At the recent National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) meeting, Dean Podgor received an award for exemplary service on the Technology Planning Team; she also was awarded a President's Commendation for "outstanding service in fighting for the rights of all persons, however humble, to stand before the Bar of Justice with a capable defense lawyer at their side and due process as their shield."

. . . who served as a mentor to “SEALS New Scholar” Samuel Jones of John Marshall Law School (Chicago).

. . . who spoke at SEALS on the panel titled “The Constitutionality and Wisdom of Teaching Intelligent Design in Public Schools.”

. . . who, on August 10, moderated the ABA panel "Do Worlds Collide? When Operational Systems Meet the Law," which featured a discussion of emerging technologies in e-closings, e-notes, and remote deposit capture.

. . . who spoke at SEALS on the panel titled “Available Technologies For Electronic Education.” Professor Trammel also served as a mentor to “SEALS New Scholar” Jasmine Abdel-Khalik of University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law.

. . . who spoke at SEALS on the panels titled “Teaching an Electronic Education Class” and “Mexican Curricular Reform Project: Overview of Criminal Law/Criminal Procedure Pedagogy.” Dean Podgor also served as a mentor to “SEALS New Scholar” LaJuana Davis of Cumberland School of Law.

. . . who spoke at SEALS on the panel titled “Internationalization of Legal Education: Best Practices For International Programs.”

. . . who presented at the SEALS New Scholar Workshop on “Masking the Expectancy in Promissory Estoppel Cases.”

. . . who spoke at SEALS on the panel titled “Family Law Pedagogy.”

. . . who moderated the SEALS panel titled “Teaching an Electronic Education Class.”

. . . who spoke at SEALS on the panel titled “Mexican Curricular Reform Project: Overview of Criminal Law/Criminal Procedure Pedagogy.” Professor Flowers also moderated the SEALS panel titled “Can We Teach Professionalism.”

. . . who spoke at SEALS on the panel titled “Comparative Business Regulation.”