The Dyson Distinguished Lecturer Series was endowed in 1982 by a gift from the Dyson Foundation made possible through the generosity of the late Charles H. Dyson, a 1930 graduate, trustee, and long-time benefactor of Pace University. The principal aim and object of the Dyson Distinguished Lecturer Series is to encourage and make possible scholarly legal contributions of very high quality in furtherance of the School of Law’s educational mission.

2002
Professor Daniel Farber, McKnight Presidential Professor of Public Law
University of Minnesota
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Rethinking Environmental Law After American Trucking

2001
Professor Jesse H. Choper, Earl Warren Professor of Public Law, University of California, Berkeley
The Presidential Election of 2000 and the Role of the United States Supreme Court.

1997
William E. Kennard, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission
Implementing the Telecommunications Act of 1996: Toward Consolidation or Competition?

1996
John C. Coffee, Jr., Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Class Actions After the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and MCA and What Should be Done About It.

1993
The Honorable Joseph W. Bellacosa, New York State Court of Appeals
Ethical Impulses From the Death Penalty: "Old Sparky's" Jolt to the Legal Profession

1992
Sylvia A. Law, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Crystal Eastman

1991
Panel Presentation
Justice Brennan: Foundation for the Future

Panelists:

Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law, New York Law School
Justice Brennan and the Religion Clauses

Gerald Rosberg, Partner, Dewey Ballantine
Justice Brennan and the Law of Obscenity

Ronald Tabak, Special Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Justice Brennan and the Death Penalty

Bennett L. Gershman, Professor of Law, Pace University School of Law
The Moral Force of His Language

Ralph Michael Stein, Professor of Law, Pace University School of Law
Justice Brennan and the First Amendment Minefield: In Respectful Appreciation

1990:
David G. Owen, Webster Professor of Tort Law, University of South Carolina
Products Liability: Principles of Justice for the 21^st Century

1989:
Panel Presentation
Julius L. Chambers, Sally E. Burns, John A. Powell, William Kunstler

1986:
Charles L. Black, Sterling Professor of Law Emeritus, Yale University
The Forest and the Trees in Constitutional Law

1985:
Eugene Rostow, Sterling Professor of Law Emeritus, Yale University; Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law and Diplomacy, National Defense University
Why Is It So Hard to Negotiate with the Russians?

1985:
Abram Chayes, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
The ABM Treaty and the Strategic Defense Initiative

1983:
Harry W. Jones, Cardozo Professor Emeritus of Jurisprudence, Columbia University
Precedent and Policy in Constitutional Law