“The memory of Benjamin N. Cardozo’s life, it is hoped,
may be revered and forever shared by the members of this Association
and of our profession generally, who may reap from it ‘something
far more precious than pride in his accomplishment and the suggestion
of claiming him as our own, namely, that spiritual harvest which comes
from the example of an unblemished character,’ a rare character
that radiated goodness, that was inspired by a love for the law, a
passion for justice and a sympathy for humanity.”(From the report
of the Committee on Post-Admission Legal Education of The Association
of the Bar of the City of New York, March 15, l940.)
2007 Hon. Jack B. Weinstein
“The
Role of Judges in a Government of, for, and by the People”
2006 Sheila Birnbaum
“Punitive Damages & Due
Process: How Much is Too Much?”
2005 Lee C. Bollinger
“Academic Freedom”
2003 Albert M. Rosenblatt
"The Law's Evolution: Long Night's Journey Into Day"
2002 Justice P.N. Bhagwati
"Human Rights in the Age of Terrorism"
2001 Eric Holder
“The Importance of Diversity in the Legal Profession”
2000 Anthony Lewis
“Why the Courts?”
1999 Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Affirmative Action: An International Human Rights Dialogue”
1997 Abner Mikva
“The Judges v. the People:
Judicial Independence and Democratic Ideals”
1996 Guido Calabresi
“Liberty or Equality?
Some Thoughts on Constitutional Theory”
1996 Kathleen M. Sullivan
“Constitutional Constancy: Why Congress Should Cure Itself of Amendment
Fever”
1994 Joseph W. Bellacosa
“Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, The Teacher”
1992 Marian Wright Edelman
“Leave No Child Behind”
1992 A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
“To Be Guided By An Unseen Star:
What Martin Luther King Would Say
If He Could Speak To Us Today”
1991 Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr.
“The Constitution Outside the Courts”
1989 Laurence H. Tribe
“Law’s Geometry and the Curvature of Constitutional Space”
1987 William J. Brennan, Jr.
“Reason, Passion, and the Progress of Law”
1987 Judith S. Kaye
“Dual Constitutionalism in Practice and Principle”
1985 Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr.
“Principles in Legislation”
1984 Jon O. Newman
“Rethinking Fairness:
Perspectives on the Litigation Process”
1983 Norval Morris
“‘Dangerousness’ in the Judicial Process”
1982 Derek C. Bok
“Law and Its Discontents:
A Critical Look at Our Legal System”
1981 Harry H. Wellington
“The Nature of Judicial Review”
1979 Hugh R. Jones
“Cogitations on Appellate Decision-Making”
1978 Irving R. Kaufman
1977 Myres S. McDougal
“The Application of Constitutive Prescriptions:
An Addendum to Justice Cardozo”
1976 Herbert Brownell
“The Forgotten Victims of Crime”
1974 Marvin Frankel
“The Search for Truth—An Umpireal View”
1973 Jack Greenberg
“Litigation for Social Change—Methods, Limits and Role in Democracy”
1972 Erwin N. Griswold
“The Judicial Process”
1971 Shirley M. Hufstedler
“The Directions and Misdirections of a Constitutional Right of Privacy”
1970 Earl Warren
“All Men Are Created Equal”
1970 Edward H. Levi
“The Crisis in the Nature of Law”
1968 Whitney North Seymour
“The Obligation of the Lawyer to His Profession”
1967 Walter V. Schaefer
“The Control of ‘Sunbursts’ Techniques of Prospective Overruling”
1966 Roger J. Traynor
“The Devils of Due Process in Criminal Detection, Detention and Trial”
1965 Charles D. Breitel
“The Lawmakers”
1964 Henry J. Friendly
“In Praise of Erie—
and of the New Federal Common Law”
1962 Huntington Cairns
“Law and Its Premises”
1960 Bernard Botein
“The Future of the Judicial Process:
Challenge and Response”
1958 John M. Harlan
“Manning the Dikes”
1958 The Right Honorable Brown Shawcross
“The Functions and Responsibilities of an Advocate”
1957 Jefferson B. Fordham
“The Legal Profession and American Constitutionalism”
1956 Harold R. Medina
“For Whom the Bell Tolls”
1955 Harrison Tweed
“The Changing Practice of Law”
1954 David W. Peck
“The Complement of Court and Counsel”
1953 John J. Parker
“The American Constitution
and World Order Based on Law”
1952 Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr.
