Professor Allen was re-elected to the Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Remedies.

At the AALS meeting in New Orleans last week, Professor Podgor spoke on "Criminal Causes of the Economic Recession" for the Section on Socio-Economics and on "The Transformative Effect of International Initiatives on Lawyer Practice and Regulation: A Case Study Focusing on FATF and its 2008 Lawyer Guidance" for the Section on Professional Responsibility. She also continues to serve on the Executive Committee for the AALS Criminal Justice Section.

Professor McClendon spoke on "The Financial Crisis as the Impetus to Reforming Executive Compensation" for the AALS Employee Benefits Section.

Yesterday, Professor Nagle spoke at the Tallahassee Women Lawyers' "Women Empowerment Series."

Professor Nagle was elected to the Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and Students.

Professor Rozelle was elected Chair of the AALS Criminal Justice Section.

Professor Rustad's co-authored book, In Defense of Torts was mentioned in a 12/22 article on the Huffington Post titled "Top Ten Civil Justice Triumphs of the Decade."

Professor Nagle has been appointed to the McGraw-Hill Advisory Board for Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism.

On the publication of his co-authored book, Jury Selection: The Law, Art, and Science of Selecting a Jury (3d ed. West).

Professor Nagle I gave a presentation last week at Eckerd College in commemoration of Human Rights Day for the a joint event by Eckerd College Center for Spiritual Life and Campus Ministries, the United Nations Association of Tampa Bay, and Global Healing. The link to the event announcement is: http://www.unatampa.org/humanrights.pdf She also submitted a review of an on-line training package for justice professionals on child victims and witnesses of crime, developed by UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) in New York and the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) in Vienna. Her comments will be included in the General Training Package and she will be listed in the credits in the final version of the package.

Professor Hudson's most recent article, "Seeing the Global Forest for the Trees: How US Federalism can Coexist with Global Governance of Forests," has been published in the Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research 1(4): 353-365 (2009) (peer-reviewed). In addition, Professor Hudson recently presented the paper at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies: http://environment.yale.edu/event/13660.

Professor Nagle has been appointed by the Governor as the permanent designee for the Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking on the Governor's Task Force on Human Trafficking, which convened last Friday in Miami.