Accomplishments: William S. Boyd School of Law

Professor Nancy Rapoport (Law) published an article titled, "Nuance or Necessity for Conflicts in Bankruptcy Cases?," for the Creditor Rights Coalition website. 
Professor Leslie Griffin (Law) recently presented on Catholic Sexual Abuse in Louisiana at the BioLawLapalooza 6.0, an ethics conference at Stanford Law School.
Professor Nancy Rapoport (Law) and Wanda Borges spoke at the National Association of Credit Managers' 2024 Credit Congress, on Heroes and Horrors: Triumphs and Tragedies Unveiled (Navigating Credit Through the Eyes of the Court).
Professor Nachman Gutowski (Law) presented on "Law School Perspectives on Generative AI Policy Making" at CALICon24.
Professor Nancy Rapoport (Law) presented on a panel for the Beverly Hills Bar Association on “The Fee Examiner’s Perspective: Sensible, Ethical & Effective Lawyer Billing.”
Professor Joe Regalia (Law) is leading legal writing and legal tech trainings throughout the summer at government agencies including the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the FDA, the VA, and various state and local agencies;…
Professor Joe Regalia (Law) recently published, "From Briefs to Bytes: How Generative AI is Transforming Legal Writing and Practice," in the Tulsa Law Review. This article acts as a framework for introducing legal practitioners, teachers, and students to generative Ai, its possibilities, its ethical pitfalls--and its many applications to practice…
Ian Bartrum (Law) published a new article entitled Structural Originalism: A Better Theory of the Second Amendment. It will be published in a forthcoming edition of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. 
Joyce Mack Professor of Law Michael Kagan (Law) chaired a panel discussion about the impact of changes in Chevron deference on immigration law at the bi-annual Immigration Law Teachers & Scholars Conference at the University of Minnesota.  
The Nevada Law Journal published Frank A. Fritz III's (Law) Symposium Introduction: Challenge and Hope, 24 Nev. L.J. 687, in the spring symposium issue: Avoiding Disaster—Understanding, Mitigating, and Adapting to the Global Climate Crisis. The introduction was co-written Kyle-Matthew Taylor, a 2024 Boyd School of Law graduate.   
Eve Hanan (Law) presented her paper, Acting Guilty: Emotions as Proof in Pregnancy Crimes, at the Law and Society Association conference in Denver on June 6. The paper analyzes the legal and social context of a woman's manslaughter conviction for her miscarriage, even in the absence of any proof of causation.
Dean Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) gave a presentation about the law school in front of the Interim Judiciary Committee at the end of May.