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Professor Barry was also honored as the 2009 recipient of the William Pincus Award, given at the clinical section luncheon at the AALS conference in San Diego, CA. on Jan. 7, 2009. The Pincus Award honors clinical legal educators who have demonstrated excellence in service, scholarship, program design and implementation, and other activity beneficial to clinical education or to the advancement of justice. Barry was found by the Pincus Award review committee to "have been a tireless advocate for clinical legal education, and she has fought to protect and enhance the role of clinics and clinical faculty in law schools in numerous ways. In addition to help to build a strong clinical program in her own law school where she is an inspiring teacher, she has contributed to the development of clinical legal education in the United States and in other countries through her work with many organizations and by mentoring other clinical faculty." During the same conference, Barry was also a panelist on the AALS's third Presidential Program, "Associational Pluralism," which examined the rise in recent years of parallel organizations for attorneys such as the Federalist Society, the Society of American Law Teachers, the National Association of Scholars, the Law Professors Christian Fellowship, and the American Constitution Society. |
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2010 Professor Breger was a panel discussant on "The Status of Jerusalem," sponsored by the Center for American Progress and held on June 3, 2009. The discussion focused on the multiple challenges Jerusalem poses to any resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian and broader Arab-Israeli conflict and how they might be resolved.
Recent Media Professor Breger was quoted in the Toronto Star on May 12, 2010 in its story, “Jerusalem is Golden to Two Embattled Peoples.” Professor Breger was interviewed on June 8, 2009 by Al-Ikhbariya News Channel (Saudi Arabia News channel) on the subject of the Middle East Dialogue Program he runs with Professor Robert Destro.
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Professor Roger Colinvaux |
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Professional Activities/Presentations Law and Society Association, “The Pension Protection Act of 2006: The Beginning or the End of Reform of the Status of Charitable Organizations” May 28, 2010 (Chicago, IL).
Professor Colinvaux organized and moderated “Philanthropy in the 21st Century: Should All Charities Be Created Equal?” held at the National Press Club on April 14, 2010. The symposium invited four experts to discuss the treatment of charitable organizations by the tax code, and whether changes are needed. The event was reported on in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, among other media outlets.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, “What is the Value of Conservation Easements Under the Internal Revenue Code?” Mar. 19, 2010 (Cambridge, MA).
Panels Organized and Moderated for the DC Bar, Tax Section "Governance of Charitable Organizations: How Does or Should Governance Factor Into Exempt Status, On Audit or Otherwise?" Mar. 24, 2010.
"The Exempt Organization Update From the IRS," Dec. 9, 2009.
"The New Supporting Organization Regulations," Oct. 22, 2009. "Future of the Charitable Deduction in Light of the Obama Administration Proposal to Limit the Value of Itemized Deductions," May 27, 2009, "Nonprofits in Financial Distress: Possible Regulatory Responses," May 18, 2009. On March 10, he spoke on a panel that followed remarks by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) at an event called "Nonprofits in a World of Change," hosted by the Buchanan Ingersoll law firm. His remarks were reported in BNA's Daily Tax Report. He also participated in a conference at New York University School of Law on Oct. 23 and 24 that was titled "Structures at the Seam: The Architecture of Charities' Commercial Activities." The event was sponsored by the National Center on Philanthropy and the Law. On Oct. 15, Colinvaux spoke at the D.C. Bar about changes to the new IRS Form that tax-exempt organizations must file. |
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Professor Robert Destro |
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Professional Activities Publications Professor Robert Destro is the author of "Learning Neurology the Hard Way: The Terri Schiavo Case and the Ethics of Effective Representation," published in May, 2009 in Mississippi Law Journal of the University of Mississippi.
The conference at CUA Law was itself a subset of a larger event, The XVIIIth International Congress of Comparative Law, held July 25 - August 1 in Washington, D.C. More than 450 attendees from 56 countries were represented at the international congress.
