Summer 2010
Professor Gerry Hess planned and presented at four faculty development workshops in May and June:
- “Engaging Students, Assessing Learning, and Developing Teachers,” Southern University School of Law, May 2010
- “Designing and Presenting Programs Effectively,” U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Review, June 2010
- “Designing and Presenting Programs Effectively,” The National Judicial College, June 2010
- “Teaching Law Practice Across the Curriculum,” Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, June 2010
In June Professor Brooks Holland presented at a CLE sponsored by the Federal Defender of Eastern Washington. His topic was Confidentiality, Candor & Zeal in the Eastern District of Washington. In May, he also chaired a panel and presented a paper, Racial Profiling and a Punitive Exclusionary Rule, at the Law & Society Conference in Chicago. That paper will be published in the Fall 2010 issue of the Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review. His article on Miranda in the 2009-2010 Term was recently published in the National Law Journal.
Professor Morrissey’s article “Reining in Wall Street” was recently published in the National Law Journal. The piece describes how the Dodd-Frank provides a needed mechanism to bridle the animal spirits that drive the financial community. Professor Morrissey also published "After the Meltdown" in the recent issue of the Tulsa Law Review, and presented to the Spokane County Bar Association and to the Gonzaga University Florence faculty on the current financial crisis.
Professor Murphy recently finished her “Teacher’s Manual” for her Phil Spector evidence book published last month by Aspen. She also published an article for the LexisNexis “Tax Law Community” website – entitled “FRE 502: The Lawyer-Saving Provision for Inadvertent Waivers of Privileges.”
Professor Charles recently published his article Brutal Choices in Curricular Design - West Topic and Key Numbers: Focusing on the Basic Structure in Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing.
In March, Professor Simpson presented “There Must be a Better Way to Grade; The Key to Creating Effective Rubrics” at the Rocky Mountain Legal Research and Writing Conference in Tucson, Arizona. In June, she taught a one day seminar on teaching at the Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Conference in Topeka, Kansas.
Professor Sepinuck has completed his latest article for the Clark’s Secured Transactions Monthly. The article is entitled Searchers Beware: Court Rules Notice of Tax Lien Filed Against Taxpayer’s Former Name is Effective. In July, Professor Sepinuck attended the annual meeting of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law (a/k/a the Uniform Law Commission) where he participated in the Committee’s final reading of its proposed amendments to Article 9. As reporter for the Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act, he also participated in the first reading of the draft act and responded to questions and comments from the commissioners.
Professor Rusch and Professor Sepinuck have finished the Teacher’s Manual for the new edition of their Secured Transactions course book. Professors Rusch and Sepinuck also have completed the second edition of their book, Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions. The new edition will be available in both print and electronic formats.
