College News and Events |
Arizona Law Faculty Participate in Workshop Exploring the American Model of HomeownershipProf. White will be participating in a free two-day workshop, Rethinking Mortgage-Based Homeownership , May 16 - 17 , 2013, at the University of Arizona Student Union. Sessions include panels on American Mortgages in Historical and … [Read more...]Posted: 05/10/2013 |
Arizona Law Faculty Approve Two New Certificate ProgramsBeginning with students graduating in 2014, the College of Law will offer two new certificate programs: one in Family and Juvenile Law and the other in Tax Law and Policy. The Family and Juvenile Law Certificate Program will provide a … [Read more...]Posted: 04/24/2013 |
Arizona Law Announces ESL Bridge Program for International StudentsArizona Law is partnering with the Center for English as a Second Language (ESL) to provide an ESL bridge course for international students in Summer 2013. An ESL bridge couse is one that supports an academic course by providing language support … [Read more...]Posted: 04/16/2013 Updated: 04/16/2013 |
13th Annual Richard Grand Damages Argument Competition Award Winners AnnouncedFive law students received recognition and cash prizes for their lawyering skills in the 13th Annual Richard Grand Damages Argument Competition. Student winners of the April 2, 2013, competition were: John Palfreyman and John Lierman … [Read more...]Posted: 04/09/2013 Updated: 04/09/2013 |
Arizona Law Cuts TuitionThe Arizona Board of Regents approved cuts in tuition for the College of Law for the 2013 - 2014 academic year on April 4, 2013. The reductions equal approximately 11% for in-state students and 8% for non-resident students. For more details, see … [Read more...]Posted: 04/05/2013 Updated: 04/11/2013 |
Arizona Law Faculty Participate in Humanities Seminars Program Series on Environmental LawVisiting Scholar in Residence Stavang , Regents' Professor Glennon , Professor Gantz , Dean Miller , and Associate Dean Engel will each present a class dealing with issues in environmental law and humanities in Environmental Law at the … [Read more...]Posted: 04/04/2013 |
Faculty News |
Prof. Orbach Organizes Symposium on the Law and Economics of Red Flags, Groupthink, and Institutional FailuresProf. Orbach , along with Prof. Erik Gerding (University of Colorado), are the organizers of a one-day symposium that will explore the causes and consequences of institutional failues, focusing on problems in the collective decision-making … [Read more...]Posted: 05/16/2013 Updated: 05/20/2013 |
Prof. Massaro and Former Dean Sullivan Publish Book on Constitutional LawRegents’ Prof. Massaro and her co-author, E. Thomas Sullivan , President of the University of Vermont and former dean of the College of Law, recently wrote The Arc of Due Process in American Constitutional Law . More information about … [Read more...]Posted: 05/09/2013 |
Prof. Robertson's Research Published in New England Journal of MedicineProf. Robertson is a principal investigator in a new study on physicians taking money from the pharmaceutical industry. The research team’s study, Distributions of Industry Payments to Massachussetts Physicians , was published online … [Read more...]Posted: 05/08/2013 Updated: 05/13/2013 |
Prof. Kozolcyk Receives Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Universidad Mayor, ChileThe Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile , recognizes Prof. Kozolchyk for his world-wide work in international commercial law by investing him with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa on May 30, 2013. This title honors Prof. Kozolcyk’s … [Read more...]Posted: 04/12/2013 |
Prof. Swain Speaks on Future of Amazon at Consumer ConferenceProf. Swain spoke as part of a keynote panel presentation on The Future of Amazon at the Telsey Advisory Group’s Fifth Annual Spring Consumer Conference in New York City on April 9, 2013. His presentation concerned the sales taxation … [Read more...]Posted: 04/11/2013 |
Prof. Rose Publishes New Book on Racially Restrictive CovenantsProf. Rose and her co-author, Richard R.W. Brooks , Yale Law School, recently wrote Saving the Neighborhood: Racially Restrictive Covenants, Law, and Social Norms . More information about the book, published by Harvard University Press, … [Read more...]Posted: 04/03/2013 |
