Aparna Polavarapu (Law) recently attended the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice Conference, where she contributed to the program in multiple capacities. She presented and facilitated the breakout session, "Narratives of Law, Justice, and Connection: Storytelling as a Tool of Repair," and served as a panelist for "A Human…

Drew Simshaw (Law) was a featured guest on the Move 37 podcast, where he discussed the topic, "Can AI Close the Access to Justice Gap?"

Drew Simshaw (Law) published his new paper, “Legal Ethics of AI Snake Oil: Navigating the Hype, Harm, and Hope of Legal AI,” in the Michigan Law Review.  

Eve Hanan (Law) presented, “Talking Back in Court: How the Accused is Denied Epistemic Agency in Court" at the Right to Be Known Conference, hosted by Northwestern's Prison Education Program.

Aparna Polavarapu (Law) presented, “Building the Relational Muscles to Support Epistemic and Other Forms of Repair” at the Right to Be Known Conference, hosted by Northwestern's Prison Education Program.  

Ian Bartrum's (Law) article, "Structural Originalism: A Second Amendment Case Study," was cited by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in her dissent in the recent case Wolford v. Lopez.

Maryam Ahranjani (Law) discussed her book, Women in Criminal Law: A Guide for Inclusive and Thriving Workplaces, during a virtual panel hosted by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Criminal Law Section.

Nancy Rapoport (Law) served as a panelist for the Jones Day webinar, "Women in IP Speaker Series: A View From the Top – Mentoring in the Age of AI."

Mary LaFrance's (Law) article, "Copyright, eBooks, and the Future of Digital Lending," was selected for inclusion in the 2026 edition of the Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook. The anthology is published annually by Thomson Reuters (West).

Eve Hanan (Law) presented at the Nevada Judges of Limited Jurisdiction 2026 Summer Seminar in Carson City. Her session, titled "New Research, Best Practices, and Promising Initiatives in Misdemeanor Sentencing," reviewed the current landscape of sentencing conditions. The presentation focused on aligning constitutional limits and judicial options…

Shih-Chun "Steven" Chien (Law) and his co-authors, Justice Goodwin Liu and Ajay K. Mehrotra, have published their article, "The 'Bamboo Ceiling' in Law: Asian American Perspectives of Inequality in the Legal Profession," in the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences.

Tom Romero (Law) presented a continuing legal education (CLE) webinar for the Colorado Bar Association’s Water Law Section. His presentation was titled, "Re-Imagining the Legal History of Water Law in 'Colorful' Colorado (and Its Implications for the Present and Future Practice of Water Law)."