Faculty Forum is a monthly feature written by Professor Michael Higdon highlighting the achievements of faculty at UT Law including publications in academia and the media, speaking engagements, interviews, awards and other accomplishments.
Professor Teri Dobbins Baxter co-hosted a discussion of the effect of the Equal Rights Amendment on Constitutional Law as part of the Two Centuries of the Equal Rights Amendment Symposium, hosted by the University of Florida Levin College of Law.
Professor Joan Heminway presented her book chapter, “U.S. Securities Crowdfunding: A Way to Economic Inclusion for Low-Income Entrepreneurs?,” at the Rutgers Law School faculty colloquium.
Professor Heminway was also quoted in Money.com’s article “Accidental Insider Trading is a Very Real, Very Expensive Mistake.”
Associate Dean Michael Higdon virtually visited the University of Oregon School of Law as its sixth Galen Distinguished Guest in Legal Writing and presented his forthcoming paper “(In)formal Marriage Equality.” He also co-hosted a discussion of the effect of the Equal Rights Amendment on the LGBTQ+ community as part of the Two Centuries of the Equal Rights Amendment Symposium, hosted by the University of Florida Levin College of Law.
Professor Michelle Kwon has been appointed to the University of Tennessee Commission for Women and is the designee for the Council on Diversity & Interculturalism.
Professor George Kuney and Adjunct Professor Donna Looper’s 14th edition of a single volume treatise titled California Law of Contracts has been published by California’s Continuing Education of the Bar.
Professor Glenn Reynolds’ article “Rethinking Libel for the 21st Century” held the number one slot on SSRN with almost 4000 downloads and will appear in the Tennessee Law Review.
Professor Reynolds testified in Nashville before the Tennessee General Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee to Study Emergency Powers. His testimony focused on the U.S. and Tennessee Constitutions.
Professors Penny White & Glenn Reynolds’ article, “Due Process in a Fee-Driven State” debuted at number five on the SSRN Top Ten Recent Downloads chart.
Professor Maurice Stucke was quoted by CNN.com for the story “Why Spotify is Picking a Fight with Apple Over Apple One.”
Professor Stucke and co-author Ariel Ezrachi presented their book “Competition Overdose”at a live-streamed event hosted by the Instituto De Derecho De La Competencia. The video can be found here. The two also discussed their book at the University of Trento.
The European Union published Professors Stucke’s and Ezrachi’s independent expert report “Digitalisation and Its Impact on Innovation” where they studied what hinders and promotes innovation in the digital platform economy from seven angles.
Professor Val Vojdik co-hosted a discussion of the effect of the Equal Rights Amendment on Civil Rights and Social Justice as part of the Two Centuries of the Equal Rights Amendment Symposium, hosted by the University of Florida Levin College of Law.
Professor Melanie Wilson’s essay “The Pandemic Juror” has been accepted for publication by Washington and Lee Law Review Online. The essay discusses the significant constitutional and collateral risks of resuming criminal jury trials during the pandemic.
Professor Wilson’s book review “A Reckoning Over Law Faculty Inequality,” which analyzes “Unequal Profession” by Meera Deo, has been published in volume 98 of The Denver Law Review Online Forum.
Professor Wilson and Professor Stephen Smith of Santa Clara School of Law were interviewed by the Washington and Lee Law Review a podcast titled “Cite Check.” They discussed Sixth Amendment issues arising from the pandemic.