Monthly Archives: August 2012

C|M|LAW Professor Gwen Majette presented her article on Global Health Law Norms and the PPACA Framework to End Health Disparities at the 34th Annual Health Law Professors Conference in June and the Law and Global Health Conference at the University … Continue reading →

West-Thomson Reuters has just published the 2012 edition of Federal Land Use Law & Litigation, a one-volume treatise co-authored by C|M|LAW Professor Alan Weinstein and Mr. Brian Blaesser, an attorney in the Boston office of Robinson & Cole. The 2012 … Continue reading →

This week the Sixth Circuit decided US v. Amawi, affirming the convictions and sentences in the “terrorism” case C|M|LAW Professor Jonathan Witmer-Rich defended at trial.  The government had cross-appealed the sentences, arguing that the 20-year sentence imposed by Judge Carr … Continue reading →

C|M|LAW Professor Alan C. Weinstein recently published:  “The Effect of RLUIPA’s Land Use Provisions on Local Governments,”in the Fordham Urban Law Journal. , vol. 39, no. 4 (May 2012):  1221-1248.  In the absence of perfect information about how RLUIPA has affected … Continue reading →

Legal Writing Professor Karin Mika presented Sight and Sound in the Legal Writing Classroom at the Western Regional Legal Writing Conference held at the University of Oregon (Eugene) on August 9 and 10th.   The presentation focused on the current generation, which is … Continue reading →

In a Letter to the Editor in today’s Wall Street Journal, C|M|LAW Professor Deborah Geier commented on “The Weekend Interview with Dave Camp: Is Tax Reform Politically Possible?,” by Stephen Moore, August 11, 2012.  In her letter, she states that … Continue reading →

C|M|LAW Professor and Law Library Director Kristina Niedringhaus was recently elected Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of the Society of Academic Law Library Directors. The purpose of this organization is to promote academic law librarianship and to represent the interests of academic law libraries.