Accomplishments: William S. Boyd School of Law

Professor Benjamin Edwards led a panel on The Evolving ESG Landscape at the International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking at Park MGM on May 24, 2023, at 18th International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking, hosted the by the UNLV International Gaming Institute.
The William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV is proud to announce that recent graduate Travis Studdard has won a Law360 Legal Writing Award from the Burton Awards for his article, Riling Up As Recommendation: How Commission-Free Brokerages Recommend Active Investing to the Public. His article previously placed first in the 2021 James E. Beckley…
Professor Marketa Trimble (Law) published a chapter in the book, Improving Intellectual Property: A Global Project (Susy Frankel et al. eds., Edward Elgar 2023); the book came out on March 24, 2023, in celebration of professor Rochelle Dreyfuss (NYU Law). Trimble's chapter is titled, "Transnational Judicial Competition in Intellectual…
Addie Rolnick (Law) was appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine's Committee on Law and Justice (CLAJ). Professor Rolnick also serves as the faculty director of the Indian Nations Gaming & Governance Program, as well as the associate director of the Program on Race, Gender & Policing. “We are…
Professor Marketa Trimble (Law) published in the American Bar Association's Supreme Court Preview an article on the forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court oral argument and expected subsequent opinion of the Court in the case of Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc.
The UNLV chapter of the National Political Science Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha, hosted Life After College, a panel series about career pathways after undergrad. Elizabeth Maltby (Political Science), Jared Oestman (Political Science), Brian Wall (Law), and Gerard Gosioco, J.D. ('12 BA), discussed potential careers in policy, academia, and law.…
Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) explained the context around corporate political donation in the article, "The Implications of Corporate Political Donations," which was published in the American Bar Association's Human Rights Magazine.
Professor Marketa Trimble's (Law) editorial, "Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence," was published in GRUR International - Journal of European and International IP Law.
Eve Hanan (Law) presented her research on Remorse and Restorative Justice at a national conference of the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys.
David Orentlicher (Law and Medicine) published an opinion essay, "Unanimous decision making is essential for preserving the Supreme Court’s legitimacy," in The Hill. The essay discusses concerns about the Supreme Court's legitimacy and how the Court can restore public confidence by deciding its cases unanimously. Unanimous decisions are…
Cristina Hernandez (Public Health) and David Orentlicher (Health Law) presented at Health District After Dark (HDAD). HDAD is a semi-annual lecture series offered by the Health District’s Academic Affairs Committee that occurs after standard business hours “aka after dark.” HDAD engages the Southern Nevada community and public health…
Marketa Trimble's (School of Law) article, "U.S. Law of Geographical Trademarks, 'Google Effects,' Historical Developments, and U.S. International Obligations: Proposal for Changes to the Lanham Act," was published by The Trademark Reporter, a peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 1911 and published by the International Trademark Association.…