FACULTY ACTIVITIES
September/October 2010 | November/December 2010
February/March 2011 | April/May 2011
September/October 2010
PROFESSOR ALAN CALNAN
- The Instrumental Justice of Private Law, 78 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY LAW REVIEW 559 (2010)
- Inducted, Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
- The Rise and Fall of the Constitutional Exclusionary Rule in the United States, 58 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW 631
- Speaker, Cultural Influences on Gender-based Violence in West Lombok, Meeting of Government and Community Leaders, District of Gerung and Kediri, Lombok
- Presenter, U.S. National Report on Rules Regarding the Exclusion of Illegally Obtained Evidence, Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, Washington DC
- Appointed, Member, California State Bar Council on Access and Fairness
- Panelist, "Empowering Research Deans," 2010 Associate Deans' Conference, Nudge: Leading, Motivating, and Team Building, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Minneapolis, MN
- Costly Intellectual Property, Workshop for Junior Scholars on the Law and Economics of Intellectual Property and Competition, International Max Planck Research School for Competition and Innovation, Munich and ETH-Zurich, Wildbad-Kreuth, Germany
- Talk Derby to Me: Emergent Property Norms Governing Roller Derby Pseudonyms, ETH-Zurich Works-in-Progress Seminar, Zurich, Switzerland
- Presenter, "Copyright Year in Review 2009," Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association Spring Seminar, Las Vegas, NV
- Junior Fellow, IPIL Conference: Celebrating Copyright's TriCentennial, University of Houston Law Center, Santa Fe, NM
- Recipient (with R. Dinovitzer, R. Nelson, G. Plickert and J. Sterling), National Science Foundation Grant for "After the JD III: The Trajectories of Legal Careers"
- Panelist, "Nudging Choices to Shape Legal Education," 2010 Associate Deans' Conference, Nudge: Leading, Motivating, and Team Building, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Minneapolis, MN
- Presenter, "Resurgimiento del derecho asiático: El Derecho en Asia después de la Guerra Fría - y algunos contrastes con América Latina," Universidad de Buenos Aires
- Participant, Roundtable - "Revisiting Garth and Sterling's 'From Legal Realism to Law and Society,'" Law and Society Association Meeting, Chicago, IL
- Presenter, "Lawyers in Relation to Different Forms of Capital: Social, Familial, Learned and Political," Law and Society Association Meeting, Chicago, IL
- Chair/Discussant, "Transnational Legal Orders - Rethinking the Role of Lawyers in European Integration," Law and Society Association Meeting, Chicago, IL
- Participant, "Strategic Planning and Accreditation," New Deans' Workshop, Jackson Hole, WY
- Presenter, "Professionalism: Critical Lessons to Complement Legal Analysis, Writing, and Skills," 14th Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute, Marco Island, FL
- Op-ed articles, "Justice John Paul Stevens' Automythology" and "Shoot-out at the Supreme Court Corral, Round Two," Los Angeles Daily Journal
- HARD-NOSED ADVICE FROM A CRANKY LAW PROFESSOR: HOW TO SUCCEED IN LAW SCHOOL (with A. Parrish; Carolina Academic Press, 2010)
- Informed Choices and Uniform Decisions: Adopting the ABA's Self-Enforcing Administrative Model to Ensure Successful Surrogacy Arrangements, 16 CARDOZO JOURNAL OF LAW AND GENDER 237 (2010)
- Panel Coordinator and Speaker, "Educating the Future Transnational Lawyer: European Approaches and Innovations," Fall Meeting of the ABA Section of International Law, Paris, France
- Panel Moderator and Speaker, "Justice or Just Protection: India's Restrictions on Foreign Lawyer Practice," Annual Meeting of the North America-South Asia Bar Association, Boston
- Speaker, "The Courts, ADR and Transnational Disputes," Conference for Judges, and Chair, Legal Issues Committee, Preparing a "15 Year Retrospective of the NAFTA Advisory Committee 2022," NAFTA Advisory Committee on Private Commercial Dispute Resolution Annual Meeting, Houston, TX
- Speaker, "The Next Generation of Ethical Considerations in the Practice of Law" and "Ethical Issues of Outsourcing Legal Support Services Overseas," California State Bar's Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA
- Meeting Participant, Member, U.S. State Department's Advisory Committee on International Law, Washington, DC
- Meeting Participant/Former Chair, ABA Task Force on International Trade in Legal Services, San Francisco, CA
- Participant/Member, Meeting of ABA Center of Human Rights to propose endorsement of ABA House of Delegates resolution to ratify the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty, San Francisco, CA
- Participant/Member, Hearings and meetings of ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20, ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
