<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="0.91">
<channel>
<title>University of Baltimore Law Faculty News</title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty</link>
<description>The University of Baltimore is an upper-division and graduate university located in Baltimore, the economic, cultural and governmental center of Maryland. Flexible scheduling options, a hands-on approach and instruction by current professionals allow students to define, refine and even reinvent their careers. Strong ties to the city and the surrounding community make UB a unique place to learn and to work. The University of Baltimore is comprised of the School of Law, the Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts and the Robert G. Merrick School of Business.</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<image>
<title><![CDATA[Center for Medicine and Law Hosts Rep. Andy Harris, April 19]]></title>
<url>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/images/spacer.jpg</url>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=193&amp;detail=1</link>
<width>125</width>
<height>125</height>
<description><![CDATA[Maryland Rep. Andy Harris will discuss the ongoing health policy issues now being debated before Congress, in an open forum hosted by The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine-University of Baltimore School of Law's Center for Medicine and Law on Thursday, April 19 at 5 p.m. in the school's Moot Court Room, 1415 Maryland Ave. The event is free and open to the public, and will include time for audience questions and comments.  For more information or to register, click the link above.]]></description>
</image>


<image>
<title><![CDATA[Associate Professor Margaret Johnson Wins 2012 USM Regents' Award]]></title>
<url>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/images/spacer.jpg</url>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=194&amp;detail=1</link>
<width>125</width>
<height>125</height>
<description><![CDATA[The University of Baltimore School of Law is pleased to announce that associate professor Margaret Johnson is one of 16 educators from across the University System of Maryland to receive a 2012 USM Board of Regents' Faculty Award.  The awards are the highest honor presented by the board to exemplary faculty members.  Johnson received the award for her work in founding the school's annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference. For more, click the link above.]]></description>
</image>


<image>
<title><![CDATA[Law School Hosts Panel on Supreme Court's Coleman Case, April 17]]></title>
<url>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/images/spacer.jpg</url>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=192&amp;detail=1</link>
<width>125</width>
<height>125</height>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals—in which the court, by a 5-4 vote, dismissed the claim of a state employee that he was fired for taking sick leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act—will be the topic of a panel discussion hosted by the University of Baltimore School of Law on Tuesday, April 17, and featuring the two lawyers who argued the case before the Supreme Court. For details, click the link above.]]></description>
</image>


<image>
<title><![CDATA[CFCC's Urban Child Symposium on "Midday with Dan Rodricks," April 9]]></title>
<url>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/images/spacer.jpg</url>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=191&amp;detail=1</link>
<width>125</width>
<height>125</height>
<description><![CDATA[The Center for Families, Children and the Courts' upcoming Urban Child Symposium will be featured on WYPR's "Midday with Dan Rodricks" radio show at noon on Monday, April 9.  Guests on the show will include the Hon. David Young of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City; Kimberly Armstrong, parent advocate and president of Diamond Development; and Gloria Danziger, senior fellow at CFCC.  For more at WYPR's website, click the link above. ]]></description>
</image>


<image>
<title><![CDATA[First Issue of Journal on Media Law and Ethics Now Online]]></title>
<url>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/images/spacer.jpg</url>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=190&amp;detail=1</link>
<width>125</width>
<height>125</height>
<description><![CDATA[The first issue of the University of Baltimore Journal on Media Law and Ethics is now available online!  Edited by School of Law Professor Eric Easton, the journal is focused on advancing the understanding of media law and ethics in society.  Easton is uniquely qualified to edit a journal on media law after receiving his Ph.D. from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland in 2011.  For more, click the link above.]]></description>
</image>


<image>
<title><![CDATA[Criminal Law Association to Sponsor Panel Discussion on Fourth Amendment, April 9]]></title>
<url>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/images/spacer.jpg</url>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=189&amp;detail=1</link>
<width>125</width>
<height>125</height>
<description><![CDATA[The United States Supreme Court recently handed down a unanimous opinion in the matter of United States v. Jones, a case involving the placement of a GPS device on a vehicle.  What could this case mean for future Fourth Amendment law?  The Criminal Law Association will be hosting a panel discussion on Monday, April 9 to examine the issue.   For details, click the link above.]]></description>
</image>


