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August 2009
PROFESSOR RONALD ARONOVSKY- Participant, 86th Annual Meeting of the American Law Institute, Washington DC
- Re-appointed, Executive Committee, LACBA Environmental Law Section; named Co-Chair, Law Student Outreach Subcommittee
- Lecturer (with Professor M. Frost), Judicial Opinion Writing Seminar, National Judicial College, Reno, NV
- Chair, Moderator and Workshop Facilitator, LSAC-sponsored National Academic Assistance Workshop, St. Louis University School of Law, MO
- Legal Aspects of Muslim-Non-Muslim Marriage in Indonesia in MUSLIM-NON-MUSLIM MARRIAGE: POLITICAL AND CULTURAL CONTESTATIONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (G. Jones, C. Leng and M. Mohamad, eds; Singapore: Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, 2009)
- Presenter, 'An Inheritance Case from East Java," Islamic Law in the Courts: Judicial Interpretation of Shari'a in Modern Muslim States, University of Washington Law School, Seattle, WA
- Participant, Accreditation Committee Meeting, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Participant, Council Meeting, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Chicago, IL
- Confident Uncertainty, Excessive Compensation, and the Obama Plan, INDIANA LAW JOURNAL (forthcoming 2009)
- The Perils of Forgetting Fairness, CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW REVIEW (forthcoming 2009; with K. Ferzan)
- Chair and Panelist, 'The Cultural Grounding of Property Regimes," Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO
- Presenter, 'Explaining the Persistent Myth of Property Absolutism" PrawfsFest! Conference on Public Law and Legal Theory, Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, FL
- Guest blogger, PrawfsBlawg, June-July 2009
- Lecturer (with Professor P. Bateman), Judicial Opinion Writing Seminar, National Judicial College, Reno, NV
- Interview with Bryant Garth and Yves Dezalay re: Dealing in Virtue in CONDUCTING LAW AND SOCIETY RESEARCH: REFLECTIONS ON METHODS AND PRACTICES (S. Halliday and P. Schmidt; Cambridge University Press, 2009)
- Appointed, ABA Special Committee on the Professional Education Continuum
- Plenary Speaker, 'Yes we CArNegie: Change in Legal Education after the Carnegie Report," The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL
- Featured Speaker, Welcome Address for Graduate Student Workshop, and Dinner Speaker, Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO
- Panelist and Presenter, 'Professional Legal Education and Training in East Asia in the 21st Century," 'Private Practice Lawyers – Career in Transition: JD Lawyers After Seven Years in Practice," 'Realist and Empirical Legal Methods – Roundtable: New Legal Realism," and 'Rule of Law, State Building, and Transitions," Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO
- Moderator, Mini Plenary, 'From State to Corporate Power and Back," Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO
- Participant, Roundtable Presentation and Critique of Book Manuscript, ASIAN LEGAL REVIVALS: LAWYER-COMPRADORS AND COLONIAL STRATEGIES IN THE RESHAPING OF ASIAN STATES ( B. Garth and Y. Dezalay), Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO
- Summerian, ABA Legal Education Council Mini-Retreat, Indianapolis, IN
- Workshop Presenter, Legal Research and Writing Program for Summer Law Clerks, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
- Op-ed articles, "Dissecting Torture" and 'Background Check," Los Angeles Daily Journal
- Quoted in 'EarthTalk: Does the sun have more impact on climate change? Christian Science Monitor, Scientific American, MSNBC, MidWestBusiness.com, and numerous other print and online news outlets
- SUBDIVISION LAW AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT, 2009-2010 Supplement to Volume 2 (West Group, 2009)
- Appointed, Land Use/Code Enforcement Committee, Transition Team for City Attorney Carmen Trutanich
- Speaker, 'Copyright Year in Review," 2009 Spring Seminar, Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, Lake Arrowhead, CA
- Speaker, 'Current Issues in Entertainment Law," to attorneys from the Universal Music Group, Santa Monica, CA
- Appointed (by ABA President), ABA Center for Human Rights
- Appointed, ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20, to review effects of technological advances and globalization on ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and system of lawyer regulation
- Appointed, Co-chair, Task Force on Legal Education; Liaison, ABA Section of Legal Education; Vice-Chair, Seasoned Lawyers International Network; Co-chair, Governmental Appointments Committee; Vice-Chair, Task Force on Outsourcing, ABA Section of International Law
- Appointed, Advisory Committee on International Law, U.S. State Department
- Re-elected, Board Member, Center for International Conciliation and Arbitration; attended reorganization meeting of the Center in Los Angeles
- Re-appointed, Roster of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR - the international division of the American Arbitration Association)
- Moderator and Panelist, "11th Anniversary of the Rome Treaty of the International Criminal Court," International Criminal Court Alliance, Southwestern Law School
- Presenter, "The Role of Commercial Lawyers in the Profession" APEC Workshop on Legal Services, Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Organization, Singapore
