ARCHIVED FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS
Andrew Brandt
- Posted 鈥溾 on听The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast听on May 8.
- Published 鈥溾 for听Sports Illustrated听on May 13.
- Posted 鈥溾 on听The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast听on May 14.
- Published 鈥溾 for听Sports Illustrated听on May 29.
- Posted 鈥溾 on听The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast听on June 12.
- In the Media: Interviewed for 鈥溾 on听92.3 The Fan听on June 25.
- Posted 鈥溾 on听The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast听on June 30.
- Posted 鈥溾 on听The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast听on July 19.
Doris DelTosto Brogan
- Received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the听听on June 12.
David Caudill
- Presented 鈥淭he Consensus Rule and the Problem of Specific Causation鈥 at the Evidence Summer Workshop at Vanderbilt Law School on May 5.
- Published 鈥溾 in the听Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation,听Vol. 40 (2025)听on May 10.
Steven Chanenson
- Reappointed vice chair of the Corrections System Committee by the Pennsylvania Bar Association on April 22.
- Co-published 鈥溾 in the听International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice听on May 29.
Michelle Madden Dempsey
- Presented 鈥淩esponding to Wrongs鈥 at the London School of Economics & Political Science on May 6.
- Co-organized the Criminal Law & Philosophy Journal Inaugural Conference at the University of York on May 9.
- Discussed听听at the Virtual Book Manuscript Workshop for Youngjae Lee hosted by Nomos (the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy) on May 12.
- Discussed David Pozen's听The Constitution of the War on Drugs听at the Criminal Law Book Workshop hosted by Villanova Law on May 16.
- Co-organized the听听hosted听听at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Law on May 30.
- Presented 鈥淎ccountability for Sexual Wrongdoing鈥 at Truth, Consent, and Power: A Conference on Philosophy, Politics, and Law at the University of Oxford on June 26.
Amy Emerson
- Presented 鈥淐onsidering the ABA Standards for Law Libraries鈥 at the AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco on January 11.
- Presented 鈥淏ridging the Justice Gap: Hackathons as Catalysts for Change鈥 virtually at the Canadian Bar Association Access to Justice Week in Alberta on February 6.
Brett Frischmann
- Presented 鈥淎dvancing Humanism Through Language Technologies鈥 at the Language Technologies for All conference hosted by UNESCO in Paris on February 24.
- Authored the chapter 鈥淐ommon Nonsense about Password Security and the Expert鈥揕ayperson Knowledge Gap鈥 in听听(Cambridge University Press, 2025) published on March 13.
- Co-organized the听听hosted by Villanova Law with Todd Aagaard and Ana Santos Ruschman on May 23.
- Presented 鈥淎 Defense of Demonstrably Informed Consent in Privacy Governance鈥 at the Privacy Laws Scholars Conference at UCLA School of Law on May 30.
- In the Media: Interviewed by听听for segment about US technology laws on June 3.
- Presented 鈥淎 Defense of Demonstrably Informed Consent in Privacy Governance鈥 at the听听at the Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School on June 5.
- Presented the keynote at the听听at the听听in Pisa, Italy on June 10.
- Presented 鈥淎 Defense of Demonstrably Informed Consent in Privacy Governance鈥 at the University of Turin on June 13.
- Attended trustee meeting at the Nexa Center for Internet & Society in Politecnico, Turin, Italy on June 14.
- Participated in the panel 鈥淧ower, Participation and Heterogeneity in Knowledge Commons鈥 at 20th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons held at the University of Massachusetts on June 17.
Alvin Padilla-Babilonia
- Presented 鈥淭he Anticolonial Politics of Housing and Land Rights鈥 at the Law and Society Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 23.
- Published 鈥溾 in the听Michigan Law Review听(Vol. 123, Issue 7) on May 31.
Michael Risch
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 by听MLex听on May 22.
- Presented 鈥淭he Double Patenting Puzzle鈥 at the Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law (IPIL) Annual Symposium at the University of Houston Law Center on June 6.
- Presented 鈥淭he Double Patenting Puzzle鈥 at the Tsai Center Patent Scholars Summit hosted by Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law on June 28.
Ana Santos Rutschman
- Presented 鈥淭he American Asthma Patient鈥 at Stanford Law School BioLaw Conference on May 17.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 by听Bloomberg Law听on May 19.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 by听Law360听on May 27.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 by听Bloomberg Law听on May 28.
- Presented 鈥淰accine Misinformation鈥 at the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME) 48th Annual Health Law Professors Conference hosted by Boston University School of Law on June 5.
Leslie Book
- Co-published 鈥溾 for听Tax Notes听on January 27.
- Published 鈥溾 for听The Hill听on February 25.
- Published 鈥溾澨齠or the Procedurally Taxing blog on听Tax Notes听on March 5.
