Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy was recently named a “Top Wonk” on election law matters by the Agenda Project.  She is joined by other law professors from Harvard, Yale, NYU and Columbia.  http://www.topwonks.org/experts/ciara-torres-spelliscy/… » Read more

Professor Catherine Cameron’s article entitled Reinvigorating U.S. Copyright Law with Attribution:  How Courts Can Help Define the Fair Use Exception by Considering the Economic Aspects of Attribution has been accepted for publication in the Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law.… » Read more

Professor Nagle’s article, Better a Jail Cell in the United States: Using Extradition to Avoid Criminal Accountability in Colombia, will be published in the forthcoming issue of the International Enforcement Law Reporter.… » Read more

Professor Lake was recently invited to join the Editorial Board of the Journal of College and University Law, sponsored by NACUA and currently housed at Notre Dame.  Professor Lake also recently concluded a contract with Foundation Press to co-author the second edition of Judy Areen’s Higher Education and the Law, Cases and Materials.… » Read more

Professor Lance Long gave a presentation entitled “Are Bad Writers Bad Lawyers?” at the Western Regional Legal Writing Conference at the University of Oregon on August 10, 2012.  Professor Long’s presentation highlighted  his latest research suggesting that  lawyers who commit careless errors (poor grammar, typos, and other syntactic errors) in legal briefs and memoranda submitted to a court are more than twice as likely to… » Read more

Professor Fitzgerald recently joined the Law Commission of England and Wales as a visiting academic advisor on their wildlife law reform project. The Commission’s public consultation officially opened August 14th, and that stage of the project concludes on November 30th, with its formal report to the Parliament and the British Department of the Environment and Rural Affairs targeted for early next year.  This is the… » Read more

The President of the Legal Writing Institute has made the following committee appointments for the 2012-14 term: Brooke Bowman, Moot Court Committee Kirsten Davis, Co-Chair, Scholarship Development and Outreach Committee Lance Long, Co-Chair, Prelaw Committee Stephanie Vaughan, Global Skills Committee… » Read more

Professor Bowman presented a draft of one of her judicial footnote articles at the ALWD Scholars’ Workshop on Friday, August 10, at the Second Annual Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, hosted by the University of Oregon Law School.… » Read more

Professor Lance Long presented “Are Bad Writers Bad Lawyers?” on Friday, August 10, at the Second Annual Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, hosted by the University of Oregon Law School.… » Read more

Professor Carol Henderson is presenting a  speech at the ABA Presidential Showcase on Aug. 5 on “CSI and Beyond: Cutting-Edge Issues in Forensic Science” and co-taught a  webinar on the “Life Cycle of the Expert Scientific Witness” on July 31.… » Read more

Dean Allen recently was a featured presenter at the Boys State program in Tallahassee.  Boys State (and its companion program Girls State) is a weeklong event held in each state during the summer months.  Sponsored by the American Legion, the program brings together approximately 500 Florida high school seniors to learn about government.  Dean Allen spent two days at the Florida Supreme Court working with… » Read more

Professor Roy’s Gardner’s co-authored article Stacking Opportunities and Risks in Environmental Credit Markets was recently reprinted in the “Summer Reading” issue of The Environmental Forum, a publication of the Environmental Law Institute.  The article had originally appeared in the Environmental Law Reporter and was selected for republication as one of the Reporter’s best articles over the past year.… » Read more