Associate Dean Bauer has been invited to present a paper at the annual conference of the Association of Law, Property, and Society, co-sponsored by Georgetown and Syracuse Law Schools.

Professor Trammell has been reappointed to the Board of the Pinellas County Law Library.

Professor Nagle has been appointed to serve on a Florida state government task force on human trafficking. In addition, she will be a panelist/discussant at the Public International Law and Theory (PILT) Workshop being held at Washington University Law from February 4-6, 2010.

Last week, Professor Podgor spoke at the University of Texas School of Law, in a Symposium on "White Collar Crime and Changing the Corporate Environment." http://www.utexas.edu/law/journals/trol/sym/events.html

Earlier today, Professor Nagle spoke at the University of Florida Levin College of Law's symposium on Human Trafficking Symposium. Her presentation focused on the impact of globalization on human trafficking.

Professor Fitzgerald has been offered a contract with Carolina Academic Press for a new book, with the current working title of International Issues in Animal Law.

Professor Nagle has been selected to serve on two committees for the Statewide Task Force on Human Trafficking: Criminal Justice Committee and Law and Public Policy Committee.

Professor Morrissey organized and moderated teh AALS New Law Professors’ Call for Papers in Transformational Law at the annual meeting in New Orleans. He also remains on the Executive Committee for the New Law Professors Section.

Rebecca Morgan’s new article on “The New Importance of Advance Directives” ran in Wealth Strategies Journal, http://www.wealthstrategiesjournal.com/2010/01/rebecca-morgan-the-new-importa.html

Professor Allen is one of about 150 law professors from around the country nominated for the "What the Best Law Professors Do" project. http://washburnlaw.edu/bestlawteachers/nominees/

Professor Allen was re-elected to the Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Remedies.

At the AALS meeting in New Orleans last week, Professor Podgor spoke on "Criminal Causes of the Economic Recession" for the Section on Socio-Economics and on "The Transformative Effect of International Initiatives on Lawyer Practice and Regulation: A Case Study Focusing on FATF and its 2008 Lawyer Guidance" for the Section on Professional Responsibility. She also continues to serve on the Executive Committee for the AALS Criminal Justice Section.