- Participant, "Outsourcing" Subcommittee of ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 to Prepare a Resolution and Recommendation for Adoption of the ABA House of Delegates, ABA Section of International Law, San Francisco, CA
- Appointed, by ABA President to: ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20; ABA Task Force on International Trade in Legal Services; ABA Center of Human Rights; Vice-Chair, ABA Section of International Law Committees on Legal Education, vice chair; Seasoned Lawyers' Network, vice chair; Liaison to ABA Section of Legal Education
- Selected for Inclusion, International Trade and Finance Category, The Best Lawyers in America (2011 Edition)
- Speaker, regarding Saldaño case (an Argentine on Death Row in Texas), and book presentation, La pena de muerte - Solucion o desprecio por la vida? (The Death Penalty - Solution or Devaluing of Life?), Catholic University, Argentina
- HARD-NOSED ADVICE FROM A CRANKY LAW PROFESSOR: HOW TO SUCCEED IN LAW SCHOOL (with C. Knolton; Carolina Academic Press, 2010)
- Panelist, "Scheduling to Enhance Law School Mission and Values," 2010 Associate Deans' Conference, Nudge: Leading, Motivating, and Team Building, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Minneapolis, MN
- Quoted in "Immigration law in Arizona targeted in Department of Justice lawsuit," Christian Science Monitor
- Appointed, Member, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence
- Reappointed, Member, ABA Youth at Risk Advisory Board
- Member, Planning Committee and Panelist, ABA Criminal Justice Section CLE on Forensic Science, New York, NY
- Meeting Participant, Drafting Standards Regarding Crossover or Dual Jurisdiction Youths, Standards Committee, ABA Criminal Justice Section, Washington DC
- Presenter, Developing Policy, ABA Criminal Justice Section Committee Chairs, Annual ABA Meeting, San Francisco, CA
- Speaker, Ninth Circuit Case Concerning Hiring Issues in Women's Prisons, Webinex, National Institute of Corrections
- Panelist, "Pay Transparency" (work in progress), Employment Discrimination Law in a Post-Racial Era? Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
- Appointed, Board Chair, Valley Community Clinic, providing preventative and chronic health care services to 15,000 uninsured patients in the San Fernando Valley
- Interviewed regarding books, articles and general philosophy, "Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock," Republic Broadcasting Network and Liberty News Radio
- Quoted in "Is FCC 'running wild' with its big fines for 'fleeting expletives'?" Christian Science Monitor
- Quoted in "Feinberg To Disclose Salary, Acknowledges 'Perception Of Conflict,'" Forbes
- Quoted in "Plaintiffs Lawyers Say Oil Spill Fund Unlikely to Deter Litigation," National Law Journal
- "Resurrecting Lawrence v. Texas as a Basis for Challenging Criminal Prosecutions," Criminal Justice (Summer 2010)
- Presenter, "Beyond And v Or: Four Logical Distinctions Every Law Student Should Understand," 14th Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute, Marco Island, FL
- Presenter, "A Right to Counsel for Children in School Exclusion Cases" (works in progress), AALS Clinical Conference, Baltimore, MD
- Book Review, The Last Lawyer: The Fight To Save Death Row Inmates (J. Temple; University Press of Mississippi, 2009), 59 JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION 668 (2010)
ADJUNCT FACULTY
PROFESSOR LISA CALLIF- AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION'S OFFICIAL LEGAL GUIDE FOR INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS (with M. Donaldson; ABA, September 2010)
- Special Segment Instructor, UCLA Summer Producer's Workshop
- Appointed, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (see
story)
- Featured in "A no-nonsense, plain-spoken style: Judge Scott Gordon, who will preside over McCourts' divorce trial, is praised by attorneys, colleagues," Los Angeles Times
- Appointed, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (see story)
- Co-Presenter, "Family Law," The 10th Annual Practical Aspects of Practicing Law, Beverly Hills Bar Association
- Co-Presenter, "Law Office Management/Ethics," The 10th Annual Practical Aspects of Practicing Law, Beverly Hills Bar Association
- Guest Speaker, "Current State of the Video Game Industry" and "Legal Practice Tips for Careers in the Video Game Industry," Washington University Law School
- Guest Lecturer, "Business Primer for Game-related Careers, University of California, Irvine
- Interviewed, "An insider's view of a fast-changing practice: video game law: A Conversation with Reed Smith's Patrick Sweeney," The National Law Journal
SENIOR STAFF
SENIOR REFERENCE LIBRARIAN DAVID MCFADDEN- Recipient, Southern California Association of Law Libraries' William Rohan Chapter Service Award
- Contributor, LOCATING THE LAW: A HANDBOOK FOR NON-LAW LIBRARIANS, 5th ed.
