Health Law Program faculty members teach intersession courses and give keynote addresses, endowed lectures, guest lectures, paper presentations, and panel presentations at local, national, and international venues on a wide variety of topics that lie at the intersection of law and health. Health Law Program faculty members have given, or plan to give, the following presentations: 

August 1, 2020, Stacey Tovino, "Current Trends in Health Law & Health Policy," Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

July 30, 2020, Stacey Tovino, "The Narratives of Legal Change," Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

June 17, 2020, Stacey Tovino, “A Feminist Agenda for Health Law and Policy," International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, World Congress of Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

June 16, 2020, Stacey Tovino, "State Genetic Nondiscrimination Laws: Trends and Limitations," ELSICon: 30 Years of the Genome: Integrating and Applying ELSI Research, Columbia University, New York, New York.

April 24, 2020, Stacey Tovino, "The Death of De-Identification: Part II," BioLawLapalooza 4.0, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California.

April 17, 2020, Stacey Tovino, "Mental Health Care for All?" Stetson Law Review Symposium, Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida.

February 14, 2020, Stacey Tovino, "Neuroscience, Gambling Disorder, and the Law" Neuroscience and the Law Symposium, Seton Hall Law School, Newark, New Jersey.

February 13, 2020, Stacey Tovino, “Mental Health Care for All?” Faculty Works-in-Progress Series, Penn State Law, State College, Pennsylvania.

February 12, 2020, Stacey Tovino, "A Right to Care," Bioethics Colloquium, Penn State Bioethics Program, State College, Pennsylvania.

January 5, 2020, Stacey Tovino, "Neuroscience, Gambling Disorder, and the Law," sponsored by the AALS Section on Law and Mental Disability, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

January 4, 2020, Stacey Tovino, "Medical Humanities and the Law: Intersections and Opportunities," sponsored by the AALS Section on Law and the Humanities, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

January 3, 2020, Stacey Tovino, Commentary on "Food Allergy Bullying as Disability Harassment: Holding Schools Accountable," sponsored by the AALS Section on Law, Medicine, and Health Care, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

November 4, 2019, Stacey Tovino, "Mental Health Care for All?" Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi.

October 18, 2019, Stacey Tovino, "Mental Health Care for All?" Getting Real About Health Care for All Symposium, sponsored by IU McKinney School of Law and the Indiana Health Law Review, Indianapolis, Indiana. 

September 6, 2019, Stacey Tovino, Remarks on "Precision Medicine Privacy," Wiet Life Science Law Scholars Conference, Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

August 1, 2019, Stacey Tovino, "Application of the EU GDPR’s Territorial Provisions to U.S.-Based Mobile Research Apps," Discussion Group, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Annual Meeting, Boca Raton, Florida.

March 7, 2019, Stacey Tovino, "Substance Use Disorder Insurance Benefits: A Survey of State Benchmark Plans," Creighton Law Review Symposium, Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska.

February 27, 2019, Stacey Tovino, "Remarks on Healthism: Health-Status Discrimination and the Law," University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia.

February 2-3 and 9-10, 2019, Stacey Tovino, "HIPAA Privacy Law," Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri.

January 18, 2019, Stacey Tovino, "HIPAA Compliance: Illustrations and Evidence," Cambridge Handbook of Compliance Conference, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, Florida.

January 7-11, 2019, Stacey Tovino, "Mental Health Law," Health Law & Policy Institute, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas.

January 5, 2019, Stacey Tovino, "Health Law and Tort Law: Intersections and Opportunities," sponsored by the AALS Section on Torts and Compensation Systems, Association of American Law Schools Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.

October 25, 2018, Stacey Tovino, "Discussing Ethical Guidelines and Policy Options," Addressing ELSI Issues in Unregulated Health Research Using Mobile Devices, US NIH No. 1R01CA207538, Atlanta, Georgia.

October 21, 2018, Stacey Tovino, "Mobile Application-Mediated Research: Privacy and Security Challenges and Opportunities," Data Min(d)ing: Privacy and Our Digital Identifies Conference, sponsored by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.

October 5, 2018, Stacey Tovino, "State Innovation in Data Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification," Nova Law Review Symposium: "Innovation 2018: Using Law to Facilitate an Efficacious Innovation Economy," Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law, Davie, Florida. 

September 21, 2018, Stacey Tovino, "Fraud, Abuse, and Opioids," 2018 Kansas Law Review Symposium ("Addicted: Legal Perspectives on the Opioid Epidemic"), University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas.

September 15, 2018, Stacey Tovino, "Gaming Law Basics for Business Lawyers," Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section, Austin, Texas.

August 10, 2018, Stacey Tovino, "The Law and Ethics of Skilled Care Coverage Decision Making," Discussion Group on Health Law and Bioethics, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 

August 7, 2018, Stacey Tovino, "Scholarship Fundamentals: Becoming a Productive and Fulfilled Scholar," Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  

August 5, 2018, Stacey Tovino, "Teaching Health Law," Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

April 24, 2018, Stacey Tovino, "The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Research with Mobile Devices," Addressing ELSI Issues in Unregulated Health Research Using Mobile Devices, US NIH No. 1R01CA207538, Chicago, Illinois.  

April 10, 2018, Stacey Tovino, "The HIPAA Privacy Rule: Perspectives on Compliance and Enforcement," Mercer Law School, Macon, Georgia.  

February 16, 2018, Stacey Tovino, "Public and Private Health Insurance Coverage of Skilled Care: 1965 to Present," Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.

January 4-7, 2018, Stacey Tovino, "HIPAA Privacy Law," Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri.

November 10, 2017, Stacey Tovino, Keynote: "Patient Privacy: Problems, Perspectives, and Opportunities," Eleventh Annual Symposium on Health Law & Policy ("Privacy, Big Data and the Demands of Providing Quality Patient Care"), presented by the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy and Annals of Health Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.

November 2, 2017, David Orentlicher, "Health and Income," The Medicalization of Poverty Symposium, University of Illinois College of Law, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.

