Robin Fretwell Wilson

Conferences and Presentations

Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.  Roundtable Discussion of Nanotechnology, April 23-24, 2009 (upcoming)

National Association of Women Justices, hosted by the Georgia Supreme Court, Atlanta, Georgia.  Will present “Keynote:  De Facto Parenthood and Child Well-being,” April 4, 2009 (upcoming)

Wake Forest University school of Medicine.  Will present “The Death of Jesse Gelsinger:  Money, Prestige, and Conflicts of Interest in Human Subjects Research,” April 1, 2009 (upcoming)

Brookings Institute, Washington, DC. Participated in panel discussion "Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: A Reconciliation," March 13, 2009 Audio Available

Chapman University School of Law, Orange County, California.  Presented “Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty:  Life After Prop 8,” February 27, 2009 Video Available

Georgetown University School of Law, Washington, DC.  Panel on Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty hosted by the Moral Values Project.  Presented “Emerging Conflicts Between Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Finding a Live-And-Let-Live Solution,” January 26, 2009 Video Available

 Mt. Kapoanik, Serbia, XXI Conference of the Kopaonik School of Natural Law.  Presented “Emerging Conflicts Between Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Finding a Live-And-Let-Live Solution,” December 13, 2008

University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law, Novi Sad, Serbia.  Presented “Emerging Conflicts Between Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Finding a Live-And-Let-Live Solution” to faculty and students in Family Law, December 11, 2008

Supreme Court of Georgia, “For Children’s Sake” A Summit on Marriage and Family, Atlanta, Georgia.  Presented “Keynote:  De Facto Parenthood and Child Well-being,” November 19, 2008

Chapman University School of Law, The Chapman Dialogue Series, Panel on Legal Aspects of Same-Sex Marriage and Prop 8 Issues, Orange County, California.  Presented “Emerging Conflicts Between Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Finding a Live-And-Let-Live Solution,” October 24, 2008

University of Virginia, Conference on “Who is Called and Parent and Why?,” Charlottesville, Virginia.  Presented “The Meaning of Adoption:  A Comment on Brinig and Patterson,” October 17, 2008

Washington & Lee University School of Law, Symposium on Protecting Virtual Playgrounds:  Children, Law and Play Online, Lexington, Virginia.  Presented “Sex Play in Virtual Worlds,” October 4, 2008

 3th World Conference of the International Society of Family Law & the Austrian Federal Ministry of Justice, Vienna, Austria.  Will present “Matters of Conscience: Lessons for Same-Sex Marriage From the Healthcare Context,”   September 19, 2008

First Amendment Center, Newseum, Washington, DC.  Panel on Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Emerging Conflicts.  Presented “Matters of Conscience: Lessons for Same-Sex Marriage From the Healthcare Context,” September 9, 2008

Princeton University, Family Seminar, Princeton, New Jersey.  Presented: “Ignoring Gender: A Critique of Modern Family Law,” June 14, 2008

The American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, Drexel University, College of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Presented “Estate of Gelsinger v. Trustees of University of Pennsylvania: Money, Prestige, and Influence In Human Subjects Research,” June 6, 2008

University of Padua, Lectures on U.S. Family Law, Padua, Italy, May 10 – 16, 2008

University of Idaho, College of Law, Law & Healthcare:  Bridging the Divisions Symposium, Boise, Idaho. Presented “Unauthorized Practice: Regulating The Use of Anesthetized, Recently Deceased, and Conscious Patients in Medical Teaching,” April 11, 2008

Mt. Kaponik, Serbia, XX Conference of the Kopaonik School of Natural Law.  Presented “Blind Trust:  The American Law Institute’s Proposed Treatment of De Facto Parents,” December 13 – 17, 2008

University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law, Novi Sad, Serbia.  Presented “Blind Trust:  The American Law Institute’s Proposed Treatment of De Facto Parents” to faculty and students in Family Law, December 12, 2007 

St. Thomas University School of Law, Conference on Multi-Tiered Marriage, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Presented “The Perils of Privatized Marriage,” November 14, 2007

Northeastern University School of Law, Panel on Science, Morality, and Health Care Issues, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented:  “Matters of Conscience: Moral Clashes Over Deeply Divisive Healthcare Procedures,” November 8, 2007

