
David Rubenstein
- Contact
- Robert J. Dole HallRoom 2301700 SW College AveTopeka, KS 66621-1117785.670.1682
- Degrees & Certifications
- University at Buffalo/SUNY, Bachelor of Arts
- Hofstra Univ School of Law, Juris Doctor
- Teaching
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- LW 776 1, Legislation
- LW 861 A, Constitutional Law I
- Career Accomplishments
Presentations
"Law in the AI Era," 2024 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 13, 2024.
"Embracing Generative AI for Teaching and Learning," Washburn University Center for Teaching Excellence and Learning (CTEL), Topeka, Kansas, April 9, 2024.
"Regulating Artificial Intelligence: Who, What, When, Where, Why & How," 2022 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 23, 2022.
Panelist, Artificial Intelligence: The Great Legal Disruption, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, April 5, 2022 (virtual program).
Panelist, "Detention Systems at the Intersection of Administrative, Immigration, and Constitutional Law," Administrative Law Review, co-sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, October 29, 2021 (virtual symposium).
Panelist, "Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Algorithms: Studies in Law, Economics, and Racial Bias," Meeting of the American College of Business Court Judges, sponsored by George Mason Law & Economics Center, October 28, 2021.
Panelist, Preemption and Intergovernmental Immunity, American Constitutional Society (ACS), State Attorneys General Project, September 10, 2021.
"Acquiring Ethical AI," Faculty Workshop, Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa, February 4, 2021 (virtual event).
Panelist, "What Rights for Refugee Claimants?," Washburn University School of Law, November 13, 2020.
"Acquiring Ethical AI," Washburn Law Symposium, Artificial Rights?, Washburn University School of Law, November 5, 2020.
Panelist, "Racism as an Ethical Barrier to the Administration of Justice," Federal Bar Association, Civil Rights Section, CLE program, October 15, 2020 (speaking about governmental uses of artificial intelligence in the criminal justice system and beyond).
Panelist "Honoring the Life and Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg," Washburn University School of Law virtual program, Topeka, Kansas, October 12, 2020 (speaking on Justice Ginsburg’s dissent in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc. (2007), appears at 39:30).
Panelist, "What is Happening at the Southern Border? A Panel Discussion," Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, September 24, 2019.
"Privatized Detention and Immigration Federalism," Symposium, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, February 2019 (with Pratheepan Gulasekaram).
"Immigration Exceptionalism," Constitution Day presentation, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, September 17, 2018.
"Immigration Blame," Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, May 29, 2018.
"Immigration Blame," Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand, May 23, 2018.
"Immigration Blame," Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, May 22, 2018.
"Immigration and the Constitution," 2017 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 30, 2017.
"Chasing Immigration Rule of Law," University of Kansas faculty workshop, Lawrence, Kansas, March 1, 2017.
"Immigration Federalism Cake (Some Thoughts on Having it and Eating It Too)," Immigration Federalism Conference, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Tucson, Arizona, February 24, 2017.
Panelist, "Security, Presidential Powers and the Bill of Rights: A Conversation about the President's Executive Order," University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, February 16, 2017.
Moderator, "Voting Rights Act," Election Law Today and Beyond Symposium, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, February 25, 2016.
"Immigration Exceptionalism(s)," University of California Davis Faculty Workshop Series, Davis, California, January 28, 2016.
"Immigrations Exceptionalism(s)," Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 110th Annual Meeting, New York City, New York, January 7, 2016.
"Immigrations Exceptionalism(s)," LatCrit 2015: Twentieth Anniversary Conference, Anaheim, California, October 2, 2015 (with Deep Gulasekaram).
"Immigration Exceptionalism(s)," 2015 Emerging Immigration Scholars Conference, University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, June 11-12, 2015.
"Self-Help Structuralism" Faculty Workshop, University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, October 2014.
"The Paradox of Administrative Preemption," William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 2014.
“The Paradox of Administrative Preemption,” The Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, New Voices in Administrative Law Workshop, New York, New York, January 3, 2014.
“The Paradox of Administrative Preemption,” Washington University School of Law, Junior Faculty Workshop, St. Louis, Missouri, December 13, 2013.
"The Paradox of Administrative Preemption," Central States Law Schools Association 2013 Scholarship Conference, University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 5, 2013.
"Immigration Structuralism: A Return to Form", The Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy Symposium, Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, January 11, 2013.
"Ethics in Negotiation," Annual Judge Advocates General Conference, Topeka, Kansas, October 7, 2012.
"Constitutional Issues in Immigration," Constitutional Controversies in the 2012 Elections Series, Lawrence Jewish Community Center, Lawrence, Kansas, September 12, 2012.
"The Subfederal Immigration Revolution," Topeka Bar Association, Topeka, Kansas, February 3, 2012.
"Breaching Borders: Arizona's Encroachment Into the Federal Immigration Domain?," American Constitution Society for Law and Public Policy (Washburn Law Chapter) Topeka, Kansas, November 10, 2010.
"The Negotiating Lawyer's Ethical Paradox", KBA CLE, Topeka, Kansas, November 5, 2010.
Conference commentator, "The Legal Ethics of Lawyers in Government," Hempstead, New York, October 2009.
"Relative-Checks," Hofstra Junior-Faculty Workshop, Hempstead, New York, October 2009.
"Relative-Checks," New York City Bar Association Administrative Law Section, New York, New York, October 2009.
"Justice Sotomayor: The Person and Jurist," New York Court of Appeals Program honoring Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Hempstead, New York, September 2009.
Presenter, "Relative Checks" as applied to the problem of "Judicial Control of Alien Favorable Policy?" and Commentator/Moderator, work-in-progress "incubator" session, Emerging Immigration Scholars Workshop, Hempstead, New York, July 2009.
"How a Brief Becomes Law: An Insiders View," King & Spalding's Litigation Group, New York, New York, July 2008.
"A 'Deference' Guide for Immigration Judges," presented to New York Immigration Judges, New York, New York, April 2006.
Conferences Planned
Symposium Planner and Host, Breaching Borders: State Encroachment into the Federal Immigration Domain?, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, October 20-21, 2011.
Professional Service
Co-organizer, "Book Symposium: Adam Cox & Cristina Rodriguez, The President and Immigration Law," Notice & Comment, blog from Yale Journal on Regulation and the ABA Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice (March - April, 2021) (with Jill Family).
Editor-in-Chief, Administrative and Regulatory Law News, quarterly publication of the Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, American Bar Association, 2016-.
Honors and Awards
Recipient, C-TEL Innovation & Assessment Rising Star and Achiever Award in the area of Technology for his research and work with artificial intelligence, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, 2023.
Recipient, American Bar Association Administrative Law Section Volunteer of the Year Award for years of service as Editor-in-Chief of Administrative & Regulatory Law News, 2020.
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