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.
- Baylor University School of Law
- US Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh Q&A; a Judge Kenneth W. Starr Federalist Papers Lecture Series event.
- September 11, 2025,
- 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
- 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
- Thursday, October 30, 2025, 4-5:15 p.m.
- 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
- Jameel Jaffer, Executive Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
- “Whether Universities Ought to Remain Neutral in Political Crises or Events”
- November 06, 2025, 9:00am MDT
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- University of Cincinnati College of Law Robert S. Marx Lecture
- 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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