Presentations
Panelist, "E-Rulemaking: New Directions for Information Technology and Government
Regulation," National Conference on Digital Government Research, Digital Governance Research
Center, Boston, MA, May 20, 2003.
Presenter, "Institutionalizing IT-Enhanced Democratic Practice," Faculty Seminar, The Ohio
State University School of Public Policy, Columbus, OH, May 8, 2003.
Conference Co-Chair and Presenter, "Do New Technologies Support a Broadening of Public
Information Rights?" Conference on Security, Technology, and Privacy: Shaping a Public
Information Policy for the 21st Century (organized by Carnegie Mellon University, Georgetown
University, The Century Foundation, and Carnegie Corporation of New York), Georgetown
University Law Center, Washington, D.C., April 24-25, 2003.
Presenter, "Institutionalizing On-Line Democratic Deliberation," Seminar on Information,
Institutions and Governance, The National Center for Digital Government, Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA, Apr. 21, 2003.
Panel Moderator, "How Political Decisions are Made: Citizen Participation and
Decision-Making," Conference on Democracy in the Digital Age, Yale Law School Information
Society Project, New Haven, CT, Apr. 5, 2003.
Presenter, "When Interbranch Norms Break Down: Of Arms-for-Hostages, 'Orderly Shutowns,'
Presidential Impeachments, and Judicial Coups," Symposium on "Policy at the Intersection of
Law and Politics," Cornell Journal Of Law and Public Policy, Cornell Law School, November 1-
2, 2002.
Conference Organizer and Presenter, "The Prospects for Electronic Democracy," Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, February 7-8, 2002.
Panelist, "Information and Communications Technology Innovation for Development,"
International Meeting on Education for Development, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon,
Monterrey, MX, March 20, 2002.
Conference Organizer and Panel Moderator, "Information Technology and Legal Regulation:
Promise and Pitfalls A Summit Meeting on Law, Information Technology and Society,"
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, February 7-8, 2002.
Principal Paper Presentation, The Law of Presidential Elections: Issues in the Wake of Florida,
2000, Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, March 23, 2001.
Moderator, Judicial Independence Roundtable, Mid-Year Meeting of the Conference of Chief
Justices, Baltimore, Md., Jan. 24, 2001.
Panelist, The Supreme Court and Federalism, Federalist Society, Pittsburgh Chapter, Pittsburgh,
PA, Sept. 25, 2000.
Harold Gill Reuschlein Distinguished Lecturer, "Federalism's 'Old Deal': What's Right and
Wrong With Conservative Judicial Activism," Villanova University School of Law, Villanova,
PA, Oct. 29, 1999 [also on this topic: Faculty Workshop, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, St. Louis, MO, Nov. 8, 1999).
Keynoter and Moderator, "Judicial Independence," 42d Annual Washington Judicial Conference,
Washington, Olympia, WA, Oct. 4, 1999.
Presenter, "Presidentialism and Representation," Harvard Law School Faculty Workshop Series,
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jan. 29, 1999.
Presenter, "Executive Branch Oversight of Regulation," University of Pittsburgh Working Group
on Comparative Regulation, Pittsburgh, PA, Jan. 27, 1999.
Panelist, "Nixon Redux: Executive Power Issues in the 90's." Section on Constitutional Law,
Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 9, 1999.
Presenter, "State Judicial Independence and Interbranch Accountability: A Framework For
Reform," for "Judicial Independence Challenged A Panel Discussion About Interbranch
Relationships," American Bar Association Symposium: Bulwarks of the Republic - Judicial
Independence and Accountability in the American System of Justice, Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 5,
1998.
Presenter, "Complicating the Obstacle Course: Standing, Ripeness and Other Barriers to Judicial
Review of Federal Administrative Decision Making," Third Annual Supreme Court Year in
Review, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Continuing Legal Education (co-sponsored by the
Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Federal Bar Association), Pittsburgh, PA, Sept. 18, 1998
(also Panel Moderator, "Overview of the 1997 Term").
Presenter, "Long-Term Planning," ABA Seminar for New Law Deans, Winston-Salem, NC, June
21-22, 1998.
Organizer and Presenter, "Skills Training in Pennsylvania Law Schools," Judiciary-Academy -
Bar Committee, Pennsylvania Bar Association Annual Meeting, Hershey, Pennsylvania, May 13,
1998.
Presenter, "Dick Thornburgh as Attorney General," University of Pittsburgh Founders Day,
Presentation of the Thornburgh Archival Collection to the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,
PA, February 27, 1998.
Endowed Lecture, "Reflections in Three Mirrors: Complexities of Representation in a
Constitutional Democracy," Frank R. Strong Law Forum, Ohio State University College of Law,
February 4, 1998.
Organizer and Moderator, "Law Schools, Practicing Lawyers, and the Organized Bar -- What's
the Future of Our Relationship(s)?" AALS Section for the Law School Dean, AALS Annual
Meeting, San Francisco, California, January 9, 1998.
Organizer, "Preparation for Deaning: A Leadership Preparation Workshop," AALS Section for the Law School Dean, AALS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, January 8, 1998.
Presenter, "Alternatives to Lecturing: The Socratic Method and Other Interactive Teaching
Techniques" and "The Selection and Evaluation of Faculty," Conference on New Challenges for
European Law Schools--U.S. Legal Education: A Source of Inspiration for Europe, University of
Ghent, Belgium, December 8-9, 1997.
