Law Faculty
Highlights
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Awards and Honors
Requested by Bloomberg Law to create and populate an Innovation Board comprised of leading bankruptcy attorneys from law firms, academia, and the judiciary who will help guide the evolution of the Bloomberg Law Bankruptcy Treatise. October 2019.
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Publication
“The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act at 50: Overlooked Watershed Protection.” Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law, vol. 9, issue 1. University of Michigan (Forthcoming). With Max Yoklic.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Noelle Crombie for “Frank Gable ‘excited’ at prospect of freedom as state considers options in Michael Francke case.” The Oregonian, April 19, 2019.
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Presentation
Criminal Justice Reform Clinic’s Youth Legal Clinic at OYA (Panel). Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Juvenile Justice Conference. Newport, Oregon. April 12, 2019. With Anjana Kumar and Mieke de Vrind (3Ls).
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Appointments and Service
Volunteer advisor on HB 2835, Oregon Waterway Access Bill. Made several comments on the contents of a waterway access bill, designed to improve public access from state lands to floatable (navigable) waters. 2019.
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Publication
“Proving Infringement: Burdens of Proof in Copyright Infringement Litigation.” Lewis & Clark Law Review, vol. 23. (2019). With R. Anthony Reese
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Presentation
Junk Science: The Lag Between Science and the Law, and What to Do About It (Lecture). NACDL Annual Forensics Seminar, Making Sense of Science: Forensic Science & the Law. Portland, OR, April 6, 2019. With Janis Puracal.
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Presentation
Courts, Bureaucrats, and the Leviathan State: A Reply to Professor Funk (35 years later) (Panel). Festschrift in Honor of Professor William Funk. Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, OR. April 5, 2019.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Leni Seelinger for “What Criminal Justice Reform Looks Like When Black Women’s Needs Are Put First.” Bustle. April 3, 2019.
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Presentation
Testimony to Senate Judiciary Committee SB 1013 at the Hearing on SB 1013. Salem, OR. April 2, 2019.
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Publication
SB 1013 Testimony. Hearing Record of Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee on SB 1013. Salem, OR. April 2, 2019
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Noell Crombie for “Oregon’s Death Penalty Amounts to ‘Cruel Deception’ on Families and Public, Lawmakers Told.” The Oregonian. April 1, 2019.
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Publication
“The Fight Over Columbia Basin Salmon Spills and the Future of the Lower Snake River Dams.” Washington Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, vol. 9, issue 1, University of Washington (2019). With Doug DeRoy.
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Publication
“Indigenous Rights in the U.S. Marine Environment: The Stevens Treaties and Their Efflects on Harvests and Habitat” (Chapter). Indigenous Rights in the Marine Environment. Hart Publishing Co.: London, England. (2019). With Olivier Jamin.
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Presentation
Opportunities in Animal Law and Legal Education (Presentation). Opportunities in Animal Law and Legal Education. China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China. October 25, 2018.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Emma Cueto for “High Court Could Soon End Split Jury Verdicts for Good.” LAW 360. March 24, 2019.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by John Simerman and Gordon Russell for, “Louisiana jury case revives long-running Supreme Court debate over reach of Bill of Rights.” The Advocate. March 23, 2019.
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Appointments and Service
Drafted and circulated an amicus brief, in which 69 law professors signed, urging the Oregon Supreme Court to accept review of Chernaik v. Oregon, which alleged that the state of Oregon breached its public trust duties by failing to attempt to control greenhouse gas emissions. March 22, 2019.
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Presentation
“Your Legal Shield and Characteristics of Business Entities” (Panel). Framework for an Unbreakable Foundation, Governor’s Marketplace, Salem, OR. March 21, 2019. With Carmen Madrid, Kaye Kloster and Stephen Richardson.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Nigel Jacquiss, “Five Things We’ve Learned So Far in the Sexual Assault Trial of Charles McGee and Aubré Dickson.” Willamette Week. March 20, 2019.
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Presentation
“Commercial Leasing” (Lecture). Impact Beaverton’s Small Business Education, Beaverton, OR. March 19, 2019. With Lindsey Daniel.
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Publication
“Scots Child and Family Law: Liberty, Equality and Protection Revisited.” Juridical Review, pp. 33-52. Thomas Reuters: Scotland. March 17, 2019.
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Presentation
Simple Questions and the Complicated Answers of the Music Modernization Act. Internet Law Scholars Works-in-Progress. Santa Clara Law School. March 2, 2019.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Jacob Sullum for “The Lingering Stench of Marijuana Prohibition.” Reason. March 1, 2019.
