The Suffolk University Law Review sponsors the Donahue Lecture Series, which annually attracts lecturers from among the nation's top legal scholars and jurists. Each Donahue Lecturer is an exceptionally prominent legal scholar who delivers a lecture at Suffolk University Law School that forms the basis for a Lead Article to be published in the Law Review shortly thereafter.
The Law Review instituted this lecture series in 1980 to commemorate the Honorable Frank J. Donahue, former faculty member, trustee, and treasurer of Suffolk University. Judge Donahue graduated from Suffolk University Law School in 1921, and served as an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts for forty-two years -- the longest term in that court's history. As Chairman of the Law School Committee of the Board of Trustees, Judge Donahue played an active role in the expansion of the faculty, library, and other facilities at the law school. For many years, he served as president of the Law School Alumni Association, and in that capacity personally raised thousands of dollars of scholarship funds to promote, encourage, and reward the pursuit of scholastic excellence.
Over the years, the Donahue Lecture Series has featured a number of outstanding legal scholars and jurists, including Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Associate Justices Antonin Scalia, Stephen G. Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor, Judge Richard A. Posner, former United States Attorney General Edwin Meese III, consumer protection activist Ralph Nader, and Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Linda Greenhouse.
Photos from Professor Daniel Hulsebosch’s Donahue Lecture (4/4/2013)
Professor Daniel Hulsebosch (Donahue Lecture Series 4/4/2013)...
“Words That Wound: Hate Speech and the First Amendment”
Rosalie Berger Levinson
Phyllis & Richard Duesenberg Professor of Law, Valparaiso University School of Law
February 9, 2012...
February 9, 2012...
“Fatherhood and Equality: Reconfiguring Masculinities”
Nancy E. Dowd
David H. Levin Chair in Family Law,
University of Florida Levin College of Law
November 3, 2011...
University of Florida Levin College of Law
November 3, 2011...
“Can the U.S. Have a ‘War’ on Terror? Can We Win It?”
Philip C. Bobbitt
Herbert Wechsler Professor of Federal Jurisprudence
and Director of Center for National Security Law,
Columbia Law School
March 31, 2011...
and Director of Center for National Security Law,
Columbia Law School
March 31, 2011...
“Dependency, Corruption, and the First Amendment”
Lawrence Lessig
Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School
February 3, 2011...
February 3, 2011...
“The Massachusetts Constitution: The Last Thirty Years”
The Honorable Herbert P. Wilkins
Chief Justice (Ret.), Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
November 18, 2010...
November 18, 2010...
“Ten Ways to Conceive of
the Derivative Work Right of Copyright Law”
Pamela Samuelson
Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor
of Law and Information Management,
University of California, Berkeley
April 15, 2010...
of Law and Information Management,
University of California, Berkeley
April 15, 2010...
“Carbon Dioxide:
Our Newest Pollutant”
Richard A. Epstein
James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law,
University of Chicago Law School
November 5, 2009...
University of Chicago Law School
November 5, 2009...
“What Crime Did the Nazis Commit? Nuremberg and the Rule of Law”
Noah Feldman
Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
October 15, 2009...
October 15, 2009...
“The Growing Use of Transnational Legal Authority:
The Impact on U.S. Courts”
The Honorable Justice Michael Kirby
Justice, High Court of Australia
April 22, 2009...
April 22, 2009...
“A National Security Agenda”
Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker
Dean, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
November 13, 2008...
November 13, 2008...
“The Role of the Supreme Court”
Neal Katyal
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
October 7, 2008...
October 7, 2008...
“How the Supreme Court Talks About Abortion:
The Implication of a Shifting Discourse”
Linda Greenhouse
Supreme Court Correspondent, The New York Times
April 10, 2008...
April 10, 2008...
“The Road to Guantánamo:
Executive Detention in the 21st Century”
Kermit Roosevelt
Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
February 28, 2008...
February 28, 2008...
“Shackwaves from Appellate Decisions on District Courts”
The Honorable Colleen McMahon
District Judge, United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York
November 8, 2007...
for the Southern District of New York
November 8, 2007...
“Congress and the Federal Courts”
Carl Tobias
"Congress and the Federal Courts"
April 19, 2007...
April 19, 2007...
“Ending Marriage Discrimination: A Work in Progress”
Mary L. Bonauto
Civil Rights Project Director, GLAD
October 12, 2006...
October 12, 2006...
“The Ever-Vanishing Substance Procedure Distinction
in Modern Litigation”
The Honorable Jack B. Jacobs
Justice, Delaware Supreme Court
September 14, 2006...
September 14, 2006...
“The Anti-Democratic Nature of the Assault
on the Civil Justice System”
Lucinda M. Finley
Frank Raichle Professor of Trial and Appellate Advocacy, University of Buffalo Law School
April 6, 2006...
