The UNLV Boyd School of Law, the International Gaming Institute, and the International Center for Gaming Regulation hosted the Nov. 16 meeting of the Gaming Policy Committee, chaired by Gov. Brian Sandoval. David Schwartz (UNLV Center for Gaming Research) has been a member of the committee since 2014. The committee is charged with…

Linda Berger (Law) won this year's Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research Section Award from the Association of American Law Schools. The award, sometimes described as a lifetime achievement award, recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to the field of legal writing and research. 

Nancy Rapoport (President's Office and Law School) presented "Law Firm Incentives, Default Rules and Ethics" on Sept. 21 at the Texas A&M University School of Law. 

Ruben Garcia (Law) will present on the Plenary Panel: "Friedrichs v. CTA: What Will the Future Bring?"  at the annual Conference of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education this month in New York.    

Catherine Bacos and Vaneh Darakjian (Law School) are editor and associate editor, respectively, of UNLV Law magazine, which has been selected as a 2016 Award of Excellence bronze winner in the category of “Annual Magazines” by District VII of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). More than 500 entries were received and…

Keith Rowley (Law) was recently appointed to the Uniform Law Commission, an organization of practicing lawyers, judges, legislators, legislative staff, and law professors appointed by their respective state governments to research, draft, and promote enactment of uniform state laws.

John Novak and Richard Zwiercan (both Libraries) co-authored the article “Reorganizing Through Lean Principles,” published in Strategic Library in April.  

Marketa Trimble (Law) recently was elected as an associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, an organization that brings together scholars to focus on the comparative study of legal systems. 

Ruben Garcia (Law) was appointed by President Rudy Fichtenbaum of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) to the association's Committee on College and University Governance for a three-year term. Garcia attended the AAUP's annual meeting earlier this month as a voting member of the Nevada Faculty Alliance.

Law professor Ruben Garcia presented "The Constitutional Right to a Minimum Wage'" at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, May 30, in Seattle. Garcia also co-chaired the activities of the association's Collaborative Research Network (CRN8) on Labor Rights.

Jean Sternlight (Law) is the recipient of the 2015 American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Dispute Resolution's Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work. The award is given to individuals who significantly contribute to the field of dispute resolution through scholarship. A distinguished leader in the field of dispute resolution for two decades, she…

Ruben Garcia (Law) helped organize and lead the 2014 Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Biennial Teaching Conference at the Boyd School of Law in October in his capacity as co-president of the organization. The conference drew more than 200 participants from law schools throughout the country to discuss innovative methods of teaching about…