The Cutler Lecture series was established in 1927 by James Goold Cutler of Rochester, NY, to provide an annual lecture at William & Mary by “an outstanding authority on the Constitution of the United States.” The original series of 16 lectures were held from 1928 to 1944. After a period of dormancy, the Cutler lectures were revived in 1980-81 under the auspices of the Law School, with each lecture published in the William and Mary Law Review.
Lectures from 2023
The Trump Impeachments: Lessons for the Constitution, Presidents, Congress, Justice, Lawyers, and the Public, Michael J. Gerhardt
(64 William & Mary Law Review 1309-1344 (2023))
Lectures from 2021
Marriage Equality's Lessons for Social Movements and Constitutional Change, William N. Eskridge Jr.
(62 William & Mary Law Review 1449-1476 (2021))
Lectures from 2019
Constitutional Moral Hazard and Campus Speech, Jamal Greene
(61 William & Mary Law Review 223-251 (2019))
Lectures from 2018
Pregnancy as a Normal Condition of Employment: Comparative and Role-Based Accounts of Discrimination, Reva B. Siegel
(59 William & Mary Law Review 969-1006 (2018))
Lectures from 2017
Can the Constitution Save Us?, Jamal Greene
Lectures from 2016
Pro-Constitutional Representation: Comparing the Role Obligations of Judges and Elected Representatives in Constitutional Democracy, Vicki C. Jackson
(57 William & Mary Law Review 1717-1788 (2016))
Appellate Deference in the Age of Facts, Kenji Yoshino
(58 William & Mary Law Review 251-283 (2016))
Lectures from 2015
Pro-Constitutional Representation and Constitutional Democracy: Comparing the Role Obligations of Judges and Elected Representatives (Program), Vicki C. Jackson
Lectures from 2014
Incapacitating the State, Daryl J. Levinson
(56 William & Mary Law Review 181-226 (2014))
Constitutional Factfinding: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage (Program), Kenji Yoshino
Lectures from 2013
Incapacitating the State (Program), Daryl Levinson
Lectures from 2012
Interpretive Contestation and Legal Correctness, Matthew D. Adler
(53 William and Mary Law Review 1115-1136 (2012))
Spandrel or Frankenstein's Monster? The Vices and Virtues of Retrofitting in American Law, Michael C. Dorf
(54 William & Mary Law Review 339-369 (2012))
Our Federalism(s), Heather K. Gerken
(53 William and Mary Law Review 1549-1573 (2012))
Lectures from 2011
Frankenstein's Monster or Spandrel? The Vices and Virtues of Legal Retrofitting (Program), Michael C. Dorf
Lectures from 2010
Constitutional Disagreement and Right Answers (Program), Matthew Adler
A New Take on Voice and Exit in Federalism Debates (Program), Heather Gerken
Lectures from 2009
Originalism in the American Mind: Public Opinion and Judicial Decisionmaking (Program), Nathaniel Persily
Lectures from 2008
A Tale of Two Executives (Program), Saikrishna B. Prakash
Imperial and Imperiled: The Curious State of the Executive, Saikrishna B. Prakash
(50 William and Mary Law Review 1021-1062 (2008))
Lectures from 2007
Do We Have A Written Constitution? (Program), David A. Strauss
The Common Law Genius of the Warren Court, David A. Strauss
(49 William and Mary Law Review 845-879 (2007))
Lectures from 2006
Federalism, Positive Law, and the Emergence of the American Administrative State: Prohibition in the Taft Court Era, Robert Post
(48 William and Mary Law Review 1-183 (2006))
Lectures from 2005
Sex, Politics, and Morality, Edward L. Rubin
(47 William and Mary Law Review 1-48 (2005))
Sex, Politics and the Constitution (Program), Edward L. Rubin
Lectures from 2004
Collateral Damage: The Endangered Center in American Politics, Samuel Issacharoff
(46 William and Mary Law Review 415-437 (2004))
The Endangered Center in American Politics (Program), Samuel Issacharoff
Lectures from 2003
Civil Liberties in the USA Since 9/11 (Program), Anthony Lewis
Establishment and Disestablishment at the Founding, Part I: Establishment of Religion, Michael W. McConnell
(44 William and Mary Law Review 2105-2208 (2003))
Lectures from 2002
Easing the Spring: Strict Scrutiny and Affirmative Action After the Redistricting Cases, Pamela S. Karlan
(43 William and Mary Law Review 1569-1603 (2002))
Establishment and Disestablishment at the Founding (Program), Michael W. McConnell
Lectures from 1998
The Constitution in Congress: Jefferson and the West, 1801-1809, David P. Currie
(39 William and Mary Law Review 1441-1503 (1998))
Lectures from 1997
The Free Exercise Thereof, Stephen L. Carter
(38 William and Mary Law Review 1627-1661 (1997))
Guns, Words, And Constitutional Interpretation, L. A. Powe Jr.
(38 William and Mary Law Review 1311-1403 (1997))
Lectures from 1996
Guns, Words and Interpretation (Program), L. A. Powe Jr.
Lectures from 1995
The Many Faces of Consent (Program), William N. Eskridge Jr.
The Many Faces of Sexual Consent, William N. Eskridge Jr.
