Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Prof. Jane Kirtley was quoted in the Los Angeles Times on Feb. 16, 2007, in discussing the decision of two San Francisco Chronicle reporters to grant a promise of confidentiality to a source who leaked…
—Prof. Jane Kirtley was a panelist and facilitator at a workshop, "Hot Issues in Ethics" on February 9 at the American Bar Association's Forum on Communications Law 12th Annual Conference in Key Largo, Florida,…
—Professor Judith T. Younger was recently cited in an important Connecticut Supreme Court decision in both the majority and dissenting opinions. That case, Friezo v. Friezo, 281 Conn. 166 (2007), was the…
—On February 1, the Washington Sureme Court cited a recent article authored by Law School Professors Gregg Polsky and Stephen Befort in approving a supplemental award to compensate the plaintiffs in an employment…
—Professor Claire Hill was quoted in the January issue of Risk Magazine in an article entitled "A Ratings Quandary." The article concerned recently-enacted legislation that will increase the number of…
—Prof. Jane Kirtley was quoted in the New York Times about former New York Times reporter Judith Miller testifying in the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Prof. Kirtley characterized Ms. Miller…
—Two court cases addressing the use of prior juvenile convictions to enhance adult sentences (People v Nguyen and People v. Massoni) have cited Barry Feld’s article, “The Constitutional Tension…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in an article concerning U.S. media coverage of the Robert Pickton murder trial in British Columbia. Although more than 300 media were expected to cover the Pickton trial, cameras…
—Robert Kudrle, Affiliated Professor of Public Affairs and Law, has been appointed to the Orville and Jane Freeman Chair in International Trade and Investment Policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public…
—Congratulations to Professor Brad Karkkainen for being selected as one of the Founding Fellows of the Institute on the Environment for a two-year term. The Institute is part of the University's Strategic…
—On January 10, Professor Cotter was quoted in a Washington Times article about patent licensees. The article discusses the Supreme Court's opinion in MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., which was…
—Professor Judith T. Younger was included in the new biographical encyclopedia, "Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975." The book, edited by Barbara Love, documents the founders and leaders of the second wave of…