Professor of Law Jonathan Weinberg participated on a panel on "The Future of Trusted Systems" at a Workshop on Interdisciplinary Studies on Information Security and Privacy, held at New York University's Interdisciplinary Center for Information Security and Privacy on Sept. 26, 2008.

Professor of Law Laura Bartell has two forthcoming articles. Her piece on "Awards of Costs in Bankruptcy Court" will be published in the December 2008 issue of the Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice. Her article on "Straddle Obligations Under Prepetition Contracts -- Prepetition Claims, Postpetition Claims or Administrative Expenses?" has been accepted by the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal.

Assistant Professor of Law Jocelyn Benson served as a featured panelist at the Detroit Emerging Leaders Forum on July 31, 2008, speaking on Election Administration issues in Michigan in 2008.
On July 30, she was a guest on Jack Lessenberry's show, Michigan Radio (http://jackshow.blogs.com/jack/
On July 26, she served as a panelist at the Judicial Candidates and Election forum, sponsored by the Michigan Judicial Caucus, in Troy, Michigan.
On July 23, she presented research on "The Social Effects of Democratic Engagement of Language Minority Communities: Developing Ownership, Accountability, and Stakeholders of Linguistic Minorities in a Democracy," at the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, located at Monash University Centre, Prato, Tuscany, Italy.
On July 18, she presented commentary entitled "Language and Difference in a Democracy - Universal Engagement in Linguistically Diverse Democracies," at the Sixth International Conference on the Humanities, held at Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey.
From June 24-25, she participated in a roundtable discussion on election reform sponsored by the Midwest Democracy Network in Minneapolis, Minn.
On June 18, she led a discussion entitled "Democracy, Language, and Diversity: Developing a Voice for Language Minority Communities," at the Eighth International Conference on the Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, at the University of Montréal in Montreal, Canada.
On June 13, she was a featured speaker at the Gamaliel National Conference, where she presented research on "State Constitutions, Litigation, and the Fundamental Right to Education," at Cobo Hall in Detroit.
On June 4, she presented a paper entitled "Education as a Fundamental Right in a Diverse Society," at the Fifteenth Annual International Conference on Learning, at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
On May 28, she served as a Panel Organizer and Participant for a roundtable discussion on "Law and Democracy in a Multilingual Society," at the Annual Law and Society Conference in Montreal, Canada.
On May 24, she ran the Bayshore Marathon in 3 hours and 31 minutes, qualifying to run the Boston Marathon in April 2009.

Professor of Law Kingsley Browne chapter "The Evolutionary Psychology of Sexual Harassment" was published in the book "Evolutionary Forensic Psychology: Darwinian Foundations of Crime and Law," published by Oxford University press and edited by Joshua D. Duntley and Todd K. Shackelford.

Professor of Law Stephen Calkins gave a speech entitled "My Crystal Ball," at post-annual meeting of the ABA Antitrust Section in New Brunswick, Canada, on Aug. 14, 2008.

He served as a panelist at The FTC at 100 on "The effectiveness of the competition mission" in Washington, D.C., July 30, 2008.

Professor Gregory Fox's paper entitled, "Constitutional Violations and the Validity of Treaties: Will Iraq Give Lawful Consent to a Status of Forces Agreement?" was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for PIL: Treaties & Other Sources of International Law (Topic).

Assistant Professor of Law Noah Hall provided detailed written testimony on "Interstate Water Management and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact," to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee at the Committee's invitation on July 30, 2008. (The testimony is available on SSRN at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1229243). Two days later, the Senate unanimously approved the Great Lakes compact.