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Professor Cara Drinan
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2010 Professor Cara Drinan contributed an essay, "Advice for New Law Teachers: Be Your Authentic Self" for the summer 2010 newsletter from Women in Legal Education. Professor Drinan’s issue brief, “A Legislative Approach to Indigent Defense Reform,” was distributed in July by The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy to its print and web readers. Professor Drinan's brief is the first in a series that ACS will publish focused on ideas about a possible federal role in improving indigent defense systems in states around the country. In her work, Drinan proposes a piece of legislation that would allow federal courts to hear claims alleging that a state has systemically violated the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
Recent Media Professor Drinan was quoted in an Aug. 22, 2010 article published by Missouri Lawyers Media, “Scholars debate federal ‘bailout’ of defender systems.” She commented upon reports that the White House or U.S. Department of Justice may float a proposal to aid states in indigent defense. Drinan has drafted a federal statute that would allow state public defender clients to file pretrial ineffective assistance of counsel claims in federal court. Her measure would allow a class of plaintiffs to sue a state for its inadequate defense system.
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Professor Sarah Duggin |
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2010
Professor Duggin conceived, organized and moderated “Innovative Approaches to Advancing Corporate Morality,” the third in a series of CUA Law symposia held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. She assembled a panel of four experts for a two-hour examination of corporate philanthropy, ethics and honesty. Professor Stephen Goldman assisted Professor Duggin in planning and organizing the symposium.
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Professor Susanna Fischer |
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Professor Susanna Fischer presented "A Fair Use Massacre? Automated Filtering Systems, Copyright Infringement, and the Future of YouTube," at a symposium that explored explore the changing world of copyright law in the digital age on Feb. 20, 2009. Organized by the University of Virginia School of Law, the symposium was titled "Copyright at a Crossroads: How the Digital Age is Changing the Game." It featured presenters from academia, private practice and groups such as the Future of Music Coalition and examined the rapid emergence of technologies such as peer-to-peer music sharing and streaming online video. |
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Professor Clifford S. Fishman |
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In July, in Memphis, TN, Prof. Fishman presented a tutorial, Search, Seizure and Technology, to the National Technical Investigators Association. After a side trip to Vicksburg, Miss., to tour the Civil War battlefields (he happily reports that "Not one person referred to it as 'The War of Yankee Aggression'"), he returned to Memphis, gave another Search, Seizure and Technology presentation to the National Black Prosecutor's Association, and visited Graceland ("Nowhere near as tacky as I thought it would be") and the National Civil Rights Museum ("superb, awesome, excellent"). He and his wife Betty also made several trips this summer to "Grandsonland," which is located somewhere near Boston. Recent Media Professor Fishman was quoted in the March 26, 2010 edition of the Washington Examiner for an article about sentencing in the criminal charges brought against NBA star Gilbert Arenas. Professor Fishman was a guest on the Drew Mariani Show, broadcast by Relevant Radio, on March 17, 2010. He discussed a new proposal to take DNA samples from anyone who is arrested and keep them permanently in a national law enforcement data bank. Professor Fishman was interviewed by WWL-TV, the CBS-affiliate in New Orleans, on June 15, 2009 about the corruption trial of Rep. William Jefferson (D-La). He was also interviewed over the summer of 2009 by WBRZ-TV, and a Baton Rouge newspaper, The Advocate, on the same subject. |
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Professor George E. Garvey |
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Professional Activities Professor George E. Garvey was elected a Fellow of Catholic University's multidisciplinary Life Cycle Institute for a 4-year term that began in January, 2008. He also had an article published in the Journal of Law, Philosophy and Culture, titled "Catholicism's Critique of Civil Society at the Turn of the Third Millennium." |
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Professor Donna Gregg |
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Professional Activities Professor Gregg gave a presentation on the media's role in communications preparedness in national emergencies at the Syracuse University College of Law's 4th Annual Symposium on Communications Law & Policy on Feb. 27, 2009. |
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Professor Stephen Goldman |
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Professor Stephen Goldman spoke at the ABA Section of Litigation Annual Conference, held April 29 - May 1, 2009 in Atlanta, GA. Professor Goldman addressed "This is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Us Into: Ethical and Professionalism Problems that Arise During Discovery and Pretrial," on the final day of the conference. In late October, he regaled a crowd of CUA students at a specially arranged talk with tales about his days litigating complex commercial cases. During his remarks, "Coaching Deposition Witnesses: Sometimes Yes, Sometimes No," Goldman recalled his experiences deposing witnesses and the ethical abuses he witnessed from other attorneys in coaching their clients. From these experiences Goldman developed an axiom of ethical behavior in deposition testimony: "The Anti-False Testimony Principle." The principle prevents an attorney from soliciting false testimony or suffering the introduction of false testimony by his or her client. It is a mechanism that balances an attorney's duty to represent his or her client with the duty to present accurate information to the court.