October 19, 2017, Stacey Tovino, "Disability, Vulnerability, and Inclusion: Clinical, Ethical, Legal, and Humanistic Perspectives," Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Kansas City, Kansas.

September 25, 2017, David Orentlicher, "Repeal, Replace, or Repair 'Obamacare': Implications for Patient Care," SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

September 21, 2017, Stacey Tovino, Online Guest Lecture, “The Law and Ethics of Grateful Patient Fundraising,” Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.

August 1, 2017, Stacey Tovino, "Becoming a Productive Scholar," Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, Boca Raton, Florida.

June 28-29, 2017, Stacey Tovino, "The Ethics of Grateful Patient Fundraising," Summit on the Ethics of Grateful Patient Fundraising, sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Medicine Philanthropy Institute and the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, Maryland.

June 22, 2017, Stacey Tovino, "States of Grace: Using a Documentary Film to Teach Issues in Tort Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, and Disability Law," International Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Mexico City, Mexico.

June 9, 2017, David Orentlicher, "Controlling Health Care Spending: More Patient 'Skin in the Game'?," ASLME 40th Annual Health Law Professors Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

June 6, 2017, Sara Gordon, "Involuntary Inpatient and Outpatient Commitment Laws," Internal Medicine Residency Program, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada.

June 1, 2017, Stacey Tovino, "Contrasting the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the EU GDPR," Seventh International Summit on the Future of Health Privacy, sponsored by Patient Privacy Rights, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.

May 9, 2017, Stacey Tovino, "An Update on Nevada Health Law," Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Neurology Residency Program, Valley Hospital Medical Center, Las Vegas, Nevada.

April 26, 2017, Stacey Tovino, "HIPAA and other Frequently-Asked Health Law Questions," Internal Medicine Residency Program, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada.

April 21, 2017, Leslie C. Griffin, "Telling My Patient Story," BioLawLaPalooza Conference, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California.

April 6, 2017, Stacey Tovino, "Mental Health Parity Law and Mandatory Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefit Law," Shepard Broad College of Law, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

April 5, 2017, Stacey Tovino, "Patient Advocacy and Pro Bono Lawyering: Lessons and Perspectives," Shepard Broad College of Law, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

March 11-14, 2017, Stacey Tovino, HIPAA Privacy Intersession Course, Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri.

March 8, 2017, Leslie C. Griffin, "Institutional or Individual: What is Religious Freedom in the United States Today?" Osgoode Colloquium on Law, Religion, and Social Thought, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada.

March 2, 2017, Stacey Tovino, "An Update on Federal Mental Health Parity Law," Online Lecture, Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.

February 24, 2017, Sara Gordon, "Mutual Support Programs in Specialty Courts," Health Law Institute, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota.

February 24, 2017, Stacey Tovino, "Mental Health Parity Law under the Trump Administration," Health Law Institute, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota.

February 3, 2017, Stacey Tovino, "Measured Experience: Neuroimaging, Consciousness and the Law," Center for Health, Science and Public Policy, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York.

January 2-10, 2017, Stacey Tovino, Mental Health Law Intersession Course, Health Law & Policy Institute, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas.

December 7, 2016, Sara Gordon, "Schema Theory and 'Plain Language' Jury Instructions," Clark County Bar Association, Las Vegas, Nevada.

November 17, 2016, Max Gakh, "Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity," Nevada Population Health Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.

November 3, 2016, Sara Gordon, "The History and Use of Mutual Support Programs in Specialty Courts," Rocky Mountain Junior Scholars Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.

October 25, 2016, Max Gakh, "Public Health Legal Preparedness," UNLV School of Community Health Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada.

October __ 2016, Ann McGinley, "Egg Freezing as Employment Benefit: Autonomy, Coercion, or Discrimination" Symposium Honoring the Work and Life of Michael Zimmer, Seton Hall Law School, Newark, New Jersey.

September 29, 2016, Stacey Tovino, "The EU GDPR and the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Illustrative Comparisons," 2016 Seton Hall Law Review Symposium, Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey.

September 25, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “Report Card on Affordable Care and Parity: Implications for Gambling Disorder,” National Center for Responsible Gaming (NCRG) Conference on Gambling and Addiction, Las Vegas, Nevada.

September 23, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “Complying with the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Problems and Perspectives,” Complying with Law: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue Conference, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.

September 22, 2016, Max Gakh, "Health Equity & the Law: Potential Barriers and Opportunities,"  2016 Nevada Public Health Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.

September 15, 2016, Stacey Tovino, "The Public Health Exception to the HIPAA Privacy Rule," UNLV School of Community Health Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada.

September 9, 2016, Stacey Tovino, "Medicare Regulation of the Hospice Benefit," End-of-Life Symposium sponsored by the UNLV Health Law Program and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada.

August 10, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “Gambling Disorder, Law, and Ethics,” Saratoga Institute on Racing and Gaming, sponsored by the ABA Gaming Law Committee and Albany Law School, Saratoga Springs, New York.

August 6, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “Gambling Disorder, Vulnerability, and the Law: Mapping the Field,” Top Ten Issues in Disability Law and Policy Discussion Panel, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Annual Conference, Amelia Island, Florida.

August 5, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “On the Health of Immigration Detainees,” Hot Topics in Health Law and Bioethics Discussion Panel, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Annual Conference, Amelia Island, Florida.

June 29-July 1, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “Gambling Disorder, Neuroethics, and the Law," Neuroethics Network, sponsored by ICM, The Brain and Spine Institute, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France.

June 10, 2016, Sara Gordon, “Problem Gambling and Specialty Courts,” 16th International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking (ICGRT), The Mirage Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.

May 6, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “Legal and Regulatory Perspectives on Problem Gambling,” 10th Annual Nevada State Conference on Problem Gambling, Suncoast Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.

May 3, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “HIPAA Privacy for Marriage and Family Therapists,” Guest Lecture for the Center for Individual, Couples and Family Counseling, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

April 28, 2016, Max Gakh, Sara Gordon, and Stacey Tovino, “Ask a Health Lawyer,” UNLV Marriage and Family Therapy Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada.

