2026 Nies Lecture

The 2026 Nies Lecture will be given by Colleen Chien, Professor of Law at Berkeley and Co-Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.

• April 16, 2026
• 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., lecture, immediately followed by a public reception.
• Marquette University Law School – Eckstein Hall, Lubar Center
• 1 CLE credit

Registration will be complimentary and will start in early spring.

This annual lecture remembers the Honorable Helen Wilson Nies, who served as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from 1982 until 1996 (chief judge 1990–1994).