Sean received the Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Of Sean’s teaching, the Goldman Prize Committee said, “He motivates students to want to do exemplary work and spends tireless hours reviewing their work and responding with invaluable feedback.”
Bradford C. Mank / April 2012
Brad, who serves as faculty advisor of the Immigration and Nationality Law Review (INLR), and the students and staff of the INLR organized a lecture, The Separation of Powers in Immigration Law, by Cristina Rodriguez of New York University on April 11.
Two of Brad’s articles were cited:
- Prudential Standing and the Dormant Commerce Clause: Why the “Zone of Interests” Test Should Not Apply to Constitutional Cases, 48 Ariz. L. Rev. 609 (2006), in Kathleen S. Morris, The Case for Local Constitutional Enforcement, 47 Harv. Civ. Rights-Civ. Liberties L. Rev. 1 (2012); and
- Revisiting the Lyons Den: Summers v. Earth Island Institute’s Misuse of Lyons’ “Realistic Threat” of Harm Standing Test, 42 Ariz. St. L.J. 837 (2010), in Anthony Disarro, A Farewell to Harms: Against Presuming Irreparable Injury in Constitutional Litigation, 35 Harv. J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 743 (2012).
Janet Moore / April 2012
Janet received the Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching. The Goldman Prize Committee said of her teaching, “While she demands excellence from her students, she is always willing to devote large amounts of time outside of class to student development and strives to make herself easily accessible and available.”
Douglas Mossman, MD / April 2012
Doug’s article, ‘Curbside’ Consults and Professional Liability, 11 Current Psychiatry ___ (June 2012), was accepted for publication.
Doug’s article, Estimating the Accuracy of Neurocognitive Effort Measures in the Absence of a “Gold Standard” Psychological Assessment (Apr. 30, 2012) (with Dustin B. Wygant & Roger O. Gervais), is now in print.
Doug was a visiting scholar at the University of California–Davis and Napa State Hospital on April 3 and delivered three lectures: Dealing with Dangerousness, Assessment of Malingering, and Expert Witness Testimony.
Doug gave a presentation, Incompetence to Maintain a Divorce Action: When Breaking up Is Odd To Do, to the Dayton Psychiatry Society on April 23.
Several of Doug’s publications were cited:
- Another Look at Interpreting Risk Categories, 18 Sexual Abuse – J. Res. & Treatment 41 (2006), in Ko Ling Chan Evaluating the Risk of Child Abuse: The Child Abuse Risk Assessment Scale (CARAS), 27 J. Interpersonal Violence, 951 ( 2012);
- Assessing Predictions of Violence – Being Accurate about Accuracy, 62 J. Consulting & Clinical Psychol. 783 (1994), in Leslie Helmus et al., Improving the Predictive Accuracy of Static-99 and Static-2002 with Older Sex Offenders: Revised Age Weights, 24 Sexual Abuse-J. Res. & Treatment, 64 ( 2012); and in G. Szmukler et al., Risk Assessment and Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves, 42 Psychol. Med. 895 (2012); and
- Sex on the Wards: Conundra for Clinicians, 25 J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry & L. 441 (1997), in R. Steinberg et al., Responsible Dealing with Sexuality: Recommendations in a Clinical Institution, 83 Nervenarzt 377 (2012).
Michael E. Solimine / April 2012
Several of Michael’s publications were cited:
Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1991, 40 Am. J. Comp. L. 951 (1992), in Simeon Symeonides, Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2011: Twenty-Fifth Annual Survey, 60 Am. J. Comp. L. 291 (2012);
Congress, Ex Parte Young, and the Fate of the Three-Judge District Court, 70 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 101 (2008), in Charles Alan Wright, John B. Oakley & Debra Lyn Bassett, Federal Courts: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 13th ed. 2012);
Congress, Separation of Powers, and Standing, 59 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 1023 (2009), in A. G. Harmon, Bounty Hunters and Whistleblowers: Constitutional Concerns for False Claims Actions after Passage of the Patent Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, 2 Am. U. Lab. & Empl. L. Forum 1 (2011);
Deciding to Decide: Class Action Certification and Interlocutory Review by the United States Courts of Appeals under Rule 23(f) , 41 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1531 (2000) (with Christine Oliver Hines), in Charles Alan Wright, John B. Oakley & Debra Lyn Bassett, Federal Courts: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 13th ed. 2012);
Formalism, Pragmatism, and the Conservative Critique of the Eleventh Amendment, 101 Mich. L. Rev. 1463 (2003) (reviewing John T. Noonan, Narrowing the Court’s Power: The Supreme Court Sides with the States (2002)), in Fred O. Smith, Jr., Awakening the People’s Giant: Sovereign Immunity and the Constitution’s Republican Commitment, 80 Fordham L. Rev. 1941 (2012);
Forum-Selection Clauses and the Privatization of Procedure, 25 Cornell Intl L.J. 51 (1992), in Claire M. Specht, 12(B) What? Slater and Enforcing Forum Selection Clauses through Dismissal, 53 B.C. L. Rev. E-Supp. 111 (2012);
Institutional Process, Agenda Setting, and the Development of Election Law on the Supreme Court, 68 Ohio St. L.J. 767 (2007), in Joshua A. Douglas, Election Law and Civil Discourse: The Promise of ADR, 27 Ohio St. J. on Dis. Res. 291 (2012);