April __ 2016, Ann McGinley, Moderator and Presenter, "The ADA: Possible Remedy to Police Use of Force against Persons with Mental Disabilities?" Beating Mental Illness: A Dialogue on Race, Gender and Disability Stereotypes in Use of Force Cases, sponsored by the University of Southern California (USC) Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics, USC School of Social Work, USC Dornslife Gender Studies, Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics and Prism, USC Initiative for the Study of Race, Gender, Sexuality and the Law, and USC Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, California.

April 15, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “Legal and Ethical Issues in Lawyers’ and Physicians’ Use of Social Media,” CLE and CME Program, Clinical Simulation Center, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada.

April 12, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “Health Care Fraud and Abuse,” Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine Medical Residency Programs, Valley Hospital and Medical Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. 

April 8, 2016, Ann McGinley, "The ADA: Possible Remedy to Police Use of Force against Persons with Mental Disabilities?" Beating Mental Illness: A Dialogue on Race, Gender and Disability Stereotypes in Use of Force Cases, University of Southern California Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics, USC Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, California.

April 1, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “Gambling, Suicide, and the Law,” Dying Fast and Slow: Improving Quality of Dying and Untimely Deaths Symposium, Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri. 

March 22, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “Giving Thanks: The Law and Ethics of Grateful Patient Fundraising,” Health Law Grand Rounds, Hall Center for Law & Health, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana. 

March 18, 2016, Sara Gordon, “The History and Use of Mutual Support Programs in Specialty Courts,” Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science, Eighteenth Annual Meeting, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

March 18, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “Gambling Disorder, History, and the Law,” Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science, Eighteenth Annual Meeting, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

March 9, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “Attorneys with Gambling Disorder and Professional Disciplinary Actions,” Gambling Disorder and the Law Lecture Series, sponsored by the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling, the UNLV Health Law Program, and the UNLV Gaming Law Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

March 4, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “The Health Law Implications of Advances in Neuroimaging," Neurolaw Lecture, sponsored by the Center for Integrative Neuroscience (NIH COBRE), Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno.

February 29, 2016, Max Gakh, "Full-Day Kindergarten and Health in Nevada: A Health Impact Assessment," Nevada Public Health Association Southern Nevada Chapter Quarterly Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada.

February 11, 2016, Stacey Tovino, Keynote Address, “Legal Treatment of Disordered Gamblers in the United States,” Sixth Biennial International Gambling Conference: Preventing Harm in the Shifting Gambling Environment: Challenges, Policies and Strategies, sponsored by the Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand, Hapai Te Hauora Tapui (Maori Public Health), and the Auckland University of Technology Gambling and Addictions Research Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.

January 21, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “HIPAA Privacy and Physician Texting,” University of Nevada School of Medicine Graduate Medical Education Committee, Las Vegas, Nevada.

January 8-13, 2016, Stacey Tovino, “HIPAA Privacy,” Saint Louis University School of Law, Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis, Missouri.

December 7, 2015, Stacey Tovino, “Professor’s Choice Lecture: Health Law at UNLV,” Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Continuing Education Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

November 11, 2015, Sara Gordon, “Mental Health and Criminal Law,” Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Valley Hospital Medical Residency Programs, Medical Jurisprudence Lecture Series, Las Vegas, Nevada.

November 4, 2015, Stacey Tovino, “HIPAA Privacy: Issues for Physicians,” Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Valley Hospital Medical Residency Programs, Medical Jurisprudence Lecture Series, Las Vegas, Nevada.

November 3, 2015, Max Gakh, “Health in All Policies: Learning Lessons from Emergency Legal Preparedness,” 143rd American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.  

October 30, 2015, Stacey Tovino, Endowed Lecturer, “Giving Thanks: The Law and Ethics of Grateful Patient Fundraising,” Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.

October 29, 2015, Sara Gordon, “Involuntary Inpatient and Outpatient Commitment Laws,” Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Valley Hospital Medical Residency Programs, Medical Jurisprudence Lecture Series, Las Vegas, Nevada.

October 29, 2015, Stacey Tovino, “Giving Thanks: The Law and Ethics of Grateful Patient Fundraising,” Center for Clinical Research Ethics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. 

October 25, 2015, Stacey Tovino, “Developments in Medicaid: Ethical, Clinical, Legal, and Social Implications,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 17th Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas. 

October 23, 2015, Sara Gordon, “Crossing the Line: Daubert, Dual Roles and the Admissibility of Forensic Mental Health Testimony,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 17th Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas.

October 16, 2015, Stacey Tovino, “Individuals with Gambling Disorder: Vulnerability and the Law,” Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy Symposium, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas.

October 7, 2015, Max Gakh, “Vaccine Requirements,” Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Valley Hospital Medical Residency Programs, Medical Jurisprudence Lecture Series, Las Vegas, Nevada.

September 25, 2015, Max Gakh and Jennifer Pharr, “Full-day Kindergarten and Health in Nevada: A Health Impact Assessment,” 2015 Nevada Public Health Association Annual Conference, Reno, Nevada. 

September 24, 2015, Sara Gordon, “Crossing the Line: Daubert, Dual Roles and the Admissibility of Forensic Mental Health Testimony,” BYU Rocky Mountain Junior Scholars Conference, Provo, Utah.

September 24, 2015, Ann McGinley, “Disability Law Obligations of Health Care Providers and Medical Institutions,” Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Valley Hospital Medical Residency Programs, Medical Jurisprudence Lecture Series, Las Vegas, Nevada.

September 10, 2015, Sara Gordon, “Crossing the Line: Daubert, Dual Roles and the Admissibility of Forensic Mental Health Testimony,” University of Arizona Junior Faculty Exchange, Tucson, Arizona.

September 10, 2015, Stacey Tovino, “Legal and Ethical Duties of Physicians Relating to Patients with Limited English Proficiency,” University of Nevada School of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada.

September 8, 2015, Stacey Tovino, “Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit: Issues for Physicians,” Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Valley Hospital Medical Residency Programs, Medical Jurisprudence Lecture Series, Las Vegas, Nevada.