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Professor William Kaplin |
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Professor Catherine Klein |
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Professional Activities 2010 Professor Klein attended the AALS New Clinical Teachers Conference on June 19-20, 2010. She co-taught a session on evaluation of clinic students. She is also on the faculty of the Summer Institute of Advanced Clinical Teacher held at Georgetown Law Center.
Professor Klein was also a presenter at the 5th International Global Alliance for Justice Conference, Manila, the Philippines, held Dec. 7 to13, 2008. Along with her colleague Professor Leah Wortham, Klein addressed "Teaching Legal Ethics in a Corrupt Legal System." Klein was also a member of the planning committee for the conference and one of two North American representatives elected to the GAJE steering committee. Professor Klein was a commentator at the "Legal Education at the Crossroads Conference" held at the University of Washington, Seattle, from Sept. 5 to 7, 2008. |
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Professor Megan La Belle 2010 Recent Media Professor LaBelle was interviewed in July by Intellirights, a website that focuses on intellectual property, about the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Bilski v. Kappos regarding patentable subject matter. The segment was hosted by Christopher Cotropia, a professor at the University of Richmond.
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Professor Mary G. Leary |
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Professional Activities In March, 2010, Professor Leary discuseed "The Reasonableness of Children’s Expectations of Privacy in Today’s {digital} World" at a symposium held by the University of Mississippi on "The Fourth Amendment Rights of Children and Juveniles." Professor Leary's essay, "2009: A Critical Year for Protecting Children" was written at the invitation of the Witherspoon Institute at Princeton University and has been published online. The work discusses Congress's recent passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act. Leary's essay was also published by the National Review Online. Professor Leary was a discussant for "The Social Costs of Pornography: A Consultation of the Social Costs of Pornography Project," held at Princeton University Dec. 11 to 13, 2008. The meeting assembled leading experts in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, neurophysiology, philosophy, sociology, law, and political theory to present a rigorously argued overview of the problem of pornography in our society and to make recommendations. The primary purpose of the meeting was to examine the real nature of pornography in its moral and social consequences.
Professor Leary's paper,"Mulieris Dignitatem: Pornography and the Dignity of the Soul: An Exploration of Dignity in a Protected Speech Paradigm", was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for Law & Religion. As of late January, 2010, it had been downloaded 45 times. It was also published in Ave Maria Law Review. Her article, "Kennedy v. Louisiana: A Chapter of Subtle Changes in the Supreme Court's Book on the Death Penalty," was published in Jan. 2009 in Vol 21, No. 2 of the Federal Sentencing Reporter.
Leary was also interviewed by radio reporter Nima Reza on Family News in Focus on the subject of sexting. The program Leary was a guest on airs on more than 600 radio stations. Professor Leary was interviewed on National Public Radio's "On the Media" in late Dec. 2008. She discussed the propriety of criminal prosecution under a federal statute that provides for prosecution of possession of cartoons which are "the obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children" when they are transported through interstate commerce. Professor Leary was interviewed by Larry Magid, On Air Technology Analyst, CBS News, for a story broadcast on March 25 about "sexting." Leary noted that in many circumstances such pictures are considered to be child pornography, even if taken and distributed by a minor. Professor Leary's essay, "2009: A Critical Year for Protecting Children" was written at the invitation of the Witherspoon Institute at Princeton University and has been published online. The work discusses Congress's recent passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act. Leary's essay was also published by the National Review Online.
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Professor Leiter |
| 2010 Professor Leiter served as a panelist on July 7 for “Sizing Up the Supreme Court,” hosted by the National Law Journal. Each of the speakers argued one or more cases in 2009-2010. They analyzed the impact of the recent high court term at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington. Leiter, a former clerk for retired Justice John Paul Stevens, had her recollections of working for him published in the Legal Times (July 12, 2010) for a short feature, “Another Side of Stevens.”
