. . . who spoke on "Murder, Drugs, Money, and Goat Hair" at the May 2009 Judicial Conference of the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans.

. . . on the publication of Overview of U.S. Law (LexisNexis 2009). Congratulations as well to chapter authors Michael Allen, Tom Allison, Paul Boudreaux, Mike Finch, Darryll Jones, Jeff Minneti, Charles Rose, and Candace Zierdt.

. . . whose co-authored National Right to Counsel Committee report, “Justice Denied: America’s Continuing Neglect of our Constitutional Right to Counsel,” has enjoyed media mentions across the nation, in outlets including the Baton Rouge Advocate, Daytona Beach News-Journal, the Michigan Messenger, the National Law Journal, San Francisco Bay View, WPFW-Pacifica Radio, NPR, WBAI Pacifica, WBAE-NPR affiliate Atlanta, KPFT Pacifica, WBAI Pacifica, the American Constitution Society Blog, Crime and Consequences, the Crime Report, Suits and Sentences, Arbitrary and Capricious, Center for Justice, CrimProfBlog, Equal Justice Works, Infinity Ranch, Race Wire, Criminal Justice, The StandDown Texas Project, The Blog of Legal Times, Corporate Legal Times, Legal Ethics Forum, A Public Defender, Sentencing Law and Policy, and TalkLeft.

. . . on the publication of her article with Anesha Worthy, 10 Years Out of Step & Out of Line: Florida's Statutory Ban of 'Lesbi-Gay Adoption' Violates the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA)," 8 U. Md. L.J. of Race, Religion, Gender & Class (2008) (lead article).

. . . whose most recent publication has appeared in print: Jumping off the Merry-Go-Round: How the Federal Courts Will Reconcile the Circular Deference Problem between HIPAA and FOIA, 58 Cath. U. L. Rev. 333 (2009).

. . . whose most recent article appears in print at: The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims at Twenty: A Proposal for a Legislative Commission to Consider Its Future, 58 Cath. U. L. Rev. 361 (2009).

. . . who served as Chair for the "Task Force to Revise the Model Nonprofit Corporation Act," which has Act has now been adopted and published. Dean Moodey also presented on the Act at the ABA Section of Business Law Luncheon on April 17.

. . . who presented jointly on the concept of notice as it appears in various Articles of the UCC at the ABA's Section of Business Law meeting in Vancouver. Professor Zierdt also moderated a very well-received panel on Non-Uniformity -- the Spice of Life or a Recipe for Disaster? Professor Adams participated on a panel called Stump the Champs, where people are supposed to bring their hardest UCC questions to ask.

. . . who have been awarded programmatic tenure effective as of August 1.

. . . who have been promoted to Associate Professor of Legal Skills, effective August 1.

. . . who has been appointed by the ABA's Criminal Justice Section to the task force on the Vienna Convention.