“A Trial Judge’s Freedom and Responsibility”
1951 Edmund H. Lewis
“The Contribution of Judge Irving Lehman to the Development of the Law”
1950 Herbert F. Goodrich
“Yielding Place to New”
(Rest versus Motion in the Conflict of Laws)
1949 William O. Douglas
“Stare Decisis”
1948 Arthur L. Goodhart
“English Contributions to the Philosophy of Law”
1947 Felix Frankfurter
“Some Reflections on the Reading of Statutes”
1945 Charles E. Clark
“State Law in the Federal Courts”
1944 Robert H. Jackson
“Full Faith & Credit—The Lawyer’s Clause of the Constitution”
1943 Bernard L. Shientag
“The Personality of the Judge”
1942 Lon L. Fuller
“Reason and Fiat in Case Law”
1941 Irving Lehman
“The Influence of Judge Cardozo on the Common Law”
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The Leslie H. Arps Memorial
Lectures
The Leslie H. Arps Memorial Lectures are made possible by the generosity
of the firm of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom.
2005 Elena Kagan
“Women and the Legal Profession:
A Status Report”
2003 Leon Silverman
“Are
We A Litigious Society-The So-Called Litigation Explosion”
1999 Hon. Patricia M. Wald
“A Whitewater Legacy—Running the Rapids of Constitutional Law”
1997 Hon. Robert W. Sweet
“Civil ‘Gideon’ and Justice in the Trial Court
(The Rabbi’s Beard)”
1996 John D. Feerick
“Judicial Independence and the Impartial Administration of Justice”
1993 Hon. Herbert Brownell
“Law Practice: A Profession or a Regulated Industry?”
1992 Hon. James L. Oakes
“‘Plain Meaning,’ ‘Original Intent,’‘Administrative
Deference:’ Judicial Abdication or Judicial Activism?”
1991 Hon. Lawrence E. Walsh
“Due Process and the Rule of Law”
1989 Hon. Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
“Stare Decisis and Judicial Restraint”
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The Alexis C. Coudert Lectures
The Alexis C. Coudert Memorial Lectures are made possible through
a grant from the firm of Coudert Brothers. Given in honor of Mr. Coudert,
the lectures focus on a subject of international law, which is of interest
to practitioners as well as scholars.
1998 George J. Mitchell
“On Peace in Northern
Ireland ”
1990 Alexander Yakovlev
“Transforming the
Soviet Union into a Rule of Law Democracy: A Report from the Front
Lines”
1988 Abraham D. Sofaer
“Adjudication in the
International Court of Justice: Progress through Realism”
1986 Nicholas deb. Katzenbach
“The International
Protection of Technology— A Challenge
for International Law Making”
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The Herman Goldman Memorial Lectures
The Herman Goldman Memorial Lectures are made possible through a generous
grant from the Herman Goldman Foundation, Inc. Given in memory of Mr.
Herman Goldman, the lectures are related to subjects dealing with the
improvement and development of the law relating to trusts, estates,
and tax, subjects in which Mr. Goldman was particularly interested
and expert.
2008 James Buckley
“The Prospects, Policy, and Politics of Federal Tax Reform"
2006 Paul R. McDaniel
“Territorial vs. Worldwide
International Tax Systems: Which is Better for the U.S. ?”
2000 Moderator: Hon. James S. Halpern
Speakers: Charles Davenport; Edward McCaffery
“A Debate: Should We End Life Support for Death Taxes”
1998 Moderator: Jerome Kurtz
Speakers: Fred T. Goldberg, Jr.; Donald F. Ketti;
Mark L. McConaghy; James W. Wetzler
“IRS Reform and the Future of Federal Tax Administration”
1991 James W. Wetzler
“The Role of Fairness in State Tax Policy”
1989 Theodore Tannenwald, Jr.
“The Tax Litigation Process:
Where It Is Now and Where It Is Going”
1987 Martin D. Ginsburg
“Whatever Happened to Tax Simplification?”
