Accomplishments: William S. Boyd School of Law
Professor Joe Regalia (Law) is leading legal writing and legal tech trainings throughout the summer at government agencies including the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the FDA, the VA, and various state and local agencies;…
Professor Joe Regalia (Law) recently published, "From Briefs to Bytes: How Generative AI is Transforming Legal Writing and Practice," in the Tulsa Law Review. This article acts as a framework for introducing legal practitioners, teachers, and students to generative Ai, its possibilities, its ethical pitfalls--and its many applications to practice…
Ian Bartrum (Law) published a new article entitled Structural Originalism: A Better Theory of the Second Amendment. It will be published in a forthcoming edition of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law.
Joyce Mack Professor of Law Michael Kagan (Law) chaired a panel discussion about the impact of changes in Chevron deference on immigration law at the bi-annual Immigration Law Teachers & Scholars Conference at the University of Minnesota.
The Nevada Law Journal published Frank A. Fritz III's (Law) Symposium Introduction: Challenge and Hope, 24 Nev. L.J. 687, in the spring symposium issue: Avoiding Disaster—Understanding, Mitigating, and Adapting to the Global Climate Crisis. The introduction was co-written Kyle-Matthew Taylor, a 2024 Boyd School of Law graduate.
Eve Hanan (Law) presented her paper, Acting Guilty: Emotions as Proof in Pregnancy Crimes, at the Law and Society Association conference in Denver on June 6. The paper analyzes the legal and social context of a woman's manslaughter conviction for her miscarriage, even in the absence of any proof of causation.
Dean Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) gave a presentation about the law school in front of the Interim Judiciary Committee at the end of May.
Professor Ben Edwards (Law) spoke at a recent CLE sponsored by the Nevada Bankers Association on using business entities in estate planning.
Professor Francine Lipman (Law) presented to the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys on The Looming Sunsetting of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act.
Nachman N. Gutowski (Law), the Director of the Academic Success Program at the William S. Boyd School of Law, published the article "NextGen Licensure & Accreditation" in the University of New Hampshire Law Review.
Professor Nachman Gutowski (Law) presented on Generative AI and the impact it can have on learning, school governance, and in practice at the School Law Conference by the Virginia School Boards Association.
Ann McGinley (Law) had her article entitled "Religious Accommodations in the Dobbs Era" published in the Chicago-Kent Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, a peer-reviewed labor and employment journal.