Congratulations to alumna Jessica Kronstadt, JD ’09, who was recently appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom to serve as a judge in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Judge Kronstadt had served as a Deputy District Attorney at the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office since 2013. Full press release here.
We are pleased and honored to share that alumnus Cash Nickerson (JD ’85, MBA ’93) and his wife, Evie Nickerson, have pledged $5 million to endow the School of Law’s Nickerson deanship. This generous investment will allow leadership to continue advancing the Law School’s academic profile and support our top-tier students, faculty, and staff. As…
Professor Leila Sadat, a world expert on international criminal law, was interviewed for a segment on CNN about the arrest charges against Russian President Vladimir Putin, brought by the International Criminal Court. The segment aired this morning. “I think this is just the tip of the iceberg. I think we’re going to see a lot…
Our faculty have been busy researching, writing, and publishing new papers. Here is a roundup of their recent scholarship: Professor Travis Crum’s paper “The Unabridged Fifteenth Amendment” is forthcoming in the Yale Law Journal. Professor Dan Epps and Professor Daniel D’Onfro’s paper “The Fourth Amendment and General Law” was published last month in the Yale…
Professors Dan Epps and Danielle D’Onfro’s paper, “The Fourth Amendment and General Law,” was published in The Yale Law Journal last month. Read here.
We are pleased to announce Professor Peter Joy has been selected by the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL) to receive the Bernie Edelman Tradition Award, honoring a criminal defense attorney who prioritizes mentorship of younger attorneys. Per the MACDL website, “The award recipient is an attorney who graciously shares his or her experience,…
Professor Greg Magarian‘s paper, “Centering Noncitizens’ Free Speech,” has been published in the Georgia Law Review. Read it in full here.
Read below for a roundup of our recent student successes! Congratulations to 2L students Emily Fox, Hannah Greggs, and Matt Nussbaum on their second-place finish in the William B. Spong Invitational Moot Court Competition! They argued in front of an impressive panel of judges that included Cleo E. Powell, Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia; Eugene…
Don’t miss Professor Rachel Sach’s op-ed in the Washington Post, cowritten with Professor Greer Donley of the University of Pittsburgh, titled “The stakes in the Texas abortion medication suit are broader than just one pill.”
Professor Rachel Sachs‘ latest paper, co-authored with W. Nicholson Price and Patricia J. Zettler, is forthcoming in The Boston University Law Review. Titled “Rethinking Innovation at FDA,” you may read a draft on SSRN here.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Benjamin Levin, Professor of Law, beginning fall 2023. Joining us from the University of Colorado Law School, he studies criminal law and policy with a special emphasis on criminal justice reform movements. Professor Levin’s articles have been published or are forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review, the…
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Conor Clarke, Associate Professor of Law, beginning July 1, 2023. He joins us from the Office of Legal Counsel in the United States Department of Justice, where he served as an in-house lawyer. Through an empirical and historical lens, his scholarship on tax law brings a new…