Andrew Brandt
- Posted 鈥溾 on听The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast听on February 11.
- Published听鈥鈥澨齠or听Sports Illustrated听on February 13.
- In the Media: Appeared in 鈥溾 on听The Rich Eisen Show听on February 28.
- Posted 鈥溾 on听The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast听on March 4.
- Published 鈥溾 for听Sports Illustrated听on March 10.
- Posted 鈥溾 on听The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast听on March 20.
- Published 鈥溾 for听Sports Illustrated听on March 26.
- In the Media: Interviewed for 鈥溾 on听97.5 The Fanatic听on March 27.
David Caudill
- In the Media: Interviewed for 鈥溾 on the听Excited Utterance听podcast on October 28.
- Presented 鈥淓thical Contours in Perkins-Valdez's Novel,听Take My Hand鈥 at Washington & Lee Law and Literature Seminar in Lexington, Virginia on November 1.
- Authored the chapter "Ethics: Law and Literature as an Ethical Enterprise" in听Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Law and Literature听(Edward Elgar Publishing), published on January 9.
Steven L. Chanenson
- Participated in a closed drug sentencing roundtable with the U.S. Sentencing Commission in Washington, DC on November 20.
- Elected co-chair of the听, part of the transition committee for Attorney General-Elect Dave Sunday, on January 15.
- Presented 鈥淪entencing Commissions: A Snapshot from the Keystone State鈥 at the New York State Justice Task Force on February 10.
- Presented 鈥淲hat Pennsylvania is Learning From Scandinavia About Corrections鈥 with Jordyn Hyatt 鈥08 at the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges Midyear Meeting in Pittsburgh on February 21.
- In the Media: Interviewed for 鈥溾 on听KYW Newsradio听on February 23.
- Presented 鈥淭he Scandinavian Prison Project: Nordic-Inspired Correctional Reform in Pennsylvania鈥 at the Symposium on Prison Research and Innovation hosted by听the Urban Institute in Washington, DC on March 20.
Michelle Madden Dempsey
- Presented 鈥淪ex & Coercion鈥 at the University of California-Irvine Legal Philosophy Seminar on March 26.
- Presented 鈥溾澨齰irtually听at the听Widener Commonwealth Law Review听Symposium on April 4.
Michael Moreland
- In the Media: Interviewed for 鈥溾 by听6ABC Philadelphia听on December 1.
- In the Media: Interviewed for 鈥淧resident Biden鈥檚 Decision to Pardon His Son鈥澨齜y听NBC10 Philadelphia听on December 2.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 by听Newsweek听on January 10.
- In the Media: Interviewed for 鈥溾 by听NBC10 Philadelphia听on January 17.
- In the Media: Interviewed for 鈥淧resident Trump鈥檚 Historic Comeback鈥 by听NBC10 Philadelphia听on January 20.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 for听USA Today听on February 2.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 by听The Associated Press听on February 10.
Michael Risch
- In the Media: Quoted in听鈥.鈥 by听Business Insider听on January 25.
- Published an amicus brief in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (en banc) case听EcoFactor v. Google听on January 25.
- In the Media: Interviewed for听鈥鈥 by听KCBS Radio听on February 7.
Tuan Samahon
- Presented 鈥淪pecial-Purpose Disclosure: Accessing the Government鈥檚 X-Files鈥 at the Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law faculty workshop on March 26.
Ana Santos Rutschman
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 by听The New York Times听on November 19.
- Published 鈥溾 in the听Texas A&M Journal of Property Law听听(Vol.11, No. 1)听on January 1.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 by听Rolling Stone听on February 23.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 by听Bloomberg Law听on February 28.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 by听Fox47 News听on March 11.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 by听Bloomberg Law听on March 27.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 by听MarketWatch听on March 27.
Leslie Book
- Presented 鈥淪queezing Blood from Stones鈥 with Christine Speidel on the Marriage, Inequality and the Tax Code panel at Gender and Tax Symposium hosted by the American Tax Policy Institute in Washington, DC on October 18.
Andrew Brandt
- Posted 鈥溾 on听The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast听on November 5.
- Published 鈥溾 for听Sports Illustrated听on November 8.
- Posted 鈥溾 on听The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast听on November 12.
- Published 鈥溾 for听Sports Illustrated听on November 22.
- Published 鈥溾 for听Sports Illustrated听on December 5.
- Posted 鈥溾 on听The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast听on December 11.
- Posted 鈥溾 on听The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast听on December 17.
- Published 鈥溾 for听Sports Illustrated听on December 20.
- Posted 鈥溾 on听The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast听on December 26.
- In the Media: Interviewed for 鈥溾 on听The Dan Patrick Show听on December 31.
