Tom Romero (Law) presented, “Operationalizing Kinship and Culture in Western Water Law” at the Tenth Annual SRP Sustainability Conference of American Legal Educators at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.

The Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation Tribal Council awarded UNLV's Indian Nations Gaming and Governance Program (Law) the Tribal Education Initiatives (Hospitality) with the Yawa Award at the Forging Hope Ceremony.

Tom Romero (Law) recently presented "The ‘Colorful’ Legal History of Water" for Water Education Colorado’s Colorado Water Fluency Program.

Dawn Nielsen (Law) co-presented a session titled "Supervised Practice and the Future of Licensure: Implications for Externship Programs" at the 2026 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Conference on Clinical Legal Education.

Danielle Finn, Kathryn Rand, and Steven Light (all Law) presented on "Navigating the Future of Prediction Market Regulation: Legal Landscape, Legislative Prospects and Emerging Trends" at the 2026 Women's Summit hosted by the National Native American Human Resource Association (NNAHRA).

At the American College of Coverage Counsel Annual Meeting, Jeff Stempel (Law) discussed the evolution of unfair insurance claims practices statutes in a panel session titled "Extracontractual Exposure Through Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Acts: Recurring Issues, Recent Rulings, Trends, and Strategies."

Dawn Nielsen (Law) co-presented a session titled "Externship Adventures in the Age of AI: Teaching Tomorrow's Lawyers Today" at the 2026 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Conference on Clinical Legal Education.

Nancy Rapoport (Law) was a panelist for an Association of American Law Schools/West Academic AI in Legal Education webinar on Law School AI Policies: Frameworks, Guardrails, and Guidance

Benjamin Edwards (Law) presented two sessions at the 2026 Nevada Tax & Trust Conference: "Ethics" and the "Corporate Jurisdiction Competition (Ethics)."

Drew Simshaw (Law) was appointed as a member of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research's Program Committee.

Drew Simshaw (Law) was appointed as a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Technology, Law & Legal Education's Summer Webinar Series Committee. 

Shih-Chun “Steven” Chien (Law) presented a coauthored project, A Gravitational Theory of Prosecutor Networks (with Professor Ronald F. Wright of the Wake Forest University School of Law), at the Criminal Justice Ethics Schmooze at Fordham University School of Law.