1982 Maurice Rosenberg
“What Are Courts For:
Their Roles and Their Alternatives”
1980 Patrick J. Rohan
“Property, Politics and the Public Weal:
The Future of Urban America”
1979 Lawrence P. King
“The Rehabilitation of Commercial Enterprises: Earlier Bankruptcy Laws and
the Bankruptcy Code of 1978”
1978 John G. Heimann
“The Philosophy of Regulation”
1976 Stanley S. Surrey
“The Present Status of the Tax Legislative Process—
Is the Machinery Breaking Down?”
1975 Randolph W. Thrower
“Taxation—A Test of National Character”
1974 Edwin S. Cohen
“Tax Revision—Rhetoric and Reality”
1973 Norris Darrell
“Reflections on the Federal Income Tax”
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The Milton Handler Lectures
The Executive Committee established the Milton Handler Lectures on
January 3, l973. These lectures are given from time to time and are
made possible by a generous endowment fund established by Professor
Handler. The lectures are devoted to developments in the law of antitrust,
a field of law in which Professor Handler was one of the leading authorities.
2006 Dale Collins; David I. Meyer; Dr.
Janusz A. Ordover; J. Thomas Rosch
2005 Dale Collins; Hon. Lewis
A. Kaplan; Deborah A. Garza; William E. Kovacic
2004 Dale Collins; Hon. John D. Bates; Thomas O. Barnett; William E. Kovacic; John D. Harkrider; Margaret Guerin-Calvert
2002 Judge Frank H. Easterbrook; Timothy J. Muris; R. Hewitt Pate; Stephen
M. Axinn
2001 Deborah P. Herman; Thomas B. Leary; Michael H. Byowitz; Jonathan
M. Jacobson
"
Significant Developments in Antitrust Practice and Jurisprudence
over the last Year"
1999 Richard G. Parker; Constance K. Robinson;
Richard M. Steuer
“Developments in Anti-Trust Law”
1993 Eleanor M. Fox
“Antitrust, Trade and the 21st Century—
Rounding the Circle”
1990 Robert Pitofsky
“Antitrust’s Renascence”
1989 Phillip Areeda
Herbert Hovenkamp “Antitrust’s Protected Classes”
1987 Phillip Areeda
“Anticipating Antitrust’s Centennial—Session 2”
1986 Phillip Areeda
“Anticipating Antitrust’s Centennial—Session 1”
1985 Phillip Areeda
“Stalking the Rule of Reason”
1984 John J. Gibbons
“The Antitrust Jurisprudence of the Third Circuit”
1982 Earl E. Pollock
“Antitrust at the Circuit Court of Appeals Level—
The Antitrust Jurisprudence of the Seventh Circuit”
1981 Michael Malina
“The Antitrust Jurisprudence of the Second Circuit”
1977 Arlin M. Adams
“Justice John Marshall Harlan and the Antitrust Laws”
1975 Donald F. Turner
“The Scope of ‘Attempt to Monopolize’”
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The Mortimer H. Hess Memorial
Lectures
The Mortimer H. Hess Memorial Lectures are made possible through a
generous grant from Mr. Hess’ family and former partners. The
subjects of the lectures are related to the law of trusts, estates,
and taxation, subjects on which Mr. Hess was an acknowledged authority.
2008 Lee Sheppard
"Treatment of Tax-Deferred Retirement Accounts
2007 David Cay Johnston
2006 Kenneth F. Joyce
“The Taxation Of Total
Return Trusts: Is The Code In Need Of Total Returning?”
2002 John H. Langbein
"The Scope of Mandatory Rules in Trust Law"
1994 Mary Louise Fellows
“Spendthrift Trusts:
Roots and Relevance for 21st Century Planning”
1993 Babette B. Barton
“Taxation of Unrealized Gains:
Before Death, At Death or Beyond?”
1992 Joel C. Dobris
“The Probate World at the End of the Century:
Is a New Principal and Income Act in Your Future?”
1991 Leo L. Schmolka
“Down with Subchapter J, Down with the Kiddie Tax; Taxation of Trust, Estate
and Family Income Made Simple”
1990 Jeffrey N. Pennell
“Is the Family Advisor an Endangered Species?
