Did you miss an event or want to see something again? The Chapman University Fowler School of Law maintains Webcast Archives of select previous events for visitors to view on their own time. Previous events are sorted below by year for you to view.
(Note: due to website infrastructure changes, some video links may not be available.)
Class of 2021 Commencement Ceremony
Friday, July 30, 2021
September 29, 2020: Chapman Dialogue Series
Jimmie Gardner, judicial reform advocate
January 24, 2020: Chapman Law Review Annual Symposium
Keynote Address by Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
Friday, May 19, 2017
Monday, April 17, 2017: Chapman Dialogue Featuring The Honorable Russell D. Feingold, Former United States Senator from the State of Wisconsin
The Growing Threat to the Legitimacy of the U.S. Government
Friday, April 14, 2017: Entertainment & Sports Law Symposium: The Evolution of Sports Business
Thursday, March 16, 2017: Chapman Dialogue Featuring Peggie R. Smith, Charles F. Nagel Professor of Employment and Labor Law
Regulating Care Work in an Aging Society: Past Trends and Present Challenges
Friday, February 10, 2017: Chapman Law Review Symposium: The Future of the Legal Profession
November 4, 2016: Diversity and Social Justice Forum Symposium
October 24, 2016: Chapman Dialogue featuring Alfred Chueh-Chin Yen, Associate Dean of Faculty; Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
Aesthetics, Stare Decisis, and Copyright's Promotion of the Arts
October 3, 2016: Chapman Dialogue featuring Manuel A. Utset, Jr., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and William & Catherine VanDercreek Professor, Florida State University College of Law
Financial Regulation: A Behavioral Law & Economics Perspective
September 20, 2016: Chapman Dialogue featuring Molly Ball, National Political Correspondent, The Atlantic
2016 and the Great Disruption of American Politics
August 29, 2016: Hugh and Hazel Darling Law Library Book Talk featuring Alumnus Timothy Sandefur
The Permission Society
May 18, 2016
Class of 2016 Commencement Ceremony
April 5, 2016: Chapman Dialogue featuring the Honorable Salim Joubran, Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel
Freedom of Religion and the Role of the Supreme Court
March 29, 2016: Chapman Dialogue featuring Lonnie T. Brown, Jr., A. Gus Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics and Professionalism, University of Georgia School of Law
From Watts to Ferguson: The Prophetic Wisdom of Ramsey Clark
March 14, 2016: Chapman Dialogue featuring Richard A. Epstein, Inaugural Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
Justice Scalia's Jurisprudential Legacy of Property Rights
March 3, 2016: Social Justice Symposium: Blinded Justice: A Discussion About Whether The Legal System Values and Protects Diverse Communities
February 12, 2016: Entertainment & Sports Law Symposium: Relationships, Regulations & Compliance: Forces of Change in Sports Law and Business
February 8, 2016: Chapman Dialogue featuring David Thronson, Associate Dean for Experiential Education and Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law
Immigration Law and the Family
January 29, 2016: Chapman Law Review Symposium: Cyber Wars: Navigating Responsibilities for the Public and Private Sector
January 21, 2016: Chapman Dialogue featuring Robert B. Adhieh, Vice Dean and K.H. Gyr Professor of Private International Law at Emory University School of Law
The Golden Age of Legal Education
November 16, 2015: Chapman Dialogue featuring James Gibson, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law
Relying on Reputation
October 26, 2015: Chapman Dialogue featuring Jennifer L. Mnookin, Dean; David G. Price and Dallas P. Price Professor of Law; and Faculty Co-Director, Program on Understanding Law, Science & Evidence (PULSE), UCLA School of Law
Modular, Made-in-Advance Expert Testimony: Opportunities and Obstacles
October 23, 2015: Nexus Symposium: A Sustainable Future: The Advancement and Implementation of Renewable Energy
October 8, 2015: Chapman Dialogue featuring Lawrence B. Solum, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
The Case for Originalism: Justifying the Constraining Force of the Constitutional Text
September 10, 2015: Chapman Dialogue featuring Christopher Slobogin, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law; Professor of Psychiatry; and Director, Criminal Justice Program, Vanderbilt University School of Law
Can the Fourth Amendment Survive in a Digital Age?
