ARCHIVED FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS
Andrew Brandt
Published “Jeff Pash’s Retirement From NFL Leaves a Big Void at Roger Goodell’s Side” for Sports Illustrated on May 14.
Published “Cowboys, Jerry Jones Have No Wiggle Room On Dak Prescott’s Contract” for Sports Illustrated on May 29.
Posted “Jaylen Waddle’s new contract, NCAA Antitrust Settlement, & more!” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on May 30.
Posted “Justin Jefferson gets paid, Caitlin Clark, & Tucupita Marcano is banned from the MLB” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on June 4.
Published “The NFL Treats Elite Wide Receivers Very Differently From Top Running Backs” for Sports Illustrated on June 12.
Published “Understanding NFL Contracts and Why Trevor Lawrence’s Isn’t a Record” for Sports Illustrated on June 26.
Posted “Ed Policy named Packers President, Panthers get $650 million, & more with Ross Tucker” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on June 26.
Published “NFL Loses Sunday Ticket Ruling, But Case Is Far From Over” for Sports Illustrated on June 28.
In The Media: Interviewed for “Why the NFL Sunday Ticket Lawsuit Is About More Than Money” on Front Office Sports on July 1.
In The Media: Interviewed for “Maggie & Perloff 7-2-24 Hour 4” for The Maggie and Perloff Show on July 2.
David Caudill
Presented “What Type of Expertise Do Judges Possess to Discern Consensus?” virtually at the Cardiff University Centre for the Study of Knowledge, Expertise and Science on May 3.
Presented “Shaken Baby Syndrome: The Medical Consensus” at the Summer Evidence Workshop hosted by Vanderbilt University Law School on May 17.
Presented “Can Judges Discern Scientific Consensus?” at the Summer Evidence Workshop hosted by Vanderbilt University Law School on May 17.
Taught the “Expert Evidence” course at the University of Melbourne Law School from June 5-12.
Presented “Do Courts Find Scientific Truth? – The Defamation Case of Climatologist Michael Mann” virtually at the 16th Annual Studies in Expertise and Experience Workshop hosted by Cardiff University on June 27.
Steven Chanenson
Organized and presented “Testing Justice: Drug Testing and Community Supervision” symposium at Villanova Law on May 22.
Michelle Madden Dempsey
Presented “From Responsibility to Blameworthiness: Gardner on Criminal Law” at the Oxford Jurisprudence Discussion Group on June 7.
Guest speaker at the legal theory lecture series event, “Wrongs (and Related Concepts) in Moral, Political and Legal Perspective” hosted by the University College London on June 18.
Organized and moderated second annual “Women in Legal Philosophy” conference hosted by the University of Oxford on June 22.
Amy Emerson
Participated as a panelist in the “Preparing Law Students for AI-Powered Practice” section of the “Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction Conference” (CALIcon) hosted by the University of Washington School of Law on June 13.
Participated as a panelist at “The Moral, Ethical, and Legal Implications of AI in Law Libraries” virtual event hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association on June 20.
Presented “Keep It Simple: Using Plain Language to Communicate Effectively” at the Canadian Association of Law Libraries conference on June 27.
Brett Frischmann
Presented “Tech Design for Online Contracting” at “Solving for X: Toward a Computer Science and Mathematically Informed Law” hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology on February 28.
Presented “Friction-in-Design As/For Governance” at the 2024 Design Solutions Summit hosted by the USC Marshall School of Business Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making on March 11.
Participated in the “Regulating Addictive Design and Legal Challenges” panel at the “Legal Responses to Addictive Technologies: Addressing the Impact of Screens, Social Networks and Online Games on Kids” conference hosted by Seton Hall Law School on April 12.
Presented “Antibiotics: Global Common & Essential Infrastructure for Human Welfare” at the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development symposium “Public and Private Cooperation on Global Resilience against AMR” in London on April 18.
In The Media: Interviewed for “Ep 19 | Will Humans Become Machines in the Future? – Professor Brett Frischmann” for The grftf Podcast with Misha Da Vinci on April 24.
Presented “Design and Speech” virtually at a Harvard University Berkman Klien Center for Internet & Society workshop on May 6.
Presented “Friction-In-Design Regulation as 21st Century Time, Place and Manner Restriction” virtually at The Metagov Seminar on May 15.