- Meeting Chair, ABA Task Force on International Trade in Legal Services (ITILS), ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
- Meeting Participant (as member of Special Committee on International Issues), ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, to finalize report to Section's Council on a Model Rule for Admission of Foreign-Educated Applicants, and on accreditation of LL.M. programs, Chicago, IL
- Selected, 2010 Edition, International Trade and Finance Law Specialty, THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA
- Reclaiming International Law from Extraterritoriality, 93 MINNESOTA LAW REVIEW 815 (2009)
- Panelist, 'The United States in the World/The World in the United States," 2009 Annual Meeting, The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, Falls Church, VA
- Panelist and Commentator, 'Challenges to Transnational Governance," 2009 Annual Meeting, Law and Society Association, Denver, CO
- Interviewed, re: US Supreme Court decision in Ashcroft and Mueller v. Iqbal, 'Dateline Washington," Radio America Network
- Quoted in "Tests for California's 'pot economy,'" Christian Science Monitor
- Executive Summary in THE STATE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 2009 (ABA Criminal Justice Section, 2009)
- Tribute to Professor Margaret Berger, Recipient of AALS Evidence Section's Wigmore Lifetime Achievement Award, 7 INTERNATIONAL COMMENTARY ON EVIDENCE Art. 3 (2009)
- Introduction, Wrongful Convictions Symposium, 37 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 745 (2008)
- Being Heard After Giles: Comments on the Sound of Silence, 87 TEXAS LAW REVIEW 105 (2009; online)
- Appointed, Advisory Committee, ABA Commission on Youth at Risk
- Moderator and Panelist, Annual Supreme Court Update, Criminal Justice Section Program, ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
- Presenter, 'Resolution on Incarcerated Parents," Criminal Justice Section Council, ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
- Participant, Work Group on Incarcerated Parents, Edelman Dependency Court
- Meeting Participant, ABA Juvenile Justice Standards Committee, Washington, DC
- Meeting Participant, Board of Criminal Justice Magazine, ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
- Quoted, re: decision in Melendez-Diaz, United States Law and Criminal Law Reporter
- Panelist, "Factors Affecting Courts' Business" and "Judicial Selection," Law and Society Association Conference, Denver, CO
- BOUNDARIES OF ORDER: PRIVATE PROPERTY OF A SOCIAL SYSTEM (Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2009)
- Introduction in OUR ENEMY THE STATE (A. Nock; republished by The Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2009)
Appointed, Editorial Board, Libertarian Papers
- Appointed, Academy of Justice Committee, Transition Team for City Attorney Carmen Trutanich
- Another Jackpot (In)Justice: Verdict Variability and Issue Preclusion in Mass Torts, 36 PEPPERDINE LAW REVIEW 715 (2009)
- Presenter, 'Advocacy to Promote Dignity in Schools: Addressing the School ‘Pushout Issue,'" ABA National Conference of Children and the Law, Washington, DC
- Facilitator, Break-out Session on Strategies to Reform School Pushout Problem, Conference for the Dignity in Schools Campaign, Chicago, IL
- Strickland Prejudice Defendants on Death Row? 43 UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND LAW REVIEW 1459 (2009)
ADJUNCT FACULTY
PROFESSOR LAURA DYM COHEN- Presenter (with J. Yi & M. Kim), 'Southwestern Law School's Street Law Clinic," 2009 National Pathways to Adulthood Conference, San Diego
- Presenter (with K. Topor), Southwestern's Teen Court Program, California Youth Court Summit, California State University, Long Beach
- Lecturer, 'Gang, Domestic Violence and Driving Under the Influence Cases," Criminal Law Overview Course for New Judges, San Francisco, CA
SENIOR STAFF
ASSOCIATE DEAN GARY GREENER- Quoted in 'Recruiting season is here for law students; where are the firms?" LA Daily Journal
September/October 2009
PROFESSOR DEBRA BASSETT- 2009 Annual Supplement, FEDERAL COURTS, 12th ed. (with C. Wright and J. Oakley; Foundation Press, 2008)
- 2009 Annual Supplement, CASES AND MATERIALS ON CIVIL PROCEDURE, 5th ed. (with D. Crump, W. Dorsaneo, III and R. Perschbacher; Lexis Publishing, 2008)
- E-Pitfalls: Ethics and E-Discovery, 36 NORTHERN KENTUCKY LAW REVIEW 449 (2009)
- DUTY AND INTEGRITY IN TORT LAW (Carolina Academic Press, 2009)
- Teacher's Manual, LABOR LAW IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORKPLACE (with R. Corrada, K. Dan-Schmidt, C. Fisk and M. Malin; Thomson West Publishing, 2009)
- 2009-2010 Supplement, LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS: STRIKES, LOCKOUTS AND BOYCOTTS, 2nd ed. (with D. Ray and W. Corbett; Thomson West Publishing, 2004)
- Legal Aspects of Muslim-Non-Muslim Marriage in Indonesia in MUSLIM-NON-MUSLIM MARRIAGE: POLITICAL AND CULTURAL CONTESTATIONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2009)
- Presenter, "Diversity Issues, ABA Standards, and the California Bar," California State Bar, Los Angeles
- Presenter, "Evaluating Strategic Plans and Self Studies," Chairs Workshop, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Chicago, IL
- Participant, Planning Meeting, The Accreditation Project, Chicago, IL
