BLACK, DEREK
On October 2, Professor Black delivered a paper entitled, “Testing the Intentional Discrimination Standard through a Cartoon, Primate and President,†at Saint Louis University School of Law’s Childress Lecture.
On October 26, he delivered a presentation entitled “The Misdirection of Federal Education Funds: Helping Poor Kids or Pushing Educational Agendas?†at American University Washington College of Law’s Poverty and Economic Mobility Conference. |
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CROOMS, LISA
Professor Crooms was recently elected as chair of the steering committee for the Campaign for a New Domestic Human Rights Agenda. The Campaign is comprised of more than 50 national human and civil rights organizations seeking to create a system of accountability for U.S. human rights treaty obligations at the federal, state and local level. |
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ECHOLS, MARSHA
On September 25, Professor Echols was elected to the Board of Directors of the U.S. National Arboretum. The Arboretum was established by Congress in 1927 to "serve the public need for scientific research, education, and gardens that conserve and showcase plants to enhance the environment."
Professor Echols was re-appointed as Liaison to UNIDROIT (Rome) for the International Law Section of the American Bar Association.
Professor Echols joined a panel at the Italian Food Lawyers Annual Meeting, where she discussed Food Quality in the United States. She also lectured to graduate students about Food Safety and International Trade.
The NGO ICTSD in Geneva, Switzerland published and distributed Professor Echols research on Biofuels Certification. She had presented the research as part of a panel in Geneva in June. |
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FRANCOIS, ADERSON
October 8, 2009, Professor Francois addressed the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing titled, “Civil Rights Under Fire – Recent Supreme Court Decisions.†The hearing was located in RHOB 2141.
On October 20, 2009 Professor Francois participated in the HUD Civil Rights Roundtable with Deputy Secretary Ron Sims. The Roundtable was held in the Pauline Murray Conference Room at Howard University School of Law.
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GILMORE, BRIAN (Supervising Attorney)
Supervising Attorney Brian Gilmore was a panelist at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law's symposium on Barack Obama. The symposium, "Barack Obama Politics, Law, and Policy," was held October 30, 2009 at the law school in Houston Texas. The paper presented was "American Rousseau: Barack Obama and Social Contract."
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GREENE, CELILLIANNE
Professor Greene’s poem “Lifted†was published by Ohio State University, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in the book, Obama Reflections from Election Day to the Presidency: Social Justice Thought Leaders Spreak Out.
Professor Greene’s poem “No Need to Read†was published in the law review article by Kim Jade Norwood, Adult Complicity in the Dis-Education of the Black Male High School Athlete & Societal Failures to Remedy His Plight, 34:1 T. Marshall L. Rev. 21, 77-81 (2008). |
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JAMAR, STEVEN
Professor Jamar, as a representative of IIPSJ, accepted an invitation to participate in a small, private dinner discussion on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, hosted by the National Foreign Trade Council Foundation at the Metropolitan Club on “Intellectual Property and Access to Solutions to Global Challenges.â€Â This dinner was part of an innovative series on “Meeting the Challenges of Globalization†hosted by the NFTC Foundation under a grant from the General Electric Foundation.
These off-the-record dinners bring together a small group of leading corporate representatives from among NFTC’s members with government officials, Congressional leaders and policy experts to focus on key elements of international competitiveness, including trade, tax, investment and intellectual property policies. Â
The discussion focused on the role of global intellectual property protection in the development and deployment of innovation to address global challenges such as climate change, public health and food security. Discussions ranged widely on topics including the relationship between IP protection and investment in technology development, whether IP rights limit access to technologies needed to address global challenges in developing countries and what changes, if any, to the global IP system would better enable solutions to global challenges. |
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MABRY, CYNTHIA
On September 30, 2009, Professor Mabry and her co-author Lisa Kelly (Univ. of Washington) renewed their contract with W.S. Hein & Co, Inc. to publish a second edition of Adoption Law: Theory, Policy & Practice. The second edition is scheduled for publication during the summer of 2010. The authors and the publisher also are exploring online publication options to supplement the book.
On October 23, Professor Mabry was an invited guest of the Honorable Jose Lopez at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Family Court and Domestic Violence Unit Conference entitled "Domestic Violence in Families: Strengthening the Community Response." Other attendees at the event included judges, social workers, family law attorneys, prosecutors, and community advocates. Â
On October 27, Professor Mabry provided domestic violence training to fifty residence hall assistants on HU's main campus. This event was organized by Mrs. Rachel Johnson (HUSL 2L - formerly Rachel Cooper) who is a residence hall assistant.
In October, Professor Mabry also established the Howard Family Law Society's Mentor Program. Thus far, she has matched five students with prominent family law attorneys in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia. She is asking that if any HUSL professor has contacts with local family law attorneys who may be interested in serving as mentors or speakers to please contact her. |
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MTIMA, LATEEFÂ (on leave Fall 2009)
Professor Mtima’s article, “Tasini and its Progeny: Exclusive Right or Fair Use On the Electronic Publishing Frontier?†was quoted twice in the dissenting opinion of Greenburg v. National Geographic Society, 533 F. 3d 1244 (11th cir. 2008) .
