Professor Debbie Hoffman was a guest on the IP Fridays podcast, hosted by Kenneth Suzan, in the episode “Bequeathing Bitcoin: What Happens to Bitcoin After Death?” She joined co-guest Anna Mouland to explore digital estate planning in the age of cryptocurrency, covering bitcoin’s nature as a bearer asset; custody strategies—from centralized and decentralized wallets to hot and cold storage; and estate-planning tools such as legacy contacts, multi-signature recovery schemes, and transfer-on-death solutions.

Professor Sterio has been appearing on a daily basis on the Fox – Washington DC news program at 3 pm, in order to provide updates about the ongoing legal proceedings in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who has been wrongly and mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump Administration.  A Fox news story with one of Professor Sterio’s interviews is available here: https://youtu.be/EBh32FZ6kgg?si=JTBmq6sacMqCoBAP

Professor Sterio delivered a presentation to the UCLA Armenian Pre-Law Society on April 11, on the topic of “States as Main Actors of International Law.”  Professor Sterio was invited to deliver this lecture to a cohort of UCLA undergraduate students, as a “teaser” and preview of what an International Law class would look like in law school.  

Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson served as a Peer Reviewer for the 2025 Cycle 2 Fulbright Specialist Roster applicants. Robertson has served as a peer review for Fulbright for more than a decade. She evaluates applicants in both law and environmental studies.
Robertson is the Steve W. Percy Professor of Law at the College of Law, and Professor of Environmental Studies at the Levin College of Public Affairs and Education.

Professor Milena Sterio participated in a debate on March 18, organized and hosted by the Federalist Society at Case Western Reserve University Law School, about whether Israel’s war in Gaza is legal under international law. Professor Sterio debated Professor Eugene Kontorovich, George Mason University Antonin Scalia School of Law. 

Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson was appointed by the American Bar Associate to the site team sent to St. Thomas University School of Law in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of that law school’s reaccreditation process.  Robertson served as the team’s Academician responsible for fact checking the law school’s compliance with ABA standards on the Program of Legal Education and Academic Standards.  This was Robertson’s third site visit.  Previous visits were to the law schools at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and Southern Illinois University.

Robertson is the Steven W. Percy Professor of Law at CSU|Law and Professor of Environmental Studies at the Levin College of Public Affairs and Education.

Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson serves as an Associate Editor on the ABA’s Probate and Property Magazine. She edited and assisted in the selection of all property-related articles in the March/April 2025 edition.
Here’s the Digital Edition of Probate & Property Hard copies are available in the library or on her office door.

Professor Milena Sterio was interviewed live by Fox 5 on March 18, regarding the disappearance of a University of Pittsburgh student in the Dominican Republic earlier this month. Professor Sterio’s interview is available here: https://youtu.be/yh2_q2MFA_4?si=FHHGkB70fqI3oVfl

Professor Milena Sterio was interviewed by NBC News about the legal standards of pre-trial detention in the case of a U.S. citizen who has been named a person of interest in the Dominican Republic, related to the recent disappearance of a University of Pittsburgh student.  A part of Professor’s Sterio’s interview was broadcast on March 18 during NBC’s Today Show.  The interview portion broadcast on the Today Show is available here.

Associate Dean Brian Ray participated in the 2025 Cambridge Cybersecurity Leaders Forum. The Forum is an annual meeting of senior corporate cybersecurity executives and a select group of specialist advisors. Participants include: CISOs, CSOs and CIOs from Fortune 500 companies and their in-house counsel, along with outside counsel, cybersecurity consultants and academics.

Limited to under 50 participants, the goal of the Forum is to provide an opportunity for everyone to share experiences and perspectives, and collectively ‘raise the water table’ on effective management in this field. The 2025 Forum featured a keynote discussion with former General David Petraeus and briefings by senior regulators and federal law enforcement.