- Panelist, "Scheduling to Enhance Law School Mission and Values," 2010 Associate Deans' Conference, Nudge: Leading, Motivating, and Team Building, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Minneapolis, MN
November/December 2010
PROFESSOR DEBRA BASSETT
- 2010 Annual Supplement, FEDERAL COURTS, 12th ed. (with C. Wright and J. Oakley; Foundation Press, 2008)
- 2010 Annual Supplement, CASES AND MATERIALS ON CIVIL PROCEDURE, 5th ed. (with D. Crump, W. Dorsaneo, III and R. Perschbacher; Lexis Publishing, 2008)
- Symposium: Reasonableness in E-Discovery, 32 CAMPBELL LAW REVIEW 435 (2010)
Elected, Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Presenter, "Eight Simple Rules for Persuading the Neutral Arbitrator," Meet the Arbitrators Workshop, National Academy of Arbitrators and American Arbitration Association, Los Angeles Trade Technical College
- Invited Participant, California Pro Bono Conference 2010, Los Angeles, CA
- Organizer/Moderator, "Emerging International Issues in Defamation Law," Journal of International Media and Entertainment Law Colloquium, Southwestern
- Panelist, "Substance Abuse and Legal Practice - Research, Programs, Risk Management and Insurance," National Pro Bono Week, SoCal Pro Bono Managers and Los Angeles County Bar Association Barristers and Senior Lawyers
- ASIAN LEGAL REVIVALS: LAWYERS IN THE SHADOW OF EMPIRE (with Y. Dezalay; University of Chicago Press, 2010)
- Selected, 2010 Person of the Year, Metropolitan News Enterprise (will be honored in January 2011)
- Presenter, "Colonialism, the Cold War and the Rule of Law in Asia," Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Presenter, "Asian Legal Revivals: Lawyers in the Shadow of Empire" (forthcoming book), Law and Development Workshop, Harvard Law School
- Presenter (with co-author Y. Dezalay), "Asian Legal Revivals: Lawyers in the Shadow of Empire" (forthcoming book), Faculty Workshop, Harvard Law School
- LAWYERS AND CLIENTS: CRITICAL ISSUES IN INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELING (with R. Dinerstein, S. Ellmann, K. Kruse and A. Shalleck; West, 2009 and Teacher's Manual, 2010)
- Presenter (with R. Dinerstein, S. Ellmann, K. Kruse and A. Shalleck), "Lawyers And Clients: Critical Issues in Interviewing and Counseling," Opening Plenary, 25th Anniversary of the Clinical Legal Theory Workshop, New York Law School
- Ph.D., American History, University of Chicago; Dissertation, "In Convention Assembled: Constitutional Conventions, Law, and Democracy in 19th Century America"
- SUBDIVISION LAW AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT 2010-2011, Volume 2 (West Group, 2010)
- Co-author, "15 Year Retrospective of the NAFTA Advisory Committee on Private Commercial Dispute Resolution"
- Member/participant, ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 meeting: hearings on issues of technology and globalization on legal profession, crafted ABA resolution on outsourcing and Technology Working Group meetings, Chicago, IL
- Panel Organizer/Commentator, "Educating
the Future Transnational Lawyer: European Approaches and Innovations,"
ABA Section of International Law Fall Meeting, Paris, France
Moderator/Commentator, "ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 Forum for Foreign Lawyers and U.S. Lawyers Practicing Abroad," Paris, France - Presenter, ABA 20/20 Proposed Resolution and ABA Section of Legal Education Proposal on Accreditation of Foreign Law Schools, ABA Section of International Law Council, Paris, France
- Guest Arbitrator/Judge, Final Round, Foreign Direct Investment International Moot Competition, Pepperdine Law School
- Installed, Benjamin Aranda Branch - Southbay, Inn of Court
- Rehabilitating Territoriality in Human Rights, CARDOZO LAW REVIEW (lead article, forthcoming Spring 2011)
- Selected for presentation, Rehabilitating Territoriality in Human Rights, International Section on Human Rights, AALS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
- Panelist, "Integrating Law-and-Society into the Law School Curriculum: Innovations for the New Millennium," University of Wisconsin and the Institute for Legal Studies, Madison, WI