- Southwestern Representative, Expanding the Diversity Pipeline Literacy Program, California State Bar Council on Access and Fairness Initiative Project Meeting, Los Angeles
- Co-Presenter, "Costly Screens, Value Asymmetries, and the Creation of Intellectual Property," Plenary Session, IP Scholars Conference, Cardozo Law School, New York
- Greco-Roman Rhetoric: The Canon and Its History in CICERO AND MODERN LAW (Ashgate Publishing, 2009)
- Quoted in "War of technologies in California speeding case," Christian Science Monitor
- "Not That Into You" in American Lawyer (with R. Dinovitzer; September 2009)
- Discussant, "Lawyers in Transnational and Comparative Perspective," An Unfinished Project: Law and the Possibility of Justice, Conference in Honor of Professor Richard Abel, UCLA
- Appointed, Scientific Advisory Board (Fachbeirat), Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition, and Tax Law, Munich, Germany
- Retelling the Stories of Indian Families: Judicial Narratives that Determine the Placement of Indian Children, 8 WHITTIER JOURNAL OF CHILD & FAMILY ADVOCACY 171 (2009)
- Meeting Participant, Queretaro, Mexico; Presenter, "Recent Developments (2008-09) in U.S. of the Law of Dispute Resolution," Co-chair, Legal Issues Committee, NAFTA Advisory Committee on Private Commercial Disputes
- Member, ABA Commission on Ethics Reform 20/20, Washington, DC
- Invited Advisor, Reform of California law on International Arbitration, San Francisco Bar Association
- Speaker, Inauguration of the Center for the Development of Oral Trial Advocacy at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
- In Defense of Property, 118 YALE LAW JOURNAL 1022 (with K. Carpenter and S. Katyal; 2009)
- Op-Ed Article, "Getting Dirty Hands in Clean Tech Law," Los Angeles Daily Journal
- Named, "Top 100 Twitterers in Academia," onlineschools.org
- WHITE COLLAR CRIME: CASES, MATERIALS AND PROBLEMS, 2nd ed. (with S. Jordan; LexisNexis, 2009)
- 2009 Supplement, UNDERSTANDING WHITE COLLAR CRIME, 2nd ed. (LexisNexis Publishing, 2006)
- 2009 Update, Civil and Criminal Forfeitures in WHITE COLLAR CRIME: BUSINESS and REGULATORY OFFENSES (with D. Parker, O. Obermaier and R. Morillo, eds.; Law Journal Press, 2009)
- Op-ed article, "When the bedroom leads to the courtroom: Despite U.S. Supreme Court decisions, lower courts still use the 'morality of the majority' to criminalize consenting sexual acts," Los Angeles Times; and online at Delaware Online as "The Boogeyman Under the Bed"
- Another Jackpot (In)Justice: Verdict Variability and Issue Preclusion in Mass Torts, 36 PEPPERDINE LAW REVIEW 715 (2009)
- Founding Editor, Mass Tort Litigation Blog (now exceeds 250,000 page views)
ADJUNCT FACULTY
PROFESSOR JUDGE DARRELL MAVIS- Faculty and Seminar Leader, "Gang Issues in Criminal Cases" and "Introduction to Criminal Law," B. E. Witkin Judicial College of California (educational program for new California judges, commissioners and referees)
- The Commercial General Liability Business Risk Exclusion, 31 CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTOR (with E. Bauman, 2009)
SENIOR STAFF
ASSOCIATE DEAN GARY GREENER- Elected, Member, Board of Directors, National LGBT Bar Association; delegate to ABA AIDS Coordinating Committee
November 2009
PROFESSOR RONALD ARONOVSKY- Speaker, "CERCLA Allocation and Arranger Liability after Burlington Northern - The Supreme Court Changes the Rules of the Game," Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Panelist, "First Monday in October," Diversity Week, Southwestern
- LABOR LAW IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORKPLACE (with K. Dau-Schmidt, M. Malin, R. Corrada, and C. Fisk; Thomson West, 2009)
- LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS: STRIKES, LOCKOUTS AND BOYCOTTS 2009-2010 supplement (with D. Ray and W. Corbett; Thomson West, 2009)
- Delegate, World Congress XIX, International Society of Labor Law and Social Security Law, Sydney, Australia
- Panel Moderator, "Decanal Interface with Different Constituencies and Stake-Holders," Second Biennial Workshop on Promoting Diversity in Law School Leadership, Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, WA
- Panelist, "First Monday in October," Diversity Week, Southwestern
- Legislative Epidemics: A Cautionary Tale of Criminal Laws that Sweep the Country, 58 BUFFALO LAW REVIEW (forthcoming, January 2010)
- Presenter, "The Challenges of Accreditation in a Post-301-6 World," Joint Retreat of the Council and Accreditation Committee, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Chicago, IL
- Participant, Accreditation Committee Meeting, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Aspen, CO
- Invited Participant, California Pro Bono Summit 2009, Statewide Strategic Planning for Legal Services and Law Firms, State Bar of California, San Francisco, CA
- Event Coordinator, Pro Bono Celebration Kickoff for Los Angeles, Partnership with Public Counsel, Bet Tzedek and Pro Bono Council of Los Angeles featuring keynote speaker Justice Moreno, Southwestern
- Invited Participant, Creating a Blueprint, Supporting Former Foster Youth in Higher Education, Los Angeles
- Quoted in "Michael Jackson's legacy: Who has the right to profit?" Christian Science Monitor
- Pro Bono as an Elite Strategy in Early Legal Careers in PRIVATE LAWYERS AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST: THE EVOLVING ROLE OF PRO BONO IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION (with R. Dinovitzer; R. Granfield and L. Mather, eds.; Oxford University Press, 2009)
