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Cal Western Faculty Drive Intellectual Discourse
Sept 20 2022
Faculty Drive Intellectual Discourse
It has been a busy few months for California Western’s faculty. Here is just a snapshot of ways they've been connecting with peers inside and outside the legal academy.
![Emily Behzadi](/media/images/news/2022/07/emily_behzadi-_660x444.jpg)
Professor Emily Behzadi
- July 15
Global Meeting on Law and Society
Presented paper on “Decolonizing Cultural Heritage Law.” - July 22
First Annual Michael A. Olivas Writing Institute
Presented paper on “Decolonizing Cultural Heritage.”
![Susan Bisom-Rapp](/media/images/news/2022/05/susan_bisom_rapp_660x444.jpg)
Vice Dean Susan Bisom-Rapp
- May 27
University of Modena's Marco Biagi Foundation Conference in Modena, Italy
Chaired a panel entitled "Health Care Mandates in a Fundamental Human Rights Perspective."
![Hannah Brenner Johnson](/media/images/news/2022/07/brenner_johnson_660x444.jpg)
Professor Hannah Brenner Johnson
- July 16
Global Meeting on Law and Society
Facilitated a virtual roundtable: “Gender, Power, Law & Leadership.”
![James Cooper](/media/images/news/2022/05/james_cooper_660x444.jpg)
Professor James Cooper
- May 27
Gonzaga University School Of Law Human Rights Conference
Panel member discussing human rights approach to AI, human rights of non-humans, and ethics of AI. - May 24
Università degli Studi di Siena
Gave a talk entitled "Gonzo Lawyering: A Lifetime of Disruption" at the Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza (University of Siena – Italy) - June 17
Cardozo International and Comparative Law Review
Article together with a documentary film on the Tijuana River sewage crisis.
![Pooja Dadhania](/media/images/news/2022/07/pooja-dadhania_660x444.jpg)
Professor Pooja Dadhania
- July 15
Global Meeting on Law and Society
Presented paper on “Linguistic Abuse of Migrants.”
![Jessica Fink](/media/images/news/2022/08/jessica_fink_660x444.jpg)
Professor Jessica Fink
- Aug. 19
Utah Law Review
Published paper: “Sidelined Again: How the Government Abandoned Working Women Amidst a Global Pandemic.”
![Joshua Jones](/media/images/news/2022/07/joshua_jones_660x444.jpg)
Professor Joshua Jones
- July 23
2022 LWI Biennial Conference at Georgetown University Law Center
Presented research on rubrics, providing examples of rubrics, and discussing best practices. - Aug. 1
SEALS 2022
Discussant in Writing Connections Workshop.
![Kenneth Klein](/media/images/news/2022/06/ken_klein_660x444.jpg)
Professor Kenneth Klein
- June 23
Book: Climate, Society and Elemental Insurance
Wrote a chapter: “Is fire insurable” which gives insights from bushfires in Australia and wildfires in the United States. - Aug. 12
NAIC Summer 2022 National Meeting
Presented “Unpacking Social Inflation.”
![Nancy Marcus](/media/images/news/2022/05/nancy_marcus_660x444.jpg)
Professor Nancy Marcus
- May 20
University of Akron School of Law - ConLawNOW
Article explaining why the leaked Supreme Court draft Dobbs opinion is fundamentally flawed as a matter of constitutional law and legal doctrine. - July 27
National LGBTQ Bar Association 2022 Lavender Law Conference
Panelist, “Progress and Barriers Toward Visibility and Inclusion of Bisexual+ People.” - July 2022
National LGBTQ Bar Association “BiLaw” Caucus, Lavender Law Conference
Organizer and Facilitator.
![Laura Padilla](/media/images/news/2022/06/laura_padilla_660x444.jpg)
Professor Laura Padilla
- June 25
2022 Inaugural Graciela Olivárez Latinas in the Legal Academy ("GO LILA") Workshop
Speaker at “Identifying and Overcoming Presumptions of Incompetence for Latinas in the Legal Academy” Plenary Session. - July 19
University of Denver Sturm College of Law Denver Law Review
Published essay: “The Black–White Paradigm’s Continuing Erasure of Latinas: See Women Law Deans of Color.”
![Sean M. Scott](/media/images/news/2022/07/sean_scott_660x444.jpg)
Dean Sean Scott
- July 19
ABA 2022 New Deans' Workshop
Facilitated a discussion entitled “The First 90 Days.” - Sept. 17
Seattle University School of Law
Panelist discussing the intersectionality’s of race, gender, and gender expression.
![Erin Sheley](/media/images/news/2022/07/erin_sheley_660x444.jpg)
Professor Erin Sheley
- July 15
Global Meeting on Law and Society
Presented paper on "Self Defense and the Rhetoric of Anger."
![Brenda Simon](/media/images/news/2022/05/brenda_simon_660x444.jpg)
Professor Brenda Simon
- juMay 12
BioLaw Conference at Stanford Law School
Presented paper. - May 27
UC Davis Law Review
Paper, “Using Artificial Intelligence in the Law Review Submissions Process,” accepted for publication. - Aug. 11
IP Scholars Conference at Stanford Law School
Presented paper.