Prof. Sjostrom Publishes New Text on Business OrganizationsProf. Sjostrom's new text, Business Organizations: A Transactional Approach , was recently published by Wolters Kluwer. Read more about this book here . [Read more...]Posted: 04/01/2013 |
Prof. Braucher Inducted into the American College of BankruptcyProf. Jean Braucher was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy at a black tie event on Friday, March 15, 2013, at the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian Museum of American Painting in Washington, D.C. The Roger C. … [Read more...]Posted: 03/22/2013 |
Dobbs, Bublick, and Hayden's Torts and Compensation, Personal Accountability and Social Responsibility for Injury to be Published in AprilProf. Dobbs and Prof. Bublick , with Prof. Paul T. Hayden , have written the 7th edition of Torts and Compensation, Personal Accountability and Social Responsibility for Injury . This edition, as well as the Concise 7th edition, will be … [Read more...]Posted: 03/08/2013 |
Student News |
Victor Nilsson (3L) Wins First Prize in ABA Student Writing ContestVictor Nilsson (3L) received the first prize in the ABA Business Law Section’s Mendes Hershman Student Writing Contest for his article, You’re Not from Around Here, Are You? Fighting Deceptive Marketing in the Twenty-First Century … [Read more...]Posted: 05/03/2013 |
Arizona Law Publications Hold Annual Awards BanquetThe three Arizona Law publications, Arizona Law Review (ALR) , Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law (AJICL) , and the Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy (AJELP) , held their 2012 - 2013 Award Banquet, Thursday, … [Read more...]Posted: 04/30/2013 |
Arizona Law Student Selected as Udall InternThe Udall Foundation recently announced that Cara Wallace , a 1L at the College of Law, is one of 12 students from 12 tribes and 11 universities selected as 2013 Native American Congressional Interns. Interns were selected by an independent … [Read more...]Posted: 04/26/2013 |
Arizona Law 2012 - 2013 Law & Entrepreneurship Students Participate in McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship CompetitionArizona Law 2012 - 2013 Law & Entrepreneurship students, under the guidance and mentorship of Prof. Hecker , have provided legal advice to competing startups in the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship during the past year. Their efforts … [Read more...]Posted: 04/24/2013 Updated: 04/24/2013 |
Arizona Law Environmental Moot Court Team Makes QuarterfinalsThe Environmental Moot Court team made an extremely good showing at the 25th Annual National Environmental Moot Court Competition at Pace University Law School in White Plains, New York, last week. The Competition featured 72 teams from law … [Read more...]Posted: 02/27/2013 |
Arizona Law Team Wins First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court CompetitionCongratulations to Arizona Law 2Ls Daniel Arellano and Omar Vasquez , who just won the American Bar Association’s First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition! Daniel and Omar were one of only eight teams chosen, on … [Read more...]Posted: 02/11/2013 |
Arizona Law Team Wins Inaugural Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Negotiation CompetitionArizona Law’s team has won the Inaugural Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Negotiation Competition, sponsored by the American College of Bankruptcy, in Los Angeles. The three team members are Jeffrey Coe , David Obrand , and Bradley Terry , all … [Read more...]Posted: 02/07/2013 |
Arizona Law Students Help Demystify the LawUPDATE: The Arizona Daily Star published an article about the program on February 12, 2013. Read this article with additional details here . Arizona Law students, along with UA English students are working with the Pima County … [Read more...]Posted: 02/06/2013 Updated: 02/12/2013 |
White House Intern Returns to Arizona LawThird-year student Jonay Foster spent the spring and summer of 2012 as a White House intern. Read about her experiences here . [Read more...]Posted: 12/11/2012 Updated: 02/26/2013 |