- Moderator, "Trial Strategies in High Profile, Public Policy Cases: 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' and Proposition 8," Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Los Angeles, CA
- Interviewed regarding his new book, HARD-NOSED ADVICE FROM A CRANKY LAW PROFESSOR (with C. Knolton), National Law Journal
- Quoted in "Why California OK'd, then delayed first execution in years," Christian Science Monitor
- Invited Participant, ABA Criminal Justice Section Conference to Evaluate Ethical Issues Raised by Proposed ABA Standards on Prosecution and Defense Functions, Loyola Law School
- Participant, Fall Working Meeting, ABA Domestic Violence Commission, Washington, DC
- Participant, Board Meeting, California Forensic Science Institute and Los Angeles County Dependency Court's Incarcerated Parents Working Group, Los Angeles, CA
- Article review (as a criminal law editor), Propensity or Stereotype?: A Misguided Evidence Experiment in Indian Country, (A. Orenstein; 19 CORNELL JOURNAL OF LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY 173 (2009)), Jotwell blog
- Panelist, "Pay Transparency," Annual Labor and Employment Law Colloquium, St. Louis, MO
- Presenter, "Emerging International Issues in Defamation Law," Journal of International Media and Entertainment Law Colloquium, Southwestern
- Keynote Speaker, "Freedom, Liberty, and Sovereignty" and Book Presentation, BOUNDARIES OF ORDER, Libertopia Festival, Universal City, CA
- Speaker, "How Do We Know What We Know?" Mises Institute, Auburn AL
- Interviewed regarding the TSA and its dehumanizing tactics, Ernest Hancock Show, Phoenix AZ
- FIRST YEAR LAW SCHOOL SUCCESS: LAW SCHOOL THINKING, ESSAY EXAM WRITING, AND ANALYSIS, 3rd ed. (BAR/BRI, 2010)
- Invited Participant, ABA Criminal Justice Section Conference to Evaluate Ethical Issues Raised by Proposed ABA Standards on Prosecution and Defense Functions, Loyola Law School
- Speaker, "International Income Tax Issues," ABA Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, Las Vegas, NV
- Certificated, FAA Advanced Ground Instructor (in preparation for new course in Aviation Law)
- Quoted in "Richmond lawyer vows to expand entertainment law beyond the coasts," Virginia Lawyers Weekly
- Quoted in "Asset Freeze Bids Surge In Post-Madoff Era," Law360
- Elected, President, Board of Directors, North Shore Community Resources, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
ADJUNCT FACULTY
PROFESSOR ALEXANDER COMIS- Presenter/Speaker, "Back to Basics: The NINE Most Important Things Every Employer Should Know & Do in the First 90 Days," Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith's 2010 Workers' Compensation and Employment Law Seminars, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego
- Co-Chair, Reception honoring Attorney General Jerry Brown and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Beverly Hills, CA
- Selected, Irish Legal 100 (Top 100 Irish American Attorneys in the U.S. for 2010), Irish Voice, Washington DC
SENIOR STAFF
ASSOCIATE DEAN GARY GREENER- Panelist, "HIV/AIDS in the U.S. in 2010: Forming New National Policies, Scaling Up Prevention Efforts, and Fighting Criminal Prosecutions" Lavender Law Conference, Miami, FL
- Featured Speaker, "Law School Rankings: What Employer Should Know," Los Angeles Area Legal Recruiter's Association Quarterly Luncheon, Los Angeles, CA
- "Law Schools Need to Be Ready for Further Changes in the US News Rankings Methodology," NALP Bulletin
February/March 2011
PROFESSOR RONALD ARONOVSKY
- Elected, Chair-Elect, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, AALS
- Re-appointed, Executive Committee, Litigation Section, AALS
- Panelist, "International Class Actions," International Litigation Panel, 2021: International Law Ten Years From Now, Southwestern Law Journal Symposium
- Presenter, "Ethics and E-Discovery," Electronic Discovery Guidance 2010: What Corporate and Outside Counsel Need to Know, Practising Law Institute, San Francisco, CA
