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FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

ֱ Law faculty are teachers, scholars and leaders.Regularly quoted by top-tier media, our faculty are experts in their fields, while also committed to the success of our students. ֱ Law faculty don’t just teach law; they shape it.

2024–25 Vol. 1

Andrew Brandt

  • Posted “” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on August 7.
  • Published “” for Sports Illustrated on August 14.
  • In the Media: Interviewed for “” on The Rich Eisen Show on August 15.
  • Posted “” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on August 21.
  • Published “” for Sports Illustrated on August 26.
  • Posted “” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on September 5.
  • Published “” for Sports Illustrated on September 12.
  • Posted “” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on September 12.
  • Published “” for Sports Illustrated on September 24.

David Caudill

  • Presented “Religious Aspects of the Crisis of Expertise” at the 2024 Quadrennial Joint Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology and the Society for Social Studies of Science in Amsterdam on July 18.
  • Presented “Lacan and the Crisis of Expertise: Between Distrust, and Idealization, of Science” at the 2024 International Congress on Law and Mental Health hosted by the University of Barcelona Faculty of Law on July 24.
  • Published “Law and Literature Studies as a Basis for High Quality Ethics CLE Programs” in the Journal of Legal Education (Vol. 72 [2024]) on July 24.
  • Presented “Legal Ethics in Crime Fiction: The Example of Paretsky's Killing Orders” at the Law and Literature Alumni CLE hosted by the ֱ Law Alumni Association on August 15.
  • Appointed as a visiting academic in the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Cardiff, Wales, for the fall semester.

Candace Centeno

  • Presented at the 2024 Legal Writing Institute Conference hosted by IU McKinney School of Law on July 17-18:
    • “Advocacy in Action: Incorporating Op-Ed/Blog Assignments into Writing and Doctrinal Classes so Students Can Explore How Policies and Laws Impact Underrepresented Groups (and Learn Real-World Skills)”
    • “Getting into Governance”

Steven Chanenson

  • Published “Into the Weeds: Considering Support for and the Intricacies of Cannabis Legalization in New Jersey” in the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law on September 16.

Amy Emerson

  • Presented “Generative AI and Ethics in the Practice of Law” with Lori Corso and Deeya Haldar at the Nicholas Cipriani American Inn of Court on September 11.

Brett Frischmann

  • Selected as a finalist for the Office of Health Economics’ 2024 Innovation Policy Prize for the proposal, “Antimicrobial Efficacy Within a New Paradigm of Infrastructure: Sustainable Innovation and Supply and Benefits to Environmental Emissions,” in June.
  • Presented “Comments on the Governing Corporate Knowledge Commons Project” at the Ninth World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research (WINIR) Conference hosted by the Center for Governance and Markets (CGM) at the University of Pittsburgh on September 20.
  • Contributed to an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case, on September 23.
  • Presented “Governance Seams and the Integrity of Socially Meaningful Contexts” at the 6th Annual Symposium on Applications of Contextual Integrity hosted by Rutgers University on September 27.
  • Contributed to the submission of Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemakings to the Office of the New York State Attorney General on September 30:
    • (1) Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act
    • (2) NY Child Data Protection Act

MarySheila McDonald

  • Co-published the case study, “,” for Ivey Publishing on April 10.
  • Co-published the case study, “,” for Ivey Publishing on July 3.

Michael Moreland

  • Moderated the webinar “A Religious Charter School? A Discussion on the Limits of State Action and Demands of the Free Exercise Clause” sponsored by the Federalist Society on June 25.
  • In the Media: Interviewed for “ ” for CBS News Philadelphia on July 1.
  • In the Media: Interviewed for “” for NBC10 Philadelphia on July 2.
  • In the Media: Quoted in “” for Law360 on July 5.
  • Moderated the webinar “Free Exercise and Abortion” sponsored by the Federalist Society on August 6.
  • Participated in the “” panel at Emerging School Models: Maintaining the Momentum conference hosted by the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University on September 12.
  • Served as ֱ University’s delegate at the inauguration of Rev. Robert A. Dowd, CSC, Notre Dame University’s 18th president, on September 13.
  • Participated in “Constitution Day: Religious Liberty in the Roberts Court” discussion at Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law on September 19.

Jennifer O’Hare

  • Published “” in Florida State Law Review (Vol. 51, Issue 2) on September 1.
  • Published “” on the CLS Blue Sky Blog on September 19.

Luke Repici

  • Presented “Generative AI in 1L Legal Writing” at the virtual Legal Writing Institute’s New Teacher Training Bootcamp on July 9.

Michael Risch

  • In The Media: Interviewed for “TikTok Sharing User Behavior with Chinese Parents”onKCBS Radioon July 28.

Ana Santos Rutschman

  • Co-published “” in the Journal of Law and Biosciences on July 8.
  • In the Media: Quoted in “” for The Philadelphia Inquirer on July 29.
  • In the Media: Quoted in “” for FactCheck.org on August 22.
  • Presented “Assessing Patent Pledges: A Case Study in the Vaccine and Biopharma Space” at the IP Colloquium from the Center for Intellectual Property Law at Hofstra Law on September 9.
  • Awarded a book contract by Edward Elgar Publishing for a research handbook on intellectual property and health (expected 2027).
  • In the Media: Quoted in “” for Agence France Presse – Romania on September 25.

Tuan Samahon

  • Moderated “Situation Critical: Executive Disability and the Dangers We Face” as part of the Fall 2024 Election Series hosted by ֱ University on September 25.

Michael Semes

  • Published “” for Bloomberg Law on June 27.
  • In the Media: Quoted in “” for Law360 on July 15.
  • Presented at the Introduction to State and Local Taxation hosted by NYU School of Professional Studies on July 22-23:
    • “Sales Taxation of Services and Other Special Problems”
    • “The Unitary Business Principle”
  • Published “Recent Decisions and Hearing Forecast Future SALT Litigation” for Tax Notes State (Vol. 113, No. 6) on August 5.
  • In the Media: Quoted in “” for Bloomberg Tax on September 9.
  • In the Media: Quoted in “” for Bloomberg Tax on October 1.

Christine Speidel

  • Co-published “” with Les Book in Australian Tax Forum on May 16.

Emily Stolzenberg

  • Presented “Toward a Private Law of Intimate Obligations” at the Sixth Annual Nonmarriage Roundtable hosted by the University of Virginia School of Law on September 19.
  • Presented “Things of Value” at the Drexel Law Review Symposium: Inheritance and Inequality hosted by Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law on September 28.


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