A Tax and Estate Planners’ Guide to Ethical Conflicts”
1989 Lawrence W. Waggoner
“Spousal Probate Rights
in a Multiple-Marriage Society”
1988 Harry L. Gutman
“Where Does Congress Go from Here:
Base, Timing and Measurement Issues
in the Estate and Gift Tax Laws”
1987 Robert H. Mnookin
“Dividing Family Assets: Until Death
(or Divorce) Do Us Part?”
1986 Stanley M. Johanson
“Value-Shifting Arrangements; Sale of Remainder Interest, Split-Interest
Purchases, Grantor Term Trusts”
1985 Robert C. Merton
“Investment Strategies in Futures and Options for the Prudent Fiduciary”
1984 Barber B. Conable, Jr.
“Estate Tax Ambiguities”
1983 Michael J. Graetz
“The Federal Estate Tax—Wither or Whither”
1982 Edward C. Halbach, Jr.
“Issues about Issue:
Some Recurrent Class Gift Problems”
1981 Douglas A. Kahn
“Estate Planning for Closely Held Stock
Before and After Death”
1980 Guy B. Maxfield
“The Uses and Misuses of Jointly Held Property”
1979 James B. Lewis
“Taxing Unrealized Gains: The Nettle and the Flower”
1978 George Cooper
“Taking Wealth Taxation Seriously”
1976 Neill H. Alford, Jr.
“Some Major Problems in Alternatives to Probate”
1975 Boris I. Bittker
“Charitable Bequests and the Federal Estate Tax: Proposed Restrictions on
Deductibility”
1974 Bertel M. Sparks
“A Quarter-Century of Transition in the New York Law of Trusts and Estates”
1972 Louis Lusky
“National Policy and the Dead Hand:
The Race-Conscious Trust”
1973 Russell D. Niles
“A Contemporary View of Liability for Breach of Trust”
1971 Richard B. Covey; Stanley S. Surrey;
David Westfall
“Perspectives on Suggested Revisions in Federal Estate and Gift Taxation”
1970 Richard R. Powell
“How Far Should Freedom of Disposition Go?”
1969 A. James Casner
“Trusts Under Which Beneficiaries Are to Be Determined”
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The Orison S. Marden Memorial
Lectures
The Orison S. Marden Memorial Lectures are made possible through a
generous grant from the Council on Legal Education for Professional
Responsibility, Inc.
2008 Jeremy Travis
"Race, Crime and Justice: A Fresh Look at Old Questions"
2007 Hon. Robert A. Katzmann
“The Legal Profession
and the Unmet Needs of the Immigrant Poor”
2006 Louis A. Craco
“Role
of Lawyers in the Rule of Law: Why Professionalism Still Matters”
2003 Harvey J. Goldschmid
" A Lawyer's Role in Corporate Governance: The Myth of Absolute Confidentiality
and the Complexity of the Counseling Task "
2002 Hon. Judith S. Kaye
" Enduring Values"
2000 Hon. Jack B. Weinstein
“Adjudicative Justice in a Diverse Mass Society”
1999 E. Norman Veasey
“The ABA’s Ethics 2000 Commission:
Rewriting Lawyer Ethics Rules for the Next Century”
1995 Mario M. Cuomo
“The Consequences of the New Federalism”
1993 Speaker:
Robert MacCrate
Panelists:
Stephen Gillers
Kimba M. Wood
Archibald R. Murray
Edwin J. Wesely
“Preserving the Marden Legacy:
Professional Responsibility in the 21st Century”
1992 Conrad K. Harper
Paul J. Bschorr
Randall Kennedy
Anthony G. Amsterdam
Julius Chambers
Jack Greenberg
Constance Baker Motley
Louis H. Pollak
James L. Oakes
“An Evening in Honor of Justice Thurgood Marshall”
1990 Fred W. Friendly
William T. Allen
Michael Allik
John Coffee
Arthur Fleischer, Jr.
Joseph H. Flom
Theodore J. Forstmann
Stephen Gillers
Roberto G. Mendoza
Willlard J. Overlock
T. Boone Pickens
Barbara Preiskel
Sheldon Raab
James B. Stewart, Jr.
“Corporate Takeovers—Ethics And The Law”
1987 John C. Godbold
“Pro Bono Representation of Death Row Inmates”
1986 Howard J. Aibel; Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr;.
Stephen E. Merrill; Rodman Ward, Jr.
