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The Federalist Society has posted videos of nearly the entire 14th annual Faculty Conference, which was held January 5-6, 2012, in Washington, D.C.

Below please find the schedule with links to the videos.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Panel 1: The Sovereign Shareholder? Government Ownership and Corporate Law Post-Bailout  

• Prof. Lynn Stout, UCLA School of Law
• Prof. J.W. Verret, George Mason University School of Law
• Prof. David Zaring, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Moderator: Dean Donald Weidner, Florida State University College of Law
• Introduction: Hon. Lee Liberman Otis, Senior Vice President & Faculty Division Director, The Federalist Society

Friday, January 6, 2012

Panel 2: Public Sector Unions  

• Prof. Samuel Estreicher, New York University School of Law
• Prof. John McGinnis, Northwestern University School of Law
• Prof. Joseph Slater, University of Toledo College of Law
• Moderator: Prof. James Lindgren, Northwestern University School of Law

Young Legal Scholars Paper Presentations  

• Mr. William Baude, Stanford Constitutional Law Center, "Beyond DOMA"
• Prof. Dan Markel, Florida State University College of Law, "Retributive Justice and the Demands of Democratic Citizenship"
• Prof. Andrew Schwartz, University of Colorado Law School, "The Perpetual Corporation"
• Prof. Houman Shadab, New York Law School, "Credit Risk Transfer Governance: The Good, the Bad, and the Savvy"
• Commenter: Prof. Eugene Volokh, UCLA School of Law
• Commenter: Prof. Todd Henderson, University of Chicago Law School
• Moderator: Prof. Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Georgetown University Law Center

Luncheon Debate: The Alien Tort Statute, International Law, and the Judiciary  
Co-sponsored by the American Society of International Law

• Prof. Eugene Kontorovich, Northwestern University School of Law
• Prof. Stephen Vladeck, American University Washington College of Law
• Moderator: Ms. Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Director & Executive Vice President, American Society of International Law

Panel 3: Judicial Ethics  

• Prof. Charles Geyh, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
• Prof. Stephen Gillers, New York University School of Law
• Hon. A. Raymond Randolph, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
• Prof. Ronald Rotunda, Chapman University School of Law
• Moderator: Hon. Deanell Tacha, Pepperdine University School of Law