<image>
<title><![CDATA[Associate Professor Byron Warken, J.D. '77, Wins 2012 Heeney Award]]></title>
<url>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/images/spacer.jpg</url>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=188&amp;detail=1</link>
<width>125</width>
<height>125</height>
<description><![CDATA[The University of Baltimore School of Law is pleased to announce that Associate Professor Byron L. Warnken, J.D. ‘77, is the recipient of the 2012 Robert C. Heeney Award.  The recipient of this prestigious award is selected by the Maryland State Bar Association’s Criminal Law & Practice Section, consisting of judges, prosecutors, and defense counsel.  Warnken will be honored at a dinner in late May.  For more details, click the link above.]]></description>
</image>


<image>
<title><![CDATA[Symposium on Human Trafficking, April 5]]></title>
<url>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/images/spacer.jpg</url>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=184&amp;detail=1</link>
<width>125</width>
<height>125</height>
<description><![CDATA[Human trafficking will be the focus of a symposium sponsored by Students Supporting the Women's Law Center at the University of Baltimore School of Law on Thursday, April 5, from 3-8 p.m. The symposium will present the federal and state legal framework on the issues of domestic and international human trafficking. Free and open to the public, it will be held in the Angelos Law Center,1415 Maryland Ave. For more information or to register, click the link above.]]></description>
</image>


<image>
<title><![CDATA[Associate Professor James Maxeiner in "The Atlantic," March 29]]></title>
<url>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/images/spacer.jpg</url>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=187&amp;detail=1</link>
<width>125</width>
<height>125</height>
<description><![CDATA[Associate Professor James Maxeiner recently published an article in The Atlantic's "America the Fixable" series.  In "What Germany Can Teach the U.S.: Rewrite Old Laws," Maxeiner argues that periodic, systemic review and revision of domestic laws and regulations could save taxpayers money, ease the regulatory burden on companies and create a more flexible, modern legal environment -- as Germany and other European nations have already discovered.  To read the piece in its entirety at The Atlantic's website, click the link above. ]]></description>
</image>


<image>
<title><![CDATA[School of Law's Director of Clinical Education to Appear on WYPR, March 30]]></title>
<url>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/images/spacer.jpg</url>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=186&amp;detail=1</link>
<width>125</width>
<height>125</height>
<description><![CDATA[On Friday, March 30 at noon, Associate Professor Leigh Goodmark will discuss the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act as a guest on WYPR's "Midday with Dan Rodricks" radio show.  Goodmark, who is the School of Law's director of clinical education and a co-director of its Center on Applied Feminism, also directs the School of Law's family law clinic. For details, click the link above. ]]></description>
</image>


<image>
<title><![CDATA[Professor John Bessler to Appear on "Midday with Dan Rodricks," May 1]]></title>
<url>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/images/spacer.jpg</url>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=185&amp;detail=1</link>
<width>125</width>
<height>125</height>
<description><![CDATA[School of Law Associate Professor John Bessler will appear on WYPR's Midday with Dan Rodricks on May 1, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. to discuss the writing process and his recent book, "Writing for Life: The Craft of Writing for Everyday Living."  "Writing for Life" won an Independent Publisher Book Award and was a Midwest Book Awards finalist.  For more, click the link above.]]></description>
</image>


<image>
<title><![CDATA[Symposium on Supreme Court's Use of Precedent, March 28]]></title>
<url>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/images/spacer.jpg</url>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=183&amp;detail=1</link>
<width>125</width>
<height>125</height>
<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, March 28, the School of Law hosted "Precedent on the Supreme Court: Theory and Practice."  The symposium, coordinated by School of Law Professor Christopher J. Peters, brought together constitutional scholars from across the country to discuss issues including the establishment of durable precedent, the effects of precedent on case selection, and the normative foundations of constitutional precedent.  A book based on the scholarship presented at the symposium is forthcoming.  For details, including a full agenda, click the link above.]]></description>
</image>


<image>
<title><![CDATA[2012 Urban Child Symposium, April 12]]></title>
<url>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/images/spacer.jpg</url>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=172&amp;detail=1</link>
<width>125</width>
<height>125</height>
<description><![CDATA[The School of Law will host the Center for Families, Children and the Court's fourth annual Urban Child Symposium on April 12, 2012.  The 2012 symposium will focus on the urban child's experience in the juvenile justice system.  As always, this event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is suggested.  For details or to register, click the link above.]]></description>
</image>