Professor Leiter’s reflection on the importance of the process for confirming Supreme Court nominations, “Kagan Nomination: Important, Brief Time to Contemplate the Judicial Branch,” was published on The American Constitution Society’s blog on May 11, 2010. Her posting was also referenced on the SCOTUS blog soon thereafter. Recent Media Professor Leiter was quoted on Aug. 6, 2010 by the Associated Press for an article, “3 Women on High Court: Historic but Impact Unclear.”Leiter commented on the changed makeup of the Supreme Court with the addition of Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
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Professor Lisa Lerman |
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Professional Activities Professor Lerman was a panelist for the teleconferenced and live audio webcast of "Conflicts of Interest, Duties to Clients, and Other Ethical Dilemmas of Public Lawyers," offered by the American Bar Association for continuing legal education credit on July 9, 2009. The program focused on the unique ethical issues confronted by public sector lawyers. The four expert panelists used the interactive format to offer short, illustrative hypothetical scenarios. |
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Professor David Lipton |
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Professional Activities Professor Lipton conceived, organized and moderated a March 4, 2010 symposium, “A Symposium to Enhance Diversity of Legal Employment within the Securities and Financial Services Industry,” offered to all D.C. - area law students as an opportunity to learn from experts about what it takes to plan a successful career in securities law. The program was sponsored by Catholic University’s Securities Law Program along with the SEC. Nearly every major securities regulatory agency in Washington and many leading firms in the field participated in the discussion on ways to increase diversity in securities law.
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Professor Rett Ludwikowski |
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Professor Ludwikoski’s Comparative and International Law Institute hosted an international career panel and networking reception at the Embassy of Poland on March 15, 2010. Four panelists discussed what it like is to live and practice law overseas, work for a multinational corporation and focus on international legal issues.
Professor Rett Ludwikowski was among the speakers for “Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall,” a Nov. 17 program organized by the Comparative and International Law Institute in conjunction with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Ludwikowski is the director of CILI and fled his native Poland in the 1980s to escape communist oppression. Publications
Professor Rett Ludwikowski published "Presidential Elections in the United States from a Comparative Perspective" in Krakow's International Studies, 2008, pp. 19-54. His co-author was Anna M. Ludwikowski. The second edition of his book, "International Trade" is in print and will be published by C.H. Beck Publishing House (Warsaw) in March 2009. |
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Professor Suzette Malveaux |
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Professional Activities Professor Malveaux was the moderator of “The Future of Employment Discrimination Class Actions After the 9th Circuit’s En Banc Decision in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.,” a continuing legal education discussion offered by the ABA on June 16, 2010. The discussion covered the decision last spring by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to affirm class certification of 500,000 to 1.5 million current and former employees of Wal-Mart who allege company-wide discrimination against women, which is the largest class ever certified in an employment discrimination case. Counsel for both sides of the case took part in the symposium, which was teleconferenced and live audio webcast to about 50 lawyers nationwide.
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Professional Activities Prior to his retirement during the summer of 2009, Professor Marcin completed editing the third editions of the three casebooks that he co-authors: The American Constitutional Order: History Cases, and Philosophy; the History, Philosophy, and Structure of the American Constitution; and Individual Rights and the American Constitution. The 3rd Editions will be published by LexisNexis in early 2009. He presented the casebooks at a "Meet the Author" session conducted by LexisNexis at the Annual Conference of the Association of American Law Schools in San Diego in January. Publications Professor Marcin's article, "God's Littlest Children and the Right to Live: The Case for a Positivist Pro-Life Overruling of Roe" will be published in the next issue of the Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy. |
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Professor Michael Noone |
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Professional Activities 2010
Professor Noone attended the Global Intelligence Forum in Dungarvan, Ireland from July 11-14. The forum was sponsored by Mercyhurst College's Intitute for Intelligence Studies. Professor Michael Noone participated in a conference at Duke University Law School from April 14 to 16, 2010, that was sponsored by the Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security. The conference theme was "Security Challenges to the Obama Administration After One Year in Office." Professor Noone was one of three panelists discussing alternative fora for trying terrorists.
Professor Noone was the organizer of a symposium held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 21, 2009. "Insights in the Law and Law Practice: Ethical and Moral Responsibility- Classified Matters and Professional Challenges to Attorneys in the Legislative and Executive Branches" is designed to focus on a topic on which there is very little literature: Who is the "client" of a government lawyer and how do rules of, for example, loyalty and confidentiality apply in that context? Professor Noone was honored in Tunis in May, 2009 for his work as chairman of the Military Crimes and Criminology Committee of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War. He was presented with an award from Abdellatif Chebbi, chief of staff of the Tunisian National Defense Ministry. 2008 Publications "In The Security Sector Legislation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal," Hari Phuyal and Marlene Urscheler, eds. (Brambauer Publishers, Hungary, 2009).
