On Friday, June 13, Laura Zuppo organized a panel presentation at the NAPLA (Northeastern Association of Pre-Law Advisors) Annual Meeting at Cornell in Ithaca, New York. NAPLA is the oldest and largest of the regional pre-law advising organizations, and the panel was on the subject of "Guiding a Student's Choice When You Know (or Suspect) Law School is Not the Right Choice." The panel included perspectives from pre-law advisors, an undergraduate professor, Professor Adams, and deans of admissions.

. . . who spoke on June 19 on "Best Practices for Asynchronous Electronic Education Classes" at the 2008 Conference for Law School Computing; she also spoke in May at NACDL's Spring Meeting and Seminar -- her topic was "The Long Arm of the Law: Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Criminal Liability."

. . . whose article, "The Rhetoric of Accommodation: Considering the Language of Work-Family Discourse," has been published in a symposium on Workplace Restructuring to Accommodate Family Life in the the University of St. Thomas Law Journal.

. . . who will be speaking at the ABA Annual meeting for the Section on Criminal Justice (details below). Defining the Boundaries: The Use of Private Contractors in Contingency Operations Saturday, August 9, 2008; 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.; Conference Room K, Executive Conference Center, Sheraton New York Moderator: Professor Stephen Saltzburg, George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC; Speakers: David Hammond, Crowell Moring, Washington, DC; Anthony Joseph, Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC, Birmingham, AL; Robert Litt, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC; Karen L. Manos, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC; James MacGuill, President, Council of the Law Society of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; Luz Nagle, Stetson University, St. Petersburg, FL; Peter H. White, Mayer Brown Washington, DC Individual Ticket prices: General Admission $75.00;Government Attorneys and Judges - $35.00, Law Students – Free

. . . who facilitated a two-day Risk-Management workshop for the National Association of Campus Activities last week in Orlando; Michael Farley also served as a featured presenter.

. . . who spoke yesterday at the Masters in Ethics seminar on The Florida Bar annual meeting; her topic concerned "The Ethics of Outsourcing Offshore."

. . . whose article, "On Armed Conflict, Human Rights, and Preserving the Rule of Law in Latin America," has been accepted for publication in the Penn State International Law Review.

. . . who was the speaker yesterday at the Sarasota County Bar Association’s Law Day luncheon.

. . . whose new casebook, "International Sales Law and Arbitration: Problems, Cases, and Commentary," has been published by Aspen/Kluwers; his co-author is former Stetson Law professor Jack Graves (who is now at Touro); Stephanie Vaughan also assisted with the project.

We've just received word that Professor Charlie Rose has been selected as the co-recipient of the 2008 Faculty Professional Award, which is presented annually by The Florida Bar's Standing Committee on Professionalism. Professor Becky Morgan and Professor Bobbi Flowers are past recipients of this award, so Stetson has been well represented among the other law schools since this award was started. Professor Rose will receive the award at the Judicial Luncheon on June 19, in Boca Raton.

. . . who spoke yesterday at the University of Houston Law Center's "Teaching Consumer Law" conference regarding the fusion between "consumer law" (business regulatory and transactional law) and "consumer protection law" (consumer advocacy against fraud and deception) -- and how Stetson combined the two doctrines in our Financial Advocacy course.

. . . who, along with his wife Debbie, I received the Shofar Award from Temple Beth-El last weekend; the award recognizes the volunteer of the year.