J.D. King presented on the techniques
to harmonize clinical- and traditionallaw teaching to advance social justice in the area of criminal justice at the Society of American Law Teachers teaching conference in Baltimore, Md. He also organized a panel on teaching race, discretion and implicit bias in the criminal justice system at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools annual meeting. His article “Beyond Life and Liberty: The Evolving Right to Counsel” was selected as a must read by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and will be
David Millon serves as president of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools. He published a book chapter (co-authored with Professors Robert Danforth and Lyman Johnson) on W&L’s third-year reform in “Reforming Legal Education: Law Schools at the Crossroads.” Millon presented papers on shareholder social responsibility at the conference on The Future of Financial/Securities Markets in London and a paper on institutional shareholders and corporate social responsibility at the fifth international conference on Corporate Social Responsibility in Berlin. Chris Seaman presented “Standards of Proof in Civil Litigation” at the seventh annual conference on Empirical Legal Studies at Stanford Law School and a work-in-progress, “Improving Patent Joint Ownership,” at the MidAtlantic Patent Law Works-in-Progress workshop at American University Law School. Seaman authored an oped that appeared in the Centre Daily Times (State College, Pa.) on Pennsylvania’s voter ID-law controversy.
Benjamin Spencer published “The
Law School Critique in Historical Perspective” in the W&L Law Review. His panel presentations include “Who Are We, Where Are We Going and How Do We Get There?” during the Inaugural National Symposium on Experiential Education in Law at Northeastern University; “Access to Justice: What Process is Due?” during the Appellate Judges Education Institute 2012 Summit; and “How are Law Schools Addressing Major Changes in the Practice of Law and Accrediting Standards for Legal Education?” at the 20th anniversary conclave on Legal Education in Virginia. Spencer was also re-elected to a third term as chair of the Virginia State Bar Section on the Education of Lawyers and named associate dean for research at W&L Law (see p. 9).
Sally Wiant participated in a panel
on Copyright Law and Fair Use Rights at a conference of the Virginia Library Association in Williamsburg, Va. Topics included the Google book settlement, licensing restrictions and claims of copyright in previously considered public domain information.
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featured in an upcoming issue of its magazine, The Champion.
Faculty Accomplishments
baum). He participated in symposia at Columbia University and Saint Louis University and presented the Rob Roy lecture at Southern Methodist University. He also gave presentations at AcademyHealth and at the Society of Actuaries annual meeting on healthreform topics. He testified before the House Governmental Affairs Committee and debated representatives of the Cato Institute on the question of whether federal exchanges can issue premium tax credits. He continues to serve as a consumer representative to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Get updates on W&L faculty publications, conference presentations and more at the W&L Law Faculty Scholarship Blog. It is also a robust source for conference announcements, calls for papers and fellowships available in the U.S. and abroad.
wlulawfaculty.wordpress.com w&l faculty at work—recent posts Professor Susan Franck Presents Her Work to U.N. Conference on Trade and Development W&L Law Professor Susan Franck presented her work in the Palais des Nations in Geneva to UNCTAD’s Division of Investment and Enterprise, which is a portion of UNCTAD dedicated to exploring issues related to international investment and sustainable development, in an effort to understand the scope of and implications for investment treaty dispute resolution and conflict management.
Professor David Bruck’s Advocacy in Murder Case Profiled in South Carolina Newspaper W&L Law Professor David Bruck recently participated in oral arguments before the South Carolina Supreme Court on behalf of his client, Billy Wayne Cope. Cope was convicted of raping and killing his own 12-year-old daughter in a 2001 crime that he confessed to but claims he did not commit.
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