Commentaries on the Armed Police Force Act and Regulation" (pp. 39-44); the Arms and Ammunition Act and Regulation (45-46); the Explosive Substance Act (47-50); the Act of Some Public Offences and Penalties (51-58); the Prison Act and Regulations (59-60).
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Rev. Raymond C. O'Brien |
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Rev. O'Brien taught the Virginia trusts and estates material for BAR/BRI in preparation for the February 2009 bar exam, and began his twenty-second year teaching decedents' estates at the Georgetown University Law Center. Also, in January, he traveled to New York City to baptize the first child of Dan and Ann Roque, Rosemary Catherine. Dan is a graduate of CUA law school. Publications Rev. Raymond C. O'Brien recently published his article "The Momentum of Posthumous Conception: A Model Act," in 258 J. of Contemporary Health & Law Policy 332 (2009). Excerpts from the introduction to his article were published on June 23, 2009 on Wills, Trusts and Estates Prof Blog, a member of the Law Professors Blogs Network.
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Professor Antonio Perez |
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Professional Activities Professor Perez was a coach of seven-member Catholic University 2010 Vis Moot Court team, which competed against hundreds of other law school teams from around the world in Vienna, Austria during the final week of March, 2010. The annual William C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot has grown into one of the world’s largest, attracting law school teams from 50 nations. The goal of the Vis moot is to foster the study of international commercial law and arbitration for resolution of international business disputes.
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Professor Mark Rienzi |
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Professional Activities On April 9, Professor Mark Rienzi spoke on two panels at Columbia Law School as part of a symposium, "Looking Back, Looking Forward: Pro-Life Strategy and Jurisprudence for the 21st Century." Rienzi spoke about the intersection of abortion law and the First Amendment as part of a panel discussing the speech rights of sidewalk counselors at abortion clinics.
On March10, Professor Rienzi spoke at Boston College at a conference, “Abortion Clinic Access vs. the First Amendment,” that examined whether the Massachusetts "buffer zone" law is unconstitutional.
Recent Media Professor Rienzi was quoted in the May 24, 2010 edition of the Washington Times about the First Amendment implications of speech regulations in Maryland that require disclaimers from pro-life pregnancy counselors, but not their pro-choice counterparts.
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Professor Kenneth Pennington |
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Professional Activities Professor Pennington’s lecture, “The Statute of Pisa, Authenticae, and Roman Jurists in the Early Twelfth Century: The Context is Everything” was delivered in early March in Leuven, Belgium, at an EU conference for Ph.D. candidates at European universities. The meeting, titled “Undoing Law, Framing Contexts. Normativity across the Disciplines,” was designed to encourage a reflection on the concepts of law and context, bringing together scholars with different academic backgrounds but with a common interest in law. On Feb. 26, Pennington was in Madrid giving a talk to students of canon law at the Facultad de Teología “San Dámaso” on the origins of the norms of liberty and consent in canonical jurisprudence of the Middle Ages. Professor Pennington has delivered three other lectures in recent months: "Gratian," to the 13th International Congress of Medieval Canon Law in Esztergom, Hungary on Aug.8, 2008; "Torture, and Due Process" before the American Historical Association annual meeting in New York City on Jan. 4, 2009; and "Women on the Rack: Torture Trials from the 14th to the 17th Centuries," a public lecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara on Jan. 23, 2009. Professor Pennington has also published a book, “The History of Canon Law in the Classical Period, 1140-1234: From Gratian to the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX” (History of Medieval Canon Law; Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2008; an essay, "The Practical Use of Roman Law in the Early Twelfth-Century," Handlung und Wissenschaft: Die Epistemologie der Praktischen Wissenschaften im 12. und 13. Jahrhundert, ed. Matthias Lutz-Bachmann and Alexander Fidora (Wissenskultur und Gesellschaftlicher Wandel 29; Berlin: Akademie Verlag 2008) 11-31; and an article, "Lex naturalis and Ius naturale," The Jurist 68 (2008) 569-591. Professor Pennington is the author of “A Torture and Fear: Enemies of Justice,@ Rivista internazionale di diritto comune 19 (2008) 203-242 (Dec. 2009); and “Roman Law, 12th Century Law and Legislation,” Von der Ordunug zur Norm: Statuten in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit. Edited by Gisela Drossbach (Paderborn-München-Wien-Zürich: Ferdinand Schöningh, 2010) 17-38
