Professor Linda Anderson served as Chair of the Section on Part-Time Division Programs. In that role she moderated the section workshop, Unbundling Part-Time Programs from Full-Time Programs. For the upcoming year, she will continue to serve on the Executive Committee for the Section, as Immediate Past-Chair.
Jason Palmer
Professor Jason Palmer was elected Treasurer of the AALS Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues at the 2013 AALS Annual Conference in New Orleans.
Bobbi Flowers
Professor Flowers was recently appointed to the Board of Directors for the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA).
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy recently spoke at the 2013 AALS Annual Meeting in New Orleans at the Joint Program of Sections on Internet and Computer Law and Mass Communication Law. The program covered the impact on the Internet on the relationship between the media and public officials or political candidates.
Roberta Flowers
Professor Flowers recently presented an interactive workshop utilizing polling technology to give participants vital information about the growing problem of elder abuse and elder exploitation. Using case studies, the participants discussed the important role that private Elder Law attorneys play in the prevention, detection and prosecution of this epidemic problem. Professor Flowers was also a co-presenter with Shirley Berger Whitenack, CAP, at an interactive session looking at the ethical issues an attorney encounters when representing a fiduciary. This session covered issues such as who is the client, confidentiality, conflicts of interest and focus on Special Needs Trusts as well as other types of fiduciary relationships.
Brooke Bowman
Professor Brooke Bowman recently spoke at two events: “Polishing for Professionals” at Legal Writing Institute One-Day “Preparing Practice-Ready Students” Workshop, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and “Polishing for Professionals” at Legal Writing Institute One-Day “Preparing Students to be Practice-Ready Attorneys” Workshop, in Villanova, Pennsylvania.
Luz Nagle
Professor Luz Nagle recently presented on a lunchtime panel about The Rule of Law in a Diverse Rule for the State Bar of Texas, Texas Young Lawyers Association and International Law Section.
Lizabeth Moody
Lizabeth Moody was recently selected by the National Jurist as one of the 25 Most Influential People in Legal Education. An article will run in the January issue.
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy recently spoke on a panel at the UCLA School of Law’s David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy entitled, “A 28th Amendment? Legal Issues, Remedies and Strategies to Get the Money Out of Politics.” She spoke about the role of nonprofits in politics after Citizens United. Other participants included Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig, Cornell Law Professor Lynn Stout and Trevor Potter.
Mark Bauer
Professor Mark Bauer was recently appointed a Distinguished Fellow of the Canadian Centre for Elder Law.
Ellen Podgor
Professor Podgor’s book chapter Prosecution Guidelines in the United States, was recently published in the Oxford University Press book, The Prosecutor in Transnational Perspective – http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Law/CriminologyandCriminalJustice/?view=usa&sf=toc&ci=9780199844807.
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy recently spoke at the University of Connecticut Law School Symposium entitled “Buying Your Vote? Citizens United, Super PACs, and the Future of Campaign Finance in America,” along with Senator Russ Feingold and SCOTUS Blog Reporter Lyle Denniston (http://www.law.uconn.edu/event/2012/10/19/buying-your-vote-citizens-united-super-pacs-and-future-campaign-finance-america).