“Multi-State Practice: Is There a Rational Basis for Restriction? Ethical
Concerns, Issues of Competence or Protectionism”
1983 Evan A. Davis; Robert J. Kutak; Norman Redlich;
Seth Rosner
“Model Rules: Law for Lawyers or Ethics for the Profession”
1982 Roger C. Cramton
“The Ideology of Access: The Intellectual Foundations of the National Legal
Services Program”
1980 Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr.; Leon Silverman
“Will the ABA Draft Model Rules of Professional Conduct Change the Concept
of the Lawyer’s Role?”
1979 Thomas Ehrlich
“Rationing Justice”
1978 Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
“Reforms—Long Overdue”
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The Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Distinguished
Lecture on Women and the Law
The Association created this special annual lecture in 2000 to recognize
her ground-breaking contributions to the advancement of women’s
rights and her achievements as a lawyer, professor and judge.
2008 Linda Greenhouse
Former Supreme Court Correspondent, The New York Times
2007
The Honorable Shirley S. Abrahamson
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Wisconsin
The Honorable Christine M. Durham
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Utah
The Honorable Judith S. Kaye
Chief Judge of the State of New York
The Honorable Margaret H. Marshall
Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
2005
Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland
2004
Roxanne Barton Conlin
First woman president, Assocaition of Trial Lawyers of America
2002
Lani Guinier
The Bennet Boskey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
2001
Madeleine K. Albright
Former United States Secretary of State
2000
Kathleen L. Sullivan
Dean, Stanford University School of Law
The National Moot Court
Competition*
The National Moot Court Competition is sponsored annually by the Young
Lawyers Committee and the American College of Trial Lawyers.
2009 National Championship Team
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Andrew Booth
Brody Dawson
Betsy Gates
2009 Team Submitting Best Brief
Brooklyn Law School
Sparkle Alexander
Jason Braiman
Sara Moser-Cohen
2008 National Championship Team
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Joanna Brinkman
Lalania Gilkey-Johnson
Rachel Moran
2008 Team Submitting Best Brief
University of California School of Law at Davis
Kathleen Doty
Alacoque Hinga
Irene Zurko
2007 National Championship Team
The University of Washington School of Law
Dustin Buehler
Candice Tewell
Aaron Thomson
2007 Team Submitting Best Brief
George Mason University School of
Law
Kimberly Bierenbaum
Rocklan King
Anthony Schiavetti
2006 National Championship Team
Duke University School of Law
April Nelson
Sara Wickware
Audry Casusol
2006 Team Submitting Best Brief
Duke University School of Law
April Nelson
Sara Wickware
Audry Casusol
2005 National Championship Team
TheUniversity of California’s Hastings College of the Law
Leah Bolstad
Mark D’Argenio
Eliza Hoard.
2005 Team Submitting Best Brief
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Terry M. Billlups
Nora E. Graham
Amy L. Scheurman
2004 National Championship Team
South Texas College of Law
Marit M. Babin
Kenneth O. Corley
J. Daniel Johnson
2004 Team Submitting Best Brief
Fordham University School of Law
Ross M. Kramer
Leah A. Ramos
Amanda N. Slatin
2003 National Championship Team
Wayne State University Law School
Dana Bennett
Jennifer Savage
Caroline Whittemore
2003 Team Submitting Best Brief
South Texas College of Law
Tracey S. Dry
Toni M. Wallace
Nicholas R. Westbrook
2002 National Championship Team
Hastings College of the Law at the University of California
Rob Hodil
Moe Keshavarzi
Joel Muchmore
2002 Team Submitting Best Brief
Hastings College of the Law at the University of California
Rob Hodil
Moe Keshavarzi
Joel Muchmore
2001 National Championship Team
Drake University Law School
Theodore Sims, II
William D. Schultz
Jeffrey Link
2001 Team Submitting Best Brief
Southwest Texas College of Law
Robert J. Cowan
Ann E. Johnson
Mark A. Junell
2000 Team Submitting Best Brief
University of Washington School of Law
Shawn Griggs
Steven LaCombe
Linell Letendre
2000 National Championship Team
University of Montana School of Law
Bobbi Frazer
John Mudd
Taryn Stampfl
* For National Championship Teams and Teams Submitting Best Brief in prior
years, see earlier editions of the Association’s Yearbook.