April 6, 2006...
“The Real Original Understanding:
The Necessity of Natural Law in Constitutional Interpretation”
Douglas W. Kmiec
Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law,
Pepperdine University School of Law
March 20, 2006...
Pepperdine University School of Law
March 20, 2006...
“The Vanishing Jury and the Twilight of Judicial Independence”
The Honorable William G. Young
Chief Judge, United States District Court
for the District of Massachusetts
October 19, 2005...
for the District of Massachusetts
October 19, 2005...
“Race, Democracy and Education”
Charles R. Lawrence III
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
April 14, 2005...
April 14, 2005...
“Disturbing the Universe:
How Social Movements Change the Constitution”
Jack M. Balkin
Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
March 3, 2005...
March 3, 2005...
“The Tyranny of Labels”
The Honorable Rosemary Barkett
"The Tyranny of Labels"
October 14, 2004...
October 14, 2004...
“Corporate Law in 2004″
William T. Allen
Jack Nusbaum Professor of Law and Business,
New York University School of Law,
Director, Center for Law and Business
February 14, 2004...
New York University School of Law,
Director, Center for Law and Business
February 14, 2004...
“An Introduction to the Law of Outer Space”
Joanne L. Gabrynowicz
Director, National Remote Sensing and Space Law Center,
University of Mississippi
November 13, 2003...
University of Mississippi
November 13, 2003...
“The Reasoning Behind Tax Law”
Charles I. Kingson
Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
Lecturer, Columbia University Law School
October 23, 2003...
Lecturer, Columbia University Law School
October 23, 2003...
“Liberty in the Balance: The Role of the Third Branch
in a Time of Insecurity”
The Honorable Laura Taylor Swain
District Court Judge, United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York
April 10, 2003...
for the Southern District of New York
April 10, 2003...
“Searching for the Rule of Law”
David Kairys
Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law
November 7, 2002...
November 7, 2002...
“Transgenic Art, Science and the First Amendment”
Sheldon Nahmod
Distinguished Professor of Law,
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
November 8, 2001...
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
November 8, 2001...
“The Constitution in Authoritarian Institutions”
Erwin Chemerinsky
Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Law and Political Science,
University of Southern California Law Center
March 4, 1999...
University of Southern California Law Center
March 4, 1999...
“Circumventing Juries, Undermining Justice:
Lessons from Criminal Trials and Sentencing”
The Honorable Nancy Gertner
United States District Court Judge, United States District Court
for the District of Massachusetts
April 16, 1998...
for the District of Massachusetts
April 16, 1998...
“The Majesty of the Law: A Modern Approach”
The Honorable Sonia Sotomayor
Judge, United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York
February 5, 1996...
for the Southern District of New York
February 5, 1996...
“The Madisonian Moment: Toward Constitutionalism
and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe”
A.E. Dick Howard
White Burkett Miller Professor of Law and Public Affairs,
University of Virginia
November 4, 1993...
University of Virginia
November 4, 1993...
“‘Harlot’s Ghost’ and ‘JFK’:
Fiction, Faction, and the First Amendment”
Rodney A. Smolla
Arthur B. Hanson Professor of Law and Director, Institute of Bill of Rights Law, College of William & Mary - Whythe School of Law
November 19, 1992...
November 19, 1992...
“The Freedom of Speech”
Owen M. Fiss
Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Public Law, Yale University
March 11, 1992...
March 11, 1992...
“The Conscience of a Judge”
The Honorable Patricia McGowan Wald
Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia
October 24, 1991...
for the District of Columbia
October 24, 1991...
“Free Enterprise System: Getting It Under Control”
The Honorable Stanley Sporkin
District Judge, United States District Court
for the District of Columbia
October 18, 1990...
for the District of Columbia
October 18, 1990...
“Administering Justice in the First Circuit”
The Honorable Stephen Breyer
Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
April 12, 1990...
April 12, 1990...
“The Reagan Legacy and Beyond”
Edwin Meese III
Former United States Attorney General
November 16, 1989...
November 16, 1989...
“Prior Restraints and Prior Convictions:
The Problem of the Persistent Pornographer”
Jules B. Gerard
Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law
March 9, 1989...
March 9, 1989...
“The Separation of Powers
and Other Divisions of Authority Under the Constitution”
Bernard H. Siegan
Distinguished Professor of Law,
University of San Diego School of Law
December 8, 1988...
University of San Diego School of Law
December 8, 1988...
“The Abortion Rescue Movement –
Ramifications of the New Supreme Court”
Charles E. Rice
Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
November 3, 1988...
November 3, 1988...
“The ‘Remedy’ Rationale for Requiring or Permitting
Otherwise Prohibited Discrimination”
Lino A. Graglia
Rex G. Baker and Edna Heflin Baker Professor of Constitutional Law,
University of Texas School of Law
March 31, 1988...
