Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) presented a study titled "Visual Detection Probability of Mean Shifts" during the 2024 Symposium of Data Science and Statistics held in Richmond, VA from June 4-7. Visually detecting trend changes in statistical graphics is often done but rarely studied. This study estimates the detection rate of…

Ian Bartrum (Law) published a new article entitled Structural Originalism: A Better Theory of the Second Amendment. It will be published in a forthcoming edition of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. 

Joyce Mack Professor of Law Michael Kagan (Law) chaired a panel discussion about the impact of changes in Chevron deference on immigration law at the bi-annual Immigration Law Teachers & Scholars Conference at the University of Minnesota.  

The Nevada Law Journal published Frank A. Fritz III's (Law) Symposium Introduction: Challenge and Hope, 24 Nev. L.J. 687, in the spring symposium issue: Avoiding Disaster—Understanding, Mitigating, and Adapting to the Global Climate Crisis. The introduction was co-written Kyle-Matthew Taylor, a 2024 Boyd School of Law graduate.   

Eve Hanan (Law) presented her paper, Acting Guilty: Emotions as Proof in Pregnancy Crimes, at the Law and Society Association conference in Denver on June 6. The paper analyzes the legal and social context of a woman's manslaughter conviction for her miscarriage, even in the absence of any proof of causation.

Dean Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) gave a presentation about the law school in front of the Interim Judiciary Committee at the end of May. 

Professor Ben Edwards (Law) spoke at a recent CLE sponsored by the Nevada Bankers Association on using business entities in estate planning.

Professor Francine Lipman (Law) presented to the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys on The Looming Sunsetting of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act. 

Associate professor Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) provided commentary on issues with new FAFSA implementation in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Last week, Secretary of Education Miguel A. Cardona released a letter to Federal Student Aid (FSA) staff which acknowledged the errors made and a need…