Presented “Designing Effective Privacy-Preserving Age Verification Systems” at the “Privacy Law Scholars Conference” hosted by Georgetown University Law Center on May 30.
Co-organized and moderated the “Stimulating Cognitive Engagement in Hybrid Decision-Making” workshop hosted by Malmö University in Malmö, Sweden on June 11.
Guest speaker at “The knowledge gap(s) between experts and lay persons in IT design” seminar hosted by the University of Milan Department of Computer Science, Systems and Communication on June 13.
Participated in the Polytechnic University of Turin NEXA Center for Internet and Society’s annual board meeting in Turin, Italy on June 15-16.
Presented “Governing Knowledge Commons Research and Intellectual Property” at the “The Master of Laws in Intellectual Property annual conference hosted by the Polytechnic University of Turin on June 17.
Ann Juliano
In The Media: Interviewed for “Mayor Parker stands by return to office deadline for Philadelphia city workers” for 6 ABC on July 10.
Preston Lim
Posted “Episode Thirteen – Mack v. AG of Canada and the Chinese Head Tax” on the Time Immemorial podcast on June 3.
Presented “Vincent MacDonald and the Growth of Living Tree Constitutionalism” at the “2024 Public Law Conference” hosted by the University of Ottawa Public Law Center on July 4.
Michael Moreland
Participated as a panelist at the “Religious Freedom and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition” roundtable hosted by the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law on January 11.
In The Media: Interviewed for “Who’s in control on social media? Two SCOTUS cases could decide.” on The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio podcast on March 14.
In The Media: Quoted in “What’s at Stake in the Abortion Pill Case Before the Supreme Court?” for The Dispatch on March 25.
Presented “The Authority of Tradition: John Henry Newman and Legal Theory” at the “Christianity and The Common Law: An Irish Perspective” conference in Galway, Ireland on May 8.
In The Media: Interviewed for “Donald Trump guilty on 34 felonies in ‘hush money’ trial in New York” for CBS News on May 30.
In The Media: Interviewed for “Donald Trump found guilty: Villanova law professor weighs in on what’s next” for 6 ABC on May 30.
Joy Mullane
Presented “Clash of the Titans: The Conflicting Tax Policies of Preferring Retirement Savings & Taxing Estates” at the 2024 “Critical Tax Conference” hosted by the University of Florida Levin College of Law on May 11.
Itay Ravid
Presented “Rethinking Criminal Intent in the Algorithmic Age” at the Howard University School of Law Faculty Workshop on March 19.
Participated in the Law & Society Association Annual Meeting in Denver from June 6-7:
- Moderated the Surveillance, Technology and Expanding Punishments section
- Moderated the New Methodological Approaches to Advance and Challenge Longstanding Theories section
- Presented “Can Code Alter Law’s Code?”
- Moderated The Media and the (Distorted?) Popular Imagery of Crime and Violence section
Michael Risch
In The Media: Interviewed for “The FTC challenging patents held by a handful of brand-name drugs” on KCBS Radio on April 30.
In The Media: Quoted in “Microsoft Mega-Verdict Appeal Primed to Test Patent-Damages Law” for Bloomberg Law on May 16.
Participated as a commentator at the “Computer Science & the Law Scholarship Roundtable” hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School on May 23.
In The Media: Quoted in “What To Watch As The FTC Targets Drug Patent Listings” for Law 360 on May 30.
In The Media: Interviewed for “K-pop group “New Jeans” to sue alleged defamer under South Korean law” on KCBS Radio on June 10.
Ana Santos Rutschman
Appointed to chair of the Global Health Committee of the American Branch of the International Law Association on March 15.
Published “A Theory of Genetic Dimensions in the Law” in Indiana Law Journal (Vol. 99, Issue 4) on June 3.
Participated as a panelist in the “Patient Rights and Food and Drug Regulatory Responsibility” section at the 47th Annual “Health Law Professors Conference” hosted by the Temple University Beasley School of Law Center for Public Health Law Research on June 7.
Presented “Vaccine Research and Development as Infrastructure for Pandemic Preparedness” virtually at the University of Copenhagen Centre for Advanced Studies in Bioscience Innovation Law on June 19.
In The Media: Interviewed for “Lawsuit could challenge trust in Ozempic and other popular weight drugs” for Shaye Ganam podcast on June 24.
Published “Lawsuit could challenge trust in Ozempic and other popular weight loss drugs” for The Philadelphia Inquirer on June 27.
