Dean Fred F. Herzog Memorial Lecture Series
The Law School established the Dean Fred F. Herzog Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture Series in 1988 to honor Dean Herzog and his many contributions to the development of the law and his outstanding service to legal education. In 2008, the title was changed to the Dean Fred F. Herzog Memorial Lecture Series.
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2023
March 29, 2023
“SOULLESS: The Case Against R. Kelly”
w/ Jim DeRogatis
Chicago journalist, music critic, and author of Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly
2022
April 12, 2022
“Global Critical Race Feminism: An Intersectional Approach to Engaging International Law”
w/ Professor Adrien Wing
Associate Dean for International and Comparative Law Programs
Bessie Dutton Murray Professor
University of Iowa College of Law
2018
April 10, 2018
“Common Law and Civil Law Influences on International Adjudication”
w/ Hon. Joan E. Donoghue
Judge
International Court of Justice
2017
March 23, 2017
“Preventing and Punishing Crimes Against Humanity”
w/ Professor Sean D. Murphy
Manatt/Ahn Professor of International Law
The George Washington University Law School
2015
September 24, 2015
“The Changing Face of Holocaust Denial in the 21st Century”
w/ Professor Deborah Lipstadt
Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies
Emory University
2014
September 22, 2014
“The Future of Human Rights and International Criminal Justice in the Age of Globalism”
w/ M. Cherif Bassiouni (LLM 1966)
Emeritus Professor of Law
DePaul University College of Law
2014
April 14, 2014
“The Illegal Use of Force as a Crime Against Humanity”
w/ Benjamin B. Ferencz
Chief Prosecutor, U.S. Army
The Einsatzgruppen Case (Nuremberg Trials)
2013
April 8, 2013
“Human Trafficking”
w/ Laurel G. Bellows
President
American Bar Association
2011
October 17, 2011
“The Lawmaking Role of International Tribunals”
w/ Hon. Thomas Buergenthal
Judge
International Court of Justice
2011
February 17, 2011
Religious Freedom Under Assault in the Middle East: An Imperative for the U.S. & the International Community to Hold Governments to Account
w/ Dwight N. Bashir, PhD
Deputy Director for Policy and Research
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
2009
September 16, 2009
“International Prosecution of Heads of State for Genocide, War Crimes, and Crimes Against Humanity”
w/ Ambassador Hans Corell
Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs; Legal Counsel
United Nations
2008
September 17, 2008
“Opening the Red Cross International Tracing Service Archive”
w/ Professor Kenneth Waltzer
Professor of History; Director of Jewish Studies
Michigan State University
Dean Fred F. Herzog Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lectures Heading link
2007
September 20, 2007
“Balancing Liberty and Security in Times of Stress: Comparing Western Democracies’ Approaches to Global Terror”
w/ Professor Michael Rosenfeld
Justice Sydney L. Robins Professor of Human Rights
Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
2002
September 20, 2002
“How Not to Draft a Constitution for a Country in Transition”
w/ Hon. Vojtech Cepl
Justice
Czech Constitutional Court
1998
November 5, 1998
“The Current Global Environment Outlook: How Is Industry Doing in Meeting the Rio Declaration Goals”
w/ Helene Genot
Senior Manager, Industry Environment Programme Activity Center (Paris)
United Nations Environmental Programme
1996
November 8, 1996
“The Mani Puliti Investigations”
w/ Hon. Piercamillo Davigo
Prosecutor’s Office of Milan
1996
March 1996
“Ireland North & South: Future Relations”
w/ Hon. William Binchy
Regius Professor of Laws
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
1995
October 5, 1995
“Historic Influences of American Constitutionalism upon German Constitutional Development”
w/ Professor Helmut Steinberger
University of Heidelberg, Germany
1993
November 16, 1993
“Bi-Coastal Relations and the Republic of China’s Bed to Rejoin the United Nations”
1993
March 26, 1993
“Recent Constitutional Developments in the Czechoslovakian Republic”
w/ Professor Jiri Kroupa
Masaryk University, Czech Republic
1991
March 18, 1991
“Irish Law & the Millennium”
w/ Hon. Liam Hamilton
President
High Court of Ireland
1990
October 11, 1990
“On Reinventing the Patent System”
w/ Hon. Howard T. Markey
Judge
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
1989
October 12, 1989
“On the Development and Operations of the European Court of Human Rights”
w/ Professor Rudolf Bernhardt
University of Heidelberg, Germany
Judge (Germany), European Court of Human Rights
Director, Max Planck Institute