Professor Mtima was an invited speaker at the “D is for Digitize†Conference at New York Law School on Oct 9, 2009. The conference lasted three days and the topic was the Google Book Project. |
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NICHOLS, CHERYL
Professor Nichols has been appointed Diversity Officer for the International Securities and Capital Markets Committee of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association. The duties of the Diversity Officer include supporting the implementation of the general diversity goals of the ABA in its five year strategic plan and its Section on International Law. Â
Professor Nichols is also a member of the Steering Committee of the International Securities and Capital Markets Committee. |
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ROGERS, W. SHERMAN
Professor Rogers was the featured speaker at the Washington Bar Association’s 31st Annual Ollie May Cooper Award Ceremony and 29th Annual Founders’ Lecture Series. He spoke about his book, The African American Entrepreneur: Then and Now. The event was Thursday, October 29, 2009 in the Moot Court Room. |
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ROSS, JOSEPHINE
Professor Ross was the moderator and a participant on a panel at the Fourteenth Annual LatCrit Conference on October 3. The conference was: “Outsiders Inside: Critical Outsider Theory and Praxis in the Policymaking of the New American Regime.†It was held at American University - Washington College of Law and at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda Hotel. The panel was titled: “Race, Class and Injustice from Arrest through Post-Conviction: Ideas for the New Administration. “ |
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TASLITZ, ANDREW
On October 9, 2009, Professor Andrew E. Taslitz spoke at a symposium on the future of the exclusionary rule in Los Angeles. The symposium was for the Southwestern Journal of International Law. Professor Taslitz addressed the need to improve discovery procedures in criminal cases if the exclusionary sanction is to have any meaning in the light of recent United States Supreme Court case law.
On October 24 and 25, 2009, Professor Taslitz attended the final meeting of the ABA’s Committee on Drafting Standards on Transactional Surveillance, on which Professor Taslitz serves as a member. At the meeting’s conclusion, the Committee approved a set of draft standards to be sent forward for review by the full Standards Committee.
On November 2, 2009, Professor Taslitz spoke at the Florida State University School of Law on the roles of imagination and social norms in the exercise of compassion by juries in criminal cases. Professor Taslitz has also been named as a contributing editor to Jotwell.com, a new on-line criminal law journal, and as an editor of a planned ABA anthology on practicing lawyers dealing with the media.
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THOMAS, ALICE
Professor Thomas' article, Re-Envisioning the Charitable Deduction to Legislate Compassion and Civility: Reclaiming Our Collective and Individual Humanity through Sustained Volunteerism was accepted for publication by the University of Kansas Journal of Law and Social Policy. Â
Her article, The Multi-Racial Wealth Divide through the Eyes of the Younger Family: Undoing America’s Legacy of Racial Inequality, Moving Beyond Rights-Oriented Justice was accepted for publication by Florida A&M University Law Journal. Â
In addition, Professor Thomas will publish a chapter in a forthcoming tax policy book edited by Professor Karen Brown (GW) and Dean David Brennen (University of Kentucky). The book presents traditional tax topics, looking through a nontraditional lens. The book is conceived as a supplemental text for traditional classrooms to deepen class discussion, offering nontraditional justifications for tax rules and policies. Professor Thomas uses the framework of the Law of Emotions to justify the charitable tax deduction for reasons other than economic efficiency. Â
She introduces her theory of transformational philanthropy as a kind of philanthropy that permits people to emote and justifies the charitable tax deduction on the basis of its therapeutic and transforming effects on the person giving as a sufficient basis for its existence. Â
Professor Thomas has been contacted by Carolina Academic Press to author a textbook on Federal Income Tax law under a new series that infuses the Carnegie Legal Education Report and CLEA's Best Practices into doctrinal textbooks.
Finally, Professor Thomas was invited to return to Creighton University for a third year to continue her mentoring of the next group of higher education scholars at the National Carnegie Institute for Developing Scholars of Teaching and Learning, now in its third year at Creighton University. She mentored this past summer, and will join them again in June 2010. She is the most senior scholar mentor at the Institute, having mentored now for five years and being asked to return based on her exemplary work at the Institute. |
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WU, FRANK
Professor Wu spoke at the Midwest Clinical Faculty Conference, October 10, 2009, Detroit, Michigan, at Wayne State University Law School. The institution unveiled Professor Wu’s decanal photograph.
As Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University, he participated in selection of the 10th President, Dr. Alan Hurwitz.
On October 20, 2009 Professor Wu participated in the HUD Civil Rights Roundtable with Deputy Secretary Ron Sims. The Roundtable was held in the Pauline Murray Conference Room. |
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KURT L. SCHMOKE (DEAN OF THE LAW SCHOOL)
On October 23rd, Dean Schmoke hosted the 6th Annual Wiley Branton Symposium. He was the moderator for an afternoon panel discussion on “The New Black Politicsâ€. Panel participants included Randell L. Kennedy, Harvard Law School; Kerry L. Haynie, Duke University; Kenneth Mack, Harvard Law School; and Roy L. Brooks, University of San Diego School of Law. Â
Also, on October 23rd Dean Schmoke hosted an Alumni Reunion Reception for the class of 1979. The reception was held in Dunbarton Foyer and the evening’s activities included an additional unveiling of the artwork commissioned for the law school’s 140th anniversary celebration; and the dedication of the newly renovated study rooms on the lower level of Holy Cross Hall. Â
On October 24th Dean Schmoke hosted the law school’s 140th Anniversary at a black tie Gala held at the National Building Museum with a guest list of close to 800 people. The honorees for the evening were the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; the law firms of Sidley Austin LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; and the 50th Reunion Class of 1959. |
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OKIANER CHRISTIAN DARK (ASSOCIATE DEAN OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS )
On October 7, 2009, Associate Dean Dark lectured on “Legal Issues in Health Care†for the Health Ethics course at Howard University College of Medicine.
On October 10, 2009, she was the Mistress of Ceremonies for the Third Annual Conference “Walking in Her Shoes: The Church’s Role in Addressing Domestic Violence in the Faith Community†that was held at The Peoples Community Baptist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland. Â
On October 20, 2009, she attended the Department of Housing and Urban Development Civil Rights Roundtable.
The Test, Development & Research Committee of the LSAC met on October 30-31, 2009 in Portland, Maine. Associate Dean Dark has a two-year appointment to this Committee. |
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