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William S. Boyd School of Law News

The William S. Boyd School of Law prepares students for the competent and ethical practice of law, offering three- and four-year programs for the Juris Doctor degree.

Current Law News

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UNLV History |

The matriarch of the Mack family supported the university's rise since its founding.

UNLV Boyd School of Law alumnus and Las Vegas Raiders senior vice president and general counsel Justin Carley poses inside Allegiant Stadium
People |

When he’s not tackling legal affairs for the Las Vegas Raiders, the Alumnus of the Year for the William S. Boyd School of Law helps coach students interested in sports law.

Undergrad researcher Benjamin Sabir helps H. Jeremy Cho examine an atmospheric water harvesting device. (Jeff Scheid/UNLV)
Campus News |

A monthly roundup of the top news stories featuring UNLV staff and students.

Students pass by Lied Library as they walk campus on the first day of Fall 2024 semester classes
Campus News |

A collection of news highlights featuring students and faculty.

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People |

Unexpected challenges couldn't keep Catherine Msumali from making it to UNLV and (finally) enrolling in Boyd Law’s gaming law and regulation grad program.

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Campus News |

Brookings foreign policy expert and UNLV faculty to discuss Southern border relationship as part of free public lecture series.

Law In The News

Bloomberg

Recently revealed texts highlighting a Houston attorney’s apparent interactions with a former bankruptcy judge whom she was dating have added more fuel to the fire amid allegations that their relationship led to improper communications about cases he oversaw.

The Nevadan

Trump’s plan would effectively be a sales tax that disproportionately harms working-class families and could cause a trade war that hurts US companies, economists say.

Financial Advisor

In what some attorneys are calling the largest "whitewashing" of a broker’s public record they've ever seen, a rep who headed UBS’s defunct Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) was able to get Finra to expunge 29 arbitration cases against him that led to more than $30 million in client awards.

The Dallas Morning News

A secret courthouse romance has spurred ethics investigations and a fight over millions in legal fees.

Law.com

For the last year, Jackson Walker has faced litigation — and presumably a hit to its bankruptcy business and reputation — since the revelation that a Houston bankruptcy partner was romantically involved with a federal bankruptcy judge who presided over many of the firm's bankruptcy cases.

The New Republic

The new Supreme Court session will begin, as it always does, on the first Monday in October. As the justices take their seats come October 7, they will do so with ever fewer Americans impressed by the black robes, the Vatican-like intrigues taking place in the marble redoubt on First Street, the authoritative tone of increasingly partisan decisions that are almost impossible to reverse, no matter how infuriating or inexplicable.

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Recent Law Accomplishments

Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) gave a presentation at the Center for Ethics at Muhlenberg College, in Allentown, PA, entitled, "Societal Interests in a Right to Repair."
Joe Regalia (Law) presented at the American Association of Judges 2024 Annual Conference on "Understanding the Possibilities and Pitfalls of AI Today."
Patience Crowder (Law) was part of a panel discussion on "Protecting Our Professional Identities While Teaching Our Students How to Form Their Own" at the 2024 Society of American Law Teachers Teaching Conference & Junior Faculty Development Workshop. 
Bret Birdsong (Law) presented at the 2024 Martz Symposium on Public Lands: The Future of Public Lands – People, Place, and Power.
Marketa Trimble (Law) presented at the International Conference on Emerging Issues in Intellectual Property Law at the Salzburg University in Austria. She discussed the cross-border functioning of exceptions and limitations to copyright.
Danielle Finn (Law) led a panel at the Tribal Leadership and Management Conference on the importance of cybersecurity in Indian Country.