University of Texas School of Law
March 31, 1988...
“The Constitution and the Common Law:
The Original Intent About the Original Intent”
L. Kinvin Wroth
Dean, University of Maine School of Law
January 28, 1988...
January 28, 1988...
“Race Desegregation Cases: The Legacy of Justice Lewis F. Powell”
The Honorable Constance Baker Motley
Chief Judge, United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York
November 5, 1987...
for the Southern District of New York
November 5, 1987...
“Loss Prevention and Liability Insurance – A Lost Crusade”
Ralph Nader
Lawyer and Consumer Protection Advocate
March 26, 1987...
March 26, 1987...
“Constitutional Law and Public Opinion”
The Honorable William H. Rehnquist
Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court
April 10, 1986...
April 10, 1986...
“Free Speech in an Economic Perspective”
The Honorable Richard A. Posner
Judge, United States Court of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuit
March 6, 1986...
for the Seventh Circuit
March 6, 1986...
“Justice – A Universal Responsibility”
The Honorable Dorothy W. Nelson
Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
April 18, 1985...
April 18, 1985...
“Resurrecting Realist Jurisprudence:
The Class Bias of the Burger Court Justices”
John E. Nowak
Professor of Law, University of Illinois School of Law
April 15, 1982...
April 15, 1982...
“The Doctrine of Standing as an Essential Element
of the Separation of Powers”
The Honorable Antonin Scalia
"The Doctrine of Standing as an Essential Element
of the Separation of Powers"
March 21, 1983...
of the Separation of Powers"
March 21, 1983...
“Exposed Nerves: A Century of American Legal Culture”
Lawrence M. Friedman
Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
February 25, 1983...
February 25, 1983...
“Revising History: Revisiting the Marshall Court”
G. Edward White
Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
March 25, 1982...
March 25, 1982...
“Free Speech or Economic Weapon?”
Theodore J. St. Antoine
James E. and Sarah A. Degan Professor of Law,
University of Michigan Law School
March 4, 1982...
University of Michigan Law School
March 4, 1982...
Photos from Judge Mark L. Wolf’s Donahue Lecture (1/20/2013)
The Honorable Mark L. Wolf (Donahue Lecture Series 1/30/2013)...
“Guantanamo Detainee Litigation: Balancing National Security and Personal Liberty During the War on Terror”
The Honorable Richard J. Leon ’74
The Ninety-Ninth Donahue Lecture “Guantanamo Detainee Litigation: Balancing National Security and Personal Liberty During the War on Terror” Friday, September 28, 2012 at 2:00 pm Presented in conjunction with the Suffolk Universi...
“Why the Fear of an Evidence-Based Copyright Law?”
William Patry, Esq.
The 100th Donahue Lecture “Why the Fear of an Evidence-Based Copyright Law?” Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 4:00 pm William Patry, Esq. Senior Copyright Counsel, Google, Inc. William F. Patry currently serves as Senior Copyright C...
“The Law is Not a Game”
The Honorable Mark L. Wolf
The 101st Donahue Lecture“The Law is Not a Game” Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 4:00 pm The Honorable Mark L. Wolf Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts Mark L. Wolf was appointed to the Unit...
“We the People, They the Audience: Constitution-Making and the Wider World in the Late Eighteenth Century”
Professor Daniel Hulsebosch
The 102nd Donahue Lecture“We the People, They the Audience: Constitution-Making and the Wider World in the Late Eighteenth Century” Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 4:00 pm Professor Daniel Hulsebosch Charles Seligson Professor of Law,...
Photos from William F. Patry’s Donahue Lecture (11/8/2012)
William F. Patry, Esq. (Donahue Lecture Series 11/8/2012)...
Photos from Judge Richard J. Leon’s Donahue Lecture (9/28/2012)
Judge Richard J. Leon (Donahue Lecture Series 9/28/2012)...
Photos from Professor Rosalie Berger Levinson’s Donahue Lecture (2/9/2012)
Professor Rosalie Berger Levinson (Donahue Lecture Series 2/9/2012)...
Photos from Professor Nancy Dowd’s Donahue Lecture (11/3/2011)
Professor Nancy Dowd (Donahue Lecture Series 11/3/2011)...
Photos from Professor Philip C. Bobbitt’s Donahue Lecture (3/31/2011)
Professor Philip C. Bobbitt (Donahue Lecture Series 3/31/2011)...
Photos from Professor Lawrence Lessig’s Donahue Lecture (2/3/2011)
Professor Lawrence Lessig (Donahue Lecture Series 2/3/2011)...
Photos from Chief Justice Wilkins’s Donahue Lecture (11/18/2010)
Chief Justice Wilkins (Donahue Lecture Series 11/18/2010)...
