Sylvester’s ‘residency for lawyers’ program featured in ‘National Law Journal’ report on law school innovators

The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law is featured in a new special report in The National Law Journal about schools, students and professors pushing the boundaries of traditional legal education and legal theory.

Justice Berch to receive top AWLA award for encouraging, mentoring women in law

Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch will receive the 2012 Sarah Herring Sorin Award from the Arizona Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) for her superior contributions to women in the field of law. Justice Berch, who graduated from the College of Law at Arizona State University in 1979, will accept the award on Friday, June 22, during the State Bar of Arizona’s annual convention at the Arizona Biltmore

Saks to join innocence research project in Norway

Michael Saks, ASU Regents’ Professor of Law and Psychology, will serve on a new Innocence Research Project at the University of Oslo in Norway. It is being established by Ståle Eskeland, a professor in the Department of Public and International Law, and the leading national commentator on criminal law in Norway.

IAP takes Phoenix man's bug-catching invention under its wing

A Phoenix man recently began manufacturing and marketing his invention, an insect-catching device called the BugNabit, with help from the College of Law’s Innovation Advancement Program.

'Arizona Attorney:' Rothenberg book a 'moving description' of Guatamalan atrocities

A new book by Daniel Rothenberg, Executive Director of the Center of Law and Global Affairs at the College of Law, is a compelling read and moving description of an “extraordinary moment in Guatemalan history,” says Editor Tim Eigo of Arizona Attorney magazine.

New book by White published by Oxford University Press

The second edition of Political Philosophy: A Historical Introduction by Michael J. White, a law professor at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and philosophy professor at Arizona State University, recently was published by Oxford University Press.

Marchant addresses research symposium in Austin

ASU Regents’ Professor Gary Marchant, Faculty Director of the College of Law’s Center for Law, Science & Innovation, spoke at the Neuroblastoma and Medulloblastoma Transnational Research Consortium Symposium on Wednesday, May 16, in Austin, Texas. Marchant was on a panel titled, “Genetic Research and Legal Requirements to Protect Patients.”

Furnish article published in ‘Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law’

Professor Emeritus Dale Furnish recently published an article titled, “Mexico’s Emergent New Law of Secured Transactions: Recent Developments 2000-2010,” in the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law.

Rothenberg to present at Health Law Professors Conference

Professor Daniel Rothenberg will give a presentation, “Documenting Abuse in the Field: How Public Health Approaches Can Transform the Practice of International Human Rights Advocacy,” at the 35th Annual Health Law Professors Conference on June 7-9.

Kader assists youth councils, meets with officials in Kosovo

Professor David Kader recently returned from Kosovo, where he spent a week evaluating and assisting the new Municipal Youth Councils, particularly those in the cities of Mitrovica, Prizren and Gjakova.