Faculty

In an April 1 opinion piece in The Hill, Professor Eric Fish writes about how, under the First Step Act, FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried likely will spend less than 60% of his 25-year sentence for fraud and conspiracy charges in federal prison.

Professor Donna Shestowsky won three prestigious awards for her stellar work in alternative dispute resolution.

Professor Amelia Miazad spoke to the New York Times for a March 6 story on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of rules for companies to reveal climate risks. The rules were far less strict than first proposed, the Times reports.

On the March 8 episode of the New York Times’ The Ezra Klein Show podcast, Professor Mary Ziegler discussed how conservative and progressive states have diverged since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Thirty-two talented teams from the Class of 2026 participated in the 17th UC Davis Law Intraschool Negotiations Competition, held March 2 at King Hall.

Congratulations to winning teams Nicole Larson and Olivia Shaw and Artem Borysyuk and Michael Yoakam, and to finalist teams Ramanjit Kaur and Sabrina Duvall and Lexi Vitangcol and Victoria Wong.

Maxwell Davis ’25 and Aeman Shahbaz ’25 placed first at the regional ABA Client Counseling Competition held Feb. 16-18 at the University of Oregon School of Law. The pair will compete in the national finals March 15-16 at Louisiana State University.

In a Feb.

Professor Courtney Joslin spoke to Law360 for a Feb. 13 article on discrimination against employees based on marital status.

Many employers will not offer benefits to partners of unmarried employees, Joslin told Law360, and “the denial of these protections can impede a person’s ability to care for their families and family members.”

Professor Chimène Keitner wrote an expansive Jan. 16 article and a Jan.

Professor Karrigan Börk will receive the Morrison Prize from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law for his 2023 Harvard Environmental Law Review article “Water Right Exactions.”