Presentations, Events & Appointments

Pacific McGeorge faculty develop and present at scholarly symposia and conferences on a wide range of legal issues.

• Michael Colatrella discussed the increased need for law schools to partner with public institutions to mitigate the decrease in affordable public legal services on Jan. 5, 2013, at the Pacific McGeorge Breakfast for Advocacy, Dispute Resolution, and Clinical Law Faculties at the AALS Convention in New Orleans.
  • Colatrella spoke on "The Psychology of Ethical Dilemma: How Good Lawyers Can Make Bad Ethical Choices" on Jan. 26, 2013, at the on-campus McGeorge Alumni Association MCLE Program.
• Frank Gevurtz was a panelist on a presidential workshop on "Innovating to Globalize the Curriculum in U.S. Law Schools" at a concurrent session of the AALS Convention that included remarks from Raquel Aldana. At the annual Pacific McGeorge International Programs Breakfast on Jan. 6, 2013, he moderated a discussion on "Everything You Wish You Had Said During Yesterday's Workshop on Globalizing the Curriculum." He also was a commentator on a discussion of "Outcomes, Measures and Assessment in International Legal Exchanges" sponsored by another section.
• Ruth Jones, a member of the executive committee of the AALS Section on Teaching Methods, selected speakers and organized the section's program at the AALS Convention in New Orleans. She also moderated the panel discussion, "Sharing Methods and Materials for Collaborative Teaching Methods." In addition, Jones served as a mentor for the Women in Legal Education Speed Mentoring event.
• Courtney Lee gave a presentation, "Assess Me Once, Shame on You: Creating and Assessing a Continuum of Support for At-Risk Law Students," for the Section on Academic Support's Program at the AALS Convention in New Orleans. She was elected to the section's governing board and named co-editor of the section's publication, The Learning Curve and confirmed to a second year on the Section on Balance in Legal Education board, and will serve as the liaison between her two sections.
• Larry Levine spoke on LGBT issues at a symposium, "Restatement Of …," sponsored by Brooklyn Law School, and the American Law Institute on Jan, 25, 2013, in Brooklyn, NY. An article based on his remarks and those of his co-presenter, Professor Courtney Joslin of UC Davis School of Law, will be published in a future issue of the Brooklyn Law Review.
  • Levine spoke about the LGBT cases pending before the United States Supreme Court on Jan 28, 2013, to students and faculty at the Brooklyn Law School.
• Michael Malloy was one of the organizers of a roundtable session sponsored by the Society of Socio-Economists, held in conjunction with the AALS Convention on Jan. 4, 2013, in New Orleans. He spoke on the past quarter-century of banking regulation and delivered a paper on "Executive Compensation Regulation," at a panel on corporate parenthood and governance.
• Francis J. Mootz III was a panelist on a Section on Women in Legal Education program, and former dean and now professor Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker moderated the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Global Engagement's "listening session" at the AALS Convention in New Orleans.
• John Myers made several presentations at the San Diego International Conference on Child Abuse and Family Violence, which was held Jan. 28-29, 2013, in San Diego. His topics included key 2012 abuse court cases, recent relevant developments in the medical and psychological literature, and proof of harm inflicted by parental abuse He also was co-presenter on the topic of "Legal Ethics in the Criminal Justice System: An Oxymoron? Why Do Lawyers Act that Way?"
• John Sprankling accepted a January invitation to join the LexisNexis Law School Advisory Board, which consists of nine professors from law schools across the country and provides advice to LexisNexis on issues relating to law school publications.
• Michael Vitiello spoke on the conflict between federal and state law at a smoking-hot topic program, "What Happens When 'Legalize It' Moves from Slogan to State Law?," on Jan. 4, 2013, at the AALS Convention in New Orleans.
• Jarrod Wong co-chaired the 2013 Winter Forum Conference of the Institute of the Transnational Arbitration from Jan. 24-25 in Miami, Florida. He assisted a committee that selected two papers out of 60 submitted for presentation and organized a 2012 year-in-review focused on significant arbitral events and a forum that discussed topical ideas and concerns in international arbitration.
