FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS
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2025–26 Vol. 1
Leslie Book
- Presented “Regulating Tax Agents: The Australian Model” at the Center for Taxpayer Rights in Washington, DC on July 14.
- Published “Book Review: Untaxed: The Rich, the IRS, and a New Approach to Tax Compliance” in British Tax Review on August 1.
Andrew Brandt
- Published articles in Sports Illustrated
- Posted episodes of The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast
- “MLB Broadcast Deals, Flacco and Jones Starting & More,” August 21.
- “Emergency Pod: Cowboys Trade Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers,” August 29.
- “Kawhi Leonard Endorsement Deep Dive with Joe Pompliano,” September 11.
- “The Kawhi Leonard Saga Continues, Tush Push Discourse & More,” September 18.
- In the Media: Interviewed for “What Every Athlete (& Fan) Should Know: Andrew Brandt Explains NIL’s Legal Maze” on Athlete Unscripted on September 25.
Patrick McKinley Brennan
- In the Media: Quoted in “‘Revival’ at Charlie Kirk’s Memorial: When Politicians Doubled as Evangelists” by National Catholic Register on September 26.
- Organized the 20th Annual John F. Scarpa Conference on Law, Politics and Culture and presented “Introduction: Labor, Capital and the Heart” on September 29.
David Caudill
- Presented “Science Wars in the Courtroom: The Legacy of Daubert” at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science in Seattle, WA on September 6.
- Presented “The Worst Attorney in All of Literature: Ethical Contours of Whitehead's ‘Nickel Boys’” at the Law and Literature Weekend Seminar hosted by Washington and Lee University School of Law on October 3.
Amy Emerson
- Served as a discussion facilitator at the inaugural Leadership Effectiveness Institute for Academic Law Library Directors at Yale Law School on June 12.
Ann Juliano
- Served as co-reporter with the Third Circuit Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions in Philadelphia on September 5.
- Presented “Clapping Erasers and Hauling Goalposts: The Labor and Employment Implications of Manual Labor as School Discipline” at the Colloquium on Scholarship in Employment and Labor Law hosted by Seton Hall Law School on September 19.
- Appointed publicist to the Colloquium on Scholarship in Employment and Labor Law at Seton Hall Law School on September 19.
Preston Jordan Lim
- Presented “The New Deal Judgments and the Amendment of the Constitution” at the UBC Constitutional Workshop: Fractious Federalism at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan on September 11.
- Posted "Chancellor Day Hall" on the Time Immemorial Podcast on October 6.
Michael Moreland
- Joined an amicus brief on behalf of the petitioner in the Supreme Court case, Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission (No. 24-154) on February 3.
- Participated in the panel “Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond” hosted by the Mattone Center for Law and Religion at St. John’s University School of Law in New York on April 4.
- Moderated the webinar “Tracking and Ending Religious Discrimination” hosted by the Federalist Society on April 10.
- Moderated the webinar “Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond” hosted by the Federalist Society on May 1.
- Appointed visiting professor of law at the University of Milan from May 5-14, 2025.
- Moderated a discussion with Justice Amy Coney Barrett on her book Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution at the Union League of Philadelphia on September 23.
- In the Media appearances:
- Interviewed for “Philadelphia Remembers the Legacy of Pope Francis” on Studio 2 from WHYY on April 22.
- Quoted in “How Does a Papal Conclave Work? People are Turning to This Oscar-Winning Film to Find Out” by NBC News on April 23.
- Quoted in “Simple Funeral for Pope Francis Becomes Conduit to See Trump” by Bloomberg on April 25.
- Interviewed for “How Accurate Is the Movie ‘Conclave’ to the Real Pope Election?” by Sunday Today on April 27.
- Quoted in “Supreme Court Fight Over Catholic Charter School Could Clear the Way for Taxpayer-Funded Religious Schools” by CNN on April 29.
- Interviewed for “Legal Panel Debates Impact of Supreme Court Fight Over Catholic Charter School” by CNN on April 30.
- Interviewed from Rome on the election of Pope Leo XIII by NPR on May 8.
- Quoted in “Oklahoma Catholic Charter School Loses Funding Bid After SCOTUS Deadlock, Future Legal Battle Looms” by National Catholic Register on May 22.
- Quoted in “How the Supreme Court's Injunction Ruling Advances Trump's Birthright Citizenship Fight” by Fox News on July 8.
- Interviewed for “PA Supreme Court Petition Pushes to Make Closed Primaries Unconstitutional” by NBC10 on July 15.
- Quoted in “Pope to Bestow One of Catholic Church’s Highest Honors on Anglican Convert John Henry Newman” by The Associated Press on August 1.
- Quoted in “Don’t Cherry-Pick St. John Henry Newman, Say Theologians” by National Catholic Register on August 20.
Peter Ormerod
- Presented “Regulating Data Monetization” for the Intellectual Property Colloquium course taught by Professor Irina Mantra at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University on September 8.
Luke Repici
- Published “A Double Whammy for Newer Lawyers” for Law.com on September 29.
Michael Risch
- Appointed to serve as senior commentator for the Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship at the University of Akron School of Law for 2025-26.
- Presented “Orange Book Stories” at the 25th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference hosted by DePaul University College of Law on August 8.
Ana Santos Rutschman
- Presented “The American Asthma Patient” at The Health Law Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology Workshop hosted by Harvard Law School on September 15.