Between March 16-27, Professor Edward Imwinkelried taught a course at the Institute on Evidence and Forensic Science at China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) in Beijing.
Professor Christopher S. Elmendorf presented his article "Administering Section 2 of the VRA after Shelby County" (forthcoming in the Columbia Law Review) at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government on March 27.
On March 19, Professor of Environmental Practice Rick Frank `74 spoke at the Environmental Law Institute's annual Environmental Law Boot Camp in Seattle, Washington.
Professor Courtney Joslin served as a liaison for the American Bar Association Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities at a meeting of the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) committee working to draft an act concerning the rights of non-parents to custody and visitation of children.
Professor Peter Lee recently presented a paper at the Works in Progress Intellectual Property colloquium hosted by the United States Patent & Trademark Office and co-sponsored by George Washington University.
On March 23, Professor Albert Lin presented remarks on "What Is Responsible Development of Nanotechnology?" at the 249th American Chemical Society national meeting in Denver, Colorado.
Professor Floyd Feeney commented for media including the Associated Press and the New York Times on a California ballot proposal that would require the killing of gays and lesbians.
Professor Dennis Ventry commented for Time magazine on return-free filing, a process in which the government provides free, pre-populated tax returns for taxpayers using information it has from banks, employers, and other institutions.
Professor Anupam Chander commented for the Wall Street Journal on the case of two former federal agents charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of virtual currency during an undercover investigation into the "Silk Road" online market, which allegedly served to facilitate sales of illegal goods.
Vikram Amar, Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law, commented for National Public Radio's All Things Considered on a California ballot proposal that would require the killing of gays and lesbians. It was Amar's second interview on the subject with host Robert Siegel.
Students and alumni of the UC Davis School of Law Immigration Law Clinic ended a long legal battle last week, securing legal permanent resident status for a client who was nearly deported to Eritrea nine years ago.
Professor Gabriel "Jack" Chin was interviewed by Diverse magazine regarding the successful effort to grant posthumously a license to practice law to Hong Yen Chang, who was denied entry to the California Bar in 1890 on the basis of laws that discriminated against Chinese immigrants.
Professor Karima Bennoune traveled to Canada, Italy, Belgium, and France as part of a spring break speaking tour in which she spoke on Muslim fundamentalism, terrorism, and other subjects related to her acclaimed book, Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight against Muslim Fundamentalism.
Professor Floyd Feeney commented for Sacramento television station CBS-13 on an incident in Orangevale in which a "good Samaritan" helped police by tackling and wrestling to the ground a suspect who was fleeing through his yard.
Professor Lisa Ikemoto commented for the Capitol Journal on "right to try" laws that allow terminally ill patients to try experimental drugs not approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Linda Greenhouse, the Senior Research Scholar in Law, Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence, and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, delivered the 2015 Brigitte M. Bodenheimer Lecture on Family Law in the Kalmanovitz Appellate Courtroom on March 18.
Vikram Amar, Associate Dean and Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law, commented for media including National Public Radio programs All Things Considered and It's All Politics, Southern California Public Radio station KPCC, Sacramento television station KXTV, and the Sacramento Bee on a proposed California ballot initiative that would legalize the killing of gays and lesbians.
Jack M. Balkin, the Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School, delivered the Central Valley Foundation/James B. McClatchy Lecture on the First Amendment in King Hall's Kalmanovitz Appellate Courtroom on March 12.
Ken Starr, former Solicitor General of the United States and current President and Chancellor of Baylor University, spoke at King Hall on March 17, visiting the Wine Law class taught by Tracy K. Genesen.