• Melissa Brown testified as an expert witness on California workers' compensation law for the National Football League Players Association at an arbitration hearing in federal court on Nov. 16, 2012, in Philadelphia. The NFLPA seeks to allow injured players and former players to file workers' comp claims in states where they have played games other than their primary employment residence.
• Hether Macfarlane and Stephanie Thompson presented at the Legal Writing Institute One-Day Workshop on Dec. 7, 2012, at UC Berkeley School of Law. Thompson spoke on "Addressing Everyday Ethical Issues," and Macfarlane presented on "Internationalizing the Legal Research and Writing Curriculum."
• Michael Malloy delivered a lecture, "Institutional Organization of Bank Supervision — Reform in the U.S.," at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies on Dec. 7, 2012, at Queen Mary University in London, England.
• Francis J. Mootz III spoke about Pacific McGeorge and the future of legal education on Dec. 13, 2012, to the Point West Rotary in Sacramento.
• Mary-Beth Moylan taught a two-week Legal English course to undergraduate students at the University of Salzburg from Nov. 26-Dec. 6, 2012.
• John Myers spoke on "Making and Meeting Objections; Expert Psychological Evidence of Child Sexual Abuse" on Dec. 13, 2012, in a Sacramento appearance sponsored by local law firms representing parents in juvenile court dependency cases.
• Paul Patonspoke at the "Future of Law Conference" celebrating the 100th anniversary of the University of Saskatchewan College of Law on Nov. 2, 2012, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • Paton was a keynote speaker for an ethics symposium, "Point/Counterpoint: The Law is a Business/The Law is a Profession," sponsored by the North Carolina Bar Association on Dec. 7, 2012, in Raleigh, N.C.
  • Paton spoke at a two-session workshop, "Practical Ethics: Real Problems, Real Solutions," sponsored by the Law Society of Manitoba on Dec. 10, 2012, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  • Paton was the keynote speaker for the Advocates' Society ethics workshop, "Practical Ethics," on Dec. 11, 2012, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
• Jarrod Wong presented a paper, "The Misapprehension of Moral Damages in Investor-State Arbitration" at the American Society of International Law International Economic Law Interest Group's biennial meeting on Nov. 30, 2012, in Washington, D.C. The conference, "Re-Conceptualizing International Economic Law: Bridging the Public/Private Divide," was held at the George Washington School of Law and co-sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission.
• Raquel Aldana spoke about the political climate in Latin America that has spawned consideration of the legalization of drugs at a symposium, "Exploding Prison Population and Drug Offenses," on Nov. 9, 2012, at Valparaiso University Law School in Valparaiso, Indiana.
• Linda Carter was a panelist on the subject of "Imagining Future Directions of the Court" at a conference, "The International Court at Ten," on Nov. 12, 2012, at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis.
• Julie Davies and Larry Levine presented papers on the U.S. Civil Justice system at an international conference on tort law on Nov. 16, 2012, at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Levine also spoke on the American torts system on Nov. 19 at a meeting of the Buenos Aires Bar Association.
• Emily Garcia Uhrig and Pauline Nguyen were on a panel that discussed "Gideon v. Wainwright: The Next Fifty Years" on Nov. 8, 2012, at an on-campus forum. UC Davis professor Leticia Saucedo moderated the panel after an introduction by Brian Landsberg.
• Leslie Jacobs and Paul Paton took part in the Seventh Annual Fall Ethics Symposium, "Ethics in Biology and Medicine," sponsored by the Center for Practical and Professional Ethics on Oct. 29, 2012, at California State University, Sacramento. Leslie was a panelist and Paton served as a co-moderator in a discussion of the "Ethical Dimensions of the Affordable Care Act/Health and Human Services Contraception Controversy."
• Amy Landers was a commentator on a panel discussing agency reform at a conference on "Solutions to the Software Patent Problem" on Nov. 16, 2012, at the Santa Clara Law High Tech Law Institute.
• Brian Landsberg and Mary-Beth Moylan presented on the Global Lawyering Skills program and other Pacific McGeorge experiential programs at the first National Symposium on Experiential Education in Law on Oct. 27, 2012, at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston.