- "Derechos humanos y filanthropía hegemonic," ANTROPOLOGÍA DE LAS ELITES ETNOGRAFÍAS CONTEMPORÁNEA (with Y. Dezalay; August 2009)
- Opening Keynote Panelist, "Empirical Research and the Globalization of Law," and Panelist, "Colonial Legacies, Near and Far, New and Old," West Coast Law and Society Meeting, Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA
- Panelist, "Roundtable on the Future of Lawyer Hiring, Development, and Advancement," NALP, San Francisco, CA
- Speaker, "Resale Price Maintenance," Vertical Restraints (Antitrust) Conference, University College London, United Kingdom
- Speaker, "A Century of Supreme Court Antitrust Jurisprudence," University of Osnabrueck, Germany
- "Residents owed answer on taxis," Glendale News Press
- Panelist, "First Monday in October," Diversity Week, Southwestern
- Presentation, "The Need for Consistent Access to Second Parent Adoption to Ensure 'Portable Parentage,'" International Conference of Children and the Law, Prato, Italy
- Guest Lecturer, "Providing Globalized Legal Services: Challenges for the Legal Profession, Regulators and Educators," Global Law Colloquium Speaker Series, La Verne Law School, Ontario, CA
- Appointed, Advisory Board, International Trade Compliance Institute
- Appointed Liaison, from ABA Section of Legal Education's Committee on International Education to ABA Section of International Law and other ABA entities; attended inaugural meeting, Chicago, IL
- Meeting Participant, Fall Meeting of the ABA Section of International Law and spoke to the Council about the Commission on Ethics 20/20, international legal education developments, and legal practice issues involving India and China, Miami, FL
- Meeting Participant, ABA Center for Human Rights, Washington, DC
- Speaker, Legal Perspectives Concerning Female Offenders, Biannual Meeting, Adult and Juvenile Female Offenders Organization, Jackson, MI
- Co-Chair, ABA Youth at Risk Commission, Projects and Initiatives Subcommittee and ABA Criminal Justice Section, Innocence Subcommittee
- Participant and Panelist, "Challenges Facing Forensic Science," Annual Board Meeting of California Forensic Science Institute and Public Forum Panel, California State University, Los Angeles
- Participant, "Revising the Model Penal Code," American Law Institute's Members Consultative Group Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
- Participant, California Gender Responsive Strategies Commission Meeting, California Institute for Women, Corona, CA
- Participant, Meetings of the Los Angeles Dependency Court's Working Groups on Children of Incarcerated Parents and Youth Transitioning from Foster Care
- Panelist, "First Monday in October," Diversity Week, Southwestern
- Re-appointed Peer Reviewer, Journalism and Communications Panel, Fulbright Specialists Program
- Presenter, "Civilization Against the State: Resisting the Deadly Virus," Freedom Fest 2009, Paris, France
- Speaker, "Impact of Internal Revenue Code section 409A on royalties and deferred and contingent compensation earned by entertainers and athletes," Annual Meeting of the ABA Entertainment and Sports Law Forum Committee, New York
- Civil and Criminal Forfeitures in WHITE COLLAR CRIME: BUSINESS AND REGULATORY OFFENSES, 2009 Chapter Update (with D. Parker; O. Obermaier and R. Morillo, eds.; Law Journal Press, 2009)
ADJUNCT FACULTY
PROFESSOR GARY FINE- Featured Speaker, "Art of the Music Deal," National Association of Record Industry Professionals, Los Angeles
January 2010
PROFESSOR ALAN CALNAN- Quoted in "Home of the Asbestos Litigation 'Gold Rush'?" Los Angeles Daily Journal
- Presentation, "Is Necessary Still the Mother of Rejection? The Treatment of Collective Bargaining Agreements in Bankruptcy on the 25th Anniversary of Section 1113," 3rd Annual CLE Conference, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, Washington DC
- "Discovering" Islamic Law, 88 INDONESIA 165 (2009)
- Appointed Chair, Curriculum Survey Drafting Board, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Site Team Chair, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, The Judge Advocate General School, Charlottesville, VA
- Participant, Council of Legal Education, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Miami, FL
- Interviewed regarding Prop. 8 trial and pending federal court ruling on cameras in the courtroom, "News Conference," KNBC-TV
- Participant, Special U.S. Department of Justice and Drug Enforcement Agency-sponsored Delegation of Los Angeles Law Enforcement Executives to Bogota, Columbia, for briefings on cocaine problems in Columbia, Mexico and Los Angeles
- Presenter, Medical Marijuana Issues, California Narcotics Officers Association and Los Angeles County Prosecutors Association
- Interviewed regarding medical marijuana and marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles, KTLA News, NPR and French24 Television
- Panelist, "What Hath eBay v. MercEchange Wrought?" Intellectual Property Remedies, Business Law Fall Forum, Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, OR
- Exploring Inequality in the Corporate Law Firm Apprenticeship: Doing the Time, Finding the Love, 22 GEORGETOWN JOURNAL OF LEGAL ETHICS 1361 (with J. Sterling; 2009)
- Book Presentation, ASIAN LEGAL REVIVALS: LAWYERS IN THE SHADOW OF EMPIRE (with Y. Dezalay; University of Chicago Press, forthcoming 2010), American Bar Foundation, Chicago, IL
