Professor Nagle recently served as a roundtable panelist at the 2010 International Congress on Human Trafficking at the University of Minnesota Law School. During the event, she was presented with an award by the University of Minnesota Law School in recognition of her "Outstanding Contributions to the Achievement of Social Justice and Human Rights."

On April 17, Professor Beane will participate in a program at John Marshall Law School in Chicago titled "Tips for Practitioners on How to Become a Law Professor."

Professor Podgor's Vanderbilt En Banc Roundtable article titled, Intangible Rights - A Deja Vu, is now published/posted here - http://www.vanderbiltlawreview.org/enbanc/roundtable/

Professor Davis presented at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law Motherhood Conference on March 13, 2010.

Professor Camercon, Long, and Palmer presented this past weekend at the 2010 Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference on “Paradigm Shift: Effectively Transitioning Students Between Professors During the First-Year Writing Curriculum”. The presentation, which was very well received, focused on the ways each currently accomplishes transitioning our students, and they provided tips about how to effectuate student transitions between professors in R&W classes. They also discussed the advantages and disadvantages of students progressing through a two-semester program in which each semester is taught by a different professor.

In connection with this upcoming sabbatical, Professor Fitzgerald has been named a Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge (http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/ ). This appointment will help facilitate his research into international issues in animal law during the coming academic year by providing access to the resources and expertise available at Cambridge, not only within the Faculty of Law, but also at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, which is known for its work in the area of animal welfare.

Vanderplas Publishers has released "Children and the Law: The Competing Rights, Privileges, and Interests of Children, Parents, and the State, A Reader" by Professor Bohl and Professor Christine Metteer Lorillard.

On March 5, Professor Minneit presented his paper, "Behavioral Economics of Environmental Marketing Claims" at Washburn University School of Law.

Professor Gardner has signed a contract with Island Press to write a book titled Lawyers, Swamps, and Money: U.S. Wetland Law, Policy, and Politics. This week, Professor Gardner hosted the International Wildlife Conference and the international rounds of the International Environmental Moot Court Competition.

Professor Nagle taught a national security seminar in Monterrey, Mexico, sponsored by the U.S. Army War College.

Professor Allen has been invited to testify before the Veterans’ Affairs Committee of the United States House of Representatives in March for the “Claims Summit 2010: A Call for Solutions.” In addition, he has been invited to present at the judicial conference of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in May.

Professor Podgor's article on "White Collar Innocence: Irrelevant in the High Stakes Risk Game," was published in a 2010 symposium issue of the Chicago-Kent Law Review. The symposium was co-sponsored by Vanderbilt, Washington & Lee, Emory, and Louisville.