At New York University School of Law, Colloquia are meta-seminars, in which small groups of faculty members and students engage in the most rigorous intellectual experience available in legal education.
Unlike a lecture course, colloquia generate a free flow of ideas among participants and the distinction between "teacher" and "student" is abandoned in favor of the joint pursuit of advanced study involving law and other disciplines.
Each Colloquium consists of a series of workshops on a given subject. Generally, students and faculty members meet and discuss a recent paper by a leading authority in that week's topic of study. The next day they meet with the author, along with other visiting faculty members and invited guests, for a workshop about the paper (there may be smaller meetings and informal dinners with faculty, students, and guest speakers as well). The following week, reactions to the workshop are reviewed, and then, with the next topic, the whole process begins again.
Fall 2013 Colloquia
Colloquium on Law, Economics and Politics
Professors John Ferejohn and Lewis Kornhauser
Colloquium on Legal and Constitutional History
Professor William Nelson
Constitutional Transitions & Global and Comparative Law Colloquium: Emerging From / Sliding Back into Authoritarianism (for LL.M.s)
Professors Sujit Choudhry and Mattias Kumm
Constitutional Transitions & Global and Comparative Law Colloquium: Emerging From / Sliding Back into Authoritarianism (for J.D.s)
Professors Sujit Choudhry and Mattias Kumm
Hauser Colloquium: Interdisciplinary Approaches to International Law
Professor Ryan Goodman
Law, Education and Policy Colloquium
Professor Paulette Caldwell
Spring 2014 Colloquia
Colloquium on Globalization, Economic Development, and Markets
Professors Eleanor Fox and Dennis Martin Davis
Colloquium on Law, Economics and Politics of Urban Affairs
Professors Vicki Been and Ingrid Gould Ellen
Colloquium on Legal and Constitutional History
Professors William Nelson and John Phillip Reid
Innovation Policy Colloquium
Professors Jeanne Fromer and Katherine Jo Strandburg
Institute for International Law and Justice Colloquium
Professors Benedict Kingsbury and Gráinne de Búrca
Law and Economics Colloquium
Professors Barry Adler and Oren Bar-Gill
Tax Policy and Public Finance Colloquium
Professors Daniel Shaviro and Alan Auerbach
