Gaps in Digital Asset Market Structure; submitted testimony for the record for the June 13 HFS Digital Assets Committee Hearing with Lee Reiners and Mark Hays. Allen wrote “The SEC Should Not Sacrifice Citizens on the Altar of Private Sector Innovation,” The Hill; “Congress Should Stop Trying to Make Crypto Happen,” Financial Times; and “The Case for Banning Crypto,” Foreign Affairs.
Priya Baskaran published “Searching for Justice: Incorporating Critical Legal
Research into Clinic Seminar,” Clinical Law Review. She was appointed to the AALS Clinical Section Executive Committee.
Lise Beske’s “Horizontal Federalism and the Big State ‘Problem’” will be published in the Boston
College Law Review. She gave a one-hour presentation to over 200 Nassau County, New York, district attorneys on the life and career of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in March. In April, she participated in a panel discussion on Justice O’Connor for the Women’s Bar Association of DC. She gave commentary on Laura Aviel’s presentation on SB8 in the faculty speaker series. Beske published “The Court and the Private Plaintiff” in 2023.
Jerry Comizio appeared on WTTG-TV’s On the Hill program to discuss the causes of the recent wave
of the three large bank failures in the US and the emergency acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS. He also appeared on the CBS Morning and Evening News
discussing the federal takeover of First Republic Bank and the legal and policy issues raised by the US Treasury Department and FDIC in potentially extending federal deposit insurance coverage to uninsured deposits.
Angela J. Davis moderated a Black History Month webinar for the Institute for Innovation in
Prosecution called “Overcoming Obstacles: Insights from Black Women Prosecutors” featuring State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and District Attorney Dalia Racine. She was appointed to the Advisory Board for the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College.
Robert Dinerstein was honored as “Advocate, Leader, Change Agent” for years of service as board chair for
Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities 2023. He was a panelist and commentator at the Voices for Liberty Symposium, Liberty & Law Center, Antonin Scalia Law School. He gave an opening keynote presentation, “Significant Developments in Mental Health Law-2023,” National Association of Rights, Protection, and Advocacy (NARPA) Annual Rights Conference. He gave a chair chat on the Americans with Disabilities Act (with Sean Pevsner and Juan Thomas, Section Chair), ABA Section on Civil Rights and Social Justice. He gave closing remarks, “Summary of Symposium Themes,” for TASH’s Outstanding Leadership in Disability Law Symposium, American University Washington College of Law. He presented (with AJ Link) “A Discussion on Disability
Ira Robbins Honored by American University
AUWCL celebrates Professor Ira P. Robbins’ designation as a Distinguished Professor. This selective honor recognizes prominent faculty whose exceptional scholarship has garnered national and international acclaim. Professor Robbins is one of only three recipients at American
University of this prestigious award in 2024.
A leading expert in criminal law, Professor Robbins' groundbreaking research has profoundly impacted the field. His extensive publications, including recent works like “Prisoners and the Law” and “Habeas Corpus Checklists,” have been cited by prestigious courts, including the US Supreme Court. — Brice Helms
Rights and Awareness,” Ropes & Gray, LLP. Dinerstein was a participant and host during Session 3/Round 3, National Council on Disability Listening Session on Prenatal Interventions. He was a panelist on “504 Regulations under the Current Administration,” Federalist Society Civil Rights Webinar. Dinerstein gave a presentation on “Disability Rights: A Project for Tajikistan,” American Councils for International Education, International Visitor Leadership Program, Department of State. He was a panelist for “The Disability Law Pipeline in a Changing Legal and Policy Landscape,” 2023 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, National Federation of the Blind. He serves as chair, ABA Commission on Disability Rights, 2023-24 and co-chair, Disability Rights Committee, and
section liaison to ABA Commission on Disability Rights, ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, 2023-24. He presented “Representing Clients with Diminished Capacity: Applying and Teaching Rule of Professional Conduct 1.14” (with Caroline Wick, Yael Cannon, and Lillian Kang), AALS 45th Annual Conference on Clinical Legal Education. He presented “Reflecting on Generational Change in Clinical Education” (with Conrad Johnson and Ann Shalleck), AALS 45th Annual Conference on Clinical Legal Education. Dinerstein was signatory to Brief of Disability Antidiscrimination Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent in Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer (Supreme Court). He was quoted in Robert Iafolla’s article, “Covid’s Remote Work Experience Is Slowly Changing Disability Law.” Dinerstein was
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW 31
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52
