Welcome back to another great year at the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law! This year, we welcome two new wonderful faculty members: Kathryn M. Stanchi and Joseph Regalia.

Kathryn M. Stanchi joins the faculty as the E.L. Cord Professor of Law. Professor Stanchi teaches writing courses, including legal research and writing, appellate advocacy, and two courses of her own creation, advanced persuasive strategies and drafting judicial opinions for social justice. She is the author of numerous articles on persuasion, rhetoric, feminist theory and writing, as well as two books on writing and

This is our last issue of Boyd Briefs for the academic year. We are busy planning a fantastic line up of events, speakers and conferences for next year, and look forward to sharing a full schedule soon.

On Tuesday, May 21st, UNLV Boyd School of Law is hosting a workshop, Women in the Boardroom: Pathways to a Corporate Board Seat. I would like to thank Anne Ettley, Executive Director of the National Association of Corporate Directors and Julie Murray, President of the Nevada International Women's Forum for making this event possible. The goal of this workshop is for participants to share

On May 17 at 10 a.m., the UNLV Boyd School of Law will hold our 2019 Commencement Ceremony. We look forward to recognizing our graduates and all they have accomplished. This year, we are honored to welcome U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen as our commencement speaker.This year's faculty remarks will be given by Ann C. McGinley, William S. Boyd Professor of Law. Student remarks will be made by full-time J.D. graduate Alexis Duecker and part-time J.D. graduate Carmen Gilbert.
 
The ceremony will recognize the outstanding achievements of our J.D. and LL.M. students.

  
William S. Boyd Outstanding

I am excited to share some great news coming out of Boyd Nation:

• Brenda Weksler '02 has been appointed to fill a U.S. Magistrate seat here in Las Vegas, and this marks our first alum to join the Federal District Court. Honored as the 2018 William S. Boyd School of Law Alumna of the Year, Brenda is currently an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the trial unit where she has represented indigent clients since 2004. Prior to joining the Federal Public Defender, she clerked for the Honorable Kathy Hardcastle at the Eighth Judicial District Court. 
• Jacqueline Bluth '07 was appointed to the

I'd like to congratulate the winners of this year's Clark County Bar Association Moot Court Competition:

First Place: Edward Cate-Cribari
Second Place: Graceanne Warburton
Third Place: Richard Young
Fourth Place: Julia Armendariz

Thank you to our final round judges: Judge Carlos Bea, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Judge James Mahan, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, and Justice Kristina Pickering, Supreme Court of Nevada. I'd also like to extend my appreciation to the competition organizers Brianna Stutz, Connor Sapphire, SOA president Marc Kustner as well as the

This week, Nevada's legal community came together to launch the new UNLV Boyd School of Law Justice Michael L. Douglas PreLaw Fellowship Program. This new initiative not only honors a trailblazer in our community, but will promote diversity and access to legal education at Nevada’s law school.

My sincere thanks to John Bailey and Dennis Kennedy at the firm of Bailey Kennedy for hosting us, and all of the program's other sponsors: Cozen O’Connor, Justice Michael L. Douglas, Malcolm P. LaVergne, Justice Miriam Shearing, Snell & Wilmer, Weinberg Wheeler, and Caesars Corporation. 

Organizations

We are delighted to welcome Judge Carlos Bea from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday, April 22. Judge Bea will deliver our annual Judge Lloyd D. George Lecture on the Judicial Process at noon with a talk titled "Appellate Fact-Finding and the Abuse of Discretion Standard: The Allocation of Judicial Power Between Trial and Appellate Courts." This talk honors Judge Lloyd George, a long-time Nevada federal judge and mentor to generations of law students and fellow judges.

Judge Bea served as a judge of the San Francisco Superior Court from 1990-2003 after a

We are delighted to offer two upcoming legal workshops for the Las Vegas community:

1. Students in our Intellectual Property program, in partnership with Nevada Legal Services, Nevada SBDC, and University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, are hosting What's the Law? Trademark, Copyright, Patents, & Trade Secrets. This class will cover the basic information every business owner needs to know regarding trademark, copyright, patent, and trade secrets law on April 11 from 6-8 p.m. Additional details and registration information can be found at this website. 

2. Together with our partners at the

As we head into the the final weeks of the semester, the law school's event calendar is filled with many great symposia and lectures.

From April 1-2, the Thomas & Mack Moot Courtroom will host a conference, "Doing Justice: Race, Reform & New Strategies in Criminal Law." This critical conversation will bring together activists, reformers, lawyers, and scholars to discuss how to confront racial disparities and reform the criminal justice system. We are delighted to welcome Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford who will deliver the opening keynote on April 1, and Cynthia Lee, Charles Kennedy Poe

On April 11th at 4pm, Senator Harry Reid, with the UNLV Boyd School of Law, will bring to campus an important discussion of Anti-Semitism in America. UNLV is pleased to welcome nationally recognized authors Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt from Emory University and Jonathan Weisman of the New York Times.

Dr. Deborah Lipstadt is the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University and the author of Antisemitism: Here and Now. Her landmark book Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory earned national acclaim, and her book History on Trial: My Day