- Moderator and Panelist, "Labor Rights," International Human Rights Panel, 2021: International Law Ten Years From Now, Southwestern Law Journal Symposium
- Panel Moderator, "Islamic Law and Crime in Contemporary Courts," Section on Islamic Law and Section on Criminal Justice, AALS 2011 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
- Panelist, "Islamic Banking Issues," International Financial Law and Institutions Panel, 2021: International Law Ten Years From Now, Southwestern Law Journal Symposium
- Participant, Foreign Programs Committee, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, St. Louis MO
- Participant, Standards Review Committee, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, St. Louis, MO and San Francisco, CA
- Participant, Finance Committee, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, San Diego, CA
- Participant, Publications Committee, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, San Diego and San Francisco, CA
- Participant, Curriculum Committee, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, San Francisco, CA
- Presenter, "The Intertwined Relationship of the ABA and AALS in Site Evaluations," AALS 2011 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
- Panel Moderator, "The Challenges of Empirical Work in Law," AALS 2011 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
- Panelist, "Extra-Territorial Intellectual Property Enforcement in Latin America," International Intellectual Property Panel, 2021: International Law Ten Years From Now, Southwestern Law Journal Symposium
- COPYRIGHT Q&A (with R. Lind; LexisNexis, 211)
- Presenter, "Talk Derby to Me," Boston IP Colloquium, Boston College Law School
- Discussant, PrawfsFest! VIII Workshop on Law and Legal Theory, Arizona State University College of Law
- LAWYERS AND THE RULE OF LAW IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION (editor with Y. Dezalay; Routledge, 2011)
- Civil Procedure and Courts in THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF EMPIRICAL LEGAL RESEARCH (with C. Menkel-Meadow; Oxford University Press, 2010)
- State Politics and Legal Markets, 10 COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY 38 (with Y. Dezalay; 2011)
- Keynote speaker, "From Access to Justice in the 1970's to Access to Justice Today: Personal and Sociological Observations," NOW Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research/WOTRO Science for Global Development Conference - Bringing Justice to the Poor? A Socio‐Legal Look at Bottom-up Law and Development; also, discussion chair, Netherlands
- Presenter, "Bar Passage," LSSSE-organized Panel, AALS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
Panelist, "New Developments in the Legal Profession," West Coast Law & Society Retreat, Southwestern
- Moderator and Panelist, "Competition Issues and Framework," International Trade Law Panel, 2021: International Law Ten Years From Now, Southwestern Law Journal Symposium
- Interviewed regarding resale price maintenance and the Supreme Court's 2007 decision addressing that topic, "Money 101 with Bob McCormick," KFWB (CBS affiliate)
- Panelist, "Rethinking Equality," West Coast Law & Society Retreat, Southwestern
- Session Participant, "Borders and Boundaries," West Coast Law & Society Retreat, Southwestern
- Moderator, International Entertainment and Media Law Panel, 2021: International Law Ten Years From Now, Southwestern Law Journal Symposium
- COPYRIGHT Q&A (with D. Fagundes; LexisNexis, 211)
- The ABA and Outsourcing, 40 INTERNATIONAL LAW NEWS No. 1 (with E. Rosen; 2011)
- Audio program, "Ethical Issues of Outsourcing Legal Support Services Overseas," Section of International Law, California State Bar
- Re-publication (in French and English), "Guidance Notes on Arbitrator Conduct for Private Commercial Disputes in the NAFTA Region," THE CANADIAN ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION JOURNAL (December 2010)
- Organizer, Moderator and Panelist, "Overview of Inbound and Outbound Challenges," International Legal Education Panel, 2021: International Law Ten Years From Now, Southwestern Law Journal Symposium