September 4, 2015, Sara Gordon, “Gambling Disorders and Diversion Courts,” 2015 Gaming Law Conference, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 

September 4, 2015, Stacey Tovino, “Attorneys with Gambling Disorder: License, Suspension, Revocation, and Reinstatement,” 2015 Gaming Law Conference, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 

August 24, 2015, Sara Gordon, “UNLV/UNSOM Review of Alaska Mental Health Statutes,” Alaska Governor’s Working Group, Anchorage, Alaska. 

August 11, 2015, Max Gakh, “Mandatory Reporting Laws,” Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Valley Hospital Medical Residency Programs, Medical Jurisprudence Lecture Series, Las Vegas, Nevada.

July 27, 2015, Stacey Tovino, “Medicare Financing of Graduate Medical Education,” The Health Care System of Tomorrow Discussion Group, 2015 Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Conference, Boca Raton, Florida. 

July 27, 2015, Stacey Tovino, “The Ethics of Grateful Patient Fundraising,” Hot Issues in Law and Bioethics Discussion Group, 2015 Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Conference, Boca Raton, Florida.

June 16, 2015, Max Gakh, “Student Health & Education: Case Studies From Three School-Related Health Impact Assessments,” National Health Impact Assessment Meeting, Washington, D.C.  

June 12, 2015, Ann McGinley, “The ADA: Twenty-Five Years at Work,” 32nd Annual Warns-Render Labor and Employment Law Institute, University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, Louisville, Kentucky.

June 6, 2015, Sara Gordon, “Collaborative Learning and Mental Health Law Reform in Alaska,” ASLME 38th Annual Health Law Professors Conference, Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri.

June 6, 2015, Stacey Tovino, “A Critique of Medicare Financing of Graduate Medical Education,” ASLME 38th Annual Health Law Professors Conference, Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri.

May 29, 2015, Leslie C. Griffin, Rewriting Harris v. McRae, Panel on Feminist Judgments, United States Supreme Court Cases Rewritten, Annual Meeting of the Law & Society Association, Seattle, Washington.

May 21, 2015, Christine Smith and Stacey Tovino, “Interprofessional Collaborations Addressing Health Disparities in Nevada” (Poster Presentation), VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System Research Event, North Las Vegas, Nevada.

May 16, 2015, Max Gakh, “Prevention-Oriented Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” Fourth Annual Internal Medicine Symposium, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada.

May 16, 2015, Sara Gordon, “Dual Roles and Conflicts of Interest in Psychiatric Forensic Testimony,” Fourth Annual Internal Medicine Symposium, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada.

May 16, 2015, Ann McGinley, “Disability Law Obligations of Health Care Providers and Medical Institutions,” Fourth Annual Internal Medicine Symposium, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada.

May 16, 2015, Stacey Tovino, “An Update on Medical Malpractice in Nevada,” Fourth Annual Internal Medicine Symposium, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada.

May 8, 2015, Leslie C. Griffin, "What Would American Health Care Look Like if it Were Based on Health Instead of Religion?" Petrie-Flom Law, Religion, and Health in America Conference, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

May 8, 2015, Stacey Tovino, “Health Care Finance, Religion, and the HIPAA Privacy Rule,” Petrie-Flom Law, Religion, and Health in America Conference, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

May 1, 2015, Leslie C. Griffin, "Misaccommodating Religion," Freedom of (and from) Religion: Debates over the Accommodation of Religion in the Public Square Conference, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California.

March 27, 2015, Leslie C. Griffin, "A Word of Warning from a Woman," LGBT Antidiscrimination Law and Policy After Hobby Lobby Symposium, University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

February 25, 2015, Stacey Tovino, Keynote Presentation, “Gambling Disorder and Health Law,” American College of Legal Medicine Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada.

February 20, 2015, Leslie C. Griffin, "Hobby Lobby," Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly Symposium on the Religious Rights of Corporations in the Aftermath of Hobby Lobby, San Francisco, California.

February 12-13, 2015, Stacey Tovino, “Update on Health Insurance Coverage of Gambling Disorder,” Gaming Law Minefield 2015 Conference, Henderson, Nevada.

November 17, 2014, Max Gakh, “When Relationships are Necessary but not Sufficient: Nine Ways Law Can Foster Collaboration in a Health in All Policies Approach,” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. 

November 7, 2014, Sara Gordon, “Presumed Dangerous: How Civil Commitment Statutes and the DSM-5 Reinforce Perceptions that People with Mental Illness Are Violent,” University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah. 

November 7, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “The DSM-5: Implications for Insurance, Entitlements, and Disability Discrimination Protections,” University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah.

October 17, 2014, Max Gakh, “The Health in All Policies Approach and the Law,” American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Public Health Law Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

October 16, 2014, Sara Gordon, “The Use of Assisted Outpatient Commitment to Address Mental Health Care Disparities,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 16th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California.

October 16, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “Restraint and Seclusion in Medicare-Participating Hospitals and Immigration Detention Centers: A Comparison,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 16th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California.

October 16, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “Health Care Disparities and Inclusion: The Case of Gambling Disorder,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 16th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California.