Chaim Saiman
Presented “Arbitrating Pluralism” in the Unbundling Litigation section at the Law & Society Association annual meeting in Denver on June 6.
Moderated the “Competing, Complementing and Obscuring: Law and Religion in Modern Pluralist Countries” section at the Law & Society Association annual meeting in Denver on June 7.
Participated as a panelist at the “Reconnecting: Federal Regulation and the Common Law” roundtable at the inaugural conference of the International Association on Regulation and Governance hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School on June 17.
Presented “Religious Concepts in Contractual Interpretation: What America Can Learn from the Anglo-Commonwealth Experience?” at the “Interpretation and Content I” section at the 17th annual “International Conference on Contracts” (KCON XVII) hosted by the University of Bristol Law School on June 21.
Presented “Jewish Law and English Common Law: An American’s Perspective” at the Marble Arch Synagogue in London on June 22.
Tuan Samahon
Presented “Special Purpose Government Disclosure” at the 8th annual “Global Conference On Transparency Research” hosted by the Free University of Brussels in Brussels, Belgium on May 15.
Stephanie Sena
Co-authored “Whose Streets? Our Streets!”: Grants Pass v. The People” for The Nation on June 27.
Christine Speidel
In The Media: Quoted in “Scammed then Taxed: How Republican Tax Bill Hiked Taxes on Fraud Victims” for the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on April 11.
In The Media: Quoted in “When rogue brokers switch people’s ACA policies, tax surprises can follow” for CBS News on April 15.
Presented “Disaster Relief Tax Postponements: Litigation Update” to the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation’s Administrative Practice Committee on April 17.
Published the annual report on the development of taxpayer rights within the United States to the Observatory on the Protection of Taxpayers’ Rights (OPTR) for the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation on May 17.
Presented “Equitable Tolling of Tax Deadlines” at the IRS and PA Department of Revenue “Working Together” conference on May 30.
In The Media: Quoted in “Senate Taking Steps to Fill Multiple Empty Tax Court Seats” for Tax Notes on May 30.
Presented “Fair Procedure in IRS Adjudication” at the 19th Annual “Junior Tax Scholars Workshop” hosted by the University of Wisconsin Law School on June 29.
Emily Stolzenberg
Published “Tribes, States, and Sovereigns’ Interest in Children” in North Carolina Law Review Journal (Vol. 102) on May 25.
Presented “Private Law and Intimates’ Obligations” at the “Family Law Scholars and Teachers Conference” hosted by the University of Baltimore School of Law on June 17.
Leslie Book
Published “District Court: Zero Returns Aren’t a Valid Return or Refund Claim” for Tax Notes on February 1.
Published “Financial Information Submitted to IRS Not Protected by Privilege” for Tax Notes on February 6.
Published “Tax Court Clarifies Admissible Evidence in Innocent Spouse Cases” for Tax Notes on February 13.
In The Media: Interviewed in “What To Know About The Child Tax Credit, The Right Time to File and A New IRS Pilot Program, According To A Philly-area Tax Expert” for The Philadelphia Inquirer on February 17.
Published “Court Denies Government’s Request to Access Texts Between Spouses” for Tax Notes on February 26.
Published “IRS Failure to Process FOIA Request Generates Attorney Fees Award” for Tax Notes on February 28.
Published “Slow FOIA Response Makes IRS Bad Faith Allegations Credible” for Tax Notes on March 12.
Published “Ex-Spouse’s Intervention in Innocent Spouse Case Highlights Procedural Oddities” for Tax Notes on March 18.
Published “Second Circuit Closes Door on Appealing Small Tax Case Dismissals” for Tax Notes on March 28.
Andrew Brandt
Published “The NFL’s Gambling Hypocrisy at 2024 Super Bowl and Brock Purdy’s Pay Day” for Sports Illustrated on February 15.
Published “Business at the 2024 NFL Combine Means It’s Time for the Front Office to Shine” for Sports Illustrated on February 27.
Posted “NFL Salary Cap Takes Massive Leap, College Football 25 and More!” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on February 27.
Published “2024 NFL Free Agency: New League Year Begins With a Buyers Warning” for Sports Illustrated on March 11.
In The Media: Quoted in “Aaron Jones Released by Packers Amid Josh Jacobs Contract Rumors in NFL Free Agency” for Bleacher Report on March 11.