- Meeting Participant, Fellows Research Council, American Bar Foundation, Chicago, IL
- Southwestern Representative, House of Delegates, AALS 2011 Annual Meeting, San Francisco
- Lecturer, "Important U.S. Treaties Lawyers Should Know," Webinar-Cyberconference, California State Bar
- Named Southern California's 'Best Lawyer' - 2011, International Trade and Finance Law, Los Angeles Times Best Lawyers Magazine
- The Use of Immigration Status in Cross-Examination of Witnesses: Scope, Limits, Objections, 33 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRIAL ADVOCACY 549 (2010)
- What is Truth? Setting the Bounds of Justiciability in Religiously-Inflected Fact Disputes, 26 JOURNAL OF LAW AND RELIGION 91 (Peer-reviewed; 2010)
- Panelist, "Transnational Organized Crime," International Criminal Law Panel, 2021: International Law Ten Years From Now, Southwestern Law Journal Symposium
- Event Chair and Participant, "Law and Justice," West Coast Law & Society Retreat, Southwestern
- Speaker, "Borrowing a Constitution: The U.S. Constitution in Argentina and the Heyday of the Argentine Supreme Court (1853-1930)" (based on book manuscript), Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, UC San Diego
- Paper and Presenter, "The Decline of the U.S. Constitution as Binding Authority in Argentina," Constitutional Principles and Democratic Transition Workshop, VIIIth World Congress, International Association of Constitutional Law, Mexico City, Mexico
- Moderator and Panelist, "Overview and Extra-Territoriality," International Litigation Panel, 2021: International Law Ten Years From Now, Southwestern Law Journal Symposium
- Quoted in "Michael Jackson trial: Did Conrad Murray act as a doctor or an enabler?" and "Defending Jared Lee Loughner: Will an insanity plea work?" Christian Science Monitor
- Panelist, "Social Movements Across Moving Borders," West Coast Law & Society Retreat, Southwestern
- Distrusting Young Children who Allege Sexual Abuse: Why Stereotypes Don't Die and Ways to Facilitate Child Testimony, 15 WIDENER LAW REVIEW 239 (2010)
- Chair, Opening Plenary, "War and Rights," West Coast Law & Society Retreat, Southwestern
- Speaker, "The Free Market vs. the War System," Koch Foundation Lecture Series on Liberating Markets, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
- Speaker "A Radical View of Property: Why Your Parents, Teachers, Friends, and All Institutions Got It All Wrong," The Freedom Summit, Phoenix, AZ
- Panelist, "The John Gellene Case," Symposium on Ethical Issues in Bankruptcy, Federal Bar Association, Offices of the United States Trustee
- Featured in "A 'Messiah' performance of, by and for Musicians," Los Angeles Times
- Speaker, "BP Claims Fund," The Legal Implications and Consequences of the Oil Spill Crisis, Mississippi College Law Review Symposium, Jackson, MS
- Quoted in "BP claims process enters new, uncertain phase," Reuters
- Lawrence's Criminal Law, BERKELEY JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW (forthcoming Spring 2011)
- Elected Chair, Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, AALS
- Panelist, "Uncovering Heterosexuality in the Law," AALS 2011 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
- Moderator, International Criminal Law Panel, 2021: International Law Ten Years From Now, Southwestern Law Journal Symposium
- Elected, Chair, Board of Governors, Queen Margaret's School, Duncan, B.C., Canada
ADJUNCT FACULTY
PROFESSOR SCOTT GORDON- Honored as a Family Law Jurist of the Year, 18th Annual Family Law Institute, Southern California Chapter, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Santa Monica
- Assigned to Juvenile Dependency Court
- Presenter, "Unglamorous But Deadly - Invalidity Under Section 112," 2011 National CLE Conference, Vail, CO
- Recipient, LL.M., Prosecutorial Science, Chapman University School of Law
SENIOR STAFF
JOAN BAUTISTA, DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT- Panelist, "Leveraging Alumni Associations and Alumni Chapters to Meet Institutional Needs" and "Annual Funds: Excelling After the Recession," AALS 2011 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
