. . . who has finished all of the course work and exams for her Ph.D. in Rhetoric at Arizona State University. Now she’ll work on completing her doctoral thesis, which will be a rhetorical analysis of the FMLA, surrounding cases, and public discussion in an effort to better understand how the language of those texts structures worker/family member identities.

Roy has organized the following panel for the ABA International Law Section’s October 2007 meeting in London. Luz is one of the panelists for the program.

October 3 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
Wetlands in War: International Environmental Law and Damages to Aquatic Resources during Conflict

Public Law

As recent events have demonstrated, the environment is also an unfortunate casualty of war. This panel of experts will review legal and policy issues associated with damage to wetlands and related ecosystems arising from transboundary and internal conflicts, including the relevance of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, damage claims from the first Gulf War, the draining of the Mesopotamian Marshlands by Saddam Hussein, and the impacts on water quality from cocaine production in South America.

Sponsoring Committee:
International Environmental Law Committee

Program Chair:
Royal C. Gardner (Moderator), Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, FL

Speakers:

Nick Davidson (Invited), The Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Gland, Switzerland

Rae Lindsay, Clifford Chance LLP, London, England

Joseph Dellapenna, Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, PA

Luz Estella Nagle, Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, FL

. . . all of whom have been invited to present at the September 2007 Southeast Legal Writing Conference in Ft. Lauderdale.

Kate has been invited to present “Generations X and Y Take Legal Writing: Practical Strategies for Classroom Management” at the Southeast Legal Writing Conference in September. She also has been invited to give this presentation at the University of California, Davis, on August 7.

Kate’s paper, “Gay Marriage in Rhode Island: A Big Issue for a Small State,” was recently listed on SSRN’s Top Ten download list for “LSPLCL: State Constitutional Issues”.

Catherine and Jeff have been invited to present “Bridging the Gap: Designing a Class that Helps Students Transition from Legal Writing Assignments to Writing for Final Exams” at the Southeastern Legal Writing Conference in September.

Tim gave a presentation on Friday at the conference titled “Managing Law Schools in a Complex Legal Environment: Fundamentals of Risk Management and Legal Compliance.” The conference was held at the Tampa Law Center on June 15-16, and was sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy. Tim’s topic was “Managing the Risks Associated with Study and Travel Abroad.”

Peter spoke at the conference titled “Managing Law Schools in a Complex Legal Environment: Fundamentals of Risk Management and Legal Compliance.” The conference was held at the Tampa Law Center on June 15-16, and was sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy. Peter’s three presentations were on “Campus Safety and Security,” “Riskscapes,” and “Millennials in Law School: Alcohol, Drug Use, and Other Challenges.”

. . . whose article, “Incorporating Transnational Law in First Year Criminal Law and Procedure Courses,” appears in the September 2006 issue of the Journal of Legal Education, in a special section on “Transnational Legal Education.”

Professor Allen’s article, George W. Bush and the Nature of Executive Authority: The Role of Courts in a Time of Constitutional Change, 72 Brooklyn L. Rev. 871 (2007), was published last week.

. . . who was a keynote speaker at the American College Health Association’s annual meeting in San Antonio last week.

. . . who recently attended the Fifth Remedies Discussion Forum held at Emory University School of Law. He presented a paper titled “Of Remedy, Juries and State Regulation of Punitive Damages: The Significance of Philip Morris v. Williams.” The paper will be published along with the other papers presented at the conference.