2012 LEGS Seminars

Wednesdays at Noon
438 Robertson Hall

LEGS, or "Law-Engaged Graduate Students," meets during the academic year to discuss a work in progress by one of our Graduate Associates. Academic papers, dissertation proposals, and dissertation chapters have been presented at these meetings, to an audience of fellow graduate students.

February 22: Avani Mehta Sood, Psychology
"‘Unpoisoning’ the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree: Motivated Applications of the Exclusionary Rule"

February 29: Tom Dannenbaum, Politics
"Patently Aggressive War, Mass Atrocity, and the Duty to Disobey"

March 7: Matthew Birkhold, German
"Freud on the Court: Reinterpreting Child Pornography Law."

April 4: Salla Garsky, Visiting Ph.D. student, WWS/LAPA; International Relations, University of Helsinki
"The Ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court between 2003 and 2011"

April 18: Gwen Gordon, Anthropology
"Plans: The Pasts and Futures of Social Responsibility in an Indigenous Corporation"

April 25:  Elizabeth Chiarello Postdoc Research Associate, Center for Health and Wellbeing/OPR
"Exercising Discretion on the Front Lines of Healthcare: How Pharmacists Negotiate Legal and Medical Gatekeeping Roles" 

May 2: Chris A. (Kip) Kendal, Politics
"Divided Sovereignty: Race and Constitutional Innovation in the American Empire"

If you are interested in presenting a paper, please contact Prof. Kim Lane Scheppele at kimlane@princeton.edu.