- Panelist, "Have the U.S. News Rankings Changed the World As We Know It? How Law School Marketing and Communication Teams Respond to this 'Rite of Spring,'" AALS 2011 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
April/May 2011
PROFESSOR DEBRA LYN BASSETT
- Panelist, "Tribalism or Customary Practices of the EDTX?" Symposium on Emerging Intellectual Property Issues: Eastern District of Texas and Patents, Southern Methodist University College of Law, Dallas, TX
- Enabling the Federal Rules, 44 CREIGHTON LAW REVIEW 7 (Symposium Issue; 2011)
- Speaker, "Hot Issues Surrounding Executive Compensation," Corporate Counsel Summit, Hollywood, FL
- Moderator, "Concussions, Law and Amateur Sports: Implications of Emerging Medical Science for the Regulation of Student Athlete Safety," Collegiate Sports Law Symposium: The Business of Amateur Sports, Southwestern
- Presenter, "Talk Derby to Me: Emergent Intellectual Property Norms Governing Roller Derby Pseudonyms," 4th Annual Junior Scholars in Intellectual Property Workshop, Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, MI
- Speaker, "How Should Lawyers Handle the Receipt of Possibly Privileged information that has been Probably Unintentionally Disclosed?" 2011 Symposium on Legal Malpractice, St Mary's Law School, San Antonio, TX
- Panelist, "The Disappearing Attorney-Client and Work Product Privileges in Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation: Finding Balance on the Shifting Sands of Insurance Coverage," ABA Torts Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Phoenix, AZ
- Panelist, "How to Avoid Ethics Violations as Insurance Carrier Selected Defense Counsel," Construction Litigation Leaders' Forum, Marina Del Ray, CA
- Presentation, "Asian Legal Revivals: Lawyers in the Shadow of Empire," University of Toronto Munk Institute of Global Affairs, Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies Asian Institute, Toronto
- Plenary participant, "The Changing Nature of the 21st Century Law Faculty," ABA Dean's Workshop, San Diego, CA
- Moderator, "People's Hearing to Defend Religious Freedom," American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Los Angeles
- Organizer, Collegiate Sports Law Symposium: The Business of Amateur Sports, Southwestern
- Speaker, ABA Human Rights Summit on Corporate Responsibility, Washington, DC
- Speaker, "Issues Related to the Regulation of Foreign Lawyers," ABA Task Force on International Trade in Legal Services, Washington, DC
- Speaker/Organizer, "Accrediting Foreign Law School and Qualifying Foreign Lawyers for the Bar," ABA Section of International Law Spring Meeting, Washington, DC
- Presenter, "The Education of Foreign Lawyers," "Accrediting Foreign Law Schools," and "The UN Human Rights Council's Consideration of Corporate Responsibility," ABA Section of International Law Council Meeting, Washington, DC
- Roundtable Discussion/Speaker, "The Impacts of Globalization and Technology on the Practice of Law, ABA Commission of Ethics 20/20 Deliberation Meeting, Washington, DC
- Speaker, "Transatlantic Deals and Disputes," ABA-German Bar Association 2nd Annual Conference, Munich, Germany
- Appointed, Arbitration Roster for NAFTA Chapter 19 Disputes (anti-dumping and countervailing duty cases)
- Interviewed regarding "Export of Legal Services," BNA's Executive Reports (Paris)
- The Police-Prosecutor Relationship and the No-Contact Rule: Conflicting Incentives After Montejo v. Louisiana and Maryland v. Shatzer, 58 CLEVELAND STATE LAW REVIEW 747 (2011)
- Presenter and Panelist, "Law, Profit and Disaster: A Historical Analysis," Risk Assessment & Regulatory Process for Potential Disasters Panel, Environmental & Energy Law & Policy Journal Seventh Annual Symposium, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX
- Recent Developments in Education Law in DEVELOPMENTS IN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND REGULATORY PRACTICE 2010 (J.S. Lubbers, ed.; American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, 2010)