October 10, 2014, Max Gakh, “Moving Upstream: Potential Strategies to Address the Social Determinants of Health and Enhance Health Equity in Nevada,” UNLV-UNSOM Interprofessional Health Equity Symposium, School of Dental Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

October 10, 2014, Sara Gordon, Moderator, Health Care Provider Shortages and Workforce Issues Panel, UNLV-UNSOM Interprofessional Health Equity Symposium, School of Dental Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

October 10, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “No Doctor in the House: A Critique of Medicare Financing of Graduate Medical Education,” UNLV-UNSOM Interprofessional Health Equity Symposium, School of Dental Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

October 10, 2014, Max Gakh, “Health Care, Health Law, and Social Justice,” Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Teaching Conference, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

October 10, 2014, Ann McGinley, “Teaching Disability Law for Social Justice,” Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Teaching Conference, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

October 10, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “Health Care, Health Law, and Social Justice,” Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Teaching Conference, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

September 25, 2014, Max Gakh, “Expert Panel: Moving Nevada Toward a Sustainable Future: a Transdisciplinary Approach to Public Health,” Nevada Public Health Association Annual Meeting, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

September 25, 2014, Max Gakh, “When Relationships are Necessary but not Sufficient: Nine Ways Law Can Foster Collaboration in a Health in All Policies Approach,” (poster presentation) Nevada Public Health Association Annual Meeting, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

September 25, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “The HIPAA Privacy Rule’s Public Health Exception” Guest Lecture, Public Health Law class, Professor Max Gakh, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

September 9, 2014, Stacey Tovino, Moderator, Women’s Health Care Program sponsored by the UNLV Women’s Council, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

September 4, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “Addressing Problem Gambling,” Gaming Law Conference: Regulating Land-Based Casinos, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

August 21, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “Lost in the Shuffle: How Health and Disability Laws Hurt Disordered Gamblers,” National Center for Responsible Gaming Webinar.

August 14, 2014, Max Gakh, “Health Impact Assessment Training,” Southern Nevada Health District, sponsored by the California-Nevada Public Health Training Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. 

June 17 – July 9, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “HIPAA Privacy Law,” University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, California.

June 7, 2014, Sara Gordon, “What Jurors Want to Know: Motivating Juror Cognition to Increase Legal Knowledge and Improve Decision-Making,” ASLME Health Law Professors Conference, University of California Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California. 

June 7, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “Update on At-Risk Populations: Mental and Physical Disability, Sexual Orientation, and Veterans Status,” ASLME Health Law Professors Conference, University of California Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California.  

May 27-29, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “Neuroimaging, Mental Disorder Classification, and the Law: The Case of Gambling Disorder,” Second Annual Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy and Ethics, sponsored by the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of the Law at the Talking Stick Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona.

April 25, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “Translational Expectations and Issues,” Imaging Brains, Changing Minds: Chronic Pain Neuroimaging in Law Conference, sponsored by the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Baltimore, Maryland.

April 18, 2014, Leslie C. Griffin, "Abortion, Assisted Reproduction and Religion-Based Laws," Perspectives on Abortion, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, and Judicial Review Conference, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut.

April 17, 2014, Max Gakh, “Helping the Elderly in an Emergency: Disparities, Public Health Preparedness, and Law,” Interprofessional Health Disparities Symposium, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

April 17, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “Legal Approaches to Combating Elder Abuse,” Interprofessional Health Disparities Symposium, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 

April 14, 2014, Max Gakh, “The Affordable Care Act: An Introduction,” Guest Lecture School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada (Guest lecture repeated April 15 and April 22).

April 11, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “Insurance Coverage of Gambling Disorder after the Affordable Care Act and the DSM-5,” Eighth Annual Nevada State Conference on Problem Gambling, Harrah’s Reno Hotel and Casino, Reno, Nevada.

March 28, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “Mental Health Benefit Disparities after the Affordable Care Act,” Bioethics and Health Law Center Symposium, Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi.

March 25, 2014, Leslie C. Griffin, "Hobby Lobby and Women's Rights," Women's Law Society, University of California, Irvine School of Law, Irvine, California.

March 4, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “Mental Health Benefit Disparities after the Affordable Care Act,” Guest Lecture, Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri. 

February 25, 2014, Stacey Tovino, Distinguished Health Law Lecture, “The Law and Ethics of Grateful Patient Fundraising,” Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri.

February 23 – March 5, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “HIPAA Privacy Law” Intersession Course, Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri.

February 13, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “Insurance Coverage of Gambling Disorder after the Affordable Care Act,” American Bar Association Gaming Law Minefield Conference, Green Valley Ranch Resort, Henderson, Nevada.

January 24, 2014, Stacey Tovino, “Alcohol Use Disorder and the Affordable Care Act,” Continuing Legal Education, State Bar of Nevada, Reno, Nevada.

November 22, 2013, Stacey Tovino, “Substance Use and the Affordable Care Act:  Clinical and Legal Issues,” Continuing Legal Education, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 

November 12, 2013, Stacey Tovino, Guest Lectures, “Law, Ethics, and Brain Policy” class and “Health Law LL.M.” class, Health Law and Policy Institute, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas.

November 3, 2013, Max Gakh, “Using Gubernatorial Executive Orders to Advance Public Health,” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. 

October 26, 2013, Stacey Tovino, “Public and Private Mental Health Disparities after the Affordable Care Act,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Fifteenth Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.

October 4, 2013, Stacey Tovino, “Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, and the Physical/Mental Dichotomy in Civil and Regulatory Health Law,” Will Neuroscience Redefine Mental Injury Conference, sponsored by the Hall Center for Law and Health, Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana. 

September 28, 2013, Stacey Tovino, “Tips for Aspiring Law Professors,” Aspiring Law Professors Conference, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

September 27, 2013, Max Gakh, “Legal Protections and Liability Considerations: Liability Issues for Individuals, Volunteers, and Entities,” Public Health and Legal Preparedness Conference, The Florida State University Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), Tallahassee, Florida.

September 23, 2013, Stacey Tovino, “Insurance Coverage of Addictive Behaviors under the Affordable Care Act,” National Center for Responsible Gaming Annual Conference, Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. 

August 15, 2013, Max Gakh, “Using Legal Tools for a “Health in All Policies” (HiAP) Approach,” National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah.

August 4-10, 2013, Stacey Tovino, “State Implementation of Essential Health Benefits,” Health Care Reform Reprised Workshop, Southeastern Association of Law Schools 66th Annual Conference, Palm Beach, Florida.

July 9, 2013, Max Gakh, “’Health in All Policies’: Using Law to Facilitate Cross-Sector Collaboration,” NACCHO Public Health Law Workgroup, Dallas, Texas (Talk repeated for ASTHO National Prevention Strategy Learning Collaborative September 9, 2013 and ASTHO Public Health Law Workgroup September 10, 2013 in Arlington, Virginia).