(37 William and Mary Law Review 47-67 (1995))
Molecular Motions: The Holmesian Judge in Theory and Practice, Thomas C. Grey
(37 William and Mary Law Review 19-45 (1995))
Lectures from 1994
Molecular Motions: The Holmesian Judge in Theory and Practice (Program), Thomas C. Grey
Lectures from 1993
Federalism and Jurisprudence, Frank I. Michelman
Federalism and Jurisprudence (Program), Frank I. Michelman
Property, Federalism, and Jurisprudence: A Comment on Lucas and Judicial Conservativism, Frank I. Michelman
(35 William and Mary Law Review 301-328 (1993))
Lectures from 1992
Stripped Down Like a Runner or Enriched by Experience: Bias and Impartiality of Judges and Jurors, Martha Minow
(33 William and Mary Law Review 1201-1218 (1992))
The Left, the Right, and Certainty in Constitutional Law, Gene R. Nichol
(33 William and Mary Law Review 1181-1200 (1992))
Lectures from 1991
The Left, The Right, and Certainty in Constitutional Law (Program), Gene R. Nichol
Lectures from 1989
The Second-Best First Amendment, Frederick Schauer
(31 William and Mary Law Review 1-23 (1989))
Lectures from 1988
The First Amendment and the Ideal of Civic Courage: The Brandeis Opinion in Whitney v. California, Vincent Blasi
(29 William and Mary Law Review 653-697 (1988))
Citizenship, Race, and Marginality, Kenneth L. Karst
(30 William and Mary Law Review 1-49 (1988))
Citizenship, Race and Marginality (Program), Kenneth L. Karst
Lectures from 1987
A Critique of the "Liberal" Political-Philosophical Project, Michael J. Perry
(28 William and Mary Law Review 205-233 (1987))
Lectures from 1985
The Constitutional Organization of the Government, Gerhard Casper
(26 William and Mary Law Review 177-198 (1985))
The Constitution as Compact and as Conscience: Individual Rights Abroad and at our Gates, Louis Henkin
(27 William and Mary Law Review 11-34 (1985))
Lectures from 1983
Content Regulation and the First Amendment, Geoffrey R. Stone
(25 William and Mary Law Review 189-252 (1983))
Lectures from 1981
Choice of Law and the State's Interest in Protecting its Own, John Hart Ely
(23 William and Mary Law Review 173-217 (1981))
Silence as a Moral and Constitutional Right, R. Kent Greenawalt
(23 William and Mary Law Review 15-71 (1981))
Constitutional Retrospect: First Series of Cutler Lectures Revisted, William F. Swindler
(23 William and Mary Law Review 1-13 (1981))
Lectures from 1944
Constitutional Aspects of Foreign Affairs, Lindsay Rogers
Lectures from 1943
Planned Society, John Dickinson
(37 Bulletin of The College of William and Mary in Virginia (June, 1943))
Lectures from 1942
The Constitution and the Guarantee of Freedom, James T. Shotwell
(36 Bulletin of The College of William and Mary in Virginia (June, 1942))
Lectures from 1941
The Constitution and the Crisis State, Max Lerner
(35 Bulletin of The College of William and Mary in Virginia (November, 1941))
Lectures from 1940
The Supreme Court and Disputes Between States, Charles Warren
(34 Bulletin of The College of William and Mary in Virginia (June, 1940))
Lectures from 1939
The Prospects of Democratic Government, Harold J. Laski
(33 Bulletin of The College of William and Mary in Virginia (April, 1939))
Lectures from 1938
The Crisis of the American Constitution, William Yandell Elliott
(32 Bulletin of The College of William and Mary in Virginia (June, 1938))
Lectures from 1937
A Comparison of Executive and Judicial Powers Under the Constitutions of Argentina and the United States, Alexander W. Weddell
(31 Bulletin of The College of William and Mary in Virginia (June, 1937))
Lectures from 1936
The Constitution as a Continuing Principle in Government, Ethelbert Warfield
(30 Bulletin of William and Mary College (January, 1936))
Lectures from 1935
The Making and Keeping of the Constitution, Newton Diehl Baker
(XXVIII Bulletin, The College of William and Mary in Virginia (February, 1935))
Lectures from 1933
The Federal Constitution and Its Application, 1789 to 1933, William E. Dodd
(XXVII Bulletin, The College of William and Mary in Virginia (August, 1933))
The Constitution and Current Economic Problems, Patrick J. Hurley
(XXVII Bulletin, The College of William and Mary in Virginia (June, 1933))
Lectures from 1931
The Appointing and Removal Powers of the President Under the Constitution of the United States, Guy Despard Goff
(XXV Bulletin, The College of William and Mary in Virginia (November, 1931))
The Constitution and Foreign Relations, John Holladay Latané
(XXIV Bulletin, The College of William and Mary in Virginia (February, 1931))
Lectures from 1929
The Constitution and Prohibition Enforecement, George W. Wickersham
(XXIII Bulletin, The College of William and Mary in Virginia (July, 1929))
Lectures from 1927
Our Changing Constitution, James M. Beck
(XXI Bulletin, The College of William and Mary in Virginia (November, 1927))