- The Origin and Civil Law Foundation of the Community Property System; Why California Adopted it; and Why Community Property Principles Benefit Women, 11 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND LAW JOURNAL OF RACE, RELIGION GENDER AND CLASS 239 (June 2011)
- Reappointed Chair, Education Committee 2011-2012, ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
- Speaker, "Early Irish Marital Property Law," American Conference of Irish Studies, Savannah, GA
- Rehabilitating Territoriality in Human Rights, 31 CARDOZO LAW REVIEW 1099 (2011)
- Presenter, "Harmony and Dissonance in International Law," American Society of International Law Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
- Quoted in "Man facing sex charges marries alleged victim," Orange County Register
- Distrusting Young Children Who Allege Sexual Abuse: Why Stereotypes Don't Die and Ways to Facilitate Child Testimony, 15 WIDENER LAW REVIEW 239 (2010)
- Co-Chair and Contributor, Policy Development for Forensic Science Task Force, ABA Criminal Justice Section
- Faculty Observer, Training Institute on Best Practices for Lawyers Assisting Pro Se Victims of Domestic Violation, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence, Las Vegas, NV
- Panelist, "Clara Foltz and the Role of the Public Defender," Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and the California Supreme Court Historical Society, Los Angeles
- Panelist, Prescription for Forensic Science, Criminal Justice Section Conference, Fordham Law School, New York
- Participant, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence Meeting, Atlanta, GA
- Participant, ALI Meeting, San Francisco, CA
- Participant, Criminal Justice Section Magazine Board Winter Meeting, Washington DC
- Participant, Judicial Training Sessions, Incarcerated Parents Working Group, Los Angeles Dependency Court
- Quoted regarding issues concerning hearsay and the Confrontation Clause related to child witnesses, BNA Criminal Law Reporter
- Quoted regarding jailhouse informants, The Orlando Sentinel
- Confronting Difference and Finding Common Ground, 34 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 725 (2011)
- Assault and Battery on Property, 44 LOYOLA OF LOS ANGELES LAW REVIEW 253 (2010)
- Speaker, "Boundaries of Order," Freedom Chamber, Van Dyke Auditorium, Long Beach, CA
- Interviewed regarding BOUNDARIES OF ORDER, GCN Radio Network
- Interviewed, "Declare Your Independence" with Ernest Hancock (radio), Phoenix, AZ
- Chair, ABA/AALS Site Visit, University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, CT
- SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY (with R. Colker; LexisNexis Publishing, 2011)
- Panelist, "The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the U.S.," Society of American Law Teachers 13th Annual Trina Grillo Public Interest and Social Justice Law Retreat, San Francisco, CA
- Panelist, "Challenging the Use of Aversives," Keeping the Needs of Students with Disabilities on the Agenda: Current Issues in Special Education Advocacy, Washington College of Law at American University, Washington DC
- Co-Moderator, "How and Why Do You Apply the Sufficiency Standard?" and "To Ask or Not to Ask - What is Your Job as a Hearing Officer?" National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary Annual Conference, Malibu, CA
- "Advocacy Tips for School Discipline Proceedings," Los Angeles Daily Journal
SENIOR STAFF
ASSOCIATE DEAN GARY GREENER- Chair, Communications Advisory Group, NALP
- Member, NALP, Task Force on "Law School Transparency," NALP
- Panelist, How to Find a Job in the Midst of an Economic Downturn III: Better Days Ahead, LACBA Barristers and Legal Professions Committee, Los Angeles
ADJUNCT FACULTY
PROFESSOR VERED YAKOVEE- Moderator, "The BCS and Competition: An Antitrust Analysis of College Football's Bowl Championship Series," Collegiate Sports Law Symposium: The Business of Amateur Sports, Southwestern
ABA - American Bar Association
AALS - Association of American Law Schools
LACBA - Los Angeles County Bar Association
LSSSE - Law School Survey of Student Engagement
NALP - National Association for Law Placement