<image>
<title><![CDATA[Professor John Bessler on "Midday with Dan Rodricks," March 6]]></title>
<url>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/images/spacer.jpg</url>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=182&amp;detail=1</link>
<width>125</width>
<height>125</height>
<description><![CDATA[John D. Bessler, associate professor of law and author of the recently-published book Cruel and Unusual: The American Death Penalty and the Founders' Eighth Amendment, was a guest on WYPR's "Midday with Dan Rodricks" show on Tuesday, March 6.  Bessler discussed the history of capital punishment and the founders' intentions with regard to "cruel and unusual punishment."  Click the above link to listen to the show on WYPR's website.]]></description>
</image>


<image>
<title><![CDATA[Clinical Program Releases Inaugural Issue of Clinic Connections Newsletter]]></title>
<url>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/images/spacer.jpg</url>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=181&amp;detail=1</link>
<width>125</width>
<height>125</height>
<description><![CDATA[The School of Law's clinical program recently published the first issue of its electronic newsletter, Clinic Connections.   The spring 2012 issue includes a recap of the clinic's first clinical scholarship symposium and alumni reception, updates on student and faculty activities and a calendar of upcoming events.  To read the newsletter, click the link above.]]></description>
</image>


<item>
<title><![CDATA[Center for Medicine and Law Hosts Rep. Andy Harris, April 19]]></title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=193&amp;detail=1</link>
<description><![CDATA[Maryland Rep. Andy Harris will discuss the ongoing health policy issues now being debated before Congress, in an open forum hosted by The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine-University of Baltimore School of Law's Center for Medicine and Law on Thursday, April 19 at 5 p.m. in the school's Moot Court Room, 1415 Maryland Ave. The event is free and open to the public, and will include time for audience questions and comments.  For more information or to register, click the link above.]]></description>
</item>


<item>
<title><![CDATA[Associate Professor Margaret Johnson Wins 2012 USM Regents' Award]]></title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=194&amp;detail=1</link>
<description><![CDATA[The University of Baltimore School of Law is pleased to announce that associate professor Margaret Johnson is one of 16 educators from across the University System of Maryland to receive a 2012 USM Board of Regents' Faculty Award.  The awards are the highest honor presented by the board to exemplary faculty members.  Johnson received the award for her work in founding the school's annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference. For more, click the link above.]]></description>
</item>


<item>
<title><![CDATA[Law School Hosts Panel on Supreme Court's Coleman Case, April 17]]></title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=192&amp;detail=1</link>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals—in which the court, by a 5-4 vote, dismissed the claim of a state employee that he was fired for taking sick leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act—will be the topic of a panel discussion hosted by the University of Baltimore School of Law on Tuesday, April 17, and featuring the two lawyers who argued the case before the Supreme Court. For details, click the link above.]]></description>
</item>


<item>
<title><![CDATA[CFCC's Urban Child Symposium on "Midday with Dan Rodricks," April 9]]></title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=191&amp;detail=1</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Center for Families, Children and the Courts' upcoming Urban Child Symposium will be featured on WYPR's "Midday with Dan Rodricks" radio show at noon on Monday, April 9.  Guests on the show will include the Hon. David Young of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City; Kimberly Armstrong, parent advocate and president of Diamond Development; and Gloria Danziger, senior fellow at CFCC.  For more at WYPR's website, click the link above. ]]></description>
</item>


<item>
<title><![CDATA[First Issue of Journal on Media Law and Ethics Now Online]]></title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=190&amp;detail=1</link>
<description><![CDATA[The first issue of the University of Baltimore Journal on Media Law and Ethics is now available online!  Edited by School of Law Professor Eric Easton, the journal is focused on advancing the understanding of media law and ethics in society.  Easton is uniquely qualified to edit a journal on media law after receiving his Ph.D. from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland in 2011.  For more, click the link above.]]></description>
</item>


<item>
<title><![CDATA[Criminal Law Association to Sponsor Panel Discussion on Fourth Amendment, April 9]]></title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=189&amp;detail=1</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United States Supreme Court recently handed down a unanimous opinion in the matter of United States v. Jones, a case involving the placement of a GPS device on a vehicle.  What could this case mean for future Fourth Amendment law?  The Criminal Law Association will be hosting a panel discussion on Monday, April 9 to examine the issue.   For details, click the link above.]]></description>
</item>


<item>
<title><![CDATA[Associate Professor Byron Warken, J.D. '77, Wins 2012 Heeney Award]]></title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=188&amp;detail=1</link>
<description><![CDATA[The University of Baltimore School of Law is pleased to announce that Associate Professor Byron L. Warnken, J.D. ‘77, is the recipient of the 2012 Robert C. Heeney Award.  The recipient of this prestigious award is selected by the Maryland State Bar Association’s Criminal Law & Practice Section, consisting of judges, prosecutors, and defense counsel.  Warnken will be honored at a dinner in late May.  For more details, click the link above.]]></description>
</item>


