Academic Workshops — Spring 2026
Many outstanding scholars present their research and forthcoming scholarship throughout the year. Below you may explore a list of the distinguished scholars who will present in our academic workshop series this Spring.
January
Monday, January 26
Marshall M. Criser Distinguished Faculty Workshop
Time: Noon ET
Location: Bailey Event Space
Jill E. Fisch
Jill E. Fisch, Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, presents Corporate Values and the Role of Shareholders. Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.
Friday, January 30
Graduate Tax Colloquium
Time: 11:30 a.m. ET
Location: HH 359
Daniel N. Shaviro
Daniel N. Shaviro, Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation, New York University School of Law, presents The Rise, Fall, and Survival of the Haig-Simons Income Definition as a Policy Guide. Please contact brauner@law.ufl.edu for more information.
February
Monday, February 2
Marshall M. Criser Distinguished Faculty Workshop
Time: Noon ET
Location: Bailey Event Space
C. Eric Hintz
C. Eric Hintz, Associate Professor, University of Missouri School of Law, presents. Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.
Friday, February 6
Ellen Bellet Gelberg Tax Policy Symposium
Time: 9:00 a.m. ET
Location: Martin Levin Advocacy Center 106
Please join us for the 2026 Ellen Bellet Gelberg Tax Policy Symposium. Elena Spatoulas Patel, Co-Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and Pozen Director’s Chair, Brookings Institution, presents, The Big Beautiful Bill. William G. Gale, Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy, Brookings Institution and Senior Fellow in Economic Studies, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, moderates. David S. Mitchell, Senior Fellow, Washington Center for Equitable Growth, and Kyle Pomerleau, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, serve as discussants. Lunch will be served in the Bailey Event Space, where Kerry Ryan, Associate Professor, Saint Louis University School of Law, presents Temporary Absences & Family Taxation. Please contact farley@law.ufl.edu for more information, including the webinar link.
Monday, February 9
Marshall M. Criser Distinguished Faculty Workshop
Time: Noon ET
Location: Bailey Event Space
Ra’Shya Ghee
Ra’Shya Ghee, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Law School, presents. Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.
Monday, February 16
Marshall M. Criser Distinguished Internal Faculty Workshop
Time: Noon ET
Location: Bailey Event Space
John Stinneford
John Stinneford, Edward Rood Eminent Scholar Chair
and Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, presents. Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.
Tuesday, February 17
Annual Wolf Family Lecture on the American Law of Real Property
Time: Noon ET
Location: Bailey Event Space
Lior Strahilevitz
Lior Strahilevitz, Sidley Austin Professor of Law, The University of Chicago Law School, presents. Please contact farley@law.ufl.edu for more information.
March
Monday, March 2
Marshall M. Criser Distinguished Internal Faculty Workshop
Time: Noon ET
Location: Bailey Event Space
Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky
Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky, Raymond & Miriam Ehrlich Eminent Scholar Chair in U.S. Constitutional Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, presents. Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.
Monday, March 9
Marshall M. Criser Distinguished Faculty Workshop
Time: Noon ET
Location: Bailey Event Space
Janet Freilich
Janet Freilich, Professor of Law and Class of 1960 Scholar, Boston University School of Law, presents. Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.