- In May, Professor Weiser presented on mediation in guardianship and probate cases for the National College of Probate Judges Annual Conference in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He also presented a two-hour seminar program on the history of guardianship and legal aspects of incapacity and decision-making for the Washington State Certified Professional Guardianship Training program at Gonzaga University. In October, Professor Weiser presented at a Spokane County Bar Association Vulnerable Adult CLE on Vulnerable Adult Actions and Protective Orders. That same month he presented at Washington State’s Sixth Annual Vulnerable Adult Conference on the Obligations of a Fiduciary and was the program co-chair for the 2009 Spokane County Superior Court Guardian Ad Litem Training. In November, Professor Weiser presented at a seminar on Administrative advocacy at the Laurel Rubin Rural Externship Advocacy Project (REAP) in Yakima, Washington.
- Professors Donigan, Treuthart, and Hammer participated in a CLE on family law in November here at the law school. Their presentations and panel participation focused on ethical issues.
- Professor Murphy recently finished her evidence book for Aspen Press based upon the Phil Spector murder trial. She also completed the annual 18-chapter LexisNexis Federal Tax Practice and Procedure book update.
- Whittier Law Review will publish Professor Kanassatega’s article titled: The Discovery Immunity Exception in Indian Country – Promoting American Indian Sovereignty by Fostering the Rule of Law, in its upcoming Vol. 31, in January 2010.
- Professor Beckett presented “Top 10 Ethical Issues Facing the Employment Lawyer” at the Spokane County Bar Association Ethics Potpourri CLE in December.
- Professor Holland’s preview of Nrisco v. Virginia, a case involving the confrontation clause, was published in the ABA Supreme Court Preview, Issue No. 4, in January.
- Professor Sepinuck has compiled a list of 300 notable commercial law cases, with a brief description of each, and posted the list on the Commercial Law Center’s website and also distributed the list to nationally active commercial law lawyers. Professors Sepinuck and Rusch also conducted a CLE program on 2009 Commercial Law Developments at the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle. They made about $1,400 for the Law School.
- Professor Linda Rusch was the Editor in Chief of the recently published November 2009 issue of The Business Lawyer. She also co-presented a CLE with Professor Sepinuck on 2009 Commercial Law Developments held in Spokane. Prof. Rusch met with the Federal Reserve Board Staff in Washington DC, on issues regarding payments law reform in her capacity as reporter for the Uniform Law Commission Study Committee on Payments. Finally, Prof. Rusch’s 2009-10 Supplements for the Hawkland Treatise on volumes regarding UCC Article 2 and UCC Article 7, and Revised UCC Article 7 were published by Thomson/West.
