Annual Robert F. Boden Lecture | Marquette University Law School

This annual lecture remembers the late Robert F. Boden, who served as dean of Marquette University Law School from 1965 to 1984.

2024 Reuven S. Avi-Yonah University of Michigan Law School “Can Tax Policy Help Us Control AI?” Watch the Presentation
2023 Ann M. Lipton Tulane University Law School “Of Chameleons and ESG - Exploring Corporate Responsibility and Environmental, Social, Governance Investing” Watch the Presentation
2022 James B. Speta Elizabeth Froehling Horner Pofessor Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law “The Past's Lessons for Today: Can Common-Carrier Principles Make for a Better Internet?” Watch the Presentation James B. Speta, The Past's Lessons for Today: Can Common-Carrier Principles Make for a Better Internet, 106 Marq. L. Rev. 741 (2023). (PDF)
2019 Paul Butler The Albert Brick Professor in Law Georgetown University “Prison Abolition: The Ultimate Reform?” Read an associated article in the Marquette Lawyer: Alan J. Borsuk, Defund the Police? Abolish Prisons? The Case for Careful but Big Change, Marq. Law., Fall 2020, at 6. (PDF)
2018 Ernest A. Young Alston & Bird Professor of Law Duke University “Dying Constitutionalism and the Fourteenth Amendment” Watch the Presentation Ernest A. Young, Dying Constitutionalism and the Fourteenth Amendment, 102 Marq. L. Rev. 949 (2019). (PDF) Ernest A. Young, Boden Lecture: Dying Constitutionalism and the Fourteenth Amendment, Marq. Law., Summer 2019, at 8. (PDF) See also a comment on the Lecture: David A. Strauss, The Living Constitution and Moral Progress: A Comment on Professor Young’s Boden Lecture, 102 Marq. L. Rev. 979 (2019). (PDF) David A. Strauss, The Living Constitution and Moral Progress, A Comment on Professor Young’s Boden Lecture, Marq. Law., Summer 2019, at 23. (PDF)
2017 Ingrid Wuerth Helen Strong Curry Chair in International Law Vanderbilt University “International Law and Peace Among Nations” Watch the Presentation Ingrid Wuerth, International Human Rights Law: An Unexpected Threat to Peace, 101 Marq. L. Rev. 803 (2018). (PDF) Ingrid Wuerth, Boden Lecture: International Human Rights Law: An Unexpected Threat to Peace, Marq. Law., Summer 2018, at 32. (PDF)
2016 Howard A. Shelanski Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs White House Office of Management and Budget “Sound Policy in the Balance: The Uncertain Future of the Regulatory State” Watch the Presentation Howard Shelanski, Will Today’s Politics Upend Sound Regulation?, Marq. Law., Fall 2017, at 22. (PDF)
2015 Robert J. Sampson Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences Harvard University “Neighborhood Inequality and Public Policy: What Can Milwaukee Learn from Chicago and Boston?” Watch the Presentation Robert J. Sampson, Neighborhood Inequality and Public Policy: What Can Milwaukee Learn from Chicago and Boston?, Marq. Law., Summer 2016, at 8. (PDF)
2014 Robert E. Scott Alfred McCormack Professor of Law Columbia University “Contract Design and the Goldilocks Problem” Watch the Presentation Robert E. Scott, Contract Design and the Shading Problem, 99 Marq. L. Rev. 1 (2015). (PDF) Robert E. Scott, Contract Design and the Goldilocks Problem, Marq. Law., Spring 2015, at 30. (PDF)
2013 Heather Gerken J. Skelly Wright Professor Yale Law School “Dark Money and the Future of Political Parties” Watch the Presentation Heather K. Gerken, Boden Lecture: The Real Problems with Citizens United: Campaign Finance, Dark Money, and Shadow Parties, 97 Marq. L. Rev. 903 (2014). (PDF) Heather K. Gerken: The Real Problem with Citizens United: Campaign Finance, Dark Money, and Shadow Parties, Marq. Law., Summer 2014, at 10. (PDF)
2012 Eric Foner DeWitt Clinton Professor of History Columbia University “Reconstruction and the Origins of Birthright Citizenship” Watch the Presentation Eric Foner, The Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Origins of Birthright Citizenship, Marq. Law., Summer 2013, at 32. (PDF)
