Accomplishments: William S. Boyd School of Law
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)."
Recognized for her work in international children's rights, Maryam Ahranjani (Law) was recently invited to deliver a series of lectures in Japan. She presented "The Past, Present and Future of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project" at Meiji and Waseda Universities. Additionally, at Fukuoka University, she analyzed the United…
Marketa Trimble (Law) served as a panelist at the Copyright Society's 50th Annual Meeting, where she discussed the transnational aspects of copyright transfer termination during the session "Vetting Vetter: Berne, Termination, and the Novel Theory That Could Change Everything."
Nachman Gutowski's (Law) research was featured in the Emory University School of Law research guide, Artificial Intelligence, the Law, and the Legal Profession.
Drew Simshaw (Law) presented "Misuse as Mirror: What AI Reveals About Lawyers, Law Students, and Wellbeing" at the Second Annual AI & Legal Skills Virtual Conference, hosted by the Legal Writing Institute's AI Committee and the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Danielle Finn (Law) has been elected the Chair of the Tribal Law Section of the State Bar of Nevada.