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Presentation
Climate Change Litigation, Property Rights and Business (Lecture). “Why Business?” Clemson University School of Business, Clemson, SC. February 28, 2019.
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Presentation
“Legal Risk Management Tools and Entity Selection” (Lecture). Portland State University MBA Launch in 9 Class. Portland, OR. February 28, 2019. With Brittany Medlin.
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Presentation
Climate Change and the Public Trust: The Misguided Campaign for Judicial Intervention (Panel). University of North Carolina Federalist Society Student Chapter, Raleigh, NC. February 27, 2019.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Ellen Gilmer for “5 Things to Watch in Kids’ Climate Case.” Climatewire. February 27, 2019.
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Presentation
Climate Change and the Public Trust: The Misguided Campaign for Judicial Intervention (Panel). Duke University Federalist Society Student Chapter, Durham, NC. February 26, 2019.
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Publication
“Child Custody and Cognate Concepts: The Challenges” In Routledge Handbook of International Family Law, pp.127-143. Routledge: London and New York. (2019).
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Presentation
Testimony Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee on Pardon Bill. Senate Judiciary Committee SB 388, Salem, OR. February 2, 2019.
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Publication
“Article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Non-Discrimination and Children’s Rights” In Child Rights and International Discrimination Law: Implementing Article 2 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, pp. 23-39. Routledge: London and New York. 2019.
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PresentationUnwanted Patients: Investigating Hospitals Reliance on Arrests (conference). NW Law & Mental Health Conference, Portland, OR. February 8, 2019. With Sarah Radcliffe.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Ana González-Páramo for “Crimigración.” El País, February 3, 2019.
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Publication
“Opinion: Governor Should Help End Mass Incarceration With Clemency Power.” The Oregonian, February 1, 2019. With Venetia Mayhew.
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Presentation
Clinical Education/Pedagogy and the Impact on Criminal Justice Reform (panel). Criminal Justice Reform, Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Louisiana State University Law Clinics, Baton Rouge, LA. February 1, 2019.
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Publication
“Oregon court ignores climate danger in youth case” (Guest column). Oregonian. January 22, 2019. With Mary C. Wood
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by the editorial board for “Oregon Should Vote Out Split Verdicts.” The Register-Guard, January 18, 2019.
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Publication
“Democratizing Treaty Fishing Rights: Denying Fossil-Fuel Export Projects in the Pacific Northwest,” Law Review Article Vol. 30 Ed. 1, University of Colorado 01/15/2019
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Publication
“Solution to Problem S/O 1.” MIT Technology Review, Jan-Feb pp. 63-64. MIT: Cambridge MA. 2019.
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Presentation
The Law of Regulatory Takings (Lecture). American Farm Bureau National Convention, New Orleans, LA. January 14, 2019.
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Publication
Summary Judgment: Federal Law and Practice, 2019 ed. West Publishing (2018). With Edward Brunet; Martin H. Redish.
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Presentation
“Riesgos y Opciones para Pequeños Negocios y Selección y Formación de su Compañía” (Lecture). Fundamentos Legales de una Empresa, Beaverton, OR. December 5, 2018. With Itzel Lepe, Veronica Muriel, Tania Predovic, and Diego Gutierrez.
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Presentation
Intro to Reentry. OWLS Community Service Committee CLE. Portland, Oregon. December 4, 2018. with Nikki Thompson.
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Presentation
Forthcoming Changes to the Federal Rule Governing Class Actions (web conference). American Bar Association. November 27, 2018.
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Presentation
Climate Change and the Public Trust Doctrine (Panel). Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention. Washington, D.C. November 17, 2018.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Emily Green for “Monetary Sanctions and the Vicious Circle of Poverty They Perpetuate.” Street Roots, November 16, 2018.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Melanie Sevcenko for “Legal Clinic Launches for Homeless Youth.” The Scanner, November 15, 2018.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Jordan S. Rubin for “Louisiana Vote for Unanimous Juries May not be Last Word.” Bloomberg BNA, November 15, 2018.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Dave Miller and Conrad Wilson for “Nonunanimous Juries.” Think Out Loud, OPB, November 13, 2018.