- LAWYERS AND CLIENTS: CRITICAL ISSUES IN INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELING (with S. Ellmann, R. Dinerstein, K. Kruse and A. Shelleck; West 2009)
- Contract Formation and the Entrenchment of Power, 41 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO LAW JOURNAL 175 (2009)
- Op-ed article, "Guantanamo Detainees to Resettle in the U.S.?" Los Angeles Daily Journal
- GOVERNMENT DISCRIMINATION: EQUAL PROTECTION LAW AND LITIGATION (3 vols.; West-Thomson-Reuters, 2009-10)
- Discussant regarding a presentation on "Climate change and a policy research agenda" by Dr. Hilda Blanco, Urban Growth Seminar Series, USC School of Policy, Planning and Development
- Guest Lecturer, "The Law of International Trade and the Trade System: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's Opportunities," International Law Undergraduate Course, University of Southern California
- Guest Lecturer, "Recent IL Developments and Their Significance," Seminar on Public Diplomacy, USC Graduate School of Public Diplomacy
- Participant/Member, ABA Center of Human Rights, Washington, DC
- Participant/ Member, American Bar Foundation Fellows' Research Advisory Committee, Chicago, IL
- Participant/Member, Committee on International Legal Education, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Chicago, IL
- Participant/ Member, Meeting of U.S. State Department's Advisory Committee on International Law, Washington, DC
- Speaker, "Reforming California's International Arbitration Law," San Francisco Bar Association's International Law Section, San Francisco
- Selected for inclusion, International Trade and Finance category, The Best Lawyers in America (2010 Edition)
- Guest Blogger, "DOJ dynamics and the unlikelihood of retaliatory political prosecutions," PrawfsBlawg
- Presented argument, Victor Saldaño v. United States of America before Inter-American Commission of Human Rights; and held meetings regarding the case with officials of U.S. Department of State, Washington DC
- Quoted in "Anthony Sowell pleads insanity - legal tactic rarely works," Christian Science Monitor
- Against the Right to Bodily Integrity: Of Cyborgs and Human Rights, 87 DENVER UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 1
- Postconviction Claims of Innocence, 24 CRIMINAL JUSTICE 14 (Symposium Issue, Fall 2009)
- Book review, Hope's Boy: A Memoir (A. Bridge; Hyperion 2008) in 4 CALIFORNIA LEGAL HISTORY 533 (2009)
- Meeting Participant and Presenter, "Resolutions Designed to Strengthen Bonds Between Incarcerated Parents and Their Children," Fall Council Meeting, ABA Criminal Justice Section, Washington DC
- Meeting Participant, ABA Juvenile Justice Standards Committee, Washington DC
- Presenter (with C. Saco), "Immigration Options for Victims of Crimes & Domestic Violence," A New Beginning for Partnerships for Children & Families in Los Angeles County, Dependency Court Partnership Conference, Los Angeles
- Profiled, Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, ABA Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industries
- Creator, iPhone Application, Survey of Federal Income Tax and SCALE Federal Income Tax courses
- Selected for inclusion, Intellectual Property Law category, The Best Lawyers in America (2010 Edition)
- Quoted in "Home of the Asbestos Litigation 'Gold Rush'?" Los Angeles Daily Journal
- Interviewed regarding the California Attorney General's $200 million lawsuit against State Street Bank, KNX News Radio Business Hour
March 2010
PROFESSOR RONALD ARONOVSKY- Moderator, "The Future of Summary Judgment," Litigation Section Program, AALS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
- Reappointed, Executive Committee, AALS Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
- Reappointed, Executive Committee, AALS Litigation Section
- Just Go Away: Representation, Due Process, and Preclusion in Class Actions, 5 BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 1079 (2009)
- Poverty and Global Ruralism, 13 THE JOURNAL OF GENDER, RACE AND JUSTICE 1 (2009)
- Selected as co-author, Treatise for Civil Procedure (with F. James and G. Hazard; Foundation Press)
- Guest Blogger, "On Due Process, Probable Cause, Duty and Torts," TortsProf Blog
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Quoted in "Grieving Family Sues Toyota To Force Expanded Recall,"
NeonTommy.com (USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Online Publication)
- The Borders of Collective Representation: Comparing the Rights of Undocumented Workers to Organize Under United States and International Labor Standards, 44 UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO LAW REVIEW 431 (2009)
- Participant, Accreditation Committee Meeting, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Palm Beach, FL
- Participant, Curriculum Committee Meeting, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, New Orleans, LA
- Panelist and Presenter, "What does the Current Landscape of Pipeline Programs Look Like?" Initiating and Implementing Diversity Pipeline Programs, CaliforniaALL Diversity Symposium, University of California, Irvine
- Interviewed in-studio regarding Prop 8 trial broadcast coverage controversy, "News Conference," KNBC-LA
- Presenter, "Explaining the Persistent Myth of Property Absolutism," Junior Property Professors Works-in-Progress Panel, AALS General Meeting, New Orleans, LA