April 6, 2015: Chapman Dialogue featuring Garry W. Jenkins, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and John C. Elam/Vorys Sater Professor of Law, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Next-Gen Giving: How New Philanthropy Helps and Hurts
March 24, 2015: Chapman Dialogue featuring Nestor M. Davidson, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law
The Administrative City-State: Administrative Law in Local Governance
February 19, 2015: Chapman Dialogue featuring Monica Hakimi, Associate Dean for Academic Programming and Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
What's the Point of International Law?
February 6, 2015: Entertainment & Sports Law Symposium: Taking Care of Business: How the Evolution of the Marketplace is Changing the Rules of the Game
February 2, 2015: Chapman Dialogue featuring Tom Ginsburg, Deputy Dean, Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar, and Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago Law School
Were the Framers Right about Constitutional Design? The U.S. Constitution in Comparative Perspective
January 30, 2015: Chapman Law Review Symposium: Trolls or Toll-Takers: Do Intellectual Property Non-Practicing Entities Add Value to Society?
January 26, 2015: Chapman Dialogue featuring Daniel B. Rodriguez, Dean and Harold Washington Professor, Northwestern University School of Law; Immediate Past President, Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
The Law-Business-Technology Interface and its Impact on Professional Education
November 13, 2014: Chapman Dialogue featuring Melanie D. Wilson, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, University of Kansas School of Law (MCLE 1 hour)
The Moral Impediment to Justice
October 24, 2014: Nexus Journal Symposium: Regulating California Businesses: Are Current Laws Best Serving the State's Economic Interests or Has the Sun Set on California? (MCLE 5 hours)
September 22, 2014: Chapman Dialogue featuring Tom Goldstein, Supreme Court litigator and co-founder SCOTUSblog
Perspectives on Finding Your Niche and Personalizing Your Path in Law
May 23, 2014
Class of 2014 Commencement Ceremony
April 10, 2014: Chapman Dialogue featuring Laura Underkuffler, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and J. DuPratt White Professor of Law, Cornell University Law School
Captured by Evil?: Markets, Morals, and the Rule of Law
April 3, 2014: Chapman Dialogue featuring Gillian Lester, Acting Dean and Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of Law, Werner and Mimi Wolfen Research Professor, Berkeley Law School, University of California
Paradoxical Preferences on Social Spending and Taxes: Implications for Regulatory Design
March 25, 2014: Chapman Dialogue featuring Alexander M. Capron, University Professor, Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy and Ethics, Professor of Law and Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, Co-Director, Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics at University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Should We Lift the Ban on Buying and Selling Human Organs for Transplantation?
March 14, 2014: Chapman Law Review Symposium: Business Tax Reform: Emerging Issues in the Taxation of U.S. Entities (MCLE 6 hours)
February 7, 2014: Entertainment & Sports Law Symposium: Where Sports and the Law Collide: Understanding the Legal Climate of the Sports Industry (MCLE 6 hours)
January 27, 2014: Chapman Dialogue featuring Robert M. Chesney, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Charles I. Francis Professor in Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
War Powers Without War? The Surprisingly Slim Legal Significance of the Armed-Conflict Model of Counterterrorism
November 11, 2013: Chapman Dialogue featuring Douglas J. Sylvester, Dean, Professor of Law and Faculty Fellow, Center for Law, Science & Innovation at Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
The Role of Law Schools after the JD
November 7, 2013: Kelly O'Donnell Presentation
Canon Law and its Intersection with Secular Law
November 4, 2013: Gregory Gordon Presentation
The Forgotten Nuremberg Hate Speech Case: Otto Dietrich and the Future of Persecution Law.
October 23, 2013: Chapman Dialogue featuring Kenneth Feinberg, Founder and Managing Partner, Feinberg Rosen, LLP
Unconventional Responses to Unique Catastrophes: Tailoring the Law to Meet the Challenges
October 8, 2013: Chapman Dialogue featuring Trevor Potter, Partner, Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, D.C.
