The Tsai Center sponsors periodic presentations and discussions at the SMU Dedman School of Law by professors, judges, and attorneys on topics at the intersection of law, science, and innovation. Organized by the Tsai Center Scholars and typically occurring over lunch, these presentations and discussions—often responding to hot topics and current events—bring the real world into the classroom. Tsai Talks help students make connections between the study and the practice of law, and challenge students to understand relationships between public policies and positive law. Tsai Talks invite students to explore differences between normative ideas about what the law should be and descriptive views of what the law is.
2021 Tsai Talks
January 28, 2021 |
Tsai Talk Series: COVID-19 and the Law: Technology & The Health Surveillance State, presented by Professor Chris Jenks12:15 p.m.--1:15 p.mREGISTER This talk will explore how new technologies are aiding worldwide efforts to identify individuals possibly infected with COVID 19 virus and enforcing various quarantine measures. From using big data to aid in contact tracing and identifying at risk individuals to aerial drone monitoring, a host of applications are being employed. Professor Jenks will highlight the tension between efficacy of health surveillance measures and civil liberties and the curious relationship between totalitarian States and effective COVID 19 responses. |
2020 Tsai Talks
November 12, 2020 |
Tsai Talk Series: COVID-19 and the Law with Director of the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center and Professor of Law Pam Metzger VIDEO |
October 28,2020 |
Tsai Talk Series:COVID-19 and the Law: COVID-19 and the Constitution with Professor Dale Carpenter VIDEO |
September 24, 2020 |
Tsai Talk Series: COVID-19 and the Law: Observing Online Courts: Lessons from the Pandemic with Professor Beth Thornburg VIDEO and PRESENTATION SLIDES |
July 31, 2020 |
Tsai Talk Series: COVID-19 and the Law: Law and the Search for a COVID-19 Vaccine with Professor Nathan Cortez. 12:00 pm-1:00 pm, 7/31 Recording of Presentation |
January 23, 2020 |
Tsai Talk: Leggo My Logo! Using Trademarks to Protect a Brand Featuring guest speakers Charles Phipps and Joe Unis of Locke Lord. Thursday, 1/23 at 12:15 p.m. in Florence 100 |