Law and Literature Weekend Program Schedule

October 9-10, 2026

Washington and Lee University Alumni Engagement Lifelong Learning Campus Programs Law and Literature Weekend: The Round House by Louise Erdrich Law and Literature Weekend Program Schedule
Lifelong Learning

Friday, October 9, 2026

Time Event Location
2:00-2:55 PM Registration and Coffee Millhiser Moot Courtroom Lobby
3:00-3:05 PM Welcoming Remarks
Melanie Wilson, Dean of the Law School and Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. Professor of Law		 Classroom A
3:05-3:30 PM “The Between-World, the Power of Peoplehood in Louise Erdrich’s The Round House”
Professor Allison Weiss  		 Classroom A
3:30-5:00 PM “Harm and Justice in The Round House”
CLE Lecture in Ethics
Professor Shannon Fyfe  		 Classroom A
5:00-6:00 PM Reception  Millhiser Moot Courtroom Lobby
6:00-9:00 PM Dinner
Presented by Kelly Fujiwara, Sam Wallace and Kerry-Ann Gordon
(Indigenous Food and Local Pairings)		 Village Pavilion

Saturday, October 10, 2026

Time Event Location
8:30-9:00 AM Coffee Millhiser Moot Courtroom Lobby
9:00-10:00 AM “Sovereign Territory: Land, Body, and Belonging in The Round House”
Professor Jill Fraley		 Classroom A
10:00-10:20 AM Coffee Break Millhiser Moot Courtroom Lobby
10:20-11:20 AM “When Law Runs Out: Vigilante Violence and the Limits of Individual Process”
Professor Alan Trammell  		 Classroom A
11:30 AM-12:30 PM Lunch Village Pavilion
12:30-1:30 PM “Radical Empathy in Erdrich’s The Round House”
Professor Kary Smout		 Classroom A
1:30-2:00 PM Faculty Panel Classroom A