<item>
<title><![CDATA[Symposium on Human Trafficking, April 5]]></title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=184&amp;detail=1</link>
<description><![CDATA[Human trafficking will be the focus of a symposium sponsored by Students Supporting the Women's Law Center at the University of Baltimore School of Law on Thursday, April 5, from 3-8 p.m. The symposium will present the federal and state legal framework on the issues of domestic and international human trafficking. Free and open to the public, it will be held in the Angelos Law Center,1415 Maryland Ave. For more information or to register, click the link above.]]></description>
</item>


<item>
<title><![CDATA[Associate Professor James Maxeiner in "The Atlantic," March 29]]></title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=187&amp;detail=1</link>
<description><![CDATA[Associate Professor James Maxeiner recently published an article in The Atlantic's "America the Fixable" series.  In "What Germany Can Teach the U.S.: Rewrite Old Laws," Maxeiner argues that periodic, systemic review and revision of domestic laws and regulations could save taxpayers money, ease the regulatory burden on companies and create a more flexible, modern legal environment -- as Germany and other European nations have already discovered.  To read the piece in its entirety at The Atlantic's website, click the link above. ]]></description>
</item>


<item>
<title><![CDATA[School of Law's Director of Clinical Education to Appear on WYPR, March 30]]></title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=186&amp;detail=1</link>
<description><![CDATA[On Friday, March 30 at noon, Associate Professor Leigh Goodmark will discuss the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act as a guest on WYPR's "Midday with Dan Rodricks" radio show.  Goodmark, who is the School of Law's director of clinical education and a co-director of its Center on Applied Feminism, also directs the School of Law's family law clinic. For details, click the link above. ]]></description>
</item>


<item>
<title><![CDATA[Professor John Bessler to Appear on "Midday with Dan Rodricks," May 1]]></title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=185&amp;detail=1</link>
<description><![CDATA[School of Law Associate Professor John Bessler will appear on WYPR's Midday with Dan Rodricks on May 1, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. to discuss the writing process and his recent book, "Writing for Life: The Craft of Writing for Everyday Living."  "Writing for Life" won an Independent Publisher Book Award and was a Midwest Book Awards finalist.  For more, click the link above.]]></description>
</item>


<item>
<title><![CDATA[Symposium on Supreme Court's Use of Precedent, March 28]]></title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=183&amp;detail=1</link>
<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, March 28, the School of Law hosted "Precedent on the Supreme Court: Theory and Practice."  The symposium, coordinated by School of Law Professor Christopher J. Peters, brought together constitutional scholars from across the country to discuss issues including the establishment of durable precedent, the effects of precedent on case selection, and the normative foundations of constitutional precedent.  A book based on the scholarship presented at the symposium is forthcoming.  For details, including a full agenda, click the link above.]]></description>
</item>


<item>
<title><![CDATA[2012 Urban Child Symposium, April 12]]></title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=172&amp;detail=1</link>
<description><![CDATA[The School of Law will host the Center for Families, Children and the Court's fourth annual Urban Child Symposium on April 12, 2012.  The 2012 symposium will focus on the urban child's experience in the juvenile justice system.  As always, this event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is suggested.  For details or to register, click the link above.]]></description>
</item>


<item>
<title><![CDATA[Professor John Bessler on "Midday with Dan Rodricks," March 6]]></title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=182&amp;detail=1</link>
<description><![CDATA[John D. Bessler, associate professor of law and author of the recently-published book Cruel and Unusual: The American Death Penalty and the Founders' Eighth Amendment, was a guest on WYPR's "Midday with Dan Rodricks" show on Tuesday, March 6.  Bessler discussed the history of capital punishment and the founders' intentions with regard to "cruel and unusual punishment."  Click the above link to listen to the show on WYPR's website.]]></description>
</item>


<item>
<title><![CDATA[Clinical Program Releases Inaugural Issue of Clinic Connections Newsletter]]></title>
<link>http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/release.cfm?release=181&amp;detail=1</link>
<description><![CDATA[The School of Law's clinical program recently published the first issue of its electronic newsletter, Clinic Connections.   The spring 2012 issue includes a recap of the clinic's first clinical scholarship symposium and alumni reception, updates on student and faculty activities and a calendar of upcoming events.  To read the newsletter, click the link above.]]></description>
</item>

</channel>
</rss>

