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Boundaries of Bodily Autonomy: Power, Ethics, and Law (symposium) The Emory Law Journal (ELJ) invites you to register for the 2026 Randolph W. Thrower Symposium on Thursday, February 5, 2026. Hosted annually by ELJ since 1995, the Thrower Symposium honors the life and legacy of Randolph W. Thrower (1913–2014), a beloved attorney and veteran who left a lasting impact on Atlanta and beyond. The Symposium will take place at Emory University School of Law, and the event is open to the public. Attorneys attending all three panels and the keynote may receive 5.5 CLE credits. The 2026 Thrower Symposium will explore The Boundaries of Bodily Autonomy: Power, Ethics, and Law. In a post-Dobbs landscape, debates over reproductive rights, public health mandates, and end-of-life decision-making reveal growing tensions between individual freedom and government authority. The Symposium will explore how law defines, protects, and sometimes constrains personal autonomy. Registration is now open here. Panel I. Public Health, Private Choice * Professor Nicole Huberfeld, Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law * Professor Wendy Parmet, Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law * Professor Ani B. Satz, Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law * Professor Lindsay Wiley, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law * Moderator: Professor Matthew Lawrence, Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law Panel II. Dignity in End-of-Life Decision Making * Professor Leslie Francis, Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah * Professor Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD, HEC-C, Professor of Law, Mitchell Hamline School of Law * Dr. Tammie Quest, MD, Montgomery Chair in Palliative Medicine and Professor at Emory University School of Medicine * Moderator: Professor Alexander 'Sasha' Volokh, Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law Panel III. Reimagining Reproductive Rights * Professor Greer Donley, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law * Professor Caitlin Myers, Professor of Economics, Middlebury College * Professor Whitney S. Rice, Assistant Professor, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health * Moderator: Professor Kay L. Levine, Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law Keynote Address * Professor Dorothy Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights, University of Pennsylvania Concluding Remarks * Professor Mark Nevitt, Associate Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law http://dlvr.it/TQGnBT