledge

Please join us for this two-part lunch series featuring Professors Richard Epstein, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, and Jeremy Waldron, University Professor, NYU School of Law. Professors Epstein and Waldron will be focusing each of the two sessions on a classic philosopher, Friedrich A. von Hayek and H. L. A. Hart. Part I will […]

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How the First Ten Amendments Became the Bill of Rights

Tuesday, February 28, 2017  |  12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Vanderbilt Hall, Room 206 40 Washington Square South Please join Professor Michael Douma of Georgetown University in a discussion of his forthcoming paper, “How the First Ten Amendments Became the Bill of Rights.” Professor Douma will present his paper, followed by time for questions and discussion. […]

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Medical Innovation and the Law

Wednesday, February 22, 2017  |  10:00 AM – 2:30 PM Lipton Hall 108 West 3rd Street New York, NY 10012 Please join us for this symposium on “Medical Innovation and the Law.” The event will include two panels and a keynote speaker. The first panel, “The FDA: Challenges for a New Century,” will discuss in which […]

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Epstein & Issacharoff: The Federalist Papers

Please join Professors Richard Epstein and Samuel Issacharoff in a discussion of a selection from The Federalist Papers and their conception of democratic politics. This session will focus on articles 1, 10, 44, 51 and 78 of the Papers. There will be additional related reading that will be made available to those who RSVP. Free lunch will be […]

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Twelfth Annual Friedrich A. von Hayek Lecture

Thursday, October 20, 2016  |  6:00 PM – 7:45 PM Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall 40 Washington Square South We are pleased to invite you to the Twelfth Annual Friedrich A. von Hayek Lecture, featuring Robert C. Ellickson, Walter E. Meyer Professor Emeritus of Property and Urban Law and Professorial Lecturer in Law at Yale Law […]

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Event at New York Law School

Richard Epstein will be a panelist at an event at New York Law School on September 29, 2016: The Election, The Supreme Court, The Constitution and the Rule of Law: A panel discussion on law and the implications of the presidential election. For full details and to register for the event, please click here.

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International Forum Shopping and the Panama Papers

On Thursday, October 6, 2016 from 1:00 – 2:45 PM, the Classical Liberal Insititute will hold a symposium that will focus on the topic of international forum shopping and the Panama Papers. The panelists will discuss issues that businesses consider when deciding where to locate and expand worldwide, including social, legal, and political considerations, and how and […]

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Waldron & Epstein: Property & Philosophy, Part II (Bentham)

Please join us for this two-part lunch series featuring Professors Richard Epstein, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, and Jeremy Waldron, University Professor, NYU School of Law. Professors Epstein and Waldron will be focusing each of the two sessions on a classic philosopher, discussing the thinker’s theory of property. Part II will focus on Jeremy Bentham. […]

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Now Accepting Fellowship Applications

The Classical Liberal Institute at NYU School of Law (CLI) invites applications for a two-year post-doctoral fellowship position, beginning in September 2017. This is a full-time fellowship located at the New York University School of Law in New York, New York. Description: The purpose of the fellowship is to promote the candidate’s research training and […]

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