Posted “Kirk Cousins Does It Again: 2024 NFL Free Agency Thoughts” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on March 12.
Posted “The Latest with Shohei Ohtani’s Interpreter Scandal” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on March 12.
In The Media: Interviewed for “Former NFL Exec Explains Why Eagles Won’t Be Punished For ‘Tampering’” on 97.5 The Fanatic on March 15.
In The Media: Quoted in “Is Shohei Ohtani a Theft Victim? Is He in Trouble? Legal Experts Say Probes Underway” for The Los Angeles Times on March 21.
Doris Brogan
In The Media: Quoted in “Hidden Cameras: What Travelers Need to Know” for The New York Times on March 21.
David Caudill
Presented “Partition Law in Pennsylvania: Procedures and Pitfalls” at the 2024 Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges Mid-Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on February 22.
Appointed to the executive committee and elected director of communications of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Property Law for the 2024-25 academic year on March 13.
Steve Chanenson
Planned and presented “New Era of Probation in Pennsylvania,” a virtual state-wide continuing judicial education program for the administrative office of the Pennsylvania courts on March 28.
Planned and presented “Pennsylvania Sentencing for Judges,” an in-person program for the administrative office of Pennsylvania courts in State College, PA, on April 9.
Co-authored the chapter “Embracing Dignity: Pennsylvania’s Experiment with Scandinavian Correctional Principles” in Excessive Punishment: How the Justice System Creates Mass Incarceration (Columbia University Press), published on April 9.
Lori Corso
Moderated the “Local Perspectives” panel at the GPLLA 2024 Institute: “Keeping It Local” hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association on March 20.
Michelle Madden Dempsey
Participated as a faculty commentator on Audrey Powers’ paper “Self-Defense and Domestic Violence” at the virtual 8th Annual Graduate and Early Career Workshop hosted by The Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace on October 26.
In The Media: Quoted in “Think #MeToo Didn’t Make a Real Difference? Think Again” for Waging Nonviolence on November 28.
Participated in the panel “General Jurisprudence and Legal Doctrine” at the Association of American Law Schools 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on January 5.
Edited publication From Morality to Law and Back Again: A Liber Amicorum for John Gardner (Oxford University Press, 2023) was recommended by The Legal Theory Bookworm on January 13.
Presented “The Normative Force of Consent in Moral, Political and Legal Perspective” at the Rutgers Criminal Law Philosophy seminar at Rutgers University on March 6.
Amy Emerson
Published “A Threshold Assessment: Is Technology Among the Competencies Test by the MPRE?” in The University of St. Thomas Law Journal (Vol. 20, Issue 1) on March 24.
Brenner Fissell
Participated in the panel “Democracy and Prosecutorial Declination” at the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Symposium: “The Changing Relationship Between Local Prosecutors and State Governments” held at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law on February 29.
Forthcoming article “The Military’s Constitutional Role” was accepted for publication by the North Carolina Law Review on March 1.
Appointed a senior research scholar for the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the US Naval Academy for the 2024-25 academic year on April 2.
Ann Juliano
Moderated “The Missing Indian Affairs Clause” at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School on January 24.
Participated in the panel “Intersectionality in Equal Pay” at the University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender & Class Equal Pay Symposium: “Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act: Where Are We Now and Where Can We Go?” at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law on March 15.
Participated in the panel “Personal Jurisdiction after Mallory” at the 2024 DRI Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Seminar in Philadelphia on March 21.
Participated in “Dress to Transgress,” a discussion on professionalism and identity hosted by the OutLaw student group at the University of California, Irvine School of Law on March 28.
Preston Lim
Appointed to the organizing committee for the American branch of the 2024 American Society of International Law Annual Meeting: “International Law in an Interdependent World” on February 8.
Presented “The Great Depression and Canada’s Originalist Decade” at the 15th Annual Hugh & Hazel Darling Foundation Originalism Works-in-Progress Conference hosted by the University of San Diego on February 10.
Posted “Episode 11 – Dalhousie Law School” on the Time Immemorial podcast on February 20.
Published “Canada’s Special Economic Measures Act Under International Law” for Just Security on February 27.
Published “How Canada Can Better Combat Uyghur Forced Labour” for The Globe and Mail on March 18.
Christine Mooney
Presented “Leveraging Your Skills for Success” at Office and Trial 2023 – Mediation Primer: It’s Elementary hosted by The Delaware State Bar Association (DSBA) in Wilmington, DE, on November 16.
