Each year, Carolina Law attracts some of the nation’s leading legal scholars to Chapel Hill to share their insights with faculty and students on a variety of engaging topics. These guest speaker events are held at 12:00 pm in person in Room 5069 and remote.
- 8/28/2025 John F. Coyle, University of North Carolina School of Law
Business Organizations Law, Conflict of Laws, Contracts, Corporate Law, International Business Transactions, International Law - 9/4/2025 Christopher Sundby, The University of Tennessee, Winston College of Law
Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Juvenile Law, Law and Neuroscience, White Collar Criminal Defense - 9/11/2025 Eisha Jain, University of North Carolina School of Law
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Immigration Law, Public Interest Law - 9/18/2025 Kevin Bennardo, University of North Carolina School of Law
Trusts & Estates, Legal Communication and Analysis, Criminal Sentencing, Inheritance Law - 9/25/2025 Daniel Rice, University of North Carolina School of Law
Constitutional Law, Federal Indian Law, First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Supreme Court of the United States - 10/9/2025 Kristin Hickman, University of Minnesota Law School
Administrative Law, Business Law, Federal Taxation, Statutory Interpretation, Tax Law, Tax Policy - 10/23/2025 Yaniv Heled, Georgia State College of Law
Family Law, Genetics and the Law, Intellectual Property, Law & Psychology, Law & Technology, Pharmaceutical Regulation - 11/13/2025 Rick Su, University of North Carolina School of Law
Asylum and Refugee Law, Federalism, Immigration, Property Law, State & Local Government Law - 11/20/2025 Maxine Eichner, University of North Carolina School of Law
Critical Legal Theory; Gender, Sexuality, Women, Political Theory, and Economics and the Law; Family Law; Feminist Legal Theory - 1/15/2026 Bill Dodge, The George Washington University Law School
International Law, International Transactions, International Dispute Resolution - 1/29/2026 William P. Marshall, University of North Carolina School of Law
Civil Procedure, Election Law, Federal Jurisdiction, Federal Judicial Selection, First Amendment, Presidential Power, Media Law - 2/5/2026 Samuel J. Merchant, The University of Minnesota Law School
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Sentencing, Habeas Corpus - 2/12/2026 Jud Campbell, Stanford University Law School
Constitutional History, Directed Research, First Amendment Law, Property Law - 2/19/2026 Justin Marceau, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Animal Law and Policy, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, Environmental and Natural Resources Law - 2/26/2026 Mark Weidemaier, University of North Carolina School of Law
Arbitration, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law, International Law & Development, Sovereign Debt - 3/5/2026 Nicole Summers, Georgetown Law
Eviction Courts, Housing Law, Property Law - 3/19/2026 David Pozen, Columbia Law School
Constitutional Law, Information Law, Law and Philosophy, National Security and Privacy, Nonprofit Law - 3/26/2026 Gregory Ablavsky, Stanford University Law School
Constitutional History, History of Federal Indian Law, Legal History, Property Law - 4/9/2026 Rachel E. López, Temple University Beasley School of Law
Criminal Law, Public International Law, International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law, and Transitional Justice