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July
Sameer Ashar
Speaking engagements:
- Chair, “Conceptual Relations Between Everyday Life, and Legal/Institutional Fields” including close reading of “Movement Lawyers in the Fight for Immigrant Rights,” 64 UCLA L. Rev. 1464 (2017); Summer Research Residence 2025, Conceptual Innovation, Methods & Law, King’s College London (July 2025)
- Presenter, “Conceptual Activism” including close reading of “Movement Law,” 73 STAN. L. REV. 821 (2021), Summer Research Residence 2025, Conceptual Innovation, Methods & Law, King’s College London (June 2025)
Swethaa Ballakrishnen
Speaking engagements:
- Presenter, Critical Justice Initiative Summer Workshop 2025: The Law and Political Economy of Legal Education, Seattle University School of Law (July 2025)
- Presenter, “What is a Concept? How Should We Conceptualise Concepts?” including close reading of “Blasé: Deviant Lawyers and the Denial of Discrimination,” Law & Society Review 1–32 (2025), Summer Research Residence 2025, Conceptual Innovation, Methods & Law, King’s College London (June 2025)
- Chair, “How Do Concepts Surface in Institutions and What Do They Do There?” Summer Research Residence 2025, Conceptual Innovation, Methods & Law, King’s College London (June 2025)
Mario Barnes
Speaking engagement:
- Moderator, UC Irvine School of Law’s 15th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review (July 2025)
Joshua Blank
Publications:
- “Automating Federal Agencies” (with Leigh Osofsky), 42 Yale J. On Reg.: Notice & Comment, Apr. 17, 2025
- Book, The Income Tax Map, A Bird’s-Eye View of Federal Income Taxation for Law Students (with Shari Motro, West Academic, 23rd ed. 2025)
Speaking Engagements:
- Discussant, Marilyn Hajj, Waiter, Extra Tip, No Tax: A Policy Assessment, Business and Tax Roundtable for Upcoming Professors (“BATR-UP”), UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA (June 14, 2025)
- Discussant, Thomas Brennan and David Schizer, Big Picture Investing at Nonprofits, Columbia Tax Workshop, Columbia Law School, New York, NY (June 5, 2025)
- Presenter, The Future of Automated Legal Guidance (with Leigh Osofsky), Law & Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois (May 22, 2025)
- Presenter, Untaxed: The Rich, the IRS, and a New Approach to Tax Compliance (with Ari Glogower), American Bar Association Tax Section, Washington, DC (May 9, 2025)
- Presenter, Enforcement Power and IRS Audit Technique Guides (with Leigh Osofsky), Critical Tax Conference, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin (April 25, 2025)
Courtney Cahill
Speaking engagement:
- Panelist, UC Irvine School of Law’s 15th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review (July 2025)
Veena Dubal
Speaking engagements:
- Presenter, Critical Justice Initiative Summer Workshop 2025: The Law and Political Economy of Legal Education, Seattle University School of Law (July 2025)
- Keynote, Countervailing Platform, Power Conference, Scuola, Normale Superiore, Florence, Italy (June 2025)
- Keynote, Work Futures Observatory, Conference, Nottingham, Trent University (June 2025)
Jack Lerner
Community engagement:
- Attended the world premiere of “Runa Simi” at the Tribeca Film Festival, a film the Intellectual Property, Arts, and Technology Clinic performed intellectual property work on for four years
Christopher Leslie
Publication (citation):
- “The Factor/Element Distinction in Antitrust Litigation,” 64 WM. & MARY L. REV. 585, 625-26 (2023), was cited in the opinion for In Re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation, MDL 1869, No. 1:2007mc00489 – Document 1267 (D.D.C. 2025), appearing on page 44