Accomplishments: William S. Boyd School of Law

Danielle Finn (Law) has been selected as one of 10 Women Rising in Gaming by CDC Gaming and Global Gaming Women. She will be recognized alongside her fellow 2026 honorees during G2E Week.
Benjamin Edwards (Law) served as a panelist at the American College of Governance Counsel’s 2026 Annual Institute on Corporate Governance, held in New York. He participated in the panel "Current State of Delaware-Nevada-Texas" during the conference, which focused on "Bleeding Edge Issues in Corporate and Securities Law and Governance."
Benjamin Edwards (Law) presented at the ABA Business Law Section meeting in Chicago. He joined fellow panelists Jessica Erickson (Richmond Law), Hillary Holmes (Gibson Dunn), Steve Haas (Hunton), and John Mark Zeberkiewicz (Richards Layton) for a session titled, "A Comparison of Key Provisions of the Model Business Corporation Act and the Delaware…
preLaw Magazine named the William S. Boyd School of Law as one of the top law schools for health law.
Benjamin Edwards (Law) appeared on a recent episode of the Council of Institutional Investors Podcast entitled “Reincorporations and Nevada Corporate Law.” The episode discussed recent trends in reincorporations between Delaware, Nevada, and Texas, as well as key differences between Delaware and Nevada corporate law that investors should be aware…
Marketa Trimble (Law) published an article on the Transnational Litigation Blog entitled, “German Court Decides U.S. Copyright Claims.” The article discusses the July 31, 2026, judgment by the Munich District Court in GEMA v. Suno concerning copyright infringement through AI training. The article focuses on transnational and conflict-of-laws…
Leah Chan Grinvald and Nancy Rapoport (both Law) were both named to the 2026 Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia list by The National Law Review.
Carla Bywaters (Law) recently completed the Foundations of Graduate Writing series through San José State University, where she is currently pursuing a Post-Master’s Certificate. She earned a Letter of Participation for 10 hours of continuing education focused on scholarly writing and research communication — skills that directly enhance her work…
In collaboration with the Nevada Center for Civic Engagement (NVCCE), the University of Nevada, Reno Center for Constitutional Law hosted educators from across Nevada for the 2026 Summer Teacher Institute at UNR’s Lake Tahoe campus. David Tanenhaus (Law, History) engaged participants in exploring constitutional history, Supreme Court jurisprudence…
Benjamin Edwards (Law) co-authored an article titled “Different By Default: Nevada's Business Law Prioritizes Clarity & Efficiency,” published in the August 2026 issue of Nevada Lawyer Magazine.
Marketa Trimble (Law) presented on “The Remarkable and Underappreciated World of U.S. State Laws on Copyright” at the 26th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference.
Benjamin Edwards and Nancy Rapoport (both Law) co-authored an article for The D&O Diary titled, "Legal Fees and Expenses Gone Wild Thanks to a Corporate Law Loophole." The piece examines how loopholes in corporate advancement and indemnification rules force companies to pay exorbitant legal fees, and even unreasonable personal expenses, during…