Professor Jack Beard was awarded a medal for exceptional public service by the Office of the Secretary of Defense in November. Beard was presented with the medal during the College's annual Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Conference held in Washington, D.C. Continue reading…
This semester Professor Eric Berger has presented at several different law schools across the country. Berger presented “The Rhetoric of Constitutional Absolutism” as part of the Faculty Colloquy Series at University of Richmond School of Law and again at St. Louis University School of Law. Berger also presented a paper entitled “The Politics of Constitutional Certainty” at the Fourth Annual Loyola Constitutional Law Colloquium at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Continue reading…
Professor Josephine Potuto recently presented "The NCAA Today: Identity and Challenges" to the University of Mississippi College of Law as part of its lecture series. During the presentation, Potuto discussed the two major challenges facing the NCAA today: revamping NCAA Division I governance so that schools in its largest conferences can use resources to do more for student-athletes; and, enhancing the student-athlete experience while maintaining the amateurism principle. Continue reading…
Professor Anthony Schutz presented at the American Agricultural Law Association's Annual Conference in Madison, Wisc. in November. Schutz is on the board of directors for the organization and provided conference attendees on environmental legal issues in the agricultural sector. Continue reading…
Professor Jessica Shoemaker organized and moderated an extended session, "Governing the Land: Maximizing Rural Places Locally and Globally," at the Rural Futures Conference in Lincoln in November. The conference had 540 people from around the world attend. Continue reading…
Professor Adam Thimmesch's article, "The Tax Hangover: Trailing Nexus" was accepted for publication in the Winter 2014 issue of the Virginia Tax Review. Thimmesch teaches Individual Income Tax, Corporate Finance, and Business Associations. His scholarship focuses on the constitutional imitations imposed on state taxing power. Continue reading…
Idea of the Month: Good Teaching is Quantifiable
Article of the Month: Using the Client-File Method to Teach Transactional Law Continue reading…