- Presenter, American Bar Foundation Fellows CLE Research Seminar: Asian Legal Revivals, ABA Midyear Meeting, Orlando, FL
- Panelist, "The Role of Pro Bono in Legal Education," AALS Annual Meeting, New Orleans , LA
- Guest Lecturer, "Global Climate Change," Online Environmental Law Course, Mercer Law School
- Southwestern's PLEAS Program, A New Place for Flexible Programs, 38 SOUTHWESTERN LAW REVIEW 645 (2009)
- Quoted in "Case against Michael Jackson's doctor centers on gross negligence," Christian Science Monitor
- Interviewed regarding Feds push for tracking cell phones, "Dateline Washington," Radio America Network
- Meeting Participant, Criminal Justice Section's Magazine Board, Milwaukee, WI
- Meeting Participant, Monthly Meetings of the Dependency Court Workgroup on Children of Incarcerated Parents and Board of the Center of Children of Incarcerated Parents
- Quoted regarding Supreme Court's decision to vacate judgment and remand decision below for further proceedings not inconsistent with Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, U.S. Law Week and Criminal Law Reporter
- Panelist, "Intersectional Transnationalities," Fourth Annual Critical Race Studies Symposium, UCLA
- Co-instructor, "Software Rights and Responsibilities," California Association of Public Purchasing Officers, Riverside, CA
- Interviewed, "Toyota Seen Facing Lawsuits On Several Fronts," "All Things Considered," NPR
- WHITE COLLAR CRIME: STATUTES, RULES, AND SENTENCING GUIDELINES, 2nd ed. (with S. Jordan; Lexis Nexis, 2009)
- TEACHER'S MANUAL, WHITE COLLAR CRIME: CASES, MATERIALS, AND PROBLEMS, 2nd ed. (with S. Jordan; Lexis Nexis, 2009)
- Elected Chair-Elect, AALS Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
- Invited participant and facilitator, Right to Counsel Breakout Session, "Raising our Hands: Creating a National Strategy for Children's Right to Education and Counsel," ABA Conference, Chicago, IL
- "Effective Advocacy in School Discipline Proceedings," Children's Rights Newsletter, Children's Rights Litigation Committee, ABA Section of Litigation (December 2009)
- Op-ed article, "Giving Kids a Fair Day in Court," Los Angeles Daily Journal
ADJUNCT FACULTY
PROFESSOR J. GARY HASTINGS- Presenter, One-hour MCLE Presentation, Litigation Ethics, In-House Counsel Subcommittee, California State Bar Association Litigation Section, San Francisco, CA
- "The Children of Divorce," Gavel to Gavel (Los Angeles Superior Court Judicial Magazine; Summer/Fall 2009)
- Selected for Inclusion, Intellectual Property Category, Super Lawyers Magazine (Southern California Edition; 2010
SENIOR STAFF
ASSISTANT DEAN MOLLY SELVIN- Moderator, "Getting to 50/50: How Working Couples Can Have it All By Sharing It All," UCLA School of Public Affairs
April/May 2010
PROFESSOR RONALD ARONOVSKY
- Speaker/Panel Organizer, "Teaching the ADR Survey Course: Challenges and Innovations," Legal Educators Colloquium, ABA Dispute Resolution Section's Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA
- Participant, 87th Annual Meeting of the American Law Institute, Washington, DC
- Toward a Nonracial Sovereign in SOVEREIGNTY, EMERGENCY, AND LEGALITY (A. Sarat, ed.; Cambridge University Press, 2010)
- Reasonableness in E-Discovery, 32 CAMPBELL LAW REVIEW (Symposium Issue; 2010)
- Expert Reviewer, National Science Foundation Funding Proposals
- Participant, American Law Institute Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
- WRITING DESKBOOK FOR ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES: AN INTRODUCTION (with M. Frost; Carolina Academic Press, 2010)
- Appointed, Member of the Board, Academic Support Professionals Association-Western Region
- Contributing Editor, Law School Academic Support Blog
- Indonesia's Human Rights Court in NEW COURTS IN ASIA (Routledge, 2010)
Senior Fulbright Fellow, Indonesia, conducting research for book on Indonesia's Islamic court system - Presenter, "The History of Indonesia's Islamic Courts Since the Implementation of the National Marriage Act," Center for the Study of Law and Policy, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Presenter, "Indonesia's Islamic Court System," Islamic Court Judges Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Presenter, "Recent Divorce Trends in Indonesia," Directorate for Islamic Courts of the Indonesian Supreme Court, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Presenter (with T. Heaton), "The Recent Upturn in Divorce in Indonesia," Divorce Trends in Southeast Asia, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
- Panelist, Indonesia's Compilation of Islamic Law, Islamic Family Law Week, Syarif Hidayatullah University, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Interviewed regarding Indonesian Draft Marriage Law Criminalizing Unregistered Marriages, International Women's Day Program, Indonesian radio
- Chair/Drafter, "A Survey of Law School Curricula 2002 - 2010," a treatise to update and reexamine law school curricula nationwide (ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, forthcoming 2012)
- Appointed, Member, National Law Council, Valparaiso University
- Presenter, "Bringing Interactive Teaching to Mexican Legal Education," Partnership for Advocacy Training, Centro para el Desarrollo de la Abogacía en el Litigio Oral, CEDALIT, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
