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Every spring since 1999, 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.
2026 Symposium
DATA FLOW FRONTIERS: PRIVACY, POLICY & PRACTICE
The 2026 Chapman Law Review Symposium, Data Flow Frontiers: Privacy, Policy & Practice, focuses on one of the most important questions in modern privacy law: How personal data moves, who directs that movement and what rules determine the path it takes. In a world where information constantly shifts between users, platforms, advertisers and governments, understanding and regulating data flows has become essential to protecting individual rights and maintaining public trust.
Symposium Schedule
9:30 a.m.
CHECK-IN
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
PANEL 1: THE SOCIAL CONTRACT: TERMS, CONDITIONS, & PRIVACY
Exploring how user data moves across digital systems and how platform practices, digital consent and AI tools shape the information users surrender and what they can control. Featuring seasoned academics and practitioners, the discussion will examine built-in privacy trade-offs, rising risks for younger users and the broader national conversation about data use and security.
Professor Jon M. Garon, Associate Dean for Technology and Innovation; Director, Goodwin Program for Society, Technology, and the Law; and Professor of Law,
Nova Southeastern Shepard Broad College of Law
Nancy Libin, Partner; Co-chair, Technology, Communications, Privacy & Security Practice; Chair, Privacy & Security Practice,
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Professor Elana Zeide, Assistant Professor of Law,
University of Nebraska College of Law
Moderator: Professor Nahal Kazemi, Assistant Professor of Law,
Dale E. Fowler School of Law
12:15 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.:
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: PERSONAL DATA FEDERALISM 3.0
Professor Paul M. Schwartz, Jefferson E. Peyser Professor of Law; Co-Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology,
UC Berkeley School of Law
1:25 p.m. – 3:00 p.m:
PANEL 2: PRIVACY IN FLUX: THE INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL DIVIDE?
Drawing comparisons between how the United States and the European Union regulate personal data use and the movement of information across international borders, this conversation examines the values that guide each system, the influence of laws like the GDPR and new U.S. initiatives, and the global pressures that shape privacy, innovation and access in an interconnected digital world.
Professor Gregory S. McNeal, Professor of Law and Public Policy,
Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law
Gretchen Ramos, Shareholder; Global Co-Chair of the Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Professor John M. Yun, Professor of Law
George Mason University Antonin Scalia School of Law
Moderator: Professor Mason Clark, Assistant Professor of Law
St. Mary’s University School of Law
3:00 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
