Written By Paul Szydelko 

Professor Patrick Chapin has developed three negotiation and arbitration classes, reflecting new academic attention to developing foundational lawyering skills and preparing students for the practice of law.  

Within the past year, Chapin has introduced Negotiation for Business Lawyers, Arbitration Law & Practice, and Negotiation and the Litigated Case.  

“Students want to get their hands on negotiation and be able to feel it, touch it, experience it,” said Chapin, Distinguished Saltman Fellow at the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution and Visiting Professor of Law. 

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Written by: Mike Weatherford

Just as doctors don’t get licensed without real-world experience, Nevada’s next generation of lawyers will soon face a new licensing regime that will test skills that multiple-choice questions alone can’t capture. 

In May 2025, the Nevada Supreme Court approved the Nevada Comprehensive Licensing Examination, which will shift the Nevada Bar Exam from the traditional two-and-half day exam to three new components. The changes reflect a broader, smartphone-era shift in education from memorizing facts to developing critical thinking skills and, for Nevada lawyers, a type

Written By Shan Bates

Nevada State Assemblyman Thaddeus (Toby) Yurek III ('08) and his son TJ ('26) are proud to make law school a family affair. TJ is currently enrolled in UNLV's dual Juris Doctorate/Master of Business Administration (JD/MBA) degree program, and the two spoke with Boyd Law Magazine about their experience at Nevada's law school. 

Boyd Law Magazine: Tell us what drew you to Boyd Law School. 

Toby: I am a first-generation college graduate with an undergraduate degree in pastoral ministry. I transferred into law enforcement with the Henderson Police Department; I anticipated

Congratulations to 2Ls Josette Vanderlaan and Lindsay Reynolds, who won second and third place in the national Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition. Their papers were selected by a panel of judges from around the country and were based on briefs they prepared in Prof. Kristin Gerdy Kyle’s Lawyering Process 2 class last spring semester.

"Josette and Lindsay are both talented writers and advocates, and their briefs representing different sides of a Title VII employment discrimination case were both excellent,” said Professor Gerdy Kyle. “I encouraged them both to enter the Milani

The Nevada Legislature passed dozens of important bills during the 2021 session and UNLV Boyd Law students had their fingerprints on several of them

Four UNLV Boyd Law students discuss the impactful bills they drafted that eventually became law during the 2021 Nevada Legislative Session

As our world continues to heat up and dry out, UNLV Boyd Law students and faculty passionately tackle fundamental issues related to environmental law

Policy and Legislation Society sponsors competition that lets students draft bill proposals—some of which have become state laws

https://law.unlv.edu/health-lawUNLV Boyd Law professor and dedicated healthcare advocate Dr. David Orentlicher makes his mark during first session as Nevada assemblyman

Through preparation and innovation, the Boyd Law School community overcame pandemic-induced challenges and put graduates in position to succeed upon entering the legal profession’s new virtual reality