Accomplishments: William S. Boyd School of Law

At the 18th International Conference on Contracts (KCON XVIII), hosted last week by the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Keith A. Rowley (Law) moderated a panel on "Contract, Regulation & Financial Security," made remarks in honor of inaugural distinguished service award recipient Frank Snyder from Texas A&M University School of…
At the Association of American Law Schools' annual meeting last month in New Orleans, Keith A. Rowley (Law) was elected to the executive committee of the AALS Commercial and Consumer Law Section.
Rachel Anderson (Law) served as a panelist for "130 Years Later: Plessy v. Ferguson & Its Legacy," an event hosted by the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, at the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse.
Ruben J. Garcia (Law) was the featured speaker for a discussion at the Pittsburgh School of Law entitled, Labor and Wages: Work, Justice and Equity.
Nachman Gutowski's (Law) new article, "Silver State, Gold Standard: The (New) Nevada Bar," has been accepted for publication with the Duquesne Law Review. 
Director Riana Durrett, Research Director Marla Royne Stafford, legal extern and former William S. Boyd School of Law student Juliana Ness, graduate assistant and UNLV student Jordyn Sanders (all Cannabis Policy Institute), and attorney Maggie McLetchie have published an in-depth examination of cannabis and gaming in the Journal of Cannabis…
Nachman Gutowski (Law) was an invited participant in the "Affiliate Organization Discussion: Bar Admissions and Alternative Pathways to Licensure," hosted by the Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education & Admissions to the Bar. Gutowski participated in his capacity as the national President of the Association of Academic Support Educators…
Benjamin Edwards (Law) presented at the University of Tennessee's Transactions Spring 2026 Symposium.
Ruben Garcia (Law) presented on United States Preemption Doctrine: New Considerations at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) Professionals Forum.
Stewart Chang's (Law) article, A Right to be Born?: What Dobbs Could Mean for Artificial Reproductive Technologies, was published in the University of Baltimore Law Review. 
Francine Lipman (Law) was a panelist for a presentation entitled, "What Practitioners Need to Know: Immigrants and Tax Filing," hosted by NILC, UnidosUS, Protecting Immigrant Families, and United Ways of California. 
Danielle Finn (Law) presented on 2026 Litigation Watch Prediction Markets at Raving NEXT 2026, offering a forward-looking analysis of key legal trends poised to influence tribal and commercial gaming in the year ahead. Her presentation examined emerging cases, regulatory shifts, and predicted litigation outcomes, providing attendees with a data-…