Brigham Young University School of Law, symposium on Same-Sex Marriage and Gay Adoptions:  Inclusion, Compromise, Protection, and Consequences, Provo, Utah.  Presented “A Matter of Conviction:  Moral Clashes over Same-Sex Adoption,” October 1, 2007

30th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Padua, Italy
Presented "Undeserved Trust: Reflections on the American Law Institute's Treatment of De Facto Parents," June 25-30, 2007

International Society of Family Law North American Regional Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Presented "Undeserved Trust: Reflections on the American Law Institute's Treatment of De Facto Parents," June 18-20, 2007

Commission on European Family Law

, 3rd Annual Conference, Oslo, Norway
Presented "Keynote: Harmonization of Family Law in the United States," June 7-9, 2007

Princeton University, Witherspoon Institute, Princeton, New Jersey

 
Presented "Keeping Women In Business: Examining The Business School Education," May 17-19, 2007

Northwestern University School of Law, Searle Center, Chicago, Illinois

Presented "Health Care Regulation: The Year in Review" (with Professor David Hyman), May 4, 2007

 

Washington & Lee University School of Law

, Conference on Gender Relevant Legislation in Muslim and Non-Muslim Countries, Lexington, Virginia
Presented "Perils of Privatized Marriage," March 30, 2007

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Center for Nanomedicine and Cellular Delivery, Baltimore, Maryland

Presented "Legal Issues in the Regulation of Nanotechnology," March 23, 2007

Arizona State University College of Law, Center for the Study of Law, Science, and Technology, Tempe, Arizona

 
Presented "Nanotechnology: The Challenge of Regulating Known Unknowns," November 20-21, 2006

University of Virginia School of Law, The Center for Children, Families and the Law, Charlottesville, Virginia

Presented "Undeserved Trust: Reflections on the American Law Institute's Treatment of De Facto Parents," November 17, 2006

University of Virginia School of Medicine, Grand Rounds, Charlottesville, Virginia

 
Presented "Matters of Conscience: Evaluating the Duty to Dispense Emergency Contraceptives," October 18, 2006

Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.

Presented "Medicare: Where's The Common Sense? A Response to Medicare Meets Mephistopheles by David A. Hyman," September 21, 2006. Click here for video/audio.

International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

 
Presented "Sexually Predatory Parents and the Children in Their Care: Remove the Threat, Not The Child," July 11, 2006

The Heritage Foundation, Conference on Same-Sex Marriage and the Fate of Religious Liberties, Washington, D.C.

 
Presented "Matters of Conscience: Lessons for Same-Sex Marriage From the Health Care Context," May 22, 2006. Click here for audio/video.

University of Illinois College of Law and School of Medicine, Jon David and Elizabeth A. Epstein Program in Health Law and Policy, Champaign, Illinois

Presented "Nanotechnology: The Challenge of Regulating Known Unknowns," April 12, 2006

Yale University, School of Medicine, Edward Zigler Center for Child Development and Social Policy, New Haven, Connecticut

Presented "Remove the Threat, Not the Child: A Test Case for Using Social Science to Guide Child and Family Policy," March 31, 2006

Brigham Young University School of Law, Provo, Utah
Presented "Evaluating Marriage: Does Marriage Matter to the Nurturing of Children?" February 27, 2006

George Mason University School of Law, Faculty Workshop Series, Arlington, Virginia
Presented "Sexually Predatory Parents and the Children in Their Care: Remove the Threat, Not The Child," February 21, 2006

Washington & Lee University School of Law, Faculty Workshop Series, Lexington, Virginia
Presented "Sexually Predatory Parents and the Children in Their Care: Remove the Threat, Not The Child", February 20, 2006

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Conference on Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Freedom, Washington, D.C

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Presented "Matters of Conscience: Lessons for Same-Sex Marriage From the Health Care Context," December 15, 2005

University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, Florida

Presented "Remove the Threat, Not the Child," November 15, 2005

William & Mary College of Law, Conference on Reforming Parenting Laws, Williamsburg, Virginia
Presented "Bringing Up Baby: Adoption, Marriage, and the Best Interests of the Child" (with University of Virginia professor Brad Wilcox), September 30, 2005

