Faculty and staff accomplishments
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Christopher Lund’s
co-authored book, Religion and the Constitution (4th ed. 2016), was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in Espinoza v. Montana Dep’t of Revenue. -
Peter Hammer
presented on the dynamics of spatial-structural racism as part of the General Motors legal department's Distinguished Speaker Series. -
Brad Roth
participated in a virtual presentation on US Arab Radio, "Eviction Sparks Israeli, Palestinian War." -
Brad Roth
presented "The International Legal Status of Taiwan" during a virtual event hosted by the Rotary Club of Detroit. -
Heather Walter-McCabe
participated in the Convener on Racial Disparities in Health Care hosted by the American Health Law Association. -
Brad Roth
contributed to the book “Taiwan and Human Rights: A Story of Transformation,” Jerome A. Cohen, William P. Alford & Chang-fa Lo, eds., Springer, 2019, which has been honored with the 2021 Certificate of Merit from the American Society of International Law for Best Work in a Specialized Area. Roth’s chapter is entitled “Human Rights and Transitional Justice: Taiwan’s Adoption of the ICCPR and the Redress of 2/28 and Martial-Law-Era Injustices.” -
Robert Sedler
presented on insurrection and impeachment for the Greater Detroit Phi Beta Kappa Association. -
Noah Hall
spoke about the Flint water crisis in a virtual presentation hosted by the Energy, Environmental, and Natural Resource System Law Program Speaker Series at Texas A&M University School of Law. -
Eric Zacks
spoke at the State Bar of Michigan’s Business Law Section third annual Symposium on “Corporate Oppression Actions and Business Law Oppression in the Age of Pandemic.” -
Khaled A. Beydoun
was included on The Muslim 500's list of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World. He's one of six people from the U.S. to be recognized for their work and dedication to social issues. -
Lance Gable
spoke at the St. Louis University Law School Health Law Distinguished Speaker Series on "COVID-19: A Cautionary Tale for Climate Change" on Oct. 27. -
Lance Gable
was a panelist at the American Public Health Association annual meeting on Oct. 26 discussing COVID-19 legal issues. -
Noah Hall
contributed a chapter on the public trust doctrine in "Earth Law: Emerging Ecocentric Law— A Guide for Practitioners." The book is for students and practicing lawyers who seek to preserve a habitable planet and question whether current environmental law is sufficient for the task. -
Steven Winter
presented his paper “‘Who’ or ‘What’ Is the Rule of Law” at Wayne State University's Brown Bag Series in September 2020.
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Lance Gable
spoke at the 2020 Public Health Law Virtual Summit: COVID-19 Response and Recovery on Sept. 16 discussing his two chapters in the Assessing Legal Responses to COVID-19 report. -
Sanjukta Paul
was named to People’s Parity Project judicial shortlist. -
Steven Winter
presented his paper “Medieval Jewish Governance and the Meaning of Democracy” at the Conference on Jewish Law in Comparative Context at Touro Law Center in New York in September 2020. -
William Ortman
presented When Plea Bargaining Became Normal (forthcoming, Boston University Law Review) at the Stanford/Harvard/Yale Junior Faculty Forum in August 2020. -
William Ortman's
paper, The Defender General (co-authored with Daniel Epps, forthcoming, University of Pennsylvania Law Review), was profiled in The Appeal, Bloomberg Law and The New York Times. Ortman and Epps wrote an op-ed based on the article, titled One Change that Could Make American Criminal Justice Fairer, for The Atlantic. -
Brad Roth
was a panelist at the Academic Council on the United Nations System’s virtual annual meeting in June, “UN @ 75: The Future of Partnership and Multilateralism.” Roth spoke about his forthcoming article titled Legitimacy in the International Order: The Continuing Relevance of Sovereign States. -
David Moss
was featured in TaxProf Blog for his paper, co-written with Robert R. Kuehn of Washington University, “A Study of the Relationship between Law School Coursework and Bar Exam Outcomes.” -
Katherine E. White
was appointed Brigadier General in the U.S. Army National Guard on Sept. 1, 2019. She serves as the Deputy Commanding General of the 46th Military Police Command in Lansing, Michigan. -
Stephen Calkins
was appointed a member of the City of Northville Board of Zoning Appeals in Dec. 2019. -
Tishia Browning
was elected as a fellow for the Detroit Bar Association. -
Stephen Calkins
was presented with Chairman’s Awards at the Yale Alumni Association Assembly & Yale Alumni Fund Convocation on Nov. 22. The awards recognized volunteers who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, innovation, and dedication in their work on behalf of the fund.