Representing Exceptional Clients in Election Law Cases
February 1, 2013: Chapman Law Review Symposium: The Future of Law, Business, and Legal Education: How to Prepare Students to Meet Corporate Needs (MCLE 6 hours)
November 13, 2012: Chapman Dialogue featuring David Scheffer, Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law and Director of the Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University School of Law
Chasing Leadership Impunity: The Rapid Evolution of International Criminal Law
May 18, 2012
Class of 2012 Commencement Ceremony
March 21, 2012 (MCLE 1 hour)
How to Manage Client Expectations and Collect Fees
March 15, 2012: Chapman Dialogue featuring Peter H. Schuck, Simeon E. Baldwin Professor Emeritus of Law and Professor (Adjunct) of Law, Yale Law School
Immigration Policy: Myths and Realities
March 7, 2012: Karyl Ketchum
The GLAD Project
February 17, 2012: Ernesto Hernandez-Lopez, Professor of Law, Chapman University School of Law
Los Angeles Taco Truck Wars (2008-09)
January 27, 2012: Chapman Law Review Symposium: The 40th Anniversary of Watergate: A Commemoration of the Rule of Law (MCLE 6 hours)
December 2, 2011: Chapman Dialogue featuring Walter E. Dellinger lll, the Douglas B. Maggs Professor Emeritus of Law at Duke University School of Law
Lincoln, King and Mendez: The Quest for American Equality
November 29, 2011: Chapman Dialogue featuring Catharine A. MacKinnon, Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Trafficking, Prostitution and Inequality
November 4, 2011: Nexus Journal Symposium: FOOD FIGHT! The Legal Debate over the Obesity Epidemic, Food Labeling, and the Government's Involvement in What You Eat
Panel 1: Framing the Issues: Obesity & Food Regulations
Keynote Lunch: Food Fight! Our Food Choices & Who's Making Them
Panel 2: Agricultural Policy & the Role of Direct Farm Businesses
Panel 3: Obesity's Weighty Questions: The Government, Lawyers & Your Health
November 3, 2011
Faithful and Queer: The Role of Progressive Faith Communities in Promoting Civil Rights
October 27, 2011: Chapman Dialogue with Adrien K. Wing, Bessie Dutton Murray Professor, University of Iowa of College of Law, and Bette and Wylie Aitken Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, Chapman University Fowler School of Law
After the Last Judgment: The Future of Middle East Constitutionalism
September 23, 2011: Laura Rothstein, Professor of Law and Distinguished University Scholar, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville
Disability Policy in Education Settings: The Eisenhower Highway System as a Roadmap
September 16, 2011: Gabriel "Jack" Chin, Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law
Civil Death in the Regulatory State
May 20, 2011
Class of 2011 Fowler School of Law Commencement Ceremony
March 23, 2011: Chapman Dialogue Featuring Marisa Cianciarulo, Fowler School of Law Professor>
Immigration Controversies: The Birthright Citizenship Debate
March 16, 2011: Chapman Dialogue Featuring Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law, UCLA Law School
The Mechanisms of the Slippery Slope
March 7, 2011
Advising Your Clients Under the New Estate and Gift Tax Law
February 21, 2011: Chapman Dialogue Featuring Martin James McMahon, Jr., Stephen C. O'Connell Professor of Law, University of Florida Frederic G. Levin College of Law
Taxing Tax Expenditures
January 28, 2011: Chapman Law Review Symposium: From Wall Street to Main Street: The Future of Financial Regulation
Into the Bog: An Introduction to Dodd-Frank
Congress Punts; Administrative Agencies Receive; Welcome to a Decade of Rule Making
The Return of the Rating Agencies: Rerun or Redemption
Who's the Boss? Re-writing the Rules of Corporate Governance
January 28, 2011: Chapman Dialogue featuring Steven L. Schwarcz, Stanley A. Star Professor of Law & Business, Duke University School of Law
Ex Ante Versus Ex Post Financial Regulations
November 18, 2010: Chapman Dialogue featuring Michael A. Perino, Dean George W. Matheson Professor of Law, St. John's University School of Law
The Hellhound of Wall Street: How Ferdinand Pecora's Investigation of the Great Crash Forever Changed American Finance
October 22, 2010: Nexus Symposium: Citizens Divided on Citizens United: Campaign Finance Reform and the First Amendment
