for journalists to protect confidential sources. Kautsch testified on the bill at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last February. During follow-up legislative deliberations in early 2010, he answered questions about the proposal, which was re-designated Senate Substitute for House Bill 2585. Kautsch continues as a principal in planning and presenting annual Media and the Law seminars. After last year’s seminar, at which he served as a moderator and presenter, Kautsch began researching issues related to the agenda for the 2010 seminar. The issues included use of social media by lawyers, news reporters and others. On Dec. 8, Kautsch made a presentation titled “Digital Technology and Changing Media” at the Midwest Election Officials Conference in Overland Park. Elizabeth Weeks Leonard presented on “State Constitutionalism and the Right to Health Care” at a faculty workshop on Oct. 12 at Florida State University College of Law in Tallahassee, Fla. She presented on “Health Care Challenges for the New Administration: The Individual Mandate” for the KU Health Law Society on Oct. 29 in Lawrence. Leonard’s promotion to full professor has been approved and will take effect in August. Stacy Leeds presented “Proposal for Reform: American Indian Property Law” for a faculty workshop series titled “Ideas and Innovations in Legal Scholarship” on Oct. 23 at the University of Wisconsin School of Law. She also made the following presentations: “Beyond Land-Into-Trust: Creative Land Ownership Options for Tribes,” 11th Annual American Indian Law Conference, Federal Bar Association, Nov. 13, Washington, D.C.; “Ending the Multiple Trails of Tears: Strengthening Families and Tribal Communities by Application of the Indian Child Welfare Act,” Ninth Annual American Indian Symposium of the American Indian Council,
Nov. 10, Kansas City, Mo.; and “What Tribal Courts Do to Preserve the Sovereignty of Indian Tribes,” at “Protecting Sovereignty: The Role of Tribal Courts” training conference, co-hosted by the National Judicial College and the Tribal Judicial Institute with funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Oct. 22, Albuquerque, N.M. Leeds was appointed to the Diversity Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section on Legal Education & Admission to the Bar for 2009-2010. She will become interim dean of academic affairs at KU Law on July 1. Richard Levy presented a continuing legal education session on “Avoiding Collisions at the Intersection of State and Federal Authority” for the Kansas Bar Association on Feb. 26. The same day, he presented legislative testimony to the Kansas Legislature’s Joint Committee on Rules and Regulations on HB 2530, the Judicial Council’s proposed revisions to the Kansas Rules and Regulation Filing Act. Levy presented “Silo Precedents in Administrative Law” (coauthored with Rob Glicksman) for a faculty research workshop at the George Washington University School of Law on March 12. He also presented “An Introduction to Federal, State, and Local Power in the United States” at a conference on “Federalism and Regionalism in the Advanced Nations” in November at Kanagawa University in Yokohama, Japan. Stephen Mazza published an essay, co-authored with Tracy Kaye of Seton Hall, on taxpayer rights and taxpayer charters. The essay is included in a commemorative book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Confederation Fiscale Europeenne. Scholars from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Australia also submitted essays discussing the sources of taxpayer rights within their respective tax systems.
Mazza was one among a group of KU scholars recognized by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce for outstanding research at its February event. He will become the interim dean of KU Law on July 1. Stephen McAllister co-authored with Justice Randy Holland, Professor Jeff Shaman and Judge Jeff Sutton a new casebook: “State Constitutional Law: The Modern Experience” (Thomson-West 2010). He served as summarian for the Association of American Law Schools and member of the American Bar Association accreditation team for the site evaluation of the MarshallWythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary, Oct. 18-21 in Williamsburg, Va. He was also a mock arbitrator for a mock arbitration conducted by the National Association of Attorneys General Mock in preparation for the states’ arbitration in 2010 with the tobacco industry regarding issues arising under the Master Settlement Agreement Oct. 8 and Dec. 17-18 in Washington, D.C. McAllister was a panelist for the KU Emily Taylor Women’s Resource Center and the KU Office of Multicultural Affairs program on “The Race To Be Seated: Sonia Sotomayor’s Confirmation” on Oct. 7 at the Kansas Union. Joyce McCray Pearson presented “Lawyers as Entrepreneurs: How to Market Your Skills in a Changing Economy” at the Black Law Students Association annual forum at the Washburn University School of Law. She also presented a program titled “Change Has Come; Or, Don’t Let the Budget Crisis Get You Down!” at the 51st Annual Southwest Association of Law Libraries conference in Albuquerque, N.M. Pearson was appointed to a three-year term as chair of the Judicial Board for University Governance. John Peck published a book chapter on “Kansas Water Law” in volume 4 of a new
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