Itay Ravid
In The Media: Quoted in “Media Attention Flood Could Influence Prison Time For Franke, Hildebrandt and Other Cases” for KUTV on February 22.
Presented “Rethinking Criminal Intent in the Algorithmic Age” at the Howard University School of Law faculty workshop on March 19.
Michael Risch
In The Media: Interviewed for “At the Round Table with Intellectual Property & Internet Law Expert, Michael Risch” for the Discussions at the Round Table podcast on February 21.
Co-published “Canceling Appellate Precedent” in Florida Law Review on March 19.
Ana Santos Rutschman
Participated in the Association of American Law Schools 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on January 5:
- Panelist for “The End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Lessons Learned and the Future of Pandemic Law” in the Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care.
- Panelist for “Artificial Intelligence and IP in the 21st Century: Who Owns What?” in the Section on Intellectual Property.
Appointed to the executive committee of the Association of American Law School Section on Intellectual Property on January 6.
Participated in the Seventh Annual Health Law Works-in-Progress Retreat at Seton Hall University School of Law on January 13.
In The Media: Quoted in “Pennsylvania AG’s Clout in Opioid Deal Likely Has Wide Reach” for Law 360 on February 2.
Co-published “A Codified Liability Regime to Stimulate Greater Investment in Subpatentable Innovation” in UC Davis Law Review (Vol. 57, Issue 3) on February 18.
Presented “FDA Regulation of Vaccines” virtually at the Syracuse Intellectual Property Law Institute (SIPLI) Speaker Series hosted by Syracuse University College of Law on March 6.
Published “Asthma Meds Have Become Shockingly Unaffordable − But Relief May Be On The Way” for The Conversation on March 8.
Participated in the panel “The Legal Risks of AI-Driven Innovation in the World of Medicine” virtually at the 2024 Jaharis Symposium: “Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Existential Challenges for Law & Ethics” hosted by DePaul University College of Law on March 14.
In The Media: Quoted in “Asthma Inhalers Get a Price Cut. Black Users Shouldn’t Breathe Easy” for Word In Black on March 20.
Chaim Saiman
Presented “Contemporary Rabbinical Courts: Between Jewish and American Law” at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on February 22.
Presented “American Arbitration Law and the Rise of the Neo-Kahal” at a faculty seminar at Bar-Ilan University in Israel on February 28.
Published “Keeping Kosher in the Age of AI” for Mosaic on March 18.
Published “Is Insurance ‘Just a Contract’ or a ‘Just Contract’?” in Maryland Law Review (Vol. 83, No. 3) on March 28.
Tuan Samahon
Participated in the panel “FOIA: Everything You Want to Know and Aren’t Afraid to Ask” at the American Bar Association Section of Taxation 2024 Midyear Tax Meeting in San Francisco on January 20.
Christine Speidel
Participated in the American Bar Association Section of Taxation 2024 Midyear Tax Meeting in San Francisco:
- Participated in the panel “Innocent Spouse Relief for Domestic Violence Survivors” on January 19.
- Moderated “Recent Cases Addressing Jurisdiction to Litigate Your Tax Dispute and Equitable Tolling” on January 20.
Presented “Towards ‘Taxpayer First’ Innocent Spouse Relief” at the Mid-Atlantic Clinical Legal Education Conference hosted by the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law on February 24.
Presented “Transparency and Access Issues in Tax Preparation” at the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development meeting on March 20.
Co-published “Squeezing Blood From Stones – A Comparative Analysis of Tax Relief for Victim-survivors of Economic Abuse in Australia and the United States” in the Australian Tax Forum UNSW Business School Research Papers (forthcoming) with Leslie Book published on March 6.
Leslie Book
Co-authored “Identifying and Supporting Financially Vulnerable Women Experiencing Economic Abuse: A Grounded Theory Approach” in the eJournal of Tax Research (Vol. 21, No. 2) on November 1.
Published “Tax Court Opinion Involving James Caan Extends Court’s Jurisdiction” for Tax Notes on November 2.
Published “Court OKs Sale of Personal Residence, No Payment to Non-Liable Spouse” for Tax Notes on November 15.
Published “Mann Construction: The Tax Procedure Giving Tree” for Tax Notes on December 4.
Published “IRS Gives a Hall Pass on Information Reporting Requirements” for Tax Notes on December 5.