Students Plan Active Year for Environmental Law SocietyArizona Law students support an active chapter of the Environmental Law Society (ELS). On September 16, 2012, they hiked to Tanque Verde Falls. Additional hikes are being planned. The chapter will be hosting speakers, films, and other events to … [Read more...]Posted: 09/24/2012 Updated: 01/10/2013 |
Two Third-Year Arizona Law Students Assist in Jury TrialThird-year Arizona Law students, Jordan Emerson and Athan Papailiou , assisted in a jury trial of a Tucson construction worker who treated women suffering gynecological problems by injecting them with ozone in his home without a license. … [Read more...]Posted: 09/24/2012 Updated: 01/10/2013 |
2012 - 2013 Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law Members AnnouncedPlease join in congratulating the following students, who have been selected as new members of the Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law: : Calley Anderson Madison Holland … [Read more...]Posted: 07/16/2012 Updated: 01/10/2013 |
2012 - 2013 Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy Members AnnouncedPlease join in congratulating the following students, who have been selected as new members of the Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy : Ian Ferrell … [Read more...]Posted: 07/16/2012 Updated: 01/10/2013 |
2012 - 2013 Arizona Law Review Members AnnouncedPlease join in congratulating the following students, who have been selected as new members of the Arizona Law Review : Chad Ambroday Andrew … [Read more...]Posted: 07/16/2012 Updated: 01/10/2013 |
Alumni News |
In Memoriam – Richard Grand (’58)Richard Grand (’58) died Sunday, April 7, 2013, in San Francisco, California. He was an extremely successful litigator, winning verdicts or settlements of over $1 million in more than 100 cases. Read more here and here . [Read more...]Posted: 04/10/2013 |
Faculty in the News |
Prof. Silverman Discusses Women on Death Row in Arizona Republic ArticleIn a May 10, 2013, article about the Jodi Arias case in the Arizona Republic , Prof. Silverman spoke about the rarity of women on death row. The article was picked up by USA Today . Read the articles here and here . [Read more...]Posted: 05/10/2013 |
Prof. Bambauer Featured in Lifehacker ArticleProf. Bambauer offered his expertise in an article about how to avoid trouble when posting online in a May 8, 2013, Lifehacker article, How You’re Unknowingly Embarrassing Yourself Online (and How to Stop) . Read the article here . [Read more...]Posted: 05/09/2013 |
Prof. Bambauer Interviewed Concerning Google Reporting Child Pornography to AuthoritiesOn May 7, 2013, KOLD ran a TV report concerning the arrest of a Tucson man for child pornography after Google reported his activities to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Prof. Bambauer was interviewed for the story and … [Read more...]Posted: 05/08/2013 |
Prof. Atwood Co-Authors Amicus Brief and Participates in Blog Discussion Concerning "Baby Veronica" CaseOn April 16, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the “Baby Veronica” case concerning the Indian Child Welfare Act (CWA). Prof. Atwood , who has written about the ICWA in the past, co-authored the ACLU amicus brief … [Read more...]Posted: 04/12/2013 |
Arizona Republic Publishes Opinion Piece on Gay Marriage Cases by Professors Atwood and MassaroProfessor Atwood and Regents Professor Massaro wrote the piece for the Arizona Republic in the form of a Q & A between a professor and student. Read the March 23, 2013, opinion here . [Read more...]Posted: 03/25/2013 |
Prof. Bambauer Explains "6-Strikes" Copyright Alert System to UA NewsProf. Bambauer provides a short explanation of the new “6-Strikes” copyright alert system in a March 20, 2013, UA News story, found here . [Read more...]Posted: 03/20/2013 |
Prof. Tatum Interviewed on Impact of VAWA on Navajo Tribal Attorney SystemProf. Tatum is quoted extensively in a March 16, 2013, article in the Farmington Daily Times concerning the impact of the new provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) on Navajo Tribal attorneys. Read the article here . [Read more...]Posted: 03/18/2013 |
Prof. Bambauer Discusses "Six Strikes" Anti-Piracy Program on Arizona IllustratedProf. Bambauer discussed the new anti-piracy program on the March 12, 2013, episode of Arizona Illustrated . Read more and watch his discussion here . [Read more...]Posted: 03/13/2013 |