Accomplishments: William S. Boyd School of Law

Professor Dawn Nielsen (Law) was appointed to a three-year term as a committee member for the State Bar of Nevada Functional Equivalency Committee. The committee investigates and holds hearings on bar applicants who graduate from non-ABA accredited law schools.
Professor David Orentlicher (Law) gave the keynote presentation at the 36th Annual Conference of the Professions "Governmental Conflict with Standards and Professional Judgment: Case Studies in Texas" on Friday, October 27 at Southern Methodist University. 
Professor Benjamin Edwards (Law) was elected to a three-year term as a director for the Public Advocate Bar Association, an international bar association focused on investor protection.
Professor Marketa Trimble (Law) published her new article, "Intellectual Property Rights Infringement Claims and Remedies: A Growing Territorial Discrepancy Problem," in Lex & Forum, a journal on private international law. 
Sarah Gonzales (Law) and Marty Bennett (Global Education Initiatives) presented a session on "Navigating Legal Studies in the United States: Empower Insights for Aspiring Students" for the EducationUSA South and Central Asia Regional Forum, Oct.18 through 20, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Gonzales and Bennett co-presented with David…
Sarah Gonzales (Law) presented a four hour workshop on "Recruiting International Students" for the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Region XII Conference held Oct. 18 through 20. This workshop focused on helping universities in California, Nevada, and Hawaii learn strategies for recruiting international students for academic,…
Professor Marketa Trimble (Law) and her co-author Paul Goldstein published their casebook, International Intellectual Property Law, Cases and Materials Sixth Edition.
On Oct. 19, professor Kathy Stanchi (Law) presented a paper entitled "Rhetoric and Legal Argumentation" to 160 lawyers and law professors from around the world at the Legal Argumentation Conference at the Morais Leitão Law Firm in Lisbon, Portugal.   
Director of the UNLV Health Law Program, David Orentlicher (Law), will be part of the "National Trends in Telehealth" panel at the 2023 Arizona Telehealth Policy Summit this week. 
Professor Frank Rudy Cooper (Law) is part of a panel discussion for Fordham Law School's Center on Race, Law, and Justice on Hip-Hop and the Law. Cooper and the panelists were all contributors to the book Fight the Power: Law and Policy Through Hip-Hop Songs. 
Professor Joe Regalia (Law) gave a presentation on the benefits and pitfalls of generative AI for Scribes, the American Society of Legal Writers.
Professor Mary LaFrance (Law) presented at the State Bar of Nevada Intellectual Property Law Section's Intellectual Property Law Conference. Her presentation was titled "Recent Developments in Trademarks and the First Amendment."