Judicial Influence: A Citation Analysis of Federal Courts of Appeals Judges, 27 J. Legal Stud. 271 (1998) (with William M. Landes & Lawrence Lessig), in Brian Leiter, In Praise of Realism (and against “Nonsense” Jurisprudence), 100 Geo. L.J. 865 (2012); in Doni Gewirtzman, Lower Court Constitutionalism: Circuit Court Discretion as a Complex Adaptive System, 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 457 (2012); and in J. Mark Ramseyer, Talent Matters: Judicial Productivity and Speed in Japan, 32 Intl Rev. L. & Econ. 38 (2012);
The Quiet Revolution in Personal Jurisdiction, 73 Tul. L. Rev. 1 (1998), in Michael S. Greve, The Upside-Down Constitution (Harvard University Press 2012); and in Claire M. Specht, 12(B) What? Slater and Enforcing Forum Selection Clauses, 53 B.C. L. Rev. E-Supplement 111 (2012);
Respecting State Courts: The Inevitability of Judicial Federalism (Greenwood Press 1999)(with James L. Walker), in Daniel P. O’Gorman, Contract Theory and Some Realism about Employee Covenants Not to Compete Cases, 65 SMU L. Rev. 145 (2012);
Rethinking Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction, 52 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 383 (1991), in Josue Caballero, Student Author, Colorado River Abstention in the Fifth Circuit: The Exceptional Circumstances of a Likely Reversal, 64 Baylor L. Rev. 277 (2012);
Supreme Court Monitoring of State Courts in the Twenty-First Century, 35 Ind. L. Rev. 335 (2002), in Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Access to Justice within the Federal Courts–A Ninth Circuit Perspective, 90 Or. L. Rev. 1033 (2012);
The Three-Judge District Court in Voting Rights Litigation, 30 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 79 (1996), in Charles Alan Wright, John B. Oakley & Debra Lyn Bassett, Federal Courts: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 13th ed. 2012); and
Voting Rights and Election Law (Matthew Bender/LexisNexis 2010) (with Michael R. Domino, Sr. & Bradley A. Smith), in Michael R. Dimino, The Natural and Familiar in Politics and Election Law, 56 St. Louis U. L.J. 701 (2012); in Paul Gronke, When and How to Teach Election Law in the Undergraduate Classroom, 56 St. Louis U. L.J. __ (2012); in Kristen Nussbaumer, Election Law as Elective of Choice, 56 St. Louis U. L.J. 747 (2012); and in Chad Flanders, Election Law: Too Big to Fail? 56 St. Louis U. L.J. 775 (2012).
Sandra F. Sperino / April 2012
Sandra’s article, Revitalizing State Employment Discrimination Law, 19 Geo. Mason L. Rev. ___ (2012), has been accepted for publication.
Sandra’s article, Rethinking Discrimination Law, 110 Mich. L. Rev. 69 (2011), was cited in Cary Franklin, Inventing the “Traditional Concept” of Sex Discrimination, 125 Harv. L. Rev. 1307 (2012).
Joseph P. Tomain / April 2012
Joe’s article, The Politics of Clean Energy: Moving beyond the Beltway, 3 San Diego J. Climate & Energy L. 299 (2012), is now in print.
Several of Joe’s publications were cited:
- The Dominant Model of United States Energy Policy, 61 U. Colo. L. Rev. 355 (1990), in Robert L. Glicksman, Solar Energy Development on the Federal Public Lands: Environmental Trade-Offs on the Road to a Lower-Carbon Future, 3 San Diego J. Climate & Energy L. 107 (2012);
- Ending Dirty Energy Policy: Prelude to Climate Change (Cambridge University Press 2011), in Lincoln L. Davies, State Renewable Portfolio Standards: Is There a “Race” and Is It “To The Top”? 3 San Diego J. Climate & Energy L. 3 (2012); and
- Energy Law in a Nutshell (West Group 2004) (with Richard Cudahy), in Steven Weissman, Effective Renewable Energy Policy: Leave It to the States? 3 San Diego J. Climate & Energy L. 345 (2012).
Verna L. Williams / April 2012
Verna’s article, Social Justice Feminism, 18 UCLA Women’s L.J. 131 (2010) (with Kristin Kalsem), was recently listed on SSRN’s Top Ten download list for: LSN: Employment Statutes (Topic).
As part of the UC Law’s faculty exchange program, Verna read excerpts from her ongoing book project at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
The Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice, which is directed by Verna, Emily Houh, and Kristin Kalsem, presented the Rev. W. Edward Harris, Minister Emeritus, All Souls Unitarian Church in Indianapolis, IN, who gave a speech, Is the Struggle for Civil Rights Over? April 4, 2012.
The Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice, which is directed by Verna, Emily Houh, and Kristin Kalsem, and the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies presented a symposium, A Conversation with Professor Janet Halley, on April 19. Halley is the Royall Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.
Verna was quoted in:
- The Moderate Voice, Michelle Obama’s Quote (Apr. 19, 2012); and
- Taylor Marsh – The Antidote to Right-Wing Talk, Michelle Obama’s Quote (Apr. 18, 2012).
Marjorie Corman Aaron / March 2012
Marjorie’s book, Client Science: Advice for Lawyers on Counseling Clients through Bad News and Other Legal Realities (Oxford U. Press 2012), is now in print.
Marjorie’s article, Strategy at the Table: From Stereotypes to Subtleties, 30 Alternatives to the High Cost of Litig. ___ (forthcoming 2012), has been accepted for publication.