June 27-28, 2013, Max Gakh and Lainie Rutkow, “Public Health Law in Maryland,” Public Health Law & Science: A Seminar for Maryland Judges, Baltimore, Maryland.

May 22-24, 2013, Stacey Tovino, “Public and Private Mental Health Benefit Disparities after the Affordable Care Act,” Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology Conference, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas.

May 13, 2013, Max Gakh and John Bloom, “Advocating Off the Clock,” American Public Health Association Action Board Mid-Year Meeting, Washington, DC.

May 10, 2013, Stacey Tovino, “Mental Health Parity Law and Essential Mental Health Insurance Benefits under the Affordable Care Act,” Nevada Psychological Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.

May 6, 2013, Max Gakh, “Cross Sector Collaboration and Public Health Law,” National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Health in All Policies Leadership Academy, Washington, DC.

April 24, 2013, Max Gakh, “Using Gubernatorial Executive Orders to Advance Public Health,” Guest Lecture, Public Health Agencies: Law, Policy, and Practice Course, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

April 23, 2013, Stacey Tovino, “Mental Health Parity Law and Essential Mental Health Insurance Benefits under the Affordable Care Act,” Florida International University College of Law, Miami, Florida.

April 12, 2013, Stacey Tovino, “Commentary: The Promise and Limits of Brain Science Research in Determining Juvenile Court Policy,” Juvenile Justice Workshop, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 

March 22-23, 2013, Stacey Tovino, “Shaping Mental Disability's Legal Discourse,” Including Disability: How Legal Discourse Can Shape Life’s Transitions Conference, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California.

March 4, 2013, Max Gakh, “Using Legal Tools for a ‘Health in All Policies’ (HiAP) Approach,” National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) National Environmental Health Policy Network, Washington, DC.

February 21-23, 2013, Stacey Tovino, “A U.S. History of Health Privacy and Health Information Confidentiality Laws: 1880 to Present,” Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science Fifteenth Annual Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina.

February 20, 2013 Stacey Tovino, “History of Health Information Confidentiality: 1880 to Present,” Health Law Society, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

January 31, 2013, Leslie C. Griffin, "Fortieth Anniversary of Roe v. Wade," Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada.

January 6, 2013, Stacey Tovino, “The Bi-Directional Relationship between Tort Law and Health Law,” Torts and Compensation Systems Section Meeting, AALS Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.

December 2012, Max Gakh, Dan Stier, and Andrea Garcia, “Hot Topics in Public Health Law,” Partnership for Public Health Law, Washington, DC.

November 16, 2012, Stacey Tovino, “Health Care Reform: Next Steps for Nevada,” Continuing Legal Education, sponsored by the State Bar of Nevada and the Nevada State Medical Association, The Smith Center, Las Vegas, Nevada.

October 24, 2012, Stacey Tovino, “Medicare and Medicaid Coverage of Elder Health Care,” Guest Lecture, Elder Law course, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

October 12, 2012, Stacey Tovino, “The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Business Associates: Review and Update,” Continuing Legal Education, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 

October 1, 2012, Stacey Tovino, “Essential Health Benefits,” The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act: What's Next and Why You Should Care Program, sponsored by the Boyd Chapters of the American Constitution Society, The Federalist Society, and the Health Law Society, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

September 2012, Max Gakh and John Bloom, “Lobbying and Electioneering Limitations for Nonprofits,” Partnership for Public Health Law Training, Washington, DC.  (Talk repeated at APHA in September 2012, at NACCHO in October 2012, and at ASTHO in November 2012).

July 29-August 4, 2012, Stacey Tovino, “Health Care Reform: Essential Health Benefits Implementation” and “Health Care, Health Law, and Rhetoric,” 65th Annual SEALS Meeting, Amelia Island, Florida.

June 16-21, 2012, Stacey Tovino, “Elder Law,” Continuing Legal Education (24 Credits), Hamline University School of Law, Health Law Institute, St. Paul, Minnesota.

April 13, 2012, Stacey Tovino, “Health Law Update: Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule,” Continuing Legal Education, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

March 27, 2012, Stacey Tovino, “The Affordable Care Act and Related Supreme Court Arguments,” sponsored by the Health Law Society and the American Constitution Society, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

March 2-3, 2012, Stacey Tovino, “U.S. Regulation of Human Subjects Research Involving Individuals with Impaired Decision-Making Capacity: 1947-2011,” Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

January 28, 2012, Stacey Tovino, “A Proposal for Comprehensive and Specific Essential Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits,” Symposium on the American Right to Health, Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts.

September 10, 2011, Stacey Tovino, “Ideas for Aspiring Law Professors,” Aspiring Law Professors Conference, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

July 24-30, 2011, Stacey Tovino, “Reforming Federal Mental Health Parity Law,” Current Issues in Mental Health Law Panel, The Southeastern Association of Law Schools 64th Annual Meeting, Hilton Head, South Carolina.

June 12-17, 2011, Stacey Tovino, “Bioethics,” Continuing Legal Education (24 hours), Health Law Institute, Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota.

June 9-11, 2011, Stacey Tovino, “Reforming Federal Mental Health Parity Law,” 34th Annual Health Law Professors Conference, sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics and the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.

April 8, 2011, Stacey Tovino, “Health Care Reform in the Post-PPACA Era: A View from Law, Policy, and Ethics,” Whittier Law Review Health Law Symposium, Whittier School of Law, Costa Mesa, California.

April 2011, Max Gakh, JoAnne Knapp, and Elizabeth Webster, Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant (RCPG) Program Project 5: Pre-disaster Public- Private Partnerships, “Afterword: Learning Lessons from Maryland’s RCPG Projects,” University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security (CHHS) Conference, Baltimore, Maryland.

March 4-5, 2011, Stacey Tovino, “Scientific and Legal Understandings of Postpartum Illness,” Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science 13th Annual Meeting, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.

February 11-12, 2011. Stacey Tovino, “Science, Law, and the Postpartum Mood Disorders,” Society for Evolutionary Analysis in Law (SEAL) XII Conference, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California.