October 6, 2010: Chapman Dialogue featuring Jindal Global Law School Dean C. Raj Kumar
Establishing India's First Global Law School: Institution Building for Nation Building
October 4, 2010: Chapman Dialogue featuring Professor June Carbone
Reflections on Red Families v. Blue Families
May 21, 2010
Class of 2010 Commencement Ceremony
April 21-23, 2010: Beyond Copenhagen, An International Conference on Climate Change
Wednesday, April 21
Speaker: Dr. Paul Chan Climate Science Primer: "Climate Change and its Skeptics"
Thursday, April 22
Speaker: Dr. Ghassem Asrar
Speaker: Dr. Jane Long
Food & Water Panel
Moderator: Dr. Anuradha Prakash
Panelists: Mr. Robert Goodland, Honorable A.G. Kawamura, Dr. Ruben Morawicki, Dr. Soroosh Sorooshian, Dr. Christopher Weber
Professional Lunch and Speaker: Mr. Pierre-Andre Senizergues
Speaker: Dr. Randy Friedl
Speaker: Dr. Fotis C. Kafatos
Health Panel
Moderator: Dr. Larry Santora
Panelists: Dr. William K. Lau, Dr. William Sprigg, Ms. Jill Whynot, Dr. Lewis Ziska
Climate Discussion
Moderator: Dean Menas Kafatos
Discussants: Dr. Robert Bishop, Dr. Tom Campion, Mr. Joel Kotkin,Dr. Berrien Moore, Dr. Edward Wegman
Friday, April 23
International Law Panel
Moderator: Prof. Donald Kochan
Panelists: Prof. Michael Ramsey, Prof. Amy Sinden, Dr. Jonathan Zasloff
Physical Science, Energy & Law Panel
Moderator: Dr. Deepa Badrinarayana
Panelists: Prof. Victor Flatt, Prof. Hari Osofsky, Mr. Joshua Fershee
Professional Lunch and Speaker: Mr. David Nahai
Speaker: Mr. Robert Sturtz
Energy & Economy Panel
Moderator: Dr. Esmael Adibi
Panelists: Mr. Steve Bray, Dr. Frank Harris, Dr. Stephen Rassenti, Mr. Robert Rose
April 20, 2010:
2010 Madison Lecture - Reenactment of Fletcher v. Peck
February 5, 2010: Southern California Transit Forum: The Transit Funding Crisis: Getting From Here to There
January 29, 2010: Chapman Law Review Symposium: Drug War Madness: Policies, Borders & Corruption
November 19, 2009: Chapman Dialogue with Jesse H. Choper, Earl Warren Professor of Public Law, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
The Future of the Supreme Court -- Liberal or Conservative and What That Really Means.
October 30, 2009: Nexus Journal Symposium: The 80th Anniversary of the Great Crash of 1929: Law, Markets and the Role of the State, with Keynote Presentations by Tom Campbell and Timothy Canova.
Economic & Regulatory Landscape in the Aftermath of the Great Depression
Federal Financial Regulatory Reform
Practical and Theoretical Implications of Public Sector Financial Reform
Keynote Presentation: Impact of the Recession on California & the Local Economy
October 20, 2009: Chapman Dialogue with Rachel F. Moran
Transformative Law.
October 08, 2009: Chapman Dialogue with Lino A. Graglia
The Seattle School Case Paradox: How can Race Discrimination be Constitutionally Required One Day and Constitutionally Prohibited the Next?
September 24, 2009
Battle of the Deans, Eastman vs. Chemerinsky
August 28, 2009: Chapman Dialogue with Eric S. Janus, President and Dean, William Mitchell College of Law
Preventative Detention: Sex Abusers and Terrorists
August 7, 2009: Chapman Journal of Criminal Justice Symposium: Specialty Courts in Criminal Justice: Challenges and Opportunities, with Keynote Presentation by Honorable Peggy Hora
May 22, 2009
Fowler School of Law Commencement Ceremony
April 21, 2009: Debate featuring John Yoo
Presidential Powers in Time of Crisis
April 2, 2009: Chapman Dialogue with Robert A. Williams Jr.
Why the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and No One Else Voted Against the United Nations Declaration on Indigenous Rights: The 'Implementation Gap' in the English Common Law Settler States.
March 26, 2009: Climate Change Symposium
March 20, 2009: Chapman Dialogue with Laura Gomez
Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race.
March 13, 2009: Chapman Dialogue with Nadine Strossen
Conversation on Constitutional Civil Liberties.
February 27, 2009: Nexus Journal Symposium: "Judicial Activism: Same Sex Marriage and the Aftermath of Proposition 8."
February 26, 2009: Chapman Dialogue with Stephen Zamora
Amending NAFTA.
February 23, 2009: Chapman Dialogue with Richard Epstein
Positive Rights in a World of Scarcity.
