“Contract-Wrapped Property,” an article authored by Professor Danielle D’Onfro has been published in the Harvard Law Review. In the abstract, she writes: For nearly two centuries, the law has allowed servitudes that “run with” real property while consistently refusing to permit servitudes attached to personal property. That is, owners of land can establish new, specific requirements for…
Professor Conor Clarke presented “Income Inequality and the Corporate Sector” (with Wojciech Kopczuk of Columbia University) at the University of California, Irvine School of Law as part of its Tax Policy Colloquium hosted by Natascha Fastabend. For the series, leading tax scholars and tax-policy experts are invited to present their works-in-progress to a tax law…
Bhavya Arora is taking care of business… people… and plants. Born in India, Bhavya grew up in New York City. He arrived at WashULaw with prior legal experience, having worked at a Civil Rights and Personal Injury firm after receiving degrees in Political Science and Psychology from St. John’s University. But his love of law…
Congratulations to WashULaw alum Anthony Jones, JD ’11 who was honored at the Reservation Economic Summit as a Native American 40 Under 40 award winner by The National Center For American Indian Enterprise Development. Jones is an Associate Attorney at Dorsey & Whitney LLP where he provides advice and representation in relation to American Indian law…
Congratulations to 3L Tosin Agunloye, who was selected to receive the Chapman and Cutler LLP Maynard H. Jackson, Jr. Diversity Scholarship! The scholarship, established to support a law student, is named for the late Maynard Jackson, the first African American Mayor of Atlanta and a public finance partner at Chapman (1982-1990). Chapman and Cutler hosted…
Professor Trevor Gardner presented at the Race, Racism, and the Law Symposium at Harvard Law School, organized by Aziza Ahmed (Boston University) and Guy Uriel-Charles (Harvard). Professor Gardner authored a chapter that will be published in a Race, Racism, and the Law handbook edited by Ahmed and Uriel-Charles. Recent scholarship from Professor Gardner includes The…
Professor Sheldon Evans recently spoke at “Afrofuturism and the Metaverse,” an event hosted by Microsoft’s Senior Corporate Counsel Group. Professor Evans’ prior work on virtual reality, virtual assets, and how this relates to gambling online served as a backdrop to discuss the future of Black identity, expression, and potential discrimination in online metaverse communities. Forthcoming…
Dean Russell K. Osgood welcomed guests to the installation ceremony for Professor MJ Durkee, who is now the William Gardiner Hammond Professor in Law. Professor Durkee was introduced by her mentor, Dr. Shirley A. Mullen, President Emerita of Houghton University, before delivering her address “The Invisible Business of International Lawmaking.” Professor Durkee is an expert…
Professor Pauline Kim presented AI-related risks at the March meeting of the Future of Finance Subcommittee. The subcommittee is part of the Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) that held public meetings at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Washington, D.C. headquarters. The committee is examining the potential risks that emerge in connection with the increasing…
“The Unabridged Fifteenth Amendment,” an article authored by Professor Travis Crum has been published in the Yale Law Journal. In the abstract, he writes: In the legal histories of Reconstruction, the Fifteenth Amendment is usually an afterthought compared to the Fourteenth Amendment. This oversight is perplexing: the Fifteenth Amendment ushered in a brief period of multi-racial…
Congratulations to the WashULaw Jessup team who reached the finals of the U.S. Western Regional of the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court competition, which was held from February 29 to March 3, 2024. As a result of its performance, WashULaw qualifies to compete in the Jessup World Cup Rounds, which are scheduled to begin on…
Professor Sheldon Evans recently spoke at the United States Sentencing Commission Roundtable on the Categorical Approach and Career Offender Guidelines. He served as a panelist with several federal judges, practitioners, and other academics as part of a roundtable about reforming particular federal sentencing enhancements. Based on his prior scholarship on the Armed Career Criminals Act, Professor…