Faculty News

Professor Carlton F.W. Larson appeared on the Nov. 1 episode of the podcast The Legal Edition. The episode is titled “Who is Guilty of Treason and is There Really an Enemy Within?”

Professor Elizabeth Joh spoke to Wired for a Nov. 5 story headlined “Zohran Mamdani Just Inherited the NYPD Surveillance State.”

The mayor-elect’s progressive ideals conflict with the city’s police surveillance policies, Joh said. She noted that immigration enforcement will “almost certainly be a flashpoint,” since “the use of technology in that context is alarming people.”

The Association of American Law Schools has invited Professor Kevin R. Johnson to be a regular contributor to its newly acquired TaxProf Blog. AALS recently announced that it will now host the long-running blog that attracts more than 800,000 readers a year.

Professor Karrigan Börk gave the keynote speech at Delta Stewardship Council’s 2025 Adaptive Management Forum in October.

Watch the video from the conference. (Börk’s talk begins at around the 18-minute mark).

Professor Kelly Behre spoke at Wayne State University in September as part of the Wayne Law Review symposium “Assessing the Last Decade(s) of Anti-Sexual Violence Legal Movements.”

Speaking on the “Backlash Against Anti-Sexual Harassment Movements” panel, Behre gave the presentation “How Campus Formal Responses to Gender-Based Violence Still Harm Student Victims.”

Professor Courtney Joslin provided assistance on the Equality for Every Family Act (HB 2568), which will update Illinois’ parentage statutes to ensure that all children and families are protected. Joslin also served as the Reporter for the Uniform Parentage Act (2017), upon which this legislation is based.

On Oct. 29, the Illinois Legislature passed the bill and now awaits Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature.

On Oct. 29, Professor Lisa R. Pruitt delivered a talk, "Rural Justice," at the University of Wisconsin, Madison Department of Community and Environmental Sociology. 

Pruitt was invited to discuss her groundbreaking body of work that brings a ruralist lens to myriad legal topics, among them abortion access, substance abuse, termination of parental rights, domestic violence, access to justice, health and human services, and indigent defense.

Professor Christopher Elmendorf wrote an Oct. 30 op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle, "Did S.F.'s top economist just torpedo Mayor Lurie's housing plan?" Read more.

Professor David Sandino presented at the 48th Fulbright Association Conference, held Oct. 24-26 at Florida International University in Miami.

Sandino’s presentation was titled “Avoiding Groundwater Overdraft, Land Subsidence, and Contamination: Sustainable Groundwater Management Around the Globe.”  

The Fulbright Association is an independent nonprofit and the American alumni organization of the Fulbright program.