Faculty Scholarship Impacts Students, the Nation and Beyond
Scholarship is the backbone of faculty. This is our way of learning and expanding our knowledge base. It usually starts as we get excited or inquisitive about specific topics and conduct research in those areas. As we contemplate the existing scholarship in an area, we begin to write and publish exciting and new theories to propose changes or new ways of analyzing a topic. Indeed, we may become known for our developing expertise and be invited to speak at conferences and present scholarly papers. In the end, the real winners are our students because we bring our scholarship into the classroom to enhance our teaching.
La Verne Law faculty also took their scholarship to all parts of the United States and several countries in Europe as we spread our knowledge during the past year. Two new books were published: Advanced Guide for Mediators and Making Tax Law. Several new editions to books were written, including: third edition of Contracts, Doctrine, Values and Skills; renamed text, Courtroom Use and Misuse of Mathematics, Physics and Finance; and second edition for Computer and Video Game Law. Annual supplements were published for the following texts: Documentary Evidence, Demonstrative Evidence, Guerrilla Discovery, and Is It Admissible?.
Many law review articles were published this past year in such journals as: the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal; Complexity, Governance & Networks; Idaho Law Review; Journal of Law, Business & Ethics; Mississippi College Law Review; Nevada Law Journal; Rutgers Law Review; and St. John鈥檚 Journal of Civil Rights & Economic Development. Smaller journal articles and op ed pieces were published in The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution e-newsletter, The Federal Lawyer Magazine, International Law Journal Section e-Journal, The Los Angeles Daily Journal, and The Riverside Lawyers鈥� Magazine.
The faculty members鈥� public presentations were equally impressive. A sampling of the presentations include: 鈥淎fter Perry, Windsor, and Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl: Where Are We Now?,鈥� (Diane Klein); 鈥淭he Art of Being Clutch: How to Perform Your Best on Exams and Avoid the Choke鈥� (Kevin Sherrill), 鈥淭he Complexity of Entrepreneurial Systems and Networks鈥� (Kevin Marshall), 鈥淒isinfecting Market Pathogens 鈥� Astroturfing and Its Anticompetitive Impact鈥� (Krystal Lyons), 鈥淔rom Confusion to Concision: Tips and Techniques to Improve Student Writing鈥� (Jodie Jewel), 鈥淗ow the 鈥楩ourth Party鈥� Affects Mediator Ethics鈥� (Susan Nauss Exon), 鈥淚nternet Copyrights鈥� (Ashley Lipson), 鈥淪tigma, Anti-Sodomy Statutes, and the Lost Promise of Lawrence鈥� (Tiffany Graham), 鈥淪tuck in Forward: Debt, Austerity, and Possibilities of the Political鈥� (Victoria Haneman), 鈥淭raining the Litigator in the 21st Century鈥� (Gilbert Holmes), 鈥淭he Voting Rights Act of 1965: Past, Present and Future鈥� (Charles Doskow), and panel member at the Southeast Southwest People of Color Conference (Diane Uchimiya).
The College of Law is proud of the hard work and scholarly accomplishments of its faculty during the past year. Their dedication to legal education outside of the classroom is impressive, especially as it enriches the classroom experience for students. We look forward to reporting on the exciting scholarly endeavors that faculty are currently working on and to profiling individual faculty members in coming editions of Law Verne.