Panel Moderator, "Overview of the 1996-98 Term," Second Annual Supreme Court Year in
Review, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Continuing Legal Education (co-sponsored by the
Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Federal Bar Association), Pittsburgh, PA, Sept. 5, 1997.
Panelist, "Long-Term Planning," ABA Seminar for New Law Deans, Winston-Salem, NC, June
12-13, 1997.
Presenter, "Learning McNamara's Lessons: How the War Powers Resolution Advances the Rule
of Law," Symposium on Presidential Power in the Twenty-First Century, Case Western Reserve
University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, April 4-5, 1997.
Presenter, "The Constitutional History of Federalism," World Federalist Association of Greater
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 29, 1996.
Presenter, "Separation of Powers Under the Pennsylvania Constitution: Does Federal Law Have
Lessons for State Practice?" Pennsylvania Bar Association Mid-Year Meeting, Phoenix,
Arizona, October 26, 1996.
Panel Moderator, "Overview of the 1995-96 Term," First Annual Supreme Court Year in
Review, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Continuing Legal Education (co-sponsored by
the Western Penn. Chapter of the Federal Bar Association), Pittsburgh, PA, Sept. 16, 1996.
Panelist, Plenary Session: Legal Educators in a Learning Society, AALS Annual Meeting, San
Antonio, Texas, January 5, 1996.
Presenter, "Political Accountability in a System of Checks and Balances: The Case of
Presidential Review of Rulemaking," Symposium on Law of the Presidency/Separation of
Powers, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK, Apr. 14-15, 1994.
Presenter, Faculty Speaker Series, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, September 24, 1993.
Presenter, "The Place of 'Separation of Powers' in Constitutionalism and "Constitutional Law I,"
AALS Conference on Constitutional Law, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 12-16, 1993.
Panelist, "Resistance and Reformation," University of Iowa Conference on Teaching Texts and
Diversity, Iowa City, Iowa, May 10-11, 1993 (also Moderator, "Diversifying Diversity").
Panelist, "Holding Government Officials Criminally Accountable: Special Prosecutors, Pardons,
and the Separation of Powers," Columbia University School of Law, New York, March 31, 1993..
Presenter, "Congressional Demands for Agency Information," Administrative Conference of the
United States Seminar for Congressional Staff, Washington, D.C., January 11, 1993.
Panel Moderator and Organizer, "The Rehnquist Court's War on the Structural Injunction,"
Section on Remedies, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, San Francisco,
Cal., January 9, 1993.
OPresenter, "Who May Remove or Discipline Federal Judges?" National Commission on Judicial
Discipline and Removal Roundtable, Washington, D.C., December 18, 1992 (televised by C-
SPAN).
Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education: "The Political and Free Speech Rights of State
Employees: An Overview of Recent Developments," University of Iowa College of Law,
October 30, 1992.
Moderator, "Discussing the Academy," Ford Foundation-University of Iowa Faculty Seminars on
Diversity in Higher Education, Iowa City, Iowa, 1992-93 (six sessions).
Panelist, "Political Correctness: Issues for Teaching," Society of American Law Teachers
Workshop on Political Correctness, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 3, 1992.
Discussant, "Race, Remedy and Identity," for "Post-Modern Constitutional Law," the Third
Biennial Georgetown Discussion Group on Constitutional Law, Georgetown University Law
Center, Washington, D.C., November 16, 1991.
Speaker, "The Bill of Rights: What Are We Celebrating?" University of Iowa College of Law
Observance of the Bicentennial of the Bill of Rights, Iowa City, Iowa, November 7, 1991.
Panel Moderator and Organizer, "Civil Rights and Administrative Law: What Makes Agencies
Effective?" Section on Administrative Law, Association of American Law Schools Annual
Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 4, 1991.
Presenter, "Symposium: Is There a New Public Law?" University of Michigan Law School, Ann
Arbor, Michigan, Oct. 6, 1990.
Panelist, "Teaching on the Borders of Constitutional Law and Political Science," Association of
American Law Schools Administrative Law Workshop, Washington, D.C., June 22, 1990.
Panel Moderator and Organizer, "Denials and Revocations of Security Clearances: Issues of Law
and Policy," Section of Administrative Law, American Bar Association 1990 Spring Meeting,
Williamsburg, Virginia, April 28, 1990.
Commentator, "The New Separation of Powers Jurisprudence," Section on Constitutional Law,
Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 5, 1990.
Presenter, "Law on the Edge of Politics: The Supreme Court and the Separation of Powers in the
Eighties," Iowa Conference of Political Scientists, 1989 Annual Meeting, Ames, Iowa,
November 11, 1989.
Featured Speaker, "Institutional Remedies and the Seventh Circuit: Do the Courts Run
Chicago?" Roundtable Discussion sponsored by IIT Chicago-Kent School of Law and The
Chicago Lawyer, Chicago, Ill., December 14, 1988 (Published in Chicago Lawyer, Apr. 18,
1989, at 15-20).
Panelist, "Supreme Court Preview: What to Expect from the 1988-89 Term," Conference
Sponsored by Institute of Bill of Rights Law and the National Conference of Editorial Writers,
Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary, November 18-19, 1988.
Commentator, "The American Constitutional Tradition of Shared and Separated Powers: The
Judicial Role in Umpiring Inter-branch Conflicts," Fifth Annual Bill of Rights Symposium,
Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary, April 8, 1988.
Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education: "A Legal Primer for School Boards and Their Attorneys:
Selected Developments in State and Federal Law," University of Iowa College of Law, Oct.3,
1987.