February 9-10, 2011. Stacey Tovino, “Protecting PHI: The Legal Duties of Health Lawyers Post-HITECH,” American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) Physicians and Physicians Organizations Law Institute, The Cosmopolitan Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.

February 9, 2011, Leslie C. Griffin, Texas Senate, Testimony Against Constitutionality of S.B. 16 Sonogram Legislation, Austin, Texas.

January 3-7, 2011, Stacey Tovino, “The HIPAA Privacy Rule Post-HITECH,” Continuing Legal Education (24 hours), Health Law Institute, Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota.

November 12, 2010, Stacey Tovino, “Teaching Neuroethics” and “Lack of Uniformity among U.S. Surrogate Consent-to-Research Laws: Problem or Protection?” Neuroethics Society 2nd Annual Meeting, San Diego, California.

November 2010, Max Gakh and Megan Timmins, “Integrating Response: Public/Private Partnerships,” Association of Contingency Planners Liberty Valley Chapter 5th Annual Regional Symposium, Pennsauken, New Jersey.

October 7, 2010, Leslie C. Griffin, "Smith and Women's Equality," Cardozo Conference on the Twentieth Anniversary of Employment Division v. Smith, New York, New York.

September 24, 2010, Stacey Tovino, “Neurobiology and Ethics of Decision Making,” Sponsored by CIHR Grant in Neuroethics (States of Mind: Emerging Issues in Neuroethics), Jackson’s Point, Ontario, Canada.

September 2010, Max Gakh and Raymon K. Shin, “Liability and Legal Implications of Providing Aid,” Maryland Citizen Corps Donations and Volunteer and Shelter Management Training, Oakland, Maryland. (Talk repeated in May 2010 in Easton, Maryland, and in March 2011 in Prince George’s County, Maryland). 

August 2, 2010, Stacey Tovino, “From Pre-Stimulus to Reform: Protecting Genetic Information and Mental Health Information,” The Southeastern Association of Law Schools 63rd Annual Meeting, The Breakers Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida.

July 24, 2010, Stacey Tovino, “The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Psychotherapy Notes,” Psychiatry and the Law Symposium, University of Houston Law Center, Health Law & Policy Institute, Houston, Texas.

July 22, 2010, Stacey Tovino, “Reforming Mental Health Parity Law,” Guest Lecture, University of Houston Law Center, Health Law & Policy Institute, Houston, Texas.

June 4, 2010, Stacey Tovino, “Health Care Reform and Mental Health Law,” 33rd Annual Health Law Professors Conference, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas.

June 2010, Max Gakh and Cezar A.B. Lopez, “Using Communication and Planning to Foster Regional Collaboration,” 2010 National Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.

April 9, 2010, Stacey Tovino, “Protecting ‘Protected Health Information’: Ethical and Legal Duties of Health Lawyers,” Continuing Ethics Education Presentation (.75 Ethics Hours), University of Texas School of Law 22nd Annual Health Law Conference, Four Seasons Hotel, Houston, Texas.

April 2010, Max Gakh and JoAnne Knapp, “The Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program,” Pennsylvania Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters Training, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

April 2010, Max Gakh, “The Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program,” Washington DC Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters Training, Washington, DC.

March 11, 2010, Stacey Tovino, “Neuroscience, Law, and Postpartum Illness,” Brain Awareness Week, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

March 4, 2010, Stacey Tovino, “ARRA, HITECH, and the HIPAA Privacy Rule,” Drake University College of Public Administration, Des Moines, Iowa.

February 25, 2010, Leslie C. Griffin, Nebraska Legislature, Testimony Against Constitutionality of Abortion Pain Prevention Act, Lincoln, Nebraska.

February 18, 2010, Stacey Tovino, “ARRA, HITECH, and the HIPAA Privacy Rule,” Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine Health Care Administration Program, Des Moines, Iowa.

January 9, 2010, Stacey Tovino, “Evidence Outside the Courthouse,” Section on Evidence, AALS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

November 20, 2009, Stacey Tovino, “Scientific Understandings of Postpartum Illness: Improving Health Law and Policy?” The University of Houston Law Center, Health Law & Policy Institute, Houston, Texas.

October 21, 2009, Leslie C. Griffin, "How to Serve on an IRB," University of Houston Law Center Student Health Law Organization, Houston, Texas.

September 24-26, 2009, Stacey Tovino, “Postpartum Mood Disorders, Neuroscience, and Mental Health Law,” Brain Matters: New Directions in Neuroethics Conference, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

August 2-12, 2009, Stacey Tovino, “Regulating Neuroimaging,” Penn Neuroscience Summer Institute, Center for Neuroscience and Society, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

June 2009, Ann McGinley, “ADA Amendments Act of 2008,” 26th Annual Carl A. Warns, Jr. Labor and Employment Law Institute, University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law, Louisville, Kentucky.

June 4-6, 2009, Stacey Tovino, “The Neurobiology of Postpartum Depression: Improving Mental Health Law and Policy?” Health Law Professors Conference, The Law-Medicine Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio.

April 6, 2009, Stacey Tovino, “HIPAA, ARRA, and Pharmacy Practice,” Drake University College of Pharmacy, Des Moines, Iowa.

March 31, 2009, Stacey Tovino, “The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program,” Drake University School of Business and Public Administration, Des Moines, Iowa.

November 3, 2008, Stacey Tovino, “The New Neuroscience: Brain Imaging, Ethics, and Law,” Robert Conklin Endowed Lecture, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.

October 24, 2008, Stacey Tovino, “Women’s Neuroethics: Why Gender Matters for Neuroethics,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio.

September 25, 2008, Stacey Tovino, “Neuroscience, Gender, and the Law,” Neuroscience, Law & Government Symposium, University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio.

June 6, 2008, Stacey Tovino, “Teaching Health Law through Literature,” Health Law Professors Conference, Drexel University College of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

April 14, 2008, Leslie C. Griffin, "The Story of Creation-Science," Panelist, Education Law Stories Conference, University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, Ohio.

