Accomplishments: William S. Boyd School of Law

Professor Francine J. Lipman (Law) coauthored a chapter on tax justice delivered through federal and state tax systems in a book published by the Civil Rights and Social Justice Section of the American Bar Association titled, “The Legal and Social Ramifications of Pandemics on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.” The book is a resource that helps…
Nancy Rapaport (Law) will speak at the Fall 2023 ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability National Legal Malpractice Conference in September in Chicago, Illinois. She will present on Cutting Edge Data Analytics – Claims Prediction and more. 
David Orentlicher (Law) was appointed by the Uniform Law Commission as the Vice-Chair of its Study Committee. The committee will examine the question whether people born via assisted reproduction should be able to learn the identity of an egg or sperm donor whose donation led to their birth.
Keith Rowley (Law) recently attended the annual meeting of the Uniform Law Commission, where he participated in discussions with the drafting committees of several acts and proposed changes that were incorporated into the texts of the subsequently-approved Uniform Consumer Debt Default Judgments Act, Uniform Restrictions in Land Records Act, and…
Benjamin Edwards (Law) co-wrote a blog post, "FINRA Faces Uphill Battle in Case Challenging Its Enforcement Authority," that was published in the Columbia Blue Sky Blog, one of the nation's top blogs for corporate and securities law. The post features scholarship on the risk that court decisions may destabilize financial regulators.
David Orentlicher (Law) published an article, "Gun Regulation and the U.S. Constitution," in a special issue on U.S. law for a French legal journal that publishes research on International, Comparative, and European Law, Confluence des droits_La revue. 
Joan Howarth (Law) has been announced as a speaker at the AccessLex Legal Education Research Symposium in Chicago on November 7-8. 
Nancy Rapoport (Law) was recently published in the American Bankruptcy Law Journal (volume 97, issue 2) for an article she co-wrote with Joseph R. Tiano, Jr. titled, "Reimagining "Reasonableness" Under Section 330(a) in a World of Technology, Data, and Artificial Intelligence." The article discusses the differences people will see in job…
Nancy Rapoport (Law) presented on, "The Cutting Edge: AI and Fee Application Issues," at the 2023 Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in Portland, Oregon. 
David Orentlicher (Law) was the lead author for "Limiting Overall Hospital Costs by Capping Out-of-Network Rates," published in Annals of Health Law. The article discusses how states can use basic contract law principles to prevent hospitals from charging unfair rates.
Leslie C. Griffin (Law) co-authored a new textbook, Learning Constitutional Law (First Edition), which was just released through Cognella. The textbook gives a comprehensive exploration of the core articles and amendments of the U.S. Constitution establishing the structure of the federal and state governments and select rights.
Professor Benjamin Edwards (Law) recently authored an op-ed that appeared in The Daily Beast. The op-ed addressed recent claims by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis about how he would possibly file a shareholder derivative suit against Bud Light's parent company.