Oct. 16, 2025

Professor Lietzan presents at two French conferences

Earlier in October, Professor Erika Lietzan spoke at the University of Burgundy in Dijon, France at a conference on the Regulation of Innovative Medical Therapies.  She presented an overview of U.S. regulation of cellular therapies, engineered tissue products, and gene therapy, and talked about how U.S. regulation differs from EU regulation of these products.  The next day, Professor Lietzan spoke on the same topic at a much larger conference, known as Innovative Therapies Days, which took place in Besancon, France.  Professor Lietzan writes extensively about U.S. regulation of biological products, and has published before on how U.S. and EU…

Oct. 15, 2025

Professor Sperino publishes new edition of employment discrimination book

Professor Sandra Sperino has published a new edition of her book, “The Law of Employment Discrimination, 2nd Edition) through West Academic. Sperino’s book provides comprehensive treatment of the major federal employment discrimination statutes, focusing on Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA, the PWFA and Section 1981. It discusses who is liable for discrimination and the people the statutes protect from discrimination. The book extensively explores the frameworks for analyzing discrimination, including frameworks for individual disparate treatment, pattern or practice, harassment, disparate impact, and retaliation. One chapter focuses on religious accommodation and another chapter focuses on disability and pregnancy…

Oct. 14, 2025

Professor Dennis Crouch Presents on Jungian Themes in Patent Law

Professor Dennis Crouch recently spoke at a student/faculty workshop hosted by the University of Michigan School of Law, led by renowned intellectual property scholars Professors Jessica Litman and Rebecca Eisenberg.Professor Crouch presented his work exploring how Carl Jung’s concepts of synchronicity, shadow, and archetypes can illuminate key dynamics within the modern patent system. Drawing parallels between simultaneous invention and Jung’s notion of meaningful coincidence, he discussed how a puer aeternus mindset—driven by youthful idealism and discovery—shapes innovation culture. Jung used these tools to help draw meaningful connections for individual psychology. In his work, Crouch argues…

Oct. 14, 2025

Faculty Spotlight — Meet Taylor Gamm

by Tanner O’Neal Riley For Walls Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law Taylor Gamm, the path to the classroom began with a lifelong curiosity about how rules and systems shape everyday life. Gamm earned her undergraduate degree in economics from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, where she also played and later captained the university’s women’s soccer team. She went on to earn her J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, graduating summa cum laude and second in her class. During law school, she served as Notes and Comments Editor for the University of Cincinnati Law Review and received book awards in property, contracts, ethics, and lawyering.

Oct. 13, 2025

Professor Crouch gives keynote at Houston IP Law Institute

Professor Dennis Crouch recently delivered the keynote address at the 41st Annual Fall Institute on Intellectual Property Law, co-sponsored by the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (HIPLA) and the University of Houston Law Center. His keynote, titled “Intellectual Property Rights under President Trump (2025),” explored the sweeping changes to U.S. patent and copyright policy since President Trump’s inauguration earlier this year. Professor Crouch discussed the heightened politicization of the USPTO and Copyright Office, the administration’s promotion of AI-driven innovation, and the renewed emphasis on patent-holder rights across key federal agencies. A nationally recognized scholar of patent law and editor…

Oct. 13, 2025

Professor Wechsler presents on human trafficking and immigration panel

Professor Rachel Wechsler participated as a panelist on a webinar hosted by the American Bar Association’s Immigration and Human Trafficking Committee. Professor Wechsler and coauthor Professor Julie Dahlstrom, published a blog on the Oxford Human Rights Hub last spring discussing implications of President Trump’s enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. Panelists on the ABA webinar discussed the implications of this change in enforcement and challenges it creates for lawyers representing human trafficking victims, undocumented workers and businesses that rely on immigrant workers.

Oct. 8, 2025

Professor Gamage’s paper highlighted as one of best recent works in Trusts and Estates

Professor David Gamage, along with coauthors Brian Galle and Bob Lord, had their recent paper, “Taxing Dynasties,” highlighted in Jotwell as one of the best recent scholarly works relating to Trusts and Estates. In his review in Jotwell, Kent Schenkel writes that Gamage et. al “proposed a meticulous, politically savvy, and technically brilliant prescription” for keeping the wealthy from avoiding estate taxes. Read the full piece here.

Oct. 7, 2025

Professor Sperino presents at CLE for the US District Court

In early October, Professor Sandra Sperino presented New Issues In Employment Discrimination Law as part of the Bench and Bar CLE Seminar for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. The presentation covered changes in the adverse action doctrine and a recent Supreme Court opinion clarifying the proper framework for analyzing reverse discrimination claims. Professor Sperino also provided training on employment discrimination law for the law clerks in the Northern District of Mississippi.

Oct. 7, 2025

Professor Trachtenberg presents paper in event to honor Judge Cabranes

In September, Professor Ben Trachtenberg participated in a festschrift in honor of Judge José A. Cabranes, hosted by Columbia Law School. The pieces presented will eventually be published by the Academia Puertorriqueña de Jurisprudencia y Legislación. The Academia, a learned society dedicated to legal analysis and reform in Puerto Rico, serves as the Commonwealth’s law institute. His article is tentatively titled: Armory at 300-Plus: Why I Teach this Short, Old Case.

Oct. 6, 2025

Professor Henson presents on AI paper

Professor Renee Henson presented her forthcoming article, Artificial Intelligence, Judicial Evolution, and Insurance (Boston University Law Review), at the 2025 Junior Scholars Conference hosted by the Northern Illinois University College of Law at Loyola University College of Law.