Fowler School of Law presents:
2025 Law Review Symposium - Raiders of the Lost Art: Legal Challenges and Recoveries

Friday, January 31, 2025 | 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Every spring since 1999, Fowler School of Law's Chapman Law Review has hosted its annual Law Review Symposium. Topics are selected to challenge participants to confront pressing legal issues from a variety of perspectives. Panelists have included distinguished scholars, judges and practitioners.

9:30 a.m.
CHECK-IN
   
10:15 - 11:45 a.m.
PANEL 1: THE JOURNEY HOME

The cultural community experience of looted art reclamation. The panelists will discuss notable pieces of art and the state of the law affecting their return status.

• Kathryn “Lee” Boyd, Partner, Hecht Partners
• Dr. John Hall, Professor of Law, Chapman University, Fowler School of Law
• Dr. Leslye Obiora, Professor of Law, University Of Arizona, James E. Rogers College Of Law
• Moderator: Professor Justin St. P. Walsh, Professor of Art History, Archaeology, and Space Studies, Chapman University, Wilkinson College Of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Department of Art  

12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: LEGAL REMEDIES TO RECLAIM HERITAGE AND THE EMERGENCE OF VOLUNTARY REPATRIATIONS.

• Erin L. Thompson, Professor of Art Crime, John Jay College (CUNY)

1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
PANEL 2: THE QUEST FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
   
The struggles that come with prosecuting bad actors involved in looted art. The panelists will discuss methods museums use to stay in compliance in light of the recent movement for provenance transparency and cultural restitution.

• Jason Felch, Investigative Reporter and Subject Matter Expert, Museum of Looted Antiquities
• Nicholas M. O'Donnell, Partner, Sullivan & Worcester
• Dylan Price, Partner, Sheppard Mullin
• Moderator: Michael Bazyler, Professor of Law, 1939 Law Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies, Chapman University, Fowler School of Law      

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m:
EN BANC
   
Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served immediately following the last panel in the Kennedy Hall Lobby.
   
4:00 p.m. 
SYMPOSIUM CONCLUDES