- Presenter, "The Bench, The Bar, The Academy: Working Together as We Move Forward," National Conference of Bar Examiners, Austin, TX
- Presenter, "Not Your Father's Chevrolet: Examining Current Trends in Legal Education," National Law Council, Valparaiso, IN
- Participant, Accreditation Committee, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, San Diego, CA
- Participant, Joint Retreat Accreditation Committee and Standards Review Committee, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, San Diego, CA
- Participant, Accreditation Committee, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Palm Beach, FL
- Participant, Foreign Programs Subcommittee, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Chicago, IL
- Participant, Curriculum Survey Drafting Group, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Workshop Presenter, "Taking your pro bono program to the next level: An interactive workshop for law school professionals," ABA 2010 Equal Justice Conference, Phoenix, AZ
- Presenter, "Costly Intellectual Property," Junior Scholars in IP Workshop, Michigan State University College of Law (competitive, blind peer-reviewed submission)
- Presenter, "Talk Derby to Me: Emergent Property Norms in Pseudonymous Performance Subcultures," West/Southwest Junior Faculty Works-in-Progress Conference, Arizona State University Law School
- Co-Presenter (with C. Young of Chapman Law School), "Using Supervisor Evaluation Data to Improve Externship Programs: A Collaborative Approach," Externships 5 Conference, Miami, FL
- Host, Walden School, discussions regarding law and legal process and mock trial, Southwestern
- WRITING DESKBOOK FOR ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES: AN INTRODUCTION (with P. Bateman; Carolina Academic Press, 2010)
- Presenter, American Bar Foundation Fellows CLE Research Seminar: Asian Legal Revivals, ABA Midyear Meeting, Orlando, FL
- Presenter, "Colonial Construction and the (Relative) Demise of Law and Lawyers in Asia during the Cold War," Lund University, Sweden
- Presenter, "MacCrate v. Carnegie: Different Approaches to Legal Education Reform," Workshop, University of Tulsa School of Law
- Presenter, Selections from Asian Legal Revivals: Lawyers in the Shadow of the Empire, University of Minnesota School of Law
- Panelist, "The Role of Pro Bono in Legal Education," AALS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
- Panelist and Presenter, "Smoke, Mirrors & Contract Law," The Contract Law System and Power: Past, Present and Future Panel, Spring Contracts Conference, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada
- Presenter, Duke/UNC Corporate Board Diversity Symposium, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (89 NORTH CAROLINA LAW REVIEW, forthcoming)
- Presenter, "Constitutional arguments in McDonald v.
Chicago and the history of the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the
14th Amendment," Federalist Society, Southwestern
Panelist, "The Death Penalty in Modern Society," Southwestern - Judge, Moot Court exercise for Alan Gura, attorney for petitioners in McDonald v. Chicago, for Supreme Court argument, UCLA School of Law
- Interviewed regarding privileges or immunities and Due Process Clause arguments in McDonald v. Chicago, "The Docket," KUCI
- Quoted in "Healthcare reform: Who wins when governor, attorney general clash?" Christian Science Monitor
- Op-Ed Articles, "Taking Aim at a Privileged Precedent" (regarding McDonald v. Chicago) and "The Constitutional Labyrinth of the Health Care Law," Los Angeles Daily Journal
- Recipient, Fulbright Scholarship for 2010-2011 Academic Year; presenting lectures on "Policies and Tools for Environmental Sustainability," Politecnico di Torino; Researching Sustainability in Italy, Turin, Italy
- Presenter, "Affordable Housing in the Time of Global Climate Change," Julian Juergensmeyer Infrastructure Conference, Georgia State Law School
- Lecturer, "Arguing Takings and Property Rights Cases," Stetson Law School
- CHILDREN AND THE LAW: THE COMPETING INTERESTS OF CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND THE STATE (with J. Bohl; Vandeplas Publishing, 2010)
- Organizer and Speaker, "Legal Issues re: Judicial Supervision of ADR in the NAFTA Countries," State Department's NAFTA Advisory Committee on Private Commercial Dispute Resolution, Houston, TX
- Speaker and Moderator, "Hot Issues of Legal Services Regulation: U.S. and India," and "Deans' Roundtable on Legal Education," ABA Section of International Law Spring Meeting, New York, NY
- Presenter, "Crimes Against Humanity," Report and Recommendation to ABA Section of International Law Council, New York, NY
- Hearing Officer and Commentator, "Outsourcing" Public Hearing, ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20, New York, NY
- Invited Delegate, ABA Delegation to the United Nations' Legal Affairs Office and the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, New York, NY
- Member/Participant, Meetings of: Center for Human Rights Meeting, Commission on Ethics 20/20, Task Force on the International Trade in Legal Services (ITILS), American Bar Foundation Fellows' Research Advisory Council, and Section of Legal Education Committee on International Legal Education, ABA Midyear Meeting, Orlando, FL
- Participant, Reporter and Member, "Leading Law Firm Forum," ABA Task Force on International Trade in Legal Services, New York, NY
- Participant, ABA Center for Human Rights, New York, NY