April 5, 2008, Stacey Tovino, “Neuroscience and Health Law: An Integrative Approach?” Law and Neuroscience Workshop, Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, California.

March 7, 2008, Stacey Tovino, “Neuroscience and Health Law: An Integrative Approach?” Neuroscience and Public Policy Dual-Degree Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

March 1, 2008, Stacey Tovino, “Neuroscience and Health Law: An Integrative Approach?” NeuroLaw: What Neuroscience Offers to Law Conference, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts.

February 28, 2008, Stacey Tovino, “Neuroethics,” Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota.

February 22, 2008, Leslie C. Griffin, Moderator, "Religious Belief and Surrogate Ethical Decision-Making," Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, San Antonio, Texas.

November 20, 2007, Stacey Tovino, “NeuroLaw,” University of St. Thomas School of Law, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

October 29-31, 2007, Stacey Tovino, “Functional Neuroimaging and Perceptions of Mental Health and Mental Illness,” World Federation for Mental Health, Transcultural Mental Health in a Changing World: Building a Global Response Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

October 26-27, 2007, Stacey Tovino, “Bioethics and Neuroimaging,” First Annual Law, Ethics, and the Life Sciences Conference, University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, Louisville, Kentucky.

August 26-28, 2007, Stacey Tovino, “Implanting Change: The Ethics of Neural Prosthetics,” Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania.

May 31- June 2, 2007, Stacey Tovino, “Psychiatric Restraint and Seclusion: Resisting Legislative Solution,” American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 30th Annual Health Law Professors Conference, Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts.

April 28, 2007, Stacey Tovino, “Neuroethics and the Law,” MidBrains 2007 Undergraduate Neuroscience Conference, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

April 19-21, 2007, Stacey Tovino, “From the Brain to Human Culture: Intersections between the Humanities and Neuroscience,” Bucknell University Comparative Humanities Program, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

April 13, 2007, Stacey Tovino, “Health, Disability, and Employment Law Implications of Advances in MRI,” Law and Ethics of Brain Scanning Conference, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, held at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

February 16, 2007, Stacey Tovino, “Health Law Implications of Advances in Functional Neuroimaging,” Minnesota State Bar Association, Health Law Section Monthly Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

February 3, 2007, Stacey Tovino, “Imaging Body Structure and Mapping Brain Function: A Historical Approach,” Brain Imaging and the Law Symposium, Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts.

November 12, 2006, Stacey Tovino, “Psychiatric Restraint and Seclusion: Resisting Legislative Solution,” Public Law Community Weekend Event, Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota.

October 28, 2006, Stacey Tovino, “Functional Neuroimaging Information: A Case for Neuro Exceptionalism?” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.

June 3, 2006, Stacey Tovino, “Confidentiality and Privacy Implications of Advances in Functional Neuroimaging,” American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 30th Annual Health Law Teachers Conference, University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland.

May 18, 2006, Stacey Tovino, “Slicing the Brain, Slicing the Mind: Ethical Issues in the Use of Neuromodulation and Functional Neuroimaging,” Ethics Grand Rounds at The Methodist Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

April 4, 2006, Stacey Tovino, “The Visible Brain: Confidentiality Implications of fMRI,” University of Texas Medical Branch, Institute for the Medical Humanities Colloquium, Galveston, Texas.

October 7, 2005, Leslie C. Griffin, Panelist, "Patient Safety: Communicating Beyond the Walls," San Mateo Hospital Consortium, San Mateo, California.

August 25, 2005, Stacey Tovino, “Public Health Reporting and the HIPAA Privacy Rule,” Houston Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Data Sharing Conference, Houston, Texas.

June 3, 2005, Stacey Tovino, “Incorporating Literature into a Health Law Curriculum,” American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 29th Annual Health Law Teachers Conference, Houston, Texas.

May 10, 2005, Stacey Tovino, “Uses and Abuses of the Visible Brain,” Hard Science -- Hard Choices: Facts, Ethics & Policies Guiding Brain Science Today, Library of Congress Neuroethics Conference, Washington, D.C.

September 10, 2004, Leslie C. Griffin, "Conflicts of Interest," Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.

March 31, 2004, Leslie C. Griffin, "Cloning and Ethics," Science Café, Rice Village, Houston, Texas.

March 22, 2003, Leslie C. Griffin, "Catholic Lawmakers on Cloning and Stem Cell Research," The Shannon Chair Lecture, Nazareth College Forum on Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research, Rochester, New York.

June 12, 2002, Stacey Tovino, “Academic Medical Centers, Research, and the HIPAA Privacy Rule,” HCCA/AHA HIPAA Forum, Marriott Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts.

April 30, 2002, Stacey Tovino, “Marketing and Fundraising under the HIPAA Privacy Rule,” National Association of Cancer Center Development Officers and NCI-Designated Cancer Centers Public Affairs Network, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

May 17, 2001, Stacey Tovino, “Medical Ethics: Informed Consent,” Texas Orthopedic Hospital, Houston, Texas.

April 5, 2001, Stacey Tovino, “The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Clinical Laboratories,” 2001 Texas Association for Clinical Laboratory Science, Houston, Texas.

July 17, 1998, Stacey Tovino, “Organ Donation and the Law,” University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

February 1998, Ann McGinley, “Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Has It Fulfilled Its Promise?” Florida Disability Rights Conference, Tallahassee, Florida.

November 1994, Leslie C. Griffin, Panelist for Nursing Ethics Symposium, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California.

May 13, 1994, Leslie C. Griffin, "The Preferential Option for the Patient," Keynote Address to the Catholic Health Association, St. Louis, Missouri.

December 3-4, 1993, Ann McGinley, “Ensuring (E)qual(ity) Health Care for Poor Americans,” Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Symposium, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York.

February 15, 1989, Leslie C. Griffin, "In Vitro Fertilization and Other Reproductive Techniques," University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.

February 10, 1989, Leslie C. Griffin, "Needles for Addicts?" Board of Trustees of the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.