Professor Garcia to Sign Marginal Workers at Henderson Barnes & Noble

The Boyd School of Law is very pleased to announce that Professor Ruben Garcia will be signing copies of his first book, Marginal Workers: How Legal Fault Lines Divide Workers and Leave Them without Protection, at the Barnes & Noble in Henderson, Nevada, on June 2, 2012.

Published by NYU Press in January 2012, Marginal Workers weaves together vivid stories about workplace settings with thought-provoking ideas about legal boundaries, policy, and law reform. Undocumented and authorized immigrant laborers, female workers, workers of color, guest workers, and unionized workers together compose an enormous and diverse part of the labor force in America. Professor Garcia demonstrates that when it comes to these marginal workers, the sum of the law is less than its parts and, despite what appears to be a plethora of applicable statutes, marginal workers are frequently lacking in protection. To ameliorate the status of marginal workers, Professor Garcia argues for a new paradigm in worker protection, one based on human freedom and rights, and points to a number of examples in which marginal workers have organized for greater justice on the job in spite of weaknesses in the law.

Garcia currently serves as Professor of Law at Boyd School of Law. Prior to joining Boyd's full-time faculty in 2011, Garcia served as Professor of Law and Director of the Labor and Employment Law Program at California Western School of Law in San Diego, where he taught for eight years. Professor Garcia's research and teaching focus on the ways that race, gender, immigration and globalization impact the law of work. Professor Garcia's scholarly work has appeared in a number of prominent publications, including the University of Chicago Legal Forum, Hastings Law Journal, Florida State Law Review, Florida Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law, the First Amendment Law Review, and the Journal of Gender, Race and Justice.

Professor Garcia will be signing copies of Marginal Workers beginning at 1:00 p.m. on June 2, 2012, at the Barnes & Noble located at 567 North Stephanie, Henderson, NV 89104.

Welcome, Professor Griffin!

The Boyd School of Law is very pleased to announce that Professor Leslie Griffin will join the full-time faculty effective July 1, 2012.

Professor Griffin is a leading scholar in the area of constitutional law, especially law and religion. She is the author of Law and Religion: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 2d ed. 2010) and Law and Religion: Cases in Context (Aspen 2010). Professor Griffin’s article-length scholarship has appeared in prominent law reviews such as Emory Law Journal, Cardozo Law Review, Fordham Law Review, Wisconsin Law Review, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Maine Law Review, and Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy. Professor Griffin’s most recent law review article, “The Sins of Hosanna-Tabor,” is forthcoming in Volume 88 of the Indiana Law Journal and is available for download from SSRN.

During the 2012-2013 academic year, Professor Griffin will teach Law and Religion, Constitutional Law I, and Bioethics.

Prior to joining the faculty at Boyd, Professor Griffin served as the inaugural holder of the Larry and Joanne Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics at the University of Houston Law Center in Houston, Texas. Before moving to Houston, Professor Griffin clerked for the Honorable Mary M. Schroeder of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and served as Assistant Counsel in the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility.

Professor Griffin will office in Room 462. Welcome to Boyd, Professor Griffin!

Welcome, Professor Lipman!

The Boyd School of Law is very pleased to welcome Professor Francine Lipman to the full-time faculty effective July 1, 2012.

Professor Lipman is a national figure in tax law. She has written extensively on tax and accounting topics for legal and accounting periodicals, including Wisconsin Law Review, American University Law Review, Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal, Nevada Law Journal, Florida Tax Review, Virginia Tax Review, Harvard Environmental Law Review, Harvard Latino Law Review, Harvard Journal on Legislation, The Tax Lawyer, The Practical Tax Lawyer, and Tax Notes. As of May 1, 2012, Professor Lipman ranked as the top female professor in terms of all-time tax law scholarship downloads from SSRN.

Prior to joining the faculty at Boyd, Professor Lipman taught at Chapman University School of Law from 2003 to 2012 and Chapman University School of Business and Economics from 2001 to 2012. At Chapman, Professor Lipman taught tax law and accounting courses, received awards for excellence in teaching and research, and was responsible for a substantial Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program.

Prior to her academic career, Professor Lipman served as Special Counsel at O'Melveny & Myers in Newport Beach, CA, Tax Associate at Irell & Manella in Newport Beach, CA, Chief Financial Officer at Diamond Designs in San Diego, CA, and Certified Public Accountant at Arthur Young & Company in San Diego, CA.

Professor Lipman will be located in Room 444. Welcome, Professor Lipman!

Welcome, Professor Main!

The Boyd School of Law is very pleased to announce that Professor Thomas Main, one of three new