Published “Court Affirms Conviction for Filing Lien Against IRS Employee’s Alias” for Tax Notes on December 11.
In The Media: Quoted in “How Congress Leaned on Crime Victims to Pay for Trump-era Tax Cuts” for The Washington Post on December 13.
Published “Taxpayer Can’t Recover Interest, Penalties on Restitution-Based Assessment” for Tax Notes on December 20.
Published “Appeals Win for IRS in Monetized Installment Sale Summons Dispute” for Tax Notes on December 27.
Andrew Brandt
Posted “NFL in Germany, Craig Counsell's Historic Contract and More!” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on November 8.
Posted “Inside the Michigan Football Scandal with Gabe Feldman” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on November 13.
Published “The Future of the NFL Abroad Is Bright but Still a Work in Progress” for Sports Illustrated on November 9.
Published “How the Business of College Football Is Now Mirroring That of the NFL” for Sports Illustrated on November 22.
Posted “David Tepper Takes the Spotlight, the Latest with Aaron Rodgers and More” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on November 28.
In The Media: Quoted in “How Mark Cuban’s Sale of the Mavericks Could Impact Gambling in Texas” for The Dallas Morning News on November 29.
Published “One-and-Done Coaches Are Becoming a Trend” for Sports Illustrated on December 8.
Posted “Inside Shohei Ohtani’s Massive & Controversial Contract & More!” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on December 12.
Published “NFL 2023: Top 10 Business of Football Stories of the Year” for Sports Illustrated on December 21.
Posted “Russell Wilson Gets Benched & Top 10 Sports Business Moments of 2023” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on December 28.
David Caudill
Presented “The Failure of Courts in the Crisis of Expertise” at the Society for the Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting in Honolulu on November 10.
Presented “Ambulance Chasing in Upstate New York: Ethical Issues in Russell Bank’s Novel The Sweet Hereafter” at the Virgin Islands Bar Association 2023 Annual Meeting in St. Thomas, VI on December 8.
Amy Emerson
Co-organized the inaugural Law & Public Interest Technology Career Exploration Fair in Philadelphia on October 14.
Published “Leveraging Technology to Promote Access to Justice” for the AALL Spectrum on October 31.
Brenner Fissell
Elected vice president of the National Institute of Military Justice on January 1.
Elected to the executive committee of the Association of American Law Schools Criminal Procedure section on January 1.
Ann Juliano
In The Media: Interviewed for “Central Bucks School District Will Pay Ex-superintendent $712,000 Following Buyout Vote” for NBC Philadelphia on November 15.
Preston Jordan Lim
Presented “The Xinjiang Forced Labor Crisis and the Future of International Labor Law” at the Northeast Corridor Exchange hosted by American University Washington College of Law on November 28.
Presented “The Xinjiang Forced Labor Crisis and the Future of International Labor Law” at the 2023 ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum co-hosted by Research Center for International Legal Studies of National Chengchi University and the Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law in Taipei, Taiwan on December 3.
Posted “Episode 10 – The Trial of Kurt Meyer” on the Time Immemorial podcast on January 5.
Presented “The Xinjiang Forced Labor Crisis and the Future of International Labor Law” at the Junior International Law Scholars Association Conference hosted by Cornell Law School on January 9.
Published “The New Canadian Defence: The Impact of UNDRIP Article 30 on Canadian Domestic Defence Strategy” for Queen’s Law Journal (Volume 49, No. 1) on January 10.
MarySheila McDonald
Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center on December 1.
Michael Moreland
Participated in the panel “Common Good Constitutionalism” at the Christian Legal Scholars’ Symposium in Boston on October 6.
Authored the chapter “Christianity and Torts” in The Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Law (Oxford University Press) published on November 20.
In The Media: Quoted in “What to Know About the Congressional Investigation into Antisemitism at Penn and Other Universities” for The Philadelphia Inquirer on December 15.
Itay Ravid
Co-published “140 Characters of Justice? The Promise and Perils of Using Social Media to Reveal Lay Punishment Perspectives” in University of Illinois Law Review on November 17.
Presented “Can Code Altar Law’s Code?” virtually at the annual ABA-AALS Criminal Justice Section Works-In-Progress Roundtable on November 17.
Co-published “Virtual Criminal Law Dualism” in University of Illinois Law Review on November 21.
