Accomplishments: William S. Boyd School of Law

Kathy Stanchi's (Law) recently published chapter is now part of an award-winner book. The Rhetoric of Judging Well: The Conflicted Legacy of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy (Penn State 2023) was awarded the Distinguished Publication Award by the Communication and Law Section of the National Communication Association (NCA). Professor鈥
Professor Mary Beth Beazley (Law) gave a training on Opinion Writing for the Appellate Courts on behalf of the National Judicial College. The training, which took place on Nov. 17, was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Nov. 17 and was sponsored by the Indiana Appellate Courts. It was attended by clerks for the Indiana appellate courts and the鈥
Nancy Rapoport (Law) presented at the 42nd Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference on a panel entitled 鈥淎.I. in the Bankruptcy Practice and the Ethics Involved.鈥
Jeffrey Stempel and Jennifer Roberts (both Law) conducted a presentation on "Ethics in Gaming" at the 2023 Gaming Law Conference on Nov. 17.
Professor Jeff Stempel (Law) participated in a panel as part of the Transatlantic Lectures on Insurance Law series sponsored by the European Law Institute Insurance Group. The panel was on "Fissures and Fault Lines in U.S. Insurance Law: The Impact of Dual Systems and Multiple Forums Creating Divergent Outcomes."
Professor Benjamin Edwards (Law) co-authored an op-ed, "Long overdue, FINRA's expungement reforms are still inadequate," for Financial Planning, which argues that reforms to the FINRA process for expunging complaints against brokers will not work. 
Jeff Stempel (Law) gave a presentation last week on "Information Duties in Insurance: Contract Formation and Other Issues" at the III Congresso Internacional de Direito do Seguro, IX Forum de Direito do Seguro, Brasilia, Brazil. 
Nachman Gutowski (Law) presented and moderated several sessions at LexCon 鈥23 by AccessLex in Chicago. His talks were entitled 鈥淢easuring Success: Evolving Approaches to Data Collection and Reporting,鈥 as well as "The Genius Hour: Academic and Bar Success." He moderated two panels, 鈥淐hatGPT in the Classroom,鈥 and 鈥淧ut Your Oxygen Mask On First:鈥
Dean Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) co-authored an article with Professor Ofer Tur-Sinai, a professor of law at Ono Academic College, for The Conversation titled "The battle over right to repair is a fight over your car's data."
Joan Howarth (Law) was featured in a recent episode, "Pathway to the Profession, a Landscape of Exclusion," of the New York City Bar Association's podcast. 
David Orentlicher (Law) spoke at the Levin Center State Oversight Academy Symposium: 鈥淟egislators and Academics in Dialogue.鈥 He provided feedback, based on his experiences on a paper titled 鈥淲hy Hospitals Hire Tobacco Lawyers.鈥  
Justin Iverson (Law) presented this week at the Nevada Library Association's 2023 Annual Conference on "Jailhouse Librarian: Services to Incarcerated Individuals" and "Legal Books & Materials Required in Every County Under NAC 380.010: Are These Requirements Still Necessary?".