News From the University of Richmond School of Law http://law.richmond.edu/news/view.php?arc=thisyear Noah M Sachs, Associate Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Center for Environmental Studies was quoted in a Law360 article about the National Chamber of Commerce's opposition to a forthcoming EPA finding relating to the harmfulness of greenhouse gasses. Noting the available scientific data relied upon by the EPA, Prof. Sachs refers to the Chamber's request for an on-the-record agency hearing as "a long-shot petiton." Read the article at http://www.law360.com/articles/107735. ... http://law.richmond.edu/news/view.php?item=388 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 As a leading authority among legal academics on Federal judicial appointments, Williams Professor of Law Carl Tobias has been kept predictably busy with newspaper interviews concerning Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Click on the links to read Prof. Tobias' commentary in the Boston Globe, Canada's Globe and Mail, USA Today, the Washington Times, and the St. Petersburg Times. ... http://law.richmond.edu/news/view.php?item=387 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Williams Professor of Law Carl Tobias was among eight prominent legal commentators called upon by the National Journal to predict when President Obama will name his appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court seat to be vacated upon Justice David Souter's retirement. In order "to ensure honest and frank speculation," the predictions are set out in the article without attribution. Read the article and see if you can guess which of the eight predictions came from Prof. Tobias. ... http://law.richmond.edu/news/view.php?item=386 Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Professor Corinna Barrett Lain argues that death penalty opponents now have a new and effective argument for their case: cost. In an op-ed article in the May 11 issue of The Christian Science Monitor, Professor Lain points out that in this cost-conscious time, the price of lengthy, complex death penalty investigations, litigation, and appeals, and the high cost of death penalty incarceration, make "money, not morality...the tipping point for saving lives." See the article at http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0511/p09s01-coop.html. ... http://law.richmond.edu/news/view.php?item=385 Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 The University of Richmond School of Law raised more food than any other Virginia law school this year in the Attorney General's Legal Food Frenzy. Richmond Law alumni at the firm Schettine & Nguyen, for the second year in a row, won the Attorney General's Cup for raising the most food per capita among more than 200 firms in the competition. Overall, the drive generated 1.6 million pounds of food for the state's food banks, up 300,000 pounds from last year. The Law School brought in 37,584 pounds of food, more than 85 pounds per person. SuperValu dramatically aided the Law School... http://law.richmond.edu/news/view.php?item=384 Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 A team of Richmond Law students on April 16 won the American Bar Association's National Mediation Competition in New York City. Paul Falabella and Faith Alejandro, both second-year students, were team members. The Richmond team was one of 10 regional winners who qualified for the final round in New York. The team won the regional competition at North Carolina Central University in competition with 12 law schools. At the nationals, the students defeated teams from Ohio State University, and Washington University School of Law, St. Louis. In the competition, law students are placed in a mediation setting where one plays the role of... http://law.richmond.edu/news/view.php?item=383 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Williams Professor of Law Carl Tobias praises President Obama's nomination of federal District Judge David Hamilton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit as "a valuable sign that Obama will fulfill his campaign promise to reduce the divisive partisanship that has troubled federal judicial selection" in an op-ed column published at findlaw.com. Read the article. ... http://law.richmond.edu/news/view.php?item=382 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 The 14th Annual Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., Juvenile Law and Education Conference will be held on May 15, 2009 at the University of Richmond School of Law. Co-sponsors include the Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center and the National Center for Family Law at the University of Richmond School of Law. The focus this year will be on educational issues. The conference has been approved for 6.5 hours of CLE, 3 hours GAL credit, and 1 hour of ethics. Please see the conference brochure or the online registration page for further details. ... http://law.richmond.edu/news/view.php?item=381 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Registration is now open for the 37th Annual Estate Planning Seminar for Professionals to be held at the University of Richmond's Jepson Alumni Center on Wednesday, May 20. Program Brochure Online Registration Form ... http://law.richmond.edu/news/view.php?item=380 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Miriam Sincell, a student at the University of Richmond School of Law, has been selected to receive the Virginia State Bar's 2009 Oliver White Hill Student Pro Bono Award. The award, named for a late Virginia civil rights litigator, recognizes a law student's commitment to uncompensated or minimally compensated pro bono work and other public service. Sincell plans to pursue a career in public interest law after she graduates. She was one of the first volunteers with the Richmond Child Health Advocacy Program, which addresses legal needs of low-income children who are patients at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. She has... http://law.richmond.edu/news/view.php?item=379 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400