Presented “The Effects of Marsy's Laws on Bail Decision Making” during the "Unraveling the Threads of Failure: The Anatomy of Unsuccessful Criminal Law Reforms" panel at the Association of American Law Schools 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on January 4.
Mary Ann Robinson
Published “Lessons from a Retiring Legal Writing Professor” for The Second Draft (Vol. 36, No. 2) on December 12.
Ana Santos Rutschman
Presented “From Myriad to Moderna: The Role of Modern Biopharma Companies” at the Texas A&M Journal of Property Law Symposium: “Drawing the Line: Who Really Owns Intellectual Property?” on October 6.
Published “Technology Specificity and Equitable Access to Pharmaceuticals” in Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property (Vol. 21, Issue 1) on November 1.
Presented “The Intellectual Property of Vaccines” virtually at the Healthcare Business and Finance Speaker Series at Loyola University Chicago School of Law on November 6.
Created a model law on medical products for the African Union and African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization program on December 29.
Tuan Samahon
Co-organized the “Continuing Legal Education & the Professional Education of Lawyers” symposium at Villanova Law on October 6.
Appointed vice chair of the Continuing Legal Education Board by The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for a second term on October 31.
Stephanie Sena
In The Media: Interviewed for “Episode 5: Unsheltered in Suburbia” for the Young, Unhoused and Unseen podcast on December 27.
In The Media: Quoted in “1 year later, Upper Darby’s Pet-Friendly Homeless Shelter Remains a Lifeline” for WHYY on December 28.
Andrew Brandt
Posted “Reacting to Penn National’s Deal with Barstool Sports & More!” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on August 9.
Published “NFL Owners Are Succeeding in Taking More Power Back From the Players” for Sports Illustrated on August 15.
Published “Jonathan Taylor, Joe Burrow, Chris Jones Have Offseason Business Left to Resolve” for Sports Illustrated on August 31.
Posted “Breaking Down Joe Burrow & Nick Bosa’s Historic Contracts” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on September 7.
Presented “Leadership Lessons Learned from the Sports World” at the CVS Leadership Conference in Woonsocket, RI on September 12.
Posted “Aaron Rodgers Tears His Achilles, Grass vs. Turf Fields, & More” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on September 15.
Published “Comparing Every 2023 Offseason NFL Quarterback Contract” for Sports Illustrated on September 15.
Posted “NFL Files Grievance Against the NFLPA, Patrick Mahomes Restructures Contract, & More!” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on September 22.
Posted “Damian Lillard Traded to the Bucks, the Latest with Travis Kelce & Taylor Swift, & More!” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on September 27.
Published “Examining Patrick Mahomes’s Contract Restructure and a New NFL Ownership Committee” for Sports Illustrated on September 27.
Doris Brogan
Presented “Teaching Leadership Using the Case Study Method” at The Association of American Law Schools Teaching Leadership webinar on September 26.
Leslie Book
Presented “Public Engagement in Rulemaking” at the Center for Taxpayer Rights Transforming Tax Administration: Toward an Effective, Inclusive & Trusted IRS Conference in Washington, DC on September 13.
John Cannan
Published “On the Trail of Francis Channing Barlow: Military Prodigy and Legal Warrior Against Corruption” on the In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress blog on September 15.
David Caudill
Participated in the panel “Improving the Quality of CLE” at the Symposium on Continuing Legal Education and the Professional Education of Lawyers hosted by Villanova Law on October 6.
Steve Chanenson
Moderated the “Historical Review and Lessons for Today” and “Sentencing Information for Modern Judges” panels at Frankel at 50: A Half-Century’s Perspective on Criminal Sentences: Law Without Order hosted by the New York City Bar Association on April 24.
Co-published “Frankel at 50: A Half-Century’s Perspective on Criminal Sentences: Law Without Order” in Federal Sentencing Reporter on June 1.
Appointed to the Sentencing Standards Task Force by the American Bar Association on August 1.
Participated in the 2023 National Association of Sentencing Commissions Conference in Stateline, NV on August 8 and 9:
- Presented “An Approach to Evidence-based Sentencing: Review and Policy Options.”
- Participated in the panel “Guidelines Uniformity and Consistency: Are We Deceiving Ourselves?”
- Moderated “Frankel at 50: A Half-Century’s Perspective on Criminal Sentences: Law Without Order.”
Designated as vice chair of the Pennsylvania Continuing Judicial Education Board of Judges by the Supreme Court on September 14.
