Faculty Highlights – October 2019
Butler Snow Lecturer and Professor of Law Mercer Bullard has his article “Crowdfunding’s Culture of Noncompliance: An Empirical Analysis” accepted for publication in the Lewis & Clark Law Review. The St. Louis Dispatch also wrote a piece about the article.
MacArthur Justice Center, led by Cliff Johnson, has been in news recently regarding mental health care for people who are incarcerated. Johnson was also quoted in an article by The Washington Post in the article “Sentenced to 2 days but held for 54: How one man’s jail suicide underscores Mississippi’s mental health care crisis.” The MacArthur Justice Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of Wayne Johnson’s family.
The MacArthur Justice Center and other clinics are assisting detained migrants. Director Cliff Johnson was quoted in a U.S. News article.
The Clarion Ledger interviewed Cliff Johnson about pretrial incarceration.
Faculty Highlights – September 2019
The University of Mississippi School of Law’s Air and Space program stayed in the news during a discussion of crime in space. Slate and The Verge spoke with Michelle Hanlon and The Washington Post spoke with both Hanlon and Charles Stotler, associate directors of the Center for Air and Space Law.
Hanlon continued the discussion on space crime with CTV. She was also featured this month on Legal Talk Network and Flash Forward’s podcast, “Moon Court.”
Butler Snow Lecturer and Professor of Law Mercer Bullard has been selected to serve on Independent Task Force on Enforcement for the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards.
Professor of Law Ron Rychlak had his article “Communist Disinformation: The Assault on a Pope and Catholic Leaders in Eastern Europe” published in the Catholic Social Science Review.
Faculty Highlights – August 2019
Professor of Law, Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and Government, and Faculty Athletics Representative Ron Rychlak oversaw the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS), in Boca Raton, Florida July 28 – August 3. He hosted the Call for Papers Luncheon, chaired the Steering Committee meeting and the Board Meeting, addressed the Global Legal Education Association Consortium, and presented a paper on New Defenses at the International Criminal Court.
MacArthur Justice Center Director Cliff Johnson was quoted in a Mississippi Today article and an article by Pro Publica about prison conditions in Mississippi. Johnson also spoke to the Washington Post this month about ICE raids in Mississippi. Johnson continued speaking with national media outlets throughout August, and CNN interviewed him for a story released Aug. 21. He also spoke with marketplace.org about the economic impact of the raids.
Associate Professor of Law Antonia Eliason’s article, “Using the WTO to Facilitate the Paris Agreement: A Tripartite Approach,” was recently published in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. Eliason also had her article, “Evident Partiality and the Judicial Review of Investor-State Dispute Settlement Awards: An Argument for ISDS Reform,” recently published in the Georgetown International Law Journal.
P.J. Blount, adjunct professor of Air and Space Law, was quoted in an article on outer space treaties by Pacific Standard.