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also quoted in Kimberly Atkins Stohr’s article, “Supreme Court’s New Target: the Americans with Disabilities Act,” Boston Globe, regarding the Supreme Court’s grant of certiorari in Acheson Hotels v. Laufer, on standing of disability rights testers.


Charles Duan published “Content Moderation on End-to-End Encrypted Systems: A Legal Analysis,”


Georgetown Law Technical Review (2024) and “Securing Patent Law,” Belmont Law Review (2023). He edited an edition of Stephen Clowney et al., Open Source Property: A Free Casebook (2024) and filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of law professors and nonprofit technology policy organizations in Green v. US Department of Justice. He organized the Technology Policy and the Public Interest speaker series at AUWCL and moderated panels at symposia of the American University Law Review and the AUWCL IP Brief. He presented “What Is Copyrightable in Soſtware?” at the Center for Law and Tech Speaker Series at GWU Law School and at the Federalist Society webinar “AI Meets Copyright: Understanding New York Times v. OpenAI.” He was also appointed vice chair of the Patent Public Advisory Committee of the US Patent and Trademark Office.


N. Jeremi Duru published Sports Law: Governance and Regulation (4th ed.) (co-authored with Matt Mitten,


Timothy Davis, and Barbara Osborne) and Sports Law and Regulation: Cases, Materials, and Problems (6th ed.) (co-authored with Matt Mitten, Timothy Davis, and Barbara Osborne). He


presented “On the Field of Equity: The Rooney Rule Unveiled,” UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law, “Equity, Race & Opportunity in Pro Sports,” University of Baltimore School of Law, and “College Athletes as Employees,” Baruch College. He was interviewed by Marko Protic, “Dan kada sve staje:, Zašto je Amerika opsednuta Superboulom?,” Voice of America–Serbia; Von Volker Schulte, “NFL und Sportwetten -, eine riskante Umarmung, Sportchau;” Jason Reid, “The NFL gains in inclusive hiring,” ESPN Andscape; Kevin Blackistone, “College Football Needs a Rooney Rule,” Washington Post; Jason Reid, “New England Patriots’ promotion of Jerod Mayo important for Black coaches,” ESPN Andscape; “Cliff Brunt, Black leadership at head coach, QB to be more visible than ever during NFL playoffs,” Associated Press; David Steele, “10 Sports And Betting Cases To Watch In 2024,” Law360; Jason Reid, “Los Angeles Chargers elevating JoJo Wooden gives NFL record number of Black general managers,” ESPN Andscape; Jason Reid, “Ron Rivera and another blow to coaching diversity in the NFL,” ESPN Andscape; and Jason Reid, “The NFL’s inclusive hiring efforts need to pay off,” ESPN Andscape. He was elected to, and appointed vice chairperson of, the Fritz Pollard Alliance of Coaches, Scouts and Executives of Color in the National Football League and appointed to the Sports Division Advisory Committee for the ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports Law.


Duru was quoted in Matt Mencarini’s, “The Post-Mel Tucker Era at Michigan State Has Begun. Experts Say Ugly, Expensive Litigation Likely,” Lansing State Journal; Cliff Brunt, “Deion Sanders’ Impact at Colorado Raises Hopes That Other Black Coaches Will Get Opportunities,” Associated Press;


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David Steele, “Proving NFL Racism Tall Task, But Trotter Suit Adds To Pattern,” Law360; Cedric Thornton, “NFL Running Backs Are Being Squeezed Financially and Facing Football Extinction,” Black Enterprise; Jason Reid, “NFL Running Backs Are in Threat of Extinction,” ESPN Andscape; Jason Reid, “We’re Lucky to Have Him: Eric Bieniemy Has Been an Immediate Hit with the Commanders,” ESPN Andscape; Jason Reid, “NFL Can Point to Progress in Diverse Hiring but Work to Be Done in Coaching,” ESPN Andscape; and Mike Freeman, “‘It’s Safe for Now’: The Rooney Rule Is an NFL Institution. But for How Much Longer?,” USA Today. Duru attended the LawInSport Global Summit, at which he served on a panel titled, “Who Is Really Governing Sport?”, and participated in the Summit’s Governance, Diversity & Inclusion Roundtable.


Walter Effross posted the 50th original essay on his blog, KeepingYour OwnCounsel.com


(a companion to his book of the same name), which presents “Simple Strategies and Secrets for Success in Law School.” That essay, in honor of National Library Week, thanked “the extraordinary librarians of the Pence Law Library,” and was the 30th in a series of his reading recommendations for law and pre-law students, and for lawyers.


Lia Epperson was elected member of the National Board of Directors, American Civil


Liberties Union, Inc. She presented the keynote: “Implications of the Supreme


Court Decision on the Use of Race in College Admissions,” CAPP Policy Plenary Lecture, 243rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society; delivered the keynote Policy Plenary Lecture at the Ernest Morial Convention Center Grand Hall on how to inclusively train the next generation in light of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action in education ruling in SFFA v. Harvard/UNC; the Law School Admissions Council Workshop (LSAC), “Implications of the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision for Law School Admissions;” the ABA Supreme Court Review/Preview Webinar on recent Supreme Court decisions; “Analyzing Impact of SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decisions” at Seattle University; “The Impact of the Affirmative Action Decision on Intersectional Students and Lawyers,” at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law; “Advancing Diversity in College Admissions: What Comes Next” at American University; “Educational Equity Under Attack” at the American University Antiracist Research and Policy Center; “Google and YouTube, The Possible Downstream Impacts of the SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision;” BBC appearance on SCOTUS Affirmative Action decisions; The Guardian; Sirius XM (Dan Abrams Show).


Roger A. Fairfax Jr. moderated the plenary session at the AALS Annual Meeting Dean’s Forum, which


featured discussion on diversity in law school admissions aſter SFFA v. Harvard/UNC. Dean Fairfax participated in the spring meeting of the Judicial


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