• Courtney Lee was a co-organizer and speaker at the inaugural conference of the West Coast Consortium of Academic Support Professionals on Nov. 2, 2012, at Pacific McGeorge. She spoke on "Best Practices: Drafting Proposals and Making Scholarly Presentations."
• Steve McCaffreygave the luncheon keynote on Nov. 10, 2012, at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law's 45th Annual Sutton Colloquium in International Law, "Approaching the Limits of Growth in the 21st Century: Sustainable Development vs. Sustainability." He spoke on "Sustainability and Sovereignty in the 21st Century."
  • McCaffrey gave full-day lectures on International Environmental Law in the United Nations Regional Course on International Law for the Asia Region to officials from the foreign and justice ministries of a more than a dozen countries from Nov. 29-30, 2012, in Bangkok, Thailand.
• Mary-Beth Moylanspoke about the November general election ballot questions and the law school's California Initiative Review on Oct. 15, 2012 to the Downtown Sacramento Rotary.
  • Moylan organized and participated in a CIR student author presentation to the Citrus Heights Chapter of the American Association of University Women on Oct. 23, 2012, in Orangevale.
• John Myers spoke on "Making and Meeting Objections" at a conference sponsored by the Northern California Chapter of the National Association of Counsel for Children on Nov. 26, 2012, in San Francisco.
• Elizabeth Rindskopf Parkerchaired a panel on "Translating Legal Advice into Policy — How It Actually Happens" at the 3rd Annual Seminar on Teaching Law and National Security on Sept. 14, 2012, at Syracuse University.
  • Parker was one of two committee members who spoke at the annual conference of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security on Nov. 30, 2012, in Washington, D.C.
• Vince Pastorino conducted a daylong training session for 60 hearing offices at the California Public Parking Association's annual conference on Nov. 13, 2012, in Costa Mesa.
• Gregory Weber spoke about changes to California water laws in the past year at a CLE state water law conference on Oct. 24, 2012, in San Francisco.
• Raquel Aldana spoke on the benefits of educating American law students abroad at a symposium, "Building Global Professionalism," sponsored by the Drexel Law Review and the International Law and Human Rights Society on Oct. 12, 2012, in Philadelphia.
• Fred Galves' book, Genesis Reloaded: Questioning a Literal Interpretation of the Bible, has been published by Dog Ear Publishing. The 466-page paperback gives an analytical look at the teachings of the Bible and examines the origins of many of its famous passages.
• Larry Levine spoke on a panel at the Society of American Law Teachers' "Teaching Workshop on Combating Homonormativity" in the Classroom on Oct. 3, 2012, in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Levine made two appearances on Oct. 6, 2012, at American University's Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. He was a panelist in a discussion on the role of international and comparative perspectives in the study of law. He later did an informal faculty colloquium on his recent McGeorge Law Review symposium piece on Justice Kennedy and the struggle for gay marriage equality.
• Levine was a panelist on a post-viewing discussion of the movie "8," which was based on transcripts from Proposition 8 federal court case, on Oct. 27, 2012, in Sacramento.
• Michael Malloy has been named to the editorial board of Frontiers of Legal Research, a Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture bimonthly publication whose mission is to advance legal developments in Canadian, European and international jurisprudence.
• Malloy spoke on a panel discussing the "UNECE Policy Framework for Sustainable Real Estate Markets" during a UN Symposium organized by the International Real Estate Federation, U.S. Chapter, on Oct. 19, 2012, in New York City.
• Steve McCaffrey gave the keynote address, "An International Law Perspective on Groundwater," at the 2012 Dividing the Waters Conference on Oct. 18, 2012, in Davis. The theme of this year's event sponsored by the National Judicial College was "Making the Connection: Surface and Groundwater."
• Mary-Beth Moylan organized and emceed the on-campus California Initiative Review Forum analyzing the propositions on the November general election ballot on Oct.23, 2012.
• John Myers spoke on legal issues in child abuse and neglect at a conference, "Medical Response to Child Abuse and Neglect," sponsored by Stanford School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics on Oct. 12, 2012, in Stanford.
