Every spring since 1999, Fowler School of Law's 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

Friday, FEBRUARY 6, 2026

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.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Professor Paul M. Schwartz

Paul M. Schwartz is the Jefferson E. Peyser Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, and serves as the Director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. A leading international expert on information privacy law, he has authored numerous influential works, including the widely used casebook Information Privacy Law, co-authored with Daniel Solove.

Professor Schwartz's research examines the legal and policy implications of data mining, security breaches, and spyware, with a particular focus on comparative privacy law between the United States and the European Union. He has testified before Congress and advised international organizations such as the European Commission on privacy and data protection issues. He is also a co-reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement of Information Privacy Principles.