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Media Appearance
Article “Overturning Apodaca v. Oregon Should Be Easy: Nonunanimous Jury Verdicts in Criminal Cases Undermine the Credibility of Our Justice System.” Oregon Law Review, Vol. 95, No. 1 (2017). Mentioned by: Corvallis Gazette-Times, Charlotte Observer, Sacramento Bee, The News & Observer, Kansas City Star, The State, Lexington Herald-Leader, Fresno Bee, The News Tribune, The Sun News, Idaho Statesman, Bradenton Herald, The Island Packet, The Telegraph, The Herald, The Herald-Sun, The Modesto Bee, Ledger-Enquirer, Herald and News, Lebanon-Express, The Washington Times, Miami Herald, The Tribune, Belleville News-Democrat, Bellingham Herald, Tri-city Herald, The Daily News, Merced Sun-Star, The News Review, The World Link, Eastern Oregonian, and Bloomberg BNA.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by George Joseph for “After Victory in Louisiana, Oregon is Now the Only State Using Split Juries to Convict People.” The Appeal, November 6, 2018.
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Publication
Modern Legal Scholarship: The Diverse World of Academic and Professional Writing with Christine Coughlin, Elizabeth Johnson, and Matthew Houston, Carolina Academic Press, 11/01/2018
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Publication
“Fallout from Lucia – Radioactive?” Yale Journal on Regulation, October 24, 2018.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Dave Miller, “Proposed Protest Ordinance,” for Think Out Loud, OPB, October 23, 2018.
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Publication“These Kids and Young Adults Want Their Day in Court.” The Conversation, October 23, 2018. With Mary Wood.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Brian Brennan, “WA Supreme Court strikes down death penalty,” for KGW Portland, 10/11/2018.
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Publication
“Review of Manfred Nowak, Torture: An Expert’s Confrontation with an Everyday Evil.” (Reviewer) Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, Rutgers Law School, New Jersey (2018). With Manfred Nowak.
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Awards and Honors
University of Oxford, Faculty of Law. Invited to be a Visiting Professor of Law at Oxford University. October, 2018.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Conrad Wilson, “Oregon Appeals Court Hears Challenge to Non-Unanimous Convictions,” for NPR, Morning Edition, 10/02/2018.
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Media Appearance
Interviewed by Katie Shepard, “What it’s Like to be Pepper Sprayed in Prison,” for Willamette Week, 9/26/2018.
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Publication
“Class Actions in the U.S. and Israel: A Comparative Approach.” 19 Theoretical Inquiries in the Law151 (2018).
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“It’s Not a Match: Why the Law Can’t Let Go of Junk Science.” Albany Law Review,Vol 81, No.3 (August 1, 2018).
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Awards and Honors
Promoted to Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg Law’s Bankruptcy Treatise - one of the foremost publications used by financial restructuring practitioners and researchers - by Bloomberg Law, July 2, 2018.
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Appointments and Service
Legal Hackathon (Participant). Multnomah Bar Association. Portland, OR. May 17, 2018.
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Appointments and Service
Signer of comments on the U.S. Department of the Interior proposed rule that would scuttle regulations preventing the waste of methane gas from leases on federal lands. April 23, 2018.
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Awards and Honors
Named a 2018–2019 Fulbright scholar.
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Awards and Honors
Recipient of a Fulbright-Schuman Grant from the Fulbright Commission in recognition of his innovative scholarship on municipal restructuring. In Spring 2019, he will be studying EU insolvency policy at various institutions throughout Europe and will be a visiting professor at Oxford University, March 7, 2018.
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Appointments and Service
Coordinator and editor for an amicus brief supporting a review of North Carolina v. Alcoa in the U.S. Supreme Court. November 6, 2017–December 8, 2017.
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Appointments and Service
Organizer of the Lewis & Clark Law Review’s 2017 Paper Symposium, Law and Religion in an Increasingly Polarized America.
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Awards and Honors
Named 2017 recipient of the Leo Levenson Award for Excellence in Teaching by the graduating class of Lewis & Clark Law School.
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Appointments and Service
Drafter of the amicus brief for 35 law professors and several waterkeeper organizations in support of a request for review by the Oregon Supreme Court of a Court of Appeals decision that denied public access to a public lake from public parklands. June 1, 2017–June 20, 2017.
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Appointments and Service
Drafter of and coordinator for law professors’ comments to the Secretary of the Interior on the proclamation of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. June 1, 2017–June 12, 2017.
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Appointments and Service
Moderator for Business of Food panel at the 2017 Food Law Symposium at Lewis and Clark Law School, March 2017.
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Awards and Honors
Cited multiple times by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana federal judge presiding over the British Petroleum Oil Spill case. February 15, 2017.
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Appointments and Service
Provider of comments to Crook County Court on a proposed natural resources management plan that would have attempted to put in place provisions against the federal government. August 29, 2016.
