Legal Educator in Residence Howard E. Katz made two presentations at the annual AALS Workshop for New Law Teachers held June 8-10 in Washington, D.C. One was on teaching methods: Inside the Classroom. The other was the concluding plenary session: Keeping It All Together. He also facilitated two group discussions. Howard has made presentations on teaching to new professors at this conference the last six times it was held. The book Strategies and Techniques of Law School Teaching, which he co-authored with Professor Kevin F. O’Neill, was given to attendees, as were copies of books from the Strategies and Techniques series (edited by Professor Katz) that provide subject-specific teaching advice.

Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson served as a peer reviewer for applicants to the Fulbright Commission’s Fulbright Specialists program roster for the 2023 Cycle 4 application process. Since 2017, Robertson has been a peer reviewer for several application cycles annually in the fields of law, environmental studies, and environmental science. Robertson has completed two Fulbright Specialist grants herself — one to Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden, the other to Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University in Lucknow, India. Robertson is the Steven W. Percy Professor of Law and holds a dual appointment in environmental studies at the Levin College of Public Affairs and Education.

Professor Laser will present her work-in-progress Legal Issues in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Non-Fungible Tokens at the Junior Intellectual Property Scholars Conference and the Intellectual Property Scholars Conference in August.