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Professor Marin Scordato |
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An article from 2007, " Post-Realist Blues: Formalism, Instrumentalism, and the Hybrid Nature of Common Law Jurisprudence," 7 Nevada Law Review 263 (2007), was cited by his faculty colleague, Professor A.G. Harmon, in "Back From Wonderland: A Linguistic Approach to Duties Arising From Threats of Physical Violence," 37 Capital University Law Review 27 (2008). His 2007 article, "The International Legal Environment for Serious Political Reporting has Fundamentally Changed; Understanding the Revolutionary New Era of English Defamation Law," 40 Connecticut Law Review 165 (2007), was cited by Ruth Walden and Derigan Silver in "Deciphering Dun & Bradstreet: Does the First Amendment Matter in Private Figure-Private Concern Defamation Cases?," 14 Communication Law & Policy 1 (2009). His 2001 article, “Federal Preemption of State Tort Claims,” 35 U.C. Davis Law Review 1 (2001), was recently cited by the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. in its Amicus Curiae Appellate Brief to the Court of Appeals of South Carolina in the case of Priester v. Cromer.
His 2002 article, “Free Speech Rationales After September 11th: The First Amendment in Post World Trade Center America,” 13 Stanford Law & Policy Review 185 (2002) (with Prof. Paula Monopoli), is included on the required readings syllabus for a course in freedom of expression offered by Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor at the University of Hull in Yorkshire, England.
His 1990 article, “The Dualist Model of Legal Teaching and Scholarship,” 40 American University Law Review 367, has been cited by Andrea A. Curcio in her article, “Moving in the Direction of Best Practices and the Carnegie Report: Reflections on Using Multiple Assessments in a Large-Section Doctrinal Course,” in 19 Widener Law Journal 159 (2009).
Professor Scordato's 1989 article on the prior restraint doctrine, "Distinction Without a Difference: A Reappraisal of the Doctrine of Prior Restraint," 68 North Carolina Law Review 1 (1989), was cited by Ronald Rotunda and John Nowak in their book, "Treatise on Constitutional Law - Substance & Procedure" (4th ed., 2009 update). |
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Professor Lucia Silecchia |
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Professional Activities May 25: Professor Silecchia spoke at the Conference on Catholic Legal Thought at Loyola Law School in Chicago. She on a panel with Francis Cardinal George discussing his new book, “The Difference God Makes: A Catholic Vision of Faith, Communion, and Culture.”
June 5: She presented a paper at the annual conference of University Faculty for Life, hosted this year here at Catholic University. Her topic was “Toward a Pro-Life Environmental Movement.”
August 2: Professor Silecchia served as a panelist at the annual conference of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) in Palm Beach FL. Her panel was titled: The Changing Worlds of Trusts and Estates: Scholarship.”
The Association of American Law School’s Workshop on Property (New York City, June 10)
New York State Bar Association program on Advanced Document Drafting for the Elder Law Practitioner (New York City, June 21)
2009 Professor Lucia Silecchia presented “Integrating Catholic Social Thought in Elder Law and Estate Planning Courses: Reflections on Law, Age, and Ethics” on Sept. 26, 2009 at Villanova Law School’s Conference on Catholic Social Thought and Legal Education. Professors George Garvey and William Wagner were also participants at the conference. Professor Silecchia also continues to serve on the planning boards of the Conference on Catholic Legal Thought and the Association of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools. Professor Lucia Silecchia spoke at St. Johns University School of Law on Feb. 19, 2009, about "The Environment, Poverty and Sustainable Development: Reflections on our Common Responsibilities." Her podcast lecture was part of a series sponsored by the Rosalie Rendu Roundtable on Religion and Science established by the Vincentian Center for Church and Society in 2002 to encourage interdisciplinary dialogue through the prism of social justice and poverty.
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Professor Karla Simon |
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2010
Professor Karla Simon’s paper, "Two Steps Forward One Step Back - Developments in the Regulation of Civil Society Organizations in China", was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for Asian Law. As of mid-February, it has been downloaded 35 times. View the abstract.
