Michael Allen
. . . who co-moderated the joint program of the Remedies and Employment Law and Discrimination Sections. The topic was "Employment Litigation Remedies" and was elected Chair of the AALS Remedies Section for 2008.
Janice McClendon
. . . who will serve as Chair-Elect of the AALS Employee Benefits Section for 2008 and also spoke at the Section's program this past week.
Michael Allen
. . . who has been invited to speak at the Tenth Judicial Conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in April 2008, in Washington, D.C. The Court has asked him to focus on the significance of the Court as it reaches its 20th anniversary.
Kirsten Davis
. . . who wrote "The Junior Faculty Forum: A Venue for Emerging Scholarship," for the newsletter of the AALS New Law Professors Section (which is edited by Professor Joe Morrissey).
Peter Fitzgerald
. . . who has signed the contract for a new three book deal with West, along with his co-authors, Professors Folsom, Gordon, & Spanogle. The books publishes will cover the 10th edition of International Business Transactions: A Problem Oriented Casebook, along with two new, related additions to the American Casebook series, International Business Transactions: Trade and Economic Relations and International Business Transactions: Foreign Investment. All three are targeted for publication in 2009.
Michael Allen
. . . who spoke in mid-December at the First Amendment Discussion Forum held at the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. He presented a paper titled "The Underappreciated First Amendment Importance of Lawrence v. Texas," which will be published with the other conference papers in 2008 in either the Washington & Lee Law Review or the Florida State Law Review.
Ellen Podgor
. . . whose co-authored piece, "International Criminal Jurisdiction in the Twenty-First Century," has been published in the Summer 2007 issue of the San Diego Law Review.
Bob Batey
. . . whose article, "Truth, Justice, and the American Dilemma," has been published in the Summer 2007 issue of the San Diego Law Review.
Ellen Podgor
. . . whose commentary, "White Collar Crime: A Letter from the Future," has been published in the Fall 2007 issue of the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law.
Luz Nagle
. . . whose work with the Legal Aid Society of New York on asylum cases has been praised in recognition of her most recent work on behalf of a 15-year-old client from El Salvador.
Darryll Jones
. . . who is the co-editor of the new Nonprofit Law Prof Blog.
Kristen Adams and Laura Zuppo
. . . who have been selected as presenters for the June 2008 Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors conference.