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.

On October 27, Professor Palmer presented at the 2009 Fall Meeting of the ABA International Law Section on a panel titled "Associates Boot Camp: Nuts and Bolts of Drafting for Clients." The presentation was directed to young lawyers and focused on tips for interviewing clients and witnesses and communicating with those individuals in a professional and competent manner through well-written and organized letters and emails.

Professor Rustad is the co-recipient of this year's Charles P. Kindregan Award for Extraordinary Contributions to Advanced Legal Studies and to Continuing Legal Education at Suffolk University.

Yesterday, Professor Piccard attended the Law & Economic Mobility conference at American University’s Washington College of Law. She her paper-in-progress, which is tentatively titled “The International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: Can an International Instrument Address Economic Injustice in the United States?”

On October 23, 2009, Professor Podgor spoke at the University of Chicago Law School symposium on Crime, Criminal Law, and the Recession. Her topic was "White Collar Crime and the Recession: Was the Chicken or Egg First?"

On October 24, 2009, Dean Moody was inducted into the College of Law's Hall of Fame.

On October 24, Professor Rose addressed the University Trustees on experiential learning opportunities at the College of Law.

On October 24, Professor Adams spoke to the University Trustees about the College of Law's Honors Program.

Professor Palmer's article, "Transnational Mass Claims Procedures in International Law and Practice," co-authored with Arturo Carrillo, will be published by Berkeley Journal of International Law in its Spring 2010 issue.

Professor Carolan spoke at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, in Denver, on "Potential Impact of Prop 8 on the California [Gay] Tourism Industry: A Preliminary Qualitative Investigation."