UC Davis School of Law Professors Shannon Weeks McCormack, Dan Simmons, and Dennis Ventr presented papers and commentary at the inaugural NorCal Tax Roundtable at Santa Clara University School of Law on October 24.
Professor Courtney Joslin commented in a recent Sacramento Bee article on Proposition 8, the proposed ban on same-sex marriage appearing on the November 4 ballot.
Gary Solis '71, a nationally recognized expert in the law of war, has authored an influential declaration on the recent and seminal Supreme Court decision ruling that detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp are entitled to invoke habeas corpus protection in federal courts.
Professor Anthony Chavez published a commentary on Proposition 11, the redistricting initiative set for the November state ballot, in the San Jose Mercury-News on October 21.
The UC Davis School of Law's Alumni on the Bench Association held its first-ever gathering at King Hall October 24-25, drawing more than two dozen judges for panel discussions with Law School faculty, tours of university facilities, and a keynote speech from California State Senate President pro Tempore-elect Darrell Steinberg, a UC Davis School of Law alumnus, class of 1984.
Dean Kevin R. Johnson commented in a recent Sacramento Bee article on the controversy surrounding material on the official Sacramento County Republican Party website attacking Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The material, which sought to link Obama with terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, was removed from the site by the time of the article's publication on October 15.
Professor Raha Jorjani has authored an Iranian American Bar Association Working Group document on the consequences immigrants face if charged or convicted with a crime. The document, part of a series of memoranda on legal issues of interest to the Iranian-American community, includes a general discussion of detention and deportation proceedings. It has been translated into Farsi and is available through IABA and its website.
