News: William S. Boyd School of Law
![Stacey Tovino](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/nc_D70219_31.jpg?itok=8aRubYck)
Boyd School of Law professor Stacey Tovino on what you need to know about advanced directives.
![Andre Wilsenach](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/nc_D70734_10.jpg?itok=YypW5Q3v)
International gaming control chief tapped to lead new initiative, which will offer first-of-its-kind research and education programs for gaming regulators worldwide.
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A tough job teaching troubled teens hasn't kept Jessica Gandy from pursuing her law degree.
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As water leaders contend with unprecedented drought and demand, will the river people of the Colorado band together as regional citizens? Water policy expert Patricia Mulroy weighs in.
![Michael Gianelloni](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/ncD70626_10.jpg?itok=BpAHvK51)
Known as “the writing guy,” this alumnus brings his love of putting pen to paper and his experience mentoring students to the Boyd School of Law.
![Alissa Cooley and Katelyn Franklin](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D70064_07_AlissaCooley_KatelynFranklin-copy.jpg?itok=gXB3sJrc)
Thanks to Justice Americorps Grant, Las Vegas is one of the few places in the nation where unaccompanied children receive free legal representation in court.
![Health Law Program employees](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/HealthLawProgram-D70432-06.jpg?itok=Ucek9s1Z)
Boyd School of Law expands health law program.
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Wiener-Rogers Law Library serves Boyd community and beyond.
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From law to health to advocacy to science, UNLV professors tackle HIV prevention, education and treatment both domestically and abroad.
![Marketa Trimble](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D70377_57-MarketaTrimbleCenterSpread.jpg?itok=P-wNC5zt)
Professor Marketa Trimble uses an unlikely example – the ‘Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas’ sign – to teach the importance of intellectual property rights.
![Wynn Tashman](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D70370_14_PILAGrantRecipient_WynnTashman.jpg?itok=dBrT72kP)
UNLV law and education student Wynn Tashman is using experience in the Kids Court program to develop an educational intervention in support of LGBT youth in schools and legal settings.
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Seventy-five percent of Boyd School of Law graduates who took the Nevada Bar Exam for the first time passed the test.