From Dean Dan - April 21, 2017

This week, we held our annual awards dinner to recognize the contributions of the Nevada Law Journal, the UNLV Gaming Law Journal, and the Society of Advocates (SOA). Our students, faculty and alumni joined together to celebrate another successful academic year and to recognize the achievements of these student organizations. I want to congratulate the three award winners. The Nevada Law Journal gave its third annual Judge Elissa Cadish Award for Outstanding Student Note to Brent Resh for his article "Something New Under the Sun: The DRECP and the Future of Utility-Scale Solar on the New Energy Frontier." The UNLV Gaming Law Journal gave its fourth annual Anthony Cabot Award for Best Student Note to Victoria Allen for her article "What's in a Game: Collective Management Organizations and Video Game Copyright." The SOA gave its fourth annual Franny Forsman Award for Excellence in Advocacy to Emily Haws for her overall SOA performance; she participated in the Kaufman Securities Law Moot Court Competition and argued before Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.  

Congratulations to all the award winners, and special recognition and thanks to friends of the law school and award namesakes Judge Elissa Cadish, Anthony Cabot, and Franny Forsman. I'd also like to thank the leaders of these student organizations for their excellent work all year long: Nevada Law Journal Editor-in-Chief Emily Haws, UNLV Gaming Law Journal Editor-in-Chief Adam Ellis, and SOA President Adrienne Brantley. Thanks, finally, to SOA faculty advisor Andrew Martineau, Associate Dean for Student Affairs Frank Durand, and Administrative Assistant Kelly Boan.

We are once again partnering with the Association of Corporate Counsel and the State Bar of Nevada to provide a Terrill Pollman, who this week received the UNLV Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award. A member of Boyd's founding faculty, Professor Terry Pollman developed the law school's nationally recognized legal writing program, and she is now pioneering a leadership, rhetoric, and law course.    

Dan

Dean & Richard J. Morgan Professor of Law
daniel.hamilton@unlv.edu
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