Tom Romero (Law) presented for the UNLV Environmental Studies Collective on "The Transnational Color of Water: An examination of race, law, and migration in the arid-metropolitan Australia and the United States."

UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law has secured a historic first: the establishment of an endowed scholarship created by a Native American nonprofit organization. The Tribal Leadership Council Endowment, developed in partnership with the Indian Nations Gaming and Governance Program, will support Tribal citizens pursuing law degrees and marks a…

Latisha Nixon-Jones (Law) attended the PRIMO Disaster Facilitation Training in Honolulu.

Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) presented her draft paper entitled “Holstering Trademark’s Duty to Police” as part of the University of Houston Law Center's Spring 2026 Colloquium Series.

Jeff Stempel (Law) presented the "Principles of Reinsurance Law" model code at the AIDA US 2026 Insurance Law Forum, hosted by Duke University.

Marketa Trimble (Law) participated in the "In Conversation: The Perils & Possibilities of Generative AI" panel at the 2026 Nevada Women's Film Festival.

Latisha Nixon-Jones (Law) was honored as a Community Leader at Dean Lamar Allen Elementary School.

Professor Michael Kagan and Alissa Cooley Yonesawa (both Law) of the UNLV Immigration Clinic recently published an essay in the University of Cincinnati Law Review titled "Civil Rights Microviolations." Drawing on their clinical experience, the authors define and analyze this new conceptual framework for understanding immigration law. 

Marketa Trimble (Law) recently traveled to Prague to guest lecture at Charles University. She joined Dr. Petra Žikovská’s class at the Faculty of Law to lead a discussion on Current Issues in U.S. Copyright Law.

Nancy Rapoport (Law) and Joseph R. Tiano Jr. presented a live webinar on Ethical Pricing in the AI Era: Fees, Professional Responsibility, and the Future of the Law Firm Business Model for wickard.ai.

Several faculty members from the William S. Boyd School of Law’s Lawyering Process program held key committee roles for the Rocky Mountain Regional Legal Writing Conference: Lori Johnson (Law) served on the Conference Committee, Suzanna Geiser (Law) on the Site Committee, and Rebecca Scharf (Law) on the Program Committee.

Suzanna Geiser (Law) presented "From Memories to Meaning: Moth-Inspired Storybuilding for Legal Writers" at the 2026 Rocky Mountain Regional Legal Writing Conference.