Accomplishments: William S. Boyd School of Law

Benjamin Edwards (Law) moderated a plenary panel entitled, "Conversation with the Nevada Supreme Court" at the 2026 National Business Law Scholars Conference.
The third edition of Leslie Griffin鈥檚 (Law) casebook, Practicing Bioethics Law, was published by West Academic.
Benjamin Edwards (Law) moderated a panel on private equity at the 2026 National Business Law Scholars Conference.
Tom Romero (Law) served as an invited panelist at the University of Denver鈥檚 Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs for the Climate Conscious Conference. He participated in the discussion titled, 鈥淲eathering Change: Navigating Colorado River Governance in Uncertain Times.鈥
Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) was honored at the Clark County Board of County Commissioners Meeting as part of its Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern Heritage Month celebration. 
Tom Romero (Law) presented, 鈥淥perationalizing Kinship and Culture in Western Water Law鈥 at the Tenth Annual SRP Sustainability Conference of American Legal Educators at Arizona State University鈥檚 Sandra Day O鈥機onnor College of Law.
The Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation Tribal Council awarded 性视界传媒's Indian Nations Gaming and Governance Program (Law) the Tribal Education Initiatives (Hospitality) with the Yawa Award at the Forging Hope Ceremony.
Tom Romero (Law) recently presented "The 鈥楥olorful鈥 Legal History of Water" for Water Education Colorado鈥檚 Colorado Water Fluency Program.
Dawn Nielsen (Law) co-presented a session titled "Supervised Practice and the Future of Licensure: Implications for Externship Programs" at the 2026 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Conference on Clinical Legal Education.
Danielle Finn, Kathryn Rand, and Steven Light (all Law) presented on "Navigating the Future of Prediction Market Regulation: Legal Landscape, Legislative Prospects and Emerging Trends" at the 2026 Women's Summit hosted by the National Native American Human Resource Association (NNAHRA).
At the American College of Coverage Counsel Annual Meeting, Jeff Stempel (Law) discussed the evolution of unfair insurance claims practices statutes in a panel session titled "Extracontractual Exposure Through Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Acts: Recurring Issues, Recent Rulings, Trends, and Strategies."
Dawn Nielsen (Law) co-presented a session titled "Externship Adventures in the Age of AI: Teaching Tomorrow's Lawyers Today" at the 2026 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Conference on Clinical Legal Education.