Conferences & Symposia
October 2011
“Is Collective Bargaining at the Crossroads?”
19th Annual Bernard Gottfried Memorial Labor Law Symposium
Wayne State University Law School, National Labor Relations Board & State Bar of Michigan Labor & Employment Law Section
Detroit, MI, October 2011
Speaker and Panelist: Robert A. McCormick
June 2011
“The Global Summit on Ending Corporal Punishment and Promoting Positive Discipline.”
Presented: Susan H. Bitensky
May 2011
“How Art Illuminates the Law: Revisiting NAACP v. Button Through Music History” at the Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities Conference-@UNLV
Presented: Renee Newman Knake
April 2011
"Intercollegiate Athletics: Race, Economics, Equity or Inequity. Losing to Win: Discussions of Race and Intercollegiate Sports" at the Race and Interest Convergence in NCAA Sports. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, April 13, 2011.
Panelists: Amy Christian McCormick and Robert A. McCormick
"Contract Interpretation and Past Practice, Institute of Continuing Legal Education," Plymouth, Michigan.
Speaker and Panelist: Robert A. McCormick
“Association for the Study of Law, Culture & the Humanities 14th Annual Conference”
Presented: Susan H. Bitensky
“Global Perspectives on Women in Law.”
Presented: Hannah Brenner
February 2011
The Journal of International Law “Sovereignty in Today’s World” a Symposium held at the MSU College of Law
Presented: Bruce Bean
“The Quiet Death of Pico”
Presented: Kristi L. Bowman
Black Law Students Association Diversity Week Program
Presented: Michael Anthony Lawrence
“Drafting Checklists and Templates for Litigation Documents Can Save Lives-Or at Least Help Prevent Legal Malpractice When Teaching a Student-Staffed Law School Legal Services Clinic” located at the Capital Area legal Writing Conference.
Presented: Elan Stavros Nichols
“The ABC’s of Representing Children in Immigration Cases”
Presented: David B. Thronson
“Education of Immigrants and Service Providers”
Presented: Veronica Thronson
“Education and Role of Law Enforcement”
Presented: David B. Thronson
January 2011
“Hot Topics in Labor Arbitration” at the Labor and Employment Relations Association
Presented: Mary A. Bedikian
“Immigration and Higher Education” at the AALS S Annual Meeting
Presented: Kristi L. Bowman
“The Dean’s Role Regarding Diversity” as a panelist at the AALS Annual Meeting and spoke at the annual dinner for the Society of American law Teachers (SALT)
Presented: Dean Joan W. Howarth
“The Zone of Death: 50 Square Miles of Idaho Where You Can Commit Crimes with Impunity” to Federalist Society chapters at Gonzaga University School of Law and the University of Idaho School of Law.
Presented: Brian C. Kalt
“E-Marriage: Emerging Trends meet the Law” at the Association of American Law Schools 2011 Annual Meeting
Presented: Mae Kuykendall
Radicals in Their Own Time, at the MSU Law Indigenous Law & Policy Center’s spring speaker series kick-off event
Presented: Michael Anthony Lawrence
January 2011
“Political Reasons, Deliberative Democracy, and Administrative Law” at part of a workshop series at the University of Kansas School of Law
Presented: Associate Dean Glen Staszewski
“Special Immigrant Juvenile Status” roundtable on behalf of the Michigan Poverty Law Program
Presented: David B. Thronson & Veronica Thronson
December 2010
“Changing Culture: Talking about Teaching” at the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Teaching Conference
Presented: Kristi L. Bowman
“The Impact of Immigration Issues in the District Court” at a Michigan Judicial Institute seminar for district court probation officers in Lansing.
Presented: David B. Thronson
November 2010
“Arizona’s NEW Revised Uniform Arbitration Act & Arbitration Case Law Update” sponsored by the State Bar of Arizona and the American Arbitration Association
Presented: Mary A. Bedikian
“Snyder v. Phelps: Funeral Protests and the First Amendment” panel discussion (moderator)
Presented: Nancy Costello
“Looking Forward: Incorporating Aspects of Medical School Clinical Pedagogy to Produce Law Graduates Ready for Hire in a competitive Market” at the 25th Annual Midwest Clinical Law Teachers Conference at the Northwestern School of Law.
Presented: Nicole S. Dandridge & Elan Stavros Nichols
“Intentional Parenthood’s Influence: If Procreative Autonomy Includes the Right Not to Parent, Then Should Federal Paternity Establishment Policy Be Changed?” in part of the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context Colloquia Series.
Presented: Melanie B. Jacobs
“Ex-Felons and Jury Duty” at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Federalist Society event
Presented: Brian C. Kalt
“Shared Governance, Bogus Democracy, and the Currency of Power: at the American Association of University Professors Shared Governance Conference
Presented: Mae Kuykendall
“Formalism, Facts, and the Brandeis Brief: The Making of a Myth” as part of the University of Cincinnati Law School Fall Colloquia Series
Presented: Noga Morag-Levine
“Romancing Tradition: A Cautionary Note Against Property Rights in Traditional Culture” addressing the University of California, Davis School of Law faculty
Presented: Sean A. Pager
Women’s Refugee Commission Experts Roundtable on maintain Parental Rights during Immigration Enforcement Actions and Detention; “The Impact of Federal Immigration law on the State Courts” at a National Center for State Courts special training seminar for Arizona judges; “Immigration Issues in the Trial Court” at the Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s 9th Annual Family Law institute
Presented: David B. Thronson
October 2010
“Are We Making Progress Against Corruption? 5000 Years of Failure” at the American Branch of the International law Association’s annual meeting.
Presented: Bruce Bean
“Choking Out Local Community Service Organizations: Increasing Federal Regulations Imposed Upon Small Community Nonprofit and Charitable Entities and Potential Realistic Limits” at the Clinical Law Review Writer’s Workshop at NYU School of Law
Presented: Nicole S. Dandridge
“The Legal and Bioethical Foundations of Assisted Reproductive Technologies”, a symposium between MSU College of Law and MSU College of Human Medicine (organizer).
“How the Use of ART Has Changed Legal Parentage (presentation)”
Presented: Melanie B. Jacobs
Spoke to the Michigan Food & Agriculture Protection and Defense Working Group on the subject of “Labor Law & Disgruntled Employees”
Presented: Robert A. McCormick
“Common Law, Civil Law and Precautionary Regulation: A Legal Historical Perspective” at the Conference in Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Program in Law and Public Affairs.
Presented: Noga Morag-Levine
“A Primer on Rental Housing Law, Including the Foreclosure Crisis” event was a free legal seminar offered to community members during National Pro Bono Month.
Presented: Elan Stavros Nichols
"Should College Athletes Be Paid?" at Penn State Dickinson School of Law, State College, Pennsylvania.
Presented:Robert A. McCormick & Amy Christian McCormick
September 2010
“Consent and Resistance: The Modern Struggle between American Indian Tribes and the United States” at the Third National People of Color legal scholarship conference at Seton Hall University.
Presented: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
“Bits Without Borders: Law, Communications & Transnational Culture Flow in the Digital Age” conference.
Prof. Pager presented his article titled, “Digital Content Production in Nigeria and Brazil: A Case for Cultural Optimism?” at the event.
Presented: Sean A. Pager and Adam Candeub