Accomplishments: William S. Boyd School of Law

Heather Rappaport (Law) presented to the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Section on Institutional Advancement a program titled, "Lunch with a Lawyer: Meal Programs as a Pathway to Engagement." Dr. Rappaport is the AALS Section Chair for Institutional Advancement.
Leslie Griffin (Law) authored a new article for Verdict titled, “Listen to Gisèle Pelicot, in Shame Has to Change Sides: A Hymn to Life.”
Eve Hanan (Law) authored an amicus brief (with co-author Bhasin) in the Michigan Supreme Court on behalf of Evidence Law Professors interested in the exclusion of irrelevant and prejudicial information in the trial of Nancy Gerwatowski.
Marketa Trimble (Law) gave an online presentation titled "Intellectual Property and Conflict of Laws: Notoriously Difficult or Notoriously Underestimated?" for the Centre for Legal Innovation and Digital Society (CLINDS) in Hong Kong. The presentation focused on her latest book, Intellectual Property and Conflict of Laws, and featured commentary…
Aude Picard (Life Sciences) and Cheyenne Brokaw (Law) and master's student Patrice Boyd (English) recently published a research article in the journal Geobiology, titled: "Membrane Vesicle Formation Removes Iron Sulfide Mineral Crusts From the Cell Surface of Growing Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria." In this project, funded by NSF EPSCoR, the team…
Benjamin Edwards (Law) moderated a plenary panel entitled, "Conversation with the Nevada Supreme Court" at the 2026 National Business Law Scholars Conference.
The third edition of Leslie Griffin’s (Law) casebook, Practicing Bioethics Law, was published by West Academic.
Benjamin Edwards (Law) moderated a panel on private equity at the 2026 National Business Law Scholars Conference.
Tom Romero (Law) served as an invited panelist at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs for the Climate Conscious Conference. He participated in the discussion titled, “Weathering Change: Navigating Colorado River Governance in Uncertain Times.”
Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) was honored at the Clark County Board of County Commissioners Meeting as part of its Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern Heritage Month celebration. 
Tom Romero (Law) presented, “Operationalizing Kinship and Culture in Western Water Law” at the Tenth Annual SRP Sustainability Conference of American Legal Educators at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
The Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation Tribal Council awarded UNLV's Indian Nations Gaming and Governance Program (Law) the Tribal Education Initiatives (Hospitality) with the Yawa Award at the Forging Hope Ceremony.