Professor Berger presented his paper “The Rehnquist Federalism Revolution and Stealth Constitutional Decision Making” at the "Rehnquist Court: Ten Years Later" conference in Arizona. Berger also wrote the article "Same-Sex Marriage, Heightened Scrutiny and the Problem of 'Animus'" for the Jurist. Continue reading…
Assistant Professor Kristen Blankley was named the chair of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Task Force on Access to Justice. Blankley also presented her paper "A Uniform Theory of Federal Court Jurisdiction Under the Federal Arbitration Act" at South Dakota University School of Law. Continue reading…
Assistant Psychology Professor and Courtesy Professor of Law Eve Brank and two other law-psychology researchers had their study of sibling rivalry published in the January issue of the Journal of Family Violence. Continue reading…
Assistant Professor Gus Hurwitz's article "Data Security and the FTC's UnCommon Law" has been accepted by the Iowa Law Review. He also had an essay published and separately wasquoted by the media on one of his area's of expertise: net neutrality. Continue reading…
Professor Craig Lawson was quoted in the Kansas City Star article "Cities trend a slippery slope when considering bans on sledding". Lawson discusses possible implications for municipal sledding bans. Continue reading…
In 2014, Professor Colleen Medill testified before the ERISA Advisory Council on the topic of outsourcing employee benefit plan services. The United States Department of Labor released the Council's report in February 2015. Continue reading…
Adjunct Professor Allen Overcash recently had his article "Introducing a Novel ADR Technique for Handling Construction Disputes: Arbitration" published in Construction Lawyer, a publication of the American Bar Association. Continue reading…
Dean Susan Poser served as the moderator for the E.N. Thompson Forum on Effects of Regulating Carbon Emissions on March 3, 2015. The event was held at the Lied Center for Performing Arts and was streamed live over the web.
Professor Matt Schaefer was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article "'Space Lawyers' Help Startups Navigate the Final Legal Frontier". Schaefer discusses the realness of space law. The full article is available here: Continue reading…
On March 27, Assistant Professor Jessica Shoemaker participated in a Property Roundtable co-hosted by Tulane Law School and the Tulane University Murphy Institute in New Orleans. Continue reading…
Assistant Professor Adam Thimmesch's article "Testing the Models of Tax Compliance: The Use-Tax Experiment" is set to be published in the Utah Law Review. Continue reading…
Professor Frans von der Dunk gave a presentation titled "Transmissions to Extraterrestrials and the Law: Where Do We stand, Where Should We Stand?" at the SETI workshop on February 14th. Additionally, von der Dunk was quoted in the Forbes article "Birthing Babies on Mars Will Be No Small Feat." Continue reading…