Michael Campbell
- Received the Sanford Pfeffer, Esq. Award for distinguished service for the advocacy of older individuals from The Eastern Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society on December 3.
David Caudill
- Presented 鈥淭eaching Property Law with Practical Exercises: The Example of Drafting an Easement鈥 at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting in San Francisco on January 10.
Michelle Madden Dempsey
- Participated in the jurisprudence panel at the "WestFest" Celebration of Professor Robin West at Georgetown Law Center on October 18.
- Presented 鈥淭he Normative Force of Precedent鈥 at the Symposium for Philosophical Foundations of Precedent hosted by Notre Dame Law School on October 31.
- Presented 鈥淧unishment, Reasons and Regret鈥 at the听Punishment for the Greater Good听by Adam Kolber Book Symposium hosted by Rutgers Institute for Law and Philosophy on November 2.
- Presented 鈥淐oercion, Consent and Time鈥 at the Criminal Law Theory Seminar hosted by the University of Toronto Faculty of Law on November 14.
Amy Emerson
- Participated in 鈥淎n Overview of AI Technology and its Legal Implications鈥 panel at the J. Willard O'Brien American Inn of Court CLE at Villanova Law on November 12.听
- Presented 鈥淎I Demystified: Overview of AI and its Impact on Public Interest Law鈥 at Public Interest Law Day 2024 hosted by the Philadelphia Bar Association Public Interest Section on December 3.
Brett Frischmann
- Published an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case听听on January 6.
Michael Moreland
- Presented 鈥淔riendship and the Life of the Law鈥 at 46th Annual Convention of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars hosted by The Catholic University of America Busch School of Business in Washington, DC on September 27.
- Presented 鈥淣ewman and Tradition鈥 at a colloquium hosted by the University of Notre Dame Kylemore in Galway, Ireland on October 5.
- Chaired the panel 鈥溾 at St. John Henry Newman, Tradition and Law conference hosted by The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law in Washington, DC on October 18.
- Participated in the 鈥溾 panel hosted by the Buckley Institute at Yale University on October 23.
Chaim Saiman
- Presented 鈥淗ow do Beth Din's in America Function?鈥 hosted by the Hebrew University Havruta Program in Ein Karem on December 3.
- Presented 鈥溾 at the Insurance Law Workshop Virtual Speaker Series hosted by the University of Connecticut on December 5.
- Presented 鈥淭he Beth Din System in Contemporary America鈥 hosted by the Hebrew University Havruta Program in Mt. Scopus on January 2.
Tuan Samahon
- Appointed chair of the听听by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on January 1.听
Christine Speidel
- Presented 鈥淪queezing Blood from Stones鈥 with Leslie Book on the Marriage, Inequality and the Tax Code panel at Gender and Tax Symposium hosted by the American Tax Policy Institute in Washington, DC on October 18.
Andrew Brandt
- Posted 鈥溾 on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on August 7.
- Published 鈥溾 for Sports Illustrated on August 14.
- In the Media: Interviewed for 鈥溾 on The Rich Eisen Show on August 15.
- Posted 鈥溾 on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on August 21.
- Published 鈥溾 for Sports Illustrated on August 26.
- Posted 鈥溾 on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on September 5.
- Published 鈥溾 for Sports Illustrated on September 12.
- Posted 鈥溾 on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on September 12.
- Published 鈥溾 for Sports Illustrated on September 24.
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David Caudill
- Presented 鈥淩eligious Aspects of the Crisis of Expertise鈥 at the 2024 Quadrennial Joint Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology and the Society for Social Studies of Science in Amsterdam on July 18.
- Presented 鈥淟acan and the Crisis of Expertise: Between Distrust, and Idealization, of Science鈥 at the 2024 International Congress on Law and Mental Health hosted by the University of Barcelona Faculty of Law on July 24.
- Published 鈥淟aw and Literature Studies as a Basis for High Quality Ethics CLE Programs鈥 in the Journal of Legal Education (Vol. 72 [2024]) on July 24.
- Presented 鈥淟egal Ethics in Crime Fiction: The Example of Paretsky's Killing Orders鈥 at the Law and Literature Alumni CLE hosted by the Villanova Law Alumni Association on August 15.
- Appointed as a visiting academic in the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Cardiff, Wales, for the fall semester.
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Candace Centeno
- Presented at the 2024 Legal Writing Institute Conference hosted by IU McKinney School of Law on July 17-18:
- 鈥淎dvocacy in Action: Incorporating Op-Ed/Blog Assignments into Writing and Doctrinal Classes so Students Can Explore How Policies and Laws Impact Underrepresented Groups (and Learn Real-World Skills)鈥
- 鈥淕etting into Governance鈥
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Steven Chanenson
- Published 鈥淚nto the Weeds: Considering Support for and the Intricacies of Cannabis Legalization in New Jersey鈥 in the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law on September 16.
