Distinguished Speakers Series

One mission of the Program for Law & Technology is to bring scientists, lawyers and policy-makers together to begin new dialogues on issues of mutual importance, especially as they relate to emerging technologies.  To promote that effort, the Program brings renowned academics and leaders from industry and government to the Caltech and Loyola campuses several times a year for workshops and lectures.  The Program is pleased to announce the following Yuen Fellow for 2002-2003:

Richard Epstein
Feb. 5 & 6, 2003

We are quite fortunate to have as our Spring, 2003 Yuen Fellow, Prof. Richard Epstein of the University of Chicago.  Prof. Epstein's broad and impressive expertise includes constitutional, economic, historical, and philosophical subjects.

Richard A. Epstein is the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. Epstein, who is presently serving as Interim Dean of the Law School, is known for his research and writing in a broad range of constitutional, economic, historical and philosophical subjects. Epstein's books include: Principles for a Free Society: Reconciling Individual Liberty with the Common Good (1998); Mortal Peril: Our Inalienable Right to Health Care? (1997), Simple Rules for a Complex World (1995), Bargaining with the State (1993), Forbidden Grounds: The Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws (1992), and Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain (1985). Epstein is also the editor of Cases and Materials in the Law of Torts (7th ed.) and has written a one-volume treatise, Torts (1999). He received a B.A. in philosophy summa cum laude from Columbia in 1964. He received a B.A. in law with first class honors from Oxford University in 1966, and an LL.B., cum laude, from the Yale Law School in 1968. Upon his graduation he joined the faculty at the University of Southern California, where he taught until 1972 when he joined the University of Chicago faculty. He was named James Parker Hall Professor in 1982 and Distinguished Service Professor in 1988. From 1981 to 1991, he was editor of the Journal of Legal Studies. Since 1991, he has been an editor of the Journal of Law & Economics. He has been a senior fellow at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics since 1984, and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1985.

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