. . . who presented jointly on the concept of notice as it appears in various Articles of the UCC at the ABA’s Section of Business Law meeting in Vancouver. Professor Zierdt also moderated a very well-received panel on Non-Uniformity — the Spice of Life or a Recipe for Disaster? Professor Adams participated on a panel called Stump the Champs, where people are supposed to bring their hardest UCC questions to ask.

. . . who have been awarded programmatic tenure effective as of August 1.

. . . who have been promoted to Associate Professor of Legal Skills, effective August 1.

. . . who spoke at Seattle University School of Law last week at a conference on Alternate Perspectives on the Judicial Role; a related article has bee published in the Seattle Law Review: “A Limited Defense of (at Least Some of) the Umpire Analogy,” 32 Seattle U. L. Rev. 525 (2009).

. . . who has been selected as the UCC Vice Chair of the ABA’s Business Section.

. . . who has been working on the constitution for the U.S. Virgin Islands through Stetson Law’s Institute of Caribbean Law and Policy.

. . . whose home school has awarded him a University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship Award for 2009-11. These professorships recognize faculty who have established a distinguished record of research and scholarship during the last five years that is expected to lead to continuing distinction in their field.

. . . whose most recent article, “Categorial Bars to Execution: Civilizing the Death Penalty,” has been published at 5 Hous. L. Rev. 1493 (2009).

. . . who has been appointed by the ABA’s Criminal Justice Section to the task force on the Vienna Convention.

. . . who recently has spoken at Georgetown Law Center and Northwestern University.

. . . whose essay “Student Discipline: The Case Against Legalistic Approaches” appeared in the April 13 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education.