Accomplishments: William S. Boyd School of Law
Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) recently published commentary in JURIST on the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection's move to roll back underwriting requirements for short-term payday and car title loans. He explains the need for state leadership on these issues. JURIST is a Webby-award-winning legal news and commentary publication. …
Lydia Nussbaum (Law) and Sam Song (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) next month will be presenting at "Keeping Kids in School: Increasing Student Engagement," a one-day summit co-hosted by the Eighth Judicial District, the Clark County School District (CCSD), and the Nevada State Charter School Authority. More than 200 CCSD and…
Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) published an op-ed in The Hill pointing out how personnel problems in the Trump administration may create systemic risk for the U.S. economy.
David Orentlicher (Law) authored an article, "The Physician's Duty to Treat During Pandemics," that was published in the American Journal of Public Health. As he observed, physicians assume a fundamental ethical duty to place the welfare of their patients above their own interests. Thus, for example, doctors must not exploit the patient–…
Stewart Chang (Law) published an article, "Our National Psychosis: Guns, Terror, and Hegemonic Masculinity" in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. Chang was interviewed on the "Taking Liberties" podcast about the article.
Ann C. McGinley and Benjamin P. Edwards (both Law) published an op-ed in The Hill about gender bias in the venture capital space. The op-ed discusses their law review article that will be published in the U.C. Davis Law Review.
Ruben J. Garcia (Law) gave the Peter Mitchell Labor Law Lecture, titled “Labor Law and the Public Interest,” at the National Law Students Workers' Rights Conference of the Peggy Browning Fund earlier this month. The Peggy Browning Fund supports summer fellowships at unions, nonprofits, law firms, and government agencies to inspire the next…
Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) presented on three panels at the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association's annual meeting in Bonita Springs, Florida. The panels addressed the securities law issues associated with digital token offerings and the ethical obligations for lawyers working with clients with diminished capacity.
David Orentlicher (Law) recently published "Law, Religion, and Health Care," in the UC Irvine Law Review. He considers the extent to which physicians, hospitals, or employers should be able to deny patients access to abortion, aid-in-dying, or other care on grounds of religious conscience.
Orentlicher writes that religious objections should…
Terrill Pollman (Law) has been selected by the Association of Legal Writing Directors and the Legal Writing Institute as the winner of the 2019 Thomas F. Blackwell Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Legal Writing. This distinguished award is presented annually to a person who has made an outstanding contribution…
Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) recently was interviewed on KNPR's State of Nevada about his op-ed in the Las Vegas Sun calling for more oversight for payday lending firms.
Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) published an op-ed in the Las Vegas Sun calling for the Nevada Legislature to fund a database to track payday lending activity. The op-ed highlights Nevada's struggles with consumer financial literacy and the need for effective oversight.