Professor Simon’s article, “Enabling Civil Society in Japan: Reform of the Legal and Regulatory Framework for Public Benefit Organizations,” was published as the lead article in the fall, 2009 issue of the Journal of Japanese Law (Vol. 14, No. 28).
Professor Simon recently led a study tour for the Aga Khan Foundation for government officials and nonprofit sector professionals from East African countries (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) to South Africa. The group visited government agencies involved in the nonprofit sector in South Africa, as well as community organizations that provide public benefit services. 2009 Meetings about the report and its final direction were held at the World Bank's Beijing office and at the Ministry itself. The three Americans also attended a meeting of the China Association for NGO Cooperation (CANGO) hosted by NGO Research Center of Tsinghua University. The association was founded in 1992 to promote China's civil society development and to provide an experience exchanging and information-sharing platform for Chinese NGOs. The meeting covered new developments in nonprofit organization law. The final report has been prepared by professors Salamon and Simon and Dr. Irish. It surveys outsourcing trends and practices worldwide, and contains 10 individual country studies. The final section offers conclusions and recommendations based on actual practices in China and worldwide. Professor Simon has also become a contributing editor for the Nonprofit Law Prof Blog, concentrating on submissions that discuss international issues for legal educators Conferences and Symposia
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Professor George Smith |
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Professor William Wagner |
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Professional Activities Professor Wagner organized and moderated “The Nature of Judicial Authority: A Reflection on Philip Hamburger's Law and Judicial Duty,” held at the law school on April 8 and 9, 2010. The symposium gathered leading scholars in the areas of the history of law and politics, constitutional law and jurisprudence to take up the ideas posed by Hamburger’s book, “Law and Judicial Duty.” The discussion was presented by CUA’s Center for Law, Philosophy and Culture.
In late November, Professor Wagner traveled to Poland to deliver a paper, "Judicial Independence and Claims of Executive Branch Authority," at the International Conference on International Standards of Judicial Independence: Comparative Analysis and Challenges of Implementation, held at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. On Nov. 6, the Center for Law, Philosophy and Culture sponsored a panel that discussed "Counseling Clients Who Confront Complex and Competing Obligations." The four panelists considered an attorney's ethical responsibilities to clients who are experiencing potential conflicts among their obligations. Discussants included Michael F. Curtin, partner, Curtin Law Roberson Dunigan & Salans, P.C.; Stephen M. Goldman, distinguished lecturer, Columbus School of Law; Anthony Picarello Jr., general counsel, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Carolyn Williams, partner, Williams & Connolly LLP. |
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Professional Activities Professor Elizabeth Winston spoke to an audience of more than 100 on March 17, 2010 as part of a Foley & Lardner webinar on false marking. Wrote one blogger: “Professor Elizabeth Winston has been writing about false marking issues even before the Forest Group case and continues to be the academic leader in this field. Yesterday, she joined patent litigator C. Edward Polk for an informative webinar on the current status of false marking issues.” Excerpt
"But a patent label could encourage consumers to buy a product if they think that product is new and different, said Beth Winston, who teaches patent law at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C. Winston opposes proposed legislation that would require someone to show a competitive injury when bringing a suit for false marking.It’s hard to pinpoint exactly who is harmed in a false marking case, but it discourages innovation in general, Winston said.
Professor Winston was quoted in the March 1, 2010 edition of Inside Counsel for a story, “Marked for Trouble: Ruling Turns False Marking Statute on its Head.” The article addressed a new ruling that may require patent owners to be more vigilant about marking their products as patented. An article of Winston’s about false marking was also referenced in the blog Patentlyo:
…Patent Reform: In her recent article, Professor Winston (Catholic U) has argued that the rules of false-marking should be shifted to place more of a burden onto the patentee to avoid false marking. Winston would ease the proof necessary for to prove "intent to deceive the public."
Publications Professor Winston’s “The Flawed Nature of the False Marking Statute,” 77 Tenn. L. Rev. 111 (2009) was selected for inclusion is the 2010 edition of Intellectual Property Law Review for having “been judged one of the best law review articles related to intellectual property law published within the last year.” |
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Professional Activities Professor Wortham has been reappointed for 2009-10 as a non-residential international scholar in the Academic Fellows Program of the Higher Education Support Program of the Open Society Institute. She will be working with the law department of the American University of Central Asia in the Kyrgyz Republic.
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