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Awards and Honors
Selected as a Pound Institute Academic Fellow. October 17, 2016.
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Awards and Honors
Cited as “a leading administrative law expert” by U.S. Representative Hank Johnson of Georgia in his speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition to HR 3438. C-SPAN, September 21, 2016.
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Appointments and Service
Elected treasurer of the board of directors for the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center. August 24, 2016.
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Appointments and Service
Member of the Practitioners’ Reading Group for the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary evaluation of the professional qualifications of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland. 2016.
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Appointments and Service
Drafter of and coordinator for law professors’ comments on proposed U.S. Bureau of Land Management land planning rules, particularly those related to treatment of “areas of critical environmental concern.” June 5, 2015–May 24, 2016.
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Awards and Honors
Named 2016 recipient of the Leo Levenson Award for Excellence in Teaching by the graduating class of Lewis & Clark Law School.
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Awards and Honors
Recipient of the Stiftung für das Tier im Recht (TIR) International Animal Law Award for work in animal law education, scholarship, conferences, competition, legal development, and student mentoring. March 15, 2015. With Natasha Dolezal, director of the Animal Law LL.M. Degree Program; Kathy Hessler, clinical professor of law and director of the Animal Law Clinic; and Lindsay Kadish, director of operations for the Center for Animal Law Studies.
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Awards and Honors
Recipient of the Stiftung für das Tier im Recht (TIR) International Animal Law Award for work in animal law education, scholarship, conferences, competition, legal development, and student mentoring. March 15, 2015. With Natasha Dolezal, director of the Animal Law LL.M. Degree Program; Pamela Frasch, assistant dean of the Animal Law Program and executive director of the Center for Animal Law Studies; and Lindsay Kadish, director of operations for the Center for Animal Law Studies.
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Awards and Honors
Recipient of the Stiftung für das Tier im Recht (TIR) International Animal Law Award for work in animal law education, scholarship, conferences, competition, legal development, and student mentoring. March 15, 2015. With Pamela Frasch, assistant dean of the Animal Law Program and executive director of the Center for Animal Law Studies; Kathy Hessler, clinical professor of law and director of the Animal Law Clinic; and Lindsay Kadish, director of operations for the Center for Animal Law Studies.
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Awards and Honors
Recipient of the Stiftung für das Tier im Recht (TIR) International Animal Law Award for work in animal law education, scholarship, conferences, competition, legal development, and student mentoring. March 15, 2015. With Natasha Dolezal, director of the Animal Law LL.M. Degree Program; Pamela Frasch, assistant dean of the Animal Law Program and executive director of the Center for Animal Law Studies; and Kathy Hessler, clinical professor of law and director of the Animal Law Clinic.
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Appointments and Service
Judge for the final rounds of the Classroom Law Project’s We the People competition. Portland, Oregon. January 16, 2016.
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Awards and Honors
Recipient of the inaugural AALS Animal Law Section Award for Excellence in Animal Law: Teaching, Scholarship, and Service. January 9, 2016.
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Awards and Honors
Winner of the Federalist Society’s Young Legal Scholars Paper Competition for his paper “Structural Rights.” January 7, 2016.
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Awards and Honors
Recipient of the John W. Gillis Leadership Award, presented by the national organization Parents of Murdered Children. August 1, 2015.
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Awards and Honors
Winner of the American Society for Legal History’s 2015 Sutherland Prize for his article “Copyright at Common Law in 1774,” 47 Connecticut Law Review (2014). November 1, 2015.
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Appointments and Service
Member of the Federal Sentencing Commission’s Victim Advisory Group, which is charged with making recommendations regarding federal sentencing guidelines. Appointed August 18, 2014.
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Appointments and Service
Cochair of the National Legal Writing Institute’s Biennial Conference Site Committee. Portland, Oregon. July 1, 2014-July 16, 2016.
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Appointments and Service
Cochair of the National Legal Writing Institute’s Biennial Conference Site Committee. Portland, Oregon. July 1, 2014-July 16, 2016.
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Appointments and Service
Organizer for the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child Implementation Project Colloquium: Doing the “Best” for Children and Young People? Best Interests, Welfare, and Well-Being. Edinburgh, Scotland. June 9-10, 2015
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Appointments and Service
Cochair of the American Society of International Law’s Rights of Indigenous Peoples Interest Group. April 8, 2015-April 5, 2017.
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Appointments and ServiceJim Huffman
Appointed by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate for a six-year term on the board of trustees for the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation. Tucson, Arizona. February 1, 2015.
