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Dysart Attends Federal Bar Association’s Indian Law Conference 

Assistant Vice Provost of Native American Initiatives and Assistant Director of Legal Writing Tessa Dysart attended the Federal Bar Association’s 50th annual Indian Law Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The landmark gathering is dedicated to strengthening advocacy and advancing Indian law and policy.  The two-day conference explored “Tribal Nations’ Full Exercise of Inherent Sovereign Rights and Authorities and Removal of All Barriers Erected by the United States” and “The United States’ Full Delivery on Trust and Treaty Obligations.”  

Pidot Joins Panels for ABA and Center for Progressive Reform, Comments on Endangered Species Act  

On May 21, Professor Justin Pidot, Ashby Lohse Chair in Water & Natural Resources and co-director of the Environmental Law Program, was a speaker for the American Bar Association (ABA)’s " The Uncertain Future of EPA’s Endangerment Finding and EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases,” webinar.  

The Endangerment Finding is the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) bedrock climate change decision from which years of subsequent climate change regulation have followed. Pidot joined a panel that discussed the means by which the EPA and White House can seek to reverse the Finding, the likely course of litigation challenging that decision, and the impact such action would have on existing and future climate change regulation on the state and federal level. 

Pidot was also part of a member scholars panel hosted by the Center for Progressive Reform entitled  “Where do we go from here?”  The event featured scholars who had prominent roles in the Biden-Harris administration. Pidot and the panel shared what they expect to see in the Trump Administration and their ideas for a progressive agenda for the future. 

Additionally, Pidot joined 37 other law professors in submitting a comment to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service regarding a proposed regulation under the Endangered Species Act.   

Orbach Speaks on Potential Remedies in Tech Giant Cases 

On May 14, Robert H. Mundheim Professor of Law and Business Barak Orbach spoke at the ABA’s “The Goals of Remedies for Dominant Firm Misconduct.” The webinar considered the aims that courts should seek to achieve in designing remedies in current monopolization cases involving Google and other large technology platforms. 

Media 

Civil rights concerns in Arizona’s pediatric healthcare desert 
Tucson Sentinel 
May 25, 2025 

Arizona faces a persistent challenge in pediatric healthcare — one that disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minority children. The Arizona Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights recently examined disparities in healthcare access across the state, identifying three urgent and interconnected issues: high numbers of uninsured children, a severe shortage of healthcare providers in rural areas, and inadequate data collection. Professors Tessa Dysart and Heather Whiteman Runs Him contribute to the discussion as members of the Arizona Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.  

In rural areas or on the rez, pro bono legal clinics serve America’s vets 
White Mountain Independent 
May 20, 2025 

Kristine Huskey, director of the Veterans Advocacy Law Clinic, discusses the work the clinic does with veterans on reservations and in rural counties.  

‘Something dramatic needs to be done’: Water use needs federal oversight, nonprofits say 
Las Vegas Review-Journal 
May 6, 2025 

Professor Justin Pidot emphasizes the need for federal oversight in managing water resources amid growing challenges. 

Why there’s uncertainty around Title IX — and what its future could look like 
The Show: KJZZ 
May 5, 2025 

Title IX aims to prevent sex-based discrimination in education, but experts say different administrations often take different interpretations and what constitutes discrimination. Associate Professor of Law and Psychology Tammi Walker is interviewed.  

Why Do We Keep Building Golf Courses in the Desert? 
Fodors Ttavel 
April 30, 2025 

Why are we still building golf courses in the desert? Regents Professor and Morris K. Udall Professor Emeritus Robert Glennon explores this topic. 

Community justice workers to fill the gap in legal aid for Arizona communities 
Arizona Capitol Times 
April 27, 2025 

Innovation for Justice initiatives are discussed, as they help fill the gap in legal aid by training and licensing advocates to provide legal advice and services to individuals in the community. 

Fears of racial profiling swirl over registration policy for immigrants in the US illegally 
Associated Press 
April 25, 2025 

Professor Lynn Marcus, director of the Immigration Law Clinic and Community Immigration Law Placement Clinic, is interviewed about a renewed registration requirement for immigrants in the US. 

Child labor concerns over migrant children 
KGUN 9 
April 22, 2025 

Federal cuts to programs that provide legal services for migrant children raise the likelihood of exploitation, abuse and child labor scenarios. Associate Professor of Law Shefali Milczarek-Desai discusses. 

Tribes in the Arid Southwest Face Water Management Uncertainty 
Native America Calling 
April 22, 2025 

Professor Heather Whiteman Runs Him, director of the Tribal Justice Clinic, joined Native America Calling to discuss how tribes that rely on Colorado River water are navigating legal uncertainties & ongoing conservation challenges. 

Immigrant children and labor exploitation 
MarketPlace 
April 22, 2025 

Unaccompanied minors who cross the border into the United States are uniquely vulnerable to trafficking. Now, legal aid groups that help them face funding cuts. Associate Professor of Law Shefali Milczarek-Desai is interviewed.  

Local opinion: Federal support is disappearing for Arizona's libraries and museums 
Arizona Daily Star 
April 15, 2025 

Director of the Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library Teresa Miguel-Stearns writes an op-ed in the on how Arizona libraries and museums are on the verge of losing critical federal funding and what is at stake. 

President Trump in the Era of Exclusive Powers 
Harvard Law Review 
April 12, 2025 

Associate Professor of Law Shalev Gad Roisman writes the Supreme Court likely did not foresee that its rulings granting the President extremely broad "exclusive" powers that cannot be regulated by Congress would result in the Trump administration's ongoing attempt to ignore all checks – congressional and judicial – on executive authority. 

The battle against federal ownership of New Mexico’s public lands 
Searchlight New Mexico 
April 10, 2025 

Professor Justin Pidot weighs in on a growing battle over federal land protections in New Mexico. 

Houston's Kelvin Sampson is 'carrying the banner' for his Lumbee Tribe in quest for federal recognition 
CBS Sports 
April 6, 2025 

Regents Professor Rob Williams Jr. is quoted in an article discussing Houston coach Kelvin Sampson's advocacy for the Lumbee Tribe's federal recognition. 

The Trump Administration Is Making the NEPA Process Worse for Everyone 
Center for Progressive Reform 
March 28, 2025 

Professor Justin Pidot co-authors a piece in on how the Trump administration's approach to NEPA is making environmental review less effective for everyone.