• Myers spoke on positive developments in the prosecution of child abuse at Penn State's inaugural Child Sexual Abuse Conference, "Traumatic Impact, Prevention, and Intervention," on Oct. 29, 2012, in University Park, Pa.
• Blake Nordahl, Raquel Aldana and Dorothy Landsberg organized and directed an on-campus program with the assistance of students, staff and alumni attorneys that helped 135 people apply for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration status. The Oct. 20, 2012 was the culmination of four preliminary workshops in which the three participated.
• Paul Paton discussed the divergence in international rules on outside ownership of law firms as the keynote speaker at the annual awards dinner of the Wisconsin Law Foundation on Oct. 2, 2012, in Milwaukee.
• Jarrod Wong taught international commercial arbitration as part of a class, "Legal Essentials of Legal Practice for Public and Private Sector Advocates," from Oct. 21-27, 2012, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The seminar for legal professionals was sponsored by the Uganda-based International Law Institute African Centre for Legal Excellence.
• Anne Bloom presented a paper, "The Radiating Effects of Torts," at the 19th Annual Clifford Symposium on April 26 at DePaul University in Chicago. The paper will be published in a forthcoming volume of the DePaul Law Review.
• Anne Bloom presented, "Plastic Injuries," a paper on the law's approach to injuries stemming from plastic surgery, at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association on June 5 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Gretchen Franz presented "Bring the Audience to Life: Create a Cast of Characters for your Students to Address in Their Writing Assignments." on June 1 at the Legal Writing Institute 15th Biennial Conference in Palm Desert.
• Emily Garcia Uhrig presented on "Reconciling Right to Counsel Jurisprudence with the " 'Infinite Habeas' Dilemmas," at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association on June 7 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Ruth Jones presented on "Institutional Inference with the Criminal Prosecution of Clinic Abuse" at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association on June 6 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Jay Leach was a panelist at Stetson University College of Law's annual conference on "Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills," on May 14 in Gulfport, Fla.
• Courtney Lee gave a poster presentation on "The Marriage of Academic Support and Legal Research and Writing: Creating a Productive and Efficient Relationship" on May 30 at the Legal Writing Institute 15th Biennial Conference in Palm Desert.
• Courtney Lee was a panelist on the subject of "Integrating Academic Assistance with the Casebook Classroom" at the Law School Admission Council's academic assistance training workshop on June 14 at the University of Denver.
• Courtney Lee presented on "Transitioning from Mission Impossible to Mission Accomplished: Tools to Increase Variety and Efficiency in Assessment" at the Institute for Teaching and Learning Summer Conference on June 26 at Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane, Wash.
• Larry Levine presented on "Teaching: Preparation and Methods," at a plenary session of the 30th Annual 2012 AALS Workshop for New Law Teachers on June 22 in Washington, D.C. He was also a small group discussion leader at the three-day conference.
• Hether Macfarlane presented as part of a panel on "Publishing Your Global Skills Legal Writing Text" on May 31 at the Legal Writing Institute 15th Biennial Conference in Palm Desert.
• Steve McCaffrey gave the opening talk, "The History and Content of the UN Watercourses Convention" at a conference, "The 1997 UN Watercourses Convention: What Relevance in the 21st Century," on June 5 at the University of Dundee in Scotland. He was also the dinner speaker on June 7 at the conference's gala dinner.
• Steve spoke on "The Future of the Columbia River Treaty" at a Columbia River Treaty bilateral university workshop on June 28 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia.
• Mary-Beth Moylan was part of a panel on "Transnational and International Legal Issues in Legal Writing" on June 1 at the Legal Writing Institute 15th Biennial Conference in Palm Desert.
• Paul Paton was one of three panelists for a three-hour presentation on the work of the ABA Ethics 20/20 Commission at the National Conference on Professional Responsibility on June 1 in Boston on June 1.
• Paul Paton was a keynote speaker for the Annual Meeting of the State Bar of North Dakota on June 15 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He spoke on the ethics commission's work and the future challenges facing the legal practice. In addition, he and the chief justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court were panelists for a Q&A session on the commission's work.