Lori Corso
Published a review of How to Be a Badass Lawyer: The Unexpected & Simple Guide to Less Stress and Greater Personal Development Through Mindfulness and Compassion by Claire E. Parsons in Law Library Journal (Vol. 115, No. 3) on August 11.
Amy Emerson
Participated in the panel “Negotiation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” at the Life in the Big City XXIX: Law Department CLE in Philadelphia on July 28.
Abraham Gafni
Published “Equitable Tolling of the FAA’s Deadline for Vacating an Arbitration Award” in The Legal Intelligencer on August 14.
Preston Lim
Presented “The Great Depression and Canada’s Originalist Decade” at the Osgoode Society Legal History Workshop at the University of Toronto on September 13.
In The Media: Quoted in “How China Might Affect Canada’s Dispute with India” for Toronto Star on September 20.
Published “The Originalism of F.R. Scott” in Supreme Court Law Review on September 21.
In The Media: Interviewed for “As Spat Builds, India Claims Students at Risk in Canada Despite Envoy Avowing Safety” on CTV News on September 22.
Michelle Madden Dempsey
Co-authored From Morality to Law and Back Again: A Liber Amicorum for John Gardner (Oxford University Press) published on August 17.
Appointed to the executive board of The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy organization on September 21.
MarySheila McDonald
In the Media: Interviewed for “Episode #25: MarySheila McDonald” on Slice of Mentorship podcast on October 3.
Michael Moreland
Published “Contingency and Contestation in Christianity and Liberalism” in the Notre Dame Law Review on June 16.
Published “Germaneness and Religious Liberty” in the Notre Dame Law Review on July 14.
Presented “First Amendment: Establishment and Free Exercise of Religion” at the National Constitution Center’s Summer Teacher Institute in Philadelphia on July 18.
In The Media: Interviewed for “The Issue Of Religious Public Charter Schools” on NPR on August 7.
Participated in the panel “Religious Liberty and the American Founding” at the University of Notre Dame on September 22.
Luke Repici
Presented at the Legal Writing Institute New Teacher Training Bootcamp hosted by the Temple University Beasley School of Law on August 3.
Michael Risch
Participated as a senior commentator at the second meeting of the Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship at the Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University on September 7.
Ana Santos Rutschman
Presented “No Sue Pledges: Enforceable or Performative” at the American Bar Association Intellectual Property Section Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on April 6.
Presented “Vaccines, Misinformation and Equity” at the Annual Meeting on Law and Society in San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 2.
Presented “Technology Specificity in Pandemic Preparedness” remotely at the Symposium on Biomedical Innovation Law hosted by Copenhagen University on June 15.
Presented “The Role of the FDA in Public Health Crises” remotely at the Japanese American Society for Legal Studies 2023 Symposium on June 18.
Presented “Reconsidering Patent Pledges: The Case of the Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine Pledge” at the 23rd Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law on August 3.
Published “Increasing Equity in the Transnational Allocation of Vaccines Against Emerging Pathogens: A Multi-Modal Approach” in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics on September 1.
Presented “Assessing COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Use Authorizations” at the 2023 America Disease Prevention and Control Summit in Philadelphia on September 7.
Presented “Technology Specificity in Pandemic Preparedness” at the 2023 National Vaccine Law Conference: Advancing the Vaccine Law Dialogue at the George Washington University on September 14.
Published “What the New York City Marathon Can Teach Us About Equitable Access to Vaccines” on the Bill of Health blog on September 20.
Christine Speidel
In The Media: Quoted in “Fraud Risks Rises as IRS Fixes Low-Income Credits, Tax Pros Warn” for Bloomberg Tax on September 29.
Emily Stolzenberg
Received the 2023-24 Haub Law Emerging Scholar Award in Women, Gender and Law from the Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law on August 9.
“Tribes, States, and Sovereigns Interest in Children” (North Carolina Law Review, forthcoming)
- Selected for presentation at the 2023 Equity Law Scholars Forum at the Boston University School of Law on August 10.
- Presented at the University of Virginia School of Law faculty workshop on September 8.
- Presented at the AALS Sections on Education Law & Children and the Law mid-year works-in-progress session at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law on September 22.
Presented “Private Law and Intimates’ Obligations” (Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 48, Issue 2) at the Fifth Roundtable on Nonmarriage and Law at the Rutgers Law School on September 29.