February 13, 2009: Chapman Dialogue with Dale Whitman
Why the Mortgage Market Crashed and What Can Be Done About It.
February 10, 2009: Chapman Dialogue with Albie Sachs
Light on a Hill: The Constitutional Court of South Africa
January 30, 2009: Chapman Law Review Symposium, Lincoln's Constitutionalism in Time of War: Lessons for the Current War on Terror?
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January 16, 2009: Chapman Dialogue with Irwin P. Stotzky
Immigration Reform: What's Next?
December 4, 2008: Chapman Dialogue with Samuel C. Thompson, Jr.
Ten Building Blocks of Mergers & Acquisitions Resulting from the Credit Crisis: Humongous Sharks Acquiring Other Humongous Sharks
November 24, 2008: Chapman Dialogue featuring Professor Katherine Darmer
Prop 8 Passed: What's Next?
November 7, 2008: Chapman Dialogue with Ronald Cass
Is the Sky Really Falling?: The Election, the Courts, and Financial Regulation
October 28, 2008: Chapman Dialogue with James Galbraith
What is the Predator State?
October 24, 2008: Prop 8 Symposium with Keynote Speaker, David Allen White.
October 21, 2008: Chapman Dialogue with Kristine Knaplund
The Right to Privacy and America's Aging Population
October 4, 2008: Chapman Dialogue with Richard Falk: Debating International Law Since 9/11: Principled and Pragmatic Controversies
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August 6, 2008: Journal of Criminal Justice Symposium: Evidence-Based Sentencing: The New Frontier in Sentencing Policy and Practice
April 15, 2008: Chapman Dialogue with Kenneth Starr, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean and Professor of Law Pepperdine University School of Law; Laurie L. Levenson, Professor of Law, William M. Rains Fellow and Director of the Center for Ethical Advocacy
Independence of the Attorney General
March 24, 2008: Charles Fried, Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard University Law School
Torture, Lies and Secrecy: Presidential Power in Time of War
March 20, 2008: William N. Eskridge, Jr., John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence, Yale University Law School
Same-Sex Marriage
March 19, 2008: Akhil Amar, Southmayd Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University Law School
Presidential Elections Over the Centuries: Formal Amendments and Information Adaptations
March 3-4, 2008: Brookings Judicial Symposium: Critical Issues in Construction Defects Litigation
February 22, 2008: Gerald Torres, Bryant Smith Chair in Law, University of Texas School of Law, with Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Social Movements and the Ethical Construction of Law
February 19, 2008: Edward McCaffrey, Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law, and Professor of Law, Economics and Political Science, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Unified Theory of Tax and Property
February 15, 2008: Dr. Vernon Smith, Chapman University Fowler School of Law
Combinatorial Auctions
February 8, 2008: Chapman Law Review Symposium: Publicity Rights in Bytes: Contemporary Issues in Entertainment & Sports Law.
November 27, 2007: Professor Ann Southworth, Case Western Reserve School of Law
Righting the Profession and Professionalizing the Right: Lawyers of the American Conservative Coalition
November 19, 2007: Professor Lynn A. Stout, UCLA School of Law
The Role of Ethics & Morality in Capitalist Economies
November 8, 2007: Professor Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School
What the Constitution Says About the Second Amendment & Why It Won't End the Battle Over Guns (1 Hr. MCLE)
October 19, 2007: Professor Arnold H. Loewy, Texas Tech University School of Law
Debate with Dean John Eastman on the Incorporation Doctrine & the Establishment Clause
October 16, 2007: David B. Rivkin, Jr., Baker Hostetler, Washington D.C. Debate with Chapman Professor Katherine Darmer on Guantanamo Bay
Rule of Law or Rules of War?
September 21, 2007: Associate Dean Kevin R. Johnson, University of California at Davis School of Law
Opening the Flood Gates: Why America Needs to Rethink Its Borders and Immigration Laws
August 29, 2005: Madison Lecture and Lochner v. State of New York Reenactment, with Special guests U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice, Antonin Scalia and California Attorney General, Bill Lockyer.
Lochner v. New York Webcast: U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia visited Chapman University on Monday, August 29, 2005 to take part in a reenactment of the oral argument in the landmark 1905 case. He was joined by California Attorney General Bill Lockyer and Chapman law students, faculty and alumni for the historical reenactment.