- Participant, Meeting of the ABA Commission of Ethics 20/20, Washington, DC
- Participant, Meeting of the ABA Section of Legal Education Committee on International Legal Education, Washington, DC
- Participant, Meeting with leaders of Law Society of England and Wales regarding transnational legal regulation developments and trends, New York, NY
- Duplicative Foreign Litigation, 78 GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW REVIEW 237 (2010)
- Co-Author, amicus brief, U.S. Supreme Court: Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petition for Writ of Certiorari, British American Tobacco v. United States, No. 09-980
- Storm in a Teacup: The U.S. Supreme Court's Use of Foreign Law, reprinted in THE U.S. SUPREME COURT: OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS (Magaret Haerens ed.; 2010)
- Guest blogger, PrawfsBlawg, March 2010
- Editor, THE STATE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2010 (ABA Criminal Justice Section, 2010)
- Speaker, "Forensic Evidence and the Courts," California Forensic Science Institute (CFSI) and Crime Lab Project (CLP) with the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center
- Speaker, Women Prisoner's Security Classifications Conference, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
- Invited Participant, National Summit on Youth Transitioning From Foster Care, ABA Youth at Risk Commission, New York, NY
- Presenter, "Assault and Battery in Property," Injuries Without Remedies Symposium, Loyola Law School
- Panel Moderator, "Employment Non-Discrimination in a Non-Binary World" and Roundtable Participant, "Intersectional Transnationalities," Fourth Annual Critical Race Studies Symposium, UCLA School of Law
- Faculty Workshop Presentation, "Assault and Battery on Property," Thomas Jefferson School of Law and "Collapse and Culture," UC Berkeley School of Law
- Co-presenter (with K. Jackson and E. Cruz ), "Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: Theory and Practice," En/Countering Stereotypes, University of La Verne College of Law Immigration Law Symposium
- The Rise of the Two Year Programs? 38 SOUTHWESTERN LAW REVIEW 539 (2009)
- Recipient, Samuel Edward Konkin III Memorial Chaunticleer Award, in connection with publication of BOUNDARIES OF ORDER: PRIVATE PROPERTY AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM (Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2009)
- Participant, The Birth and the Death of the Fed Conference, Ludwig von Mises Institute, Jekyll Island, Georgia
- Interviewed, "Ernest Hancock Show," www.RepublicBroadcasting.org
- Op-Ed Article, "The Church Only Speaks Repentance," Los Angeles Daily Journal and San Francisco Daily Journal
- Founded blog , "Jesus and the Professor," www.jesusandtheprofessor.com
- INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW (CreateSpace, 2010)
- Lecturer, "Tax Traps in Common Talent Compensation Arrangements: What Entertainment & Sports Lawyers Need to Know about Internal Revenue Code Section 409A," CLE Teleconference, ABA
- Instructor, "The Surprising Impact of Internal Revenue Code Section 409A on Common Talent Compensation Arrangements, " CLE Program, Southwestern
- Promotion of Off-Label Use: In Favor of a Regulatory Retreat, 19 ALBANY LAW JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 609 (Symposium Issue, 2009)
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Presenter, "Examining Litigant Autonomy in Mass Torts: Insights from
the Individualism of Ayn Rand," Pluralism in Tort Litigation,
Association for the Study of Law, Culture & the Humanities Annual
Meeting, Providence, RI
Presenter, "Mass Torts and Bankruptcy," National Teleconference, HB Litigation Conferences - Presenter, "Ethics in Mass Settlements," Considering Ethics in Complex Chemical Products Litigation Matters, Conference on Chemical Products Liability and Environmental Litigation, American Conference Institute, Chicago, IL
- Quoted in "Former Enron CEO could see new trial," Associated Press
ADJUNCT FACULTY
PROFESSOR DARRELL MAVIS- Instructor, "Presiding Over Gang, Domestic Violence and Driving Under the Influence Cases," Criminal Law Overview Course for Judges, San Francisco
- Education Law in RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 2010 (J. Lubbers, ed; American Bar Association, 2010)
- Re-appointed Chair, Education Law Committee, ABA Administration Law Section
- Panelist and Discussant, "Comparative Law: From Institutions to Legal Origins" regarding forthcoming articles: Similarities Between California Community Property Law and Early Irish Marital Property Law and The Origin of California Community Property Law, Comparative Law Panel, Cornell Law School
- Invited Participant, "Lunch with Experience," ABA/Law Student Division, Chapman Law School
- The Special Case of Oregon: The Heated Debates Regarding Measures 37 and 49 in TAKINGS INTERNATIONAL (R. Alterman; ABA, 2010)
- Lecturer, "Protecting Ideas," Pasadena City College
- Speaker, "IP License Agreements," State Bar of California
- Speaker, "Alternate Billing Methods," Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association Spring Seminar, Las Vegas, NV
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ASSOCIATE DEAN GARY GREENER- Appointed, Member of the Board, National LGBT Bar Association
- Delegate, ABA Coordinating Committee on AIDS and HIV
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