Big XII Signature Law Lecture Series
The Sig 12 Lecture Series brings together interested Big 12 Law Schools in a showcase of their most compelling annual lectures. Each institution highlights one signature event—its “Sig 12 Lecture”—selected for its intellectual depth and impact. Whenever possible, lectures are offered with a virtual option, enhancing accessibility and national visibility. Learn more about this year’s speakers and subjects below. Please revisit this page for updates.
- BYU Law School:
- Saul Levmore, William B. Graham Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School,
- "Property Rights, Patents, and Immigration,"
- September 24, 2025, 12:00 pm MDT
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- University of Kansas School of Law
- Erin Ryan, Professor and Associate Dean for
Environmental Programs, Florida State University College of Law, - Discussing her book: The Public Trust Doctrine, Mono Lake, and A Quiet Revolution in Environmental Law, Cambridge
- University Press (forthcoming 2025), October 29, 2025, 4:00 pm CDT
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- Texas Tech University School of Law:
- Brian Shannon, Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished
Professor, Texas Tech University School of Law: - “Overlapping Fields: A Law Professor’s Service in Collegiate Athletics Governance,”
- October 30, 2025, 12:00 pm CDT
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- S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah: Fordham Debate:
- “Whether Universities Ought to Remain Neutral in Political Crises or Events,”
- Jameel Jaffer, Executive Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.
- November 06, 2025, 9:00am MDT
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- University of Cincinnati College of Law:
- Robert S. Marx Lecture speaker
- Professor Julian Davis Mortenson, James G. Phillipp Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School,
- “The Founder’s President: Presidential Power as it was Understood at the Historical Founding,”
- February 13, 2026, 12:15 ET
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- University of Houston Law Center:
- Yale L. Rosenberg Memorial Lecture speaker President
- Michael Roth of Wesleyan University,
- April 23, 2026, 6:30 pm CT
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- Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law:
- Keith Allred, Executive Director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse at the University of Arizona ,
- “Beating Polarization: How 87,000 Citizens Have Gone Four-for-Four in Congress,”
- Date: TBD
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