 

Claremont McKenna College, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, Claremont, California

Presented "Sexually Predatory Parents and the Children in Their Care: The Cost of Failing to Grasp Sociolegal Research," June 4, 2005

University of San Diego School of Law, Conference on The Meaning of Marriage, San Diego, California

Presented "Evaluating Marriage: Does Marriage Matter to the Nurturing of Children?" January 14, 2005

2004 Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

Presented "Autonomy Suspended: The Use of Patients for Teaching Purposes without their Knowledge or Consent," January 7, 2005

University of Virginia School of Law, Conference

on The State Construction of Families, Charlottesville, Virginia
Presented "Remove the Threat, Not the Child: A Test Case for the Public Health Approach," October 29, 2004

Harvard Law School, Conference on the American Law Institute's Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Presented "Undeserved Trust: Reflections on the American Law Institute's Treatment of De Facto Parents," October 14, 2004

Law & Society Association, 40th Annual Meeting, Conference on Law, Power, and Injustice: Confronting the Legacies of Sociolegal Research, Chicago, Illinois

Presented "Sexually Predatory Parents and the Children in Their Care: The Cost of Failing to Grasp Sociolegal Research," May 27, 2004

St. Louis University School of Law, Center for Health Law Studies, St. Louis, Missouri

Presented "Unauthorized Practice: Deception in Teaching Practices at Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals," March 17, 2004

Washington University Schools of Law & Medicine, Conference on Law and Mental Health, St. Louis, Missouri

Presented on panel discussion of "Mental Health Assessment Issues in the Justice System and Risks of Abuse to Individuals with Mental Disabilities," March 18, 2004

Helping Families Change, Conference 2004, Auckland, New Zealand
Presented "Evaluating the Danger Posed by a Sexually Predatory Parent to the Victim's Siblings: Its Role in Family Intervention" and "The Sexual Exploitation of Female Children After Divorce: The Need for Intervention with Families in Transition," February 19, 2004

Maine State Bar Association, Samoset, Maine

Presented "Keynote: Using Social Science Research to Improve Judicial Decisionmaking," January 29, 2004

University of Wales, School of Medicine and the National Health Service Trust, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Presented "The Cradle of Abuse: Evaluating the Danger Posed by a Sexually Predatory Parent to the Victim's Siblings," December 11, 2003

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, London, England

Presented "Predicting Sexual Exploitation in Families Where One Child Has Been Victimized," December 9, 2003

Coventry and Warwickshire Child Health Education Group, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, England

Presented "Incest: Who is the Next Victim?" December 8, 2003

International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect, IXth Regional European Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Warsaw, Poland
Presented "Getting Judges to Recognize the Threat Posed by a Sexually Predatory Parent to the Victim’s Siblings: The Essential Role of an Interdisciplinary Approach," August 29, 2003

Commission on Anthropology of Children, Youth and Childhood, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Florence, Italy
Presented "Making Child Abuse Research Work to Protect Kids", July 8, 2003

University of Florida Levin College of Law, Center on Children and the Law, Conference on Children, Culture, and Violence: Myths, Images and Realities, Gainesville, Florida
Presented "Serial Offenders: Sexually Predatory Parents and the Children in Their Care," March 20, 2003

Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida

Presented "The Cradle of Abuse: Evaluating the Danger Posed by a Sexually Predatory Parent to the Victim's Siblings," January 31, 2003

Symposium on Children and Youth at Risk, Inter-Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences 2002, Tokyo, Japan

Presented "Predicting Sexual Exploitation in Families Where One Child Has Been Victimized" and "Legal Research on State Protection of Children: Methods and Challenges" (co-presenter), September 26, 2002

International Society of Family Law, 11th World Conference on Family Life and Human Rights, Copenhagen, Denmark & Oslo, Norway

Presented "Infertility and Gestational Agreements: Does Infertility Matter to Family Functioning?" August 2 –7, 2002

Third International Conference on Child & Adolescent Mental Health, Brisbane, Australia

Presented "Evaluating the Danger Posed by a Sexually Predatory Parent to the Victim’s Siblings: Its Role in Family Intervention," June 15, 2002