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Amy Emerson
- Presented 鈥淕enerative AI and Ethics in the Practice of Law鈥 with Lori Corso and Deeya Haldar at the Nicholas Cipriani American Inn of Court on September 11.
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Brett Frischmann
- Selected as a finalist for the Office of Health Economics鈥 2024 Innovation Policy Prize for the proposal, 鈥淎ntimicrobial Efficacy Within a New Paradigm of Infrastructure: Sustainable Innovation and Supply and Benefits to Environmental Emissions,鈥 in June.
- Presented 鈥淐omments on the Governing Corporate Knowledge Commons Project鈥 at the Ninth World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research (WINIR) Conference hosted by the Center for Governance and Markets (CGM) at the University of Pittsburgh on September 20.
- Contributed to an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case, on September 23. 听听听听
- Presented 鈥淕overnance Seams and the Integrity of Socially Meaningful Contexts鈥 at the 6th Annual Symposium on Applications of Contextual Integrity hosted by Rutgers University on September 27.
- Contributed to the submission of Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemakings to the Office of the New York State Attorney General on September 30:
- (1) Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act
- (2) NY Child Data Protection Act
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MarySheila McDonald
- Co-published the case study, 鈥,鈥 for Ivey Publishing on April 10.
- Co-published the case study, 鈥,鈥 for Ivey Publishing on July 3.
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Michael Moreland
- Moderated the webinar 鈥淎 Religious Charter School? A Discussion on the Limits of State Action and Demands of the Free Exercise Clause鈥 sponsored by the Federalist Society on June 25.
- In the Media: Interviewed for 鈥 鈥 for CBS News Philadelphia on July 1.
- In the Media: Interviewed for 鈥溾 for NBC10 Philadelphia on July 2.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 for Law360 on July 5.
- Moderated the webinar 鈥淔ree Exercise and Abortion鈥 sponsored by the Federalist Society on August 6.
- Participated in the 鈥溾 panel at Emerging School Models: Maintaining the Momentum conference hosted by the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University on September 12.
- Served as 麻豆村鈥檚 delegate at the inauguration of Rev. Robert A. Dowd, CSC, Notre Dame University鈥檚 18th president, on September 13.
- Participated in 鈥淐onstitution Day: Religious Liberty in the Roberts Court鈥 discussion at Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law on September 19.
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Jennifer O鈥橦are
- Published 鈥溾 in Florida State Law Review (Vol. 51, Issue 2) on September 1.
- Published 鈥溾 on the CLS Blue Sky Blog on September 19.
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Luke Repici
- Presented 鈥淕enerative AI in 1L Legal Writing鈥 at the virtual Legal Writing Institute鈥檚 New Teacher Training Bootcamp on July 9.
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Michael Risch
- In The Media: Interviewed for 鈥淭ikTok Sharing User Behavior with Chinese Parents鈥澨齩n听KCBS Radio听on July 28.听
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Ana Santos Rutschman
- Co-published 鈥溾 in the Journal of Law and Biosciences on July 8.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 for The Philadelphia Inquirer on July 29.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 for FactCheck.org on August 22.
- Presented 鈥淎ssessing Patent Pledges: A Case Study in the Vaccine and Biopharma Space鈥 at the IP Colloquium from the Center for Intellectual Property Law at Hofstra Law on September 9.
- Awarded a book contract by Edward Elgar Publishing for a research handbook on intellectual property and health (expected 2027).
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 for Agence France Presse 鈥 Romania on September 25. 听
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Tuan Samahon
- Moderated 鈥淪ituation Critical: Executive Disability and the Dangers We Face鈥 as part of the Fall 2024 Election Series hosted by 麻豆村 on September 25.
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Michael Semes
- Published 鈥溾 for Bloomberg Law on June 27.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 for Law360 on July 15.
- Presented at the Introduction to State and Local Taxation hosted by NYU School of Professional Studies on July 22-23:
- 鈥淪ales Taxation of Services and Other Special Problems鈥
- 鈥淭he Unitary Business Principle鈥
- Published 鈥淩ecent Decisions and Hearing Forecast Future SALT Litigation鈥 for Tax Notes State (Vol. 113, No. 6) on August 5.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 for Bloomberg Tax on September 9.
- In the Media: Quoted in 鈥溾 for Bloomberg Tax on October 1.
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Christine Speidel
- Co-published 鈥溾 with Les Book in Australian Tax Forum on May 16.
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Emily Stolzenberg
- Presented 鈥淭oward a Private Law of Intimate Obligations鈥 at the Sixth Annual Nonmarriage Roundtable hosted by the University of Virginia School of Law on September 19.
- Presented 鈥淭hings of Value鈥 at the Drexel Law Review Symposium: Inheritance and Inequality hosted by Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law on September 28.