• Brian Slocum presented on "Linguistics and Authorial Intent" at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association on June 8 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
• John Sprankling spoke on "Recent Developments in Real Property Law" before the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar on May 5 at its annual retreat at Lake Tahoe.
• Michael Vitiello was a panelist at the Sierra College Capital Punishment Forum hosted by the junior college's political science club on April 11 in Rocklin.
• Larry Levine was member of a panel that discussed a new state law that requires inclusion of the contributions of LGBT and physically challenged individuals in public school history courses on May 15 at a Harvey Milk Day forum in Sacramento.
• Raquel Aldana presented a paper, "Raising the Bar: U.S. Law Schools and U.S. Legal Institutions Leading to Educate Undocumented Law Students," on April 27 at the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Law School Diversity Professionals at Cal Western School of Law in San Diego.
• Raquel Aldana and Omar Dajani discussed the upcoming presidential election's possible effect on the immigration issue and the possibility of comprehensive reform by the next Congress on April 5 at the University of the Pacific in Stockton.
• Anne Bloom presented a paper, "The Radiating Effects of Torts," on April 27 at the 18th Annual Clifford Symposium at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago.
• Linda Carter, Charles Kelso, Larry Levine, Steve McCaffrey and John Sprankling were presenters on April 6 at a symposium on "The Evolution of Justice Kennedy's Jurisprudence." Julie Davies, Brian Landsberg and Michael Vitiello were moderators at the forum sponsored by the McGeorge Law Review. Clark Kelso and Vitiello were among the event organizers.
• Michael Colatrella was a panelist on the topic of "Lawyer as Conflict Manager" on April 20 at the ABA Dispute Resolution Conference in Washington D.C.
• Omar Dajani discussed the Patriot Act and the Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project case on April 11 at a forum sponsored by the Davis Peace Coalition in Davis.
• Omar Dajani spoke on "Palestine and the Arab Spring" at a workshop, "Law, Revolution and Reform in the Arab World" sponsored by Cornell Law School on April 20 in New York City.
• Amy Landers and Courtney Lee moderated a panel on April 10 at an on-campus forum, "The Evolution of Music Artist to Businessperson," which featured a performance by the Brubeck Fellows.
• Brian Landsberg spoke on enforcement of laws against race discrimination in the 1960's to the U.S. Attorney's Greater Sacramento Area Task Force Hate Crime on April 17 in Sacramento.
• Michael Malloy presented a paper, "Negotiating in a Ditch: Institutional Implications of the Sovereign Debt Crisis," on April 27 at a conference on sovereign debt at the University of Connecticut School of Law in Hartford, Connecticut.
• Mary-Beth Moylan was elected to a three-year term on the Association of Legal Writing Directors governing board on April 1.
• John Myers was one the plenary speakers on "Child Protection in the 21st Century: Gazing Into the Crystal Ball," at the 18th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect sponsored by the federal Children's Bureau on April 19 in Washington, D.C.
• John Myers spoke on "Recent Developments Regarding Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse" on April 25 at 13th Annual Day for Children Conference sponsored by Madera County Child Abuse Prevention Council.
• Paul Paton lectured on "Judging Yourself: Judicial Ethics and the Challenge of Implicit Bias" to the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary Midyear Conference at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada, on April 3.
• Paul Paton presented a paper analyzing responses to a Discussion Draft on Alternative Legal Practice Structures to the American Bar Association's Ethics 20/20 Commission on April 13 in Washington D.C.
• Paul Paton presented "Contrasting Approaches to Privilege for In-House Counsel: Akzo Nobel and Gucci" and chaired the panel "Managing Privilege Across Borders" for the World Summit of Corporate Counsel on April 14 in Montreal.
• John Sims, Raquel Aldana, Brian Landsberg spoke on April 18 at an on-campus forum on "Fear and the Constitution" that explored the history of political attacks on the Bill of Rights.
• Jarrod Wong presented his paper, "Moral Damages in Investor-State Arbitration," on April 26 at the 7th Annual Fordham Law School Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation at King's College in London.