Stetson University College of Law Professor and Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy Director Royal C. Gardner has been reappointed chair of the North American Scientific and Technical Review Panel of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Professor Gardner is a leading international authority on the impact of wetlands destruction on global ecosystems.

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy recently presented her forthcoming paper, “Shooting Your Brand in the Foot: What Citizens United Invites” at the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity at Zicklin School of Business, CUNY Baruch College.

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy’s article, Corporate Democracy from Say on Pay to Say on Politics, was recently published in the Constitutional Commentary (30(2) Constitutional Commentary 431 (Summer 2015)).

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy moderated a panel on “Small Donors vs. Super PACs” at a Brennan Center, New York City Campaign Finance Board, and Committee for Economic Development Symposium on American Elections at the Crossroads at NYU School of Law on July 22, 2015.  Panelists included Congressman Sarbanes, City Council Member Lander, Jay Costa and Paul S. Ryan.

Professor James Fox’s Counterpublic Originalism and the Exclusionary Critique (Alabama Law Review, Vol. 67, 2016) was touted as “Very interesting and highly recommended” by Lawrence Solum’s prestigious Legal Theory Blog.

http://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/2015/07/fox-on-counterpublic-originalism.html

The U.S. Supreme Court, in Glossip v. Gross, cites Associate Dean and Professor of Law Susan Rozelle in its recent decision regarding the death penalty. The Court cites Rozelle’s article, “The Principled Executioner: Capital Juries’ Bias and the Benefits of True Bifurcation,” 38 Ariz. S. L. J. 769, 772–793, 807 (2006) (http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-7955_aplc.pdf).

Professor Luz Nagle was appointed to the Council of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. She will represent the interests of the International Bar Association’s Legal Practice Division on the IBA’s Human Rights Institute Council.

Professor Peter Fitzgerald has just been named to the Fulbright Specialist Roster by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB), the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State (ECA), and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES).

The Roster is a list of former U.S. Fulbright Scholars and other faculty or professionals who are eligible to be matched by CIES with incoming two to six week project requests from overseas academic institutions for Fulbright Specialists in various fields. Being selected for inclusion on the Specialist Roster is a way in which Fulbright “alumni” can continue to support and participate in international scholarly exchanges. Through a peer review process, CIES builds lists of qualified Specialist candidates for each of twenty-five eligible disciplines, and facilitates matching Specialist candidates with particular project requests. Whether a Roster candidate receives one of these short term grants depends greatly on the specific kinds of requests that CIES receives from overseas host institutions, but Professor Fitzgerald will now remain an eligible candidate on the Roster for the next five years.

Professor Joan Schaffner of the GWU Law School just published a very favorable review of Professor Fitzgerald’s International Issues In Animal Law book at 5 Journal of Animal Ethics 94 (2015).

Excerpts of her review include the following:

“Fitzgerald’s book provides a much-needed text that bridges the gap among animal, environmental, and international law texts focusing on the unique issues and challenges raised at the intersection of these three areas of study and practice.”

“While the book primarily is designed as a text for classroom use complete with an incredibly helpful Teacher’s Manual providing extensive information and additional resources to supplement the readings in the text, it is also suitable for the advocate looking to become more acquainted with international animal law issues.”

“In this globalized world where local activities can affect every nation of the world and where international economic conventions directly impact national laws and policies designed to address animal interests, lawyers and advocates must understand both the local and international ramifications of their proposals in order to protect animals’ interests effectively. In this book, Fitzgerald admirably meets his stated goal of facilitating more effective animal advocacy domestically and internationally.”

“…persuasively demonstrates the implications of international conventions on animal protection initiatives, both domestically and internationally, that in turn will facilitate more effective animal advocacy.”

“….provides a comprehensive resource that raises the visibility of animal interests at the international level for international and environmental advocates who may now not only see the conflation of domestic animal advocates’ interests with pluralist and national sovereignty advocates’ interests but also may see the importance of protecting animal’s interests for the own animal’s sake.”

Professor Roberta Flowers recently taught elder law at Bar Ilan university in Tel Aviv and at Haifa University in Haifa in Israel.

Wanita Scroggs has an article, “Free and Low Cost LegalResearch” coming out in the June issue of the St. Pete Paraclete.

Kristen Moore won an award from The American Association of Law Libraries for the AALL/LexisNexis Call for Paper Awards, New Member Division, and thanks to her hard work, the Dolly & Homer Hand Law Library won the Excellence in Marketing Award for the Best PR Tool Kit.