2011 Margaret Raymond Fred W. & Vi Miller Dean and Professor of Law University of Wisconsin "’The Report of My Death Was an Exaggeration’—Delaying the Postmortem on American Law Practice” Margaret Raymond, “The Report of My Death Was an Exaggeration”—Delaying the Portmortem on American Law Practice, Marq. Law., Summer 2012, at 31. (PDF)
2010 Thomas W. Merrill The Charles Evans Hughes Professor Columbia Law School “Melms v. Pabst Brewing Co.: The Doctrine of Waste in American Property Law” Watch the Presentation Thomas W. Merrill, Melms v. Pabst Brewing Co. and the Doctrine of Waste in American Property Law, 94 Marq. L. Rev. 1055 (2011). (PDF) Thomas W. Merrill, Melms v. Pabst Brewing Co.: The Doctrine of Waste in American Property Law, Marq. Law., Summer 2011, at 8. (PDF) See also a Comment on the Lecture: Richard A. Posner, Comment on Merrill on the Law of Waste, 94 Marq. L. Rev. 1095 (2011). (PDF) Richard A. Posner, Comment on Merrill on the Law of Waste, Marq. Law., Summer 2011, at 22. (PDF)
2009 Michael J. Klarman The Kirkland & Ellis Professor Harvard Law School “Why Brown v. Board of Education Was a Hard Case” Watch the Presentation Michael J. Klarman, Scottsboro, 93 Marq. L. Rev. 379 (2009). (PDF) Michael J. Klarman, Boden Lecture: Brown v. Board of Education, Marq. Law., Summer 2010, at 32. (PDF)
2008 Dan Kahan The Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law Yale Law School “Cultural Cognition and Law” Watch the Presentation Dan M. Kahan, "Ideology in" or "Cultural Cognition of" Judging: What Difference Does It Make?, 92 Marq. L. Rev. 413 (2009). (PDF)
2007 Carrie Menkel-Meadow A.B. Chettle, Jr. Professor of Law, Dispute Resolution and Civil Procedure Georgetown University Law Center “Cultural Variations on Restorative Justice: Case Studies of Chile, Argentina & China”
2006 Eugene Volokh Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law UCLA Law School “Law, Politics, and Slippery Slopes”
2005 Mark Umbreit Boden Professor of Law Marquette University Professor and Founding Director of the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking University of Minnesota School of Social Work “Restorative Justice in the 21st Century: A Social Movement Full of Opportunities and Pitfalls” Read a related article in the Marquette Law Review: Mark S. Umbreit, Betty Vos, Robert B. Coates & Elizabeth Lightfoot, Restorative Justice in the Twenty-First Century: A Social Movement Full of Opportunities and Pitfalls, 89 Marq. L. Rev. 251 (2005). (PDF)
2004 Aaron D. Twerski Newell DeValpine Professor of Law Brooklyn Law School “Uncertainty and Informed Choice: Unmasking Daubert”
2003 Hayden Opie Faculty of Law University of Melbourne “Drugs in Sports and the Law - Moral Authority, Diversity and the Pursuit of Excellence” Hayden Opie, Eighth Annual Robert F. Boden Lecture: Drugs in Sports and the Law - Moral Authority, Diversity and the Pursuit of Excellence, 14 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 267 (2004). (PDF)
2001 Horoshi Motomura Nicholas Doman Professor of International Law University of Colorado
2000 Susan D. Martyn Boden Professor of Law Marquette University
1998 David Ray Papke Robert F. Boden Professor of Law Marquette University R. Bruce Townsend Professor of Law and Professor of Liberal Arts Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis “Conventional Wisdom: The Courtroom Trial in American Popular Culture” David Ray Papke, Conventional Wisdom: The Courtroom Trial in American Popular Culture, 82 Marq. L. Rev. 471 (1999). (PDF)
1997 (Nov. 11, 1997) Stephen Gottlieb
1997 (The Inaugural Robert F. Boden Lecture) Daniel R. Mandelker Stamper Professor of Law Washington University Law School “New Property Rights Under the Takings Clause” Daniel R. Mandelker, New Property Rights Under the Takings Clause (Speech), 81 Marq. L. Rev. 9 (1997). (PDF)

For information about Dean Robert F. Boden, in whose memory this series is named, read the following articles accompanying the publication of the Inaugural Robert F. Boden Lecture in the Marquette Law Review:

Howard B. Eisenberg, Why We Honor Robert F. Boden (Speech), 81 Marq. L. Rev. 1 (1997). (PDF)
Charles C. Clausen, "Uncle Bob": Introductory Remarks to the Inaugural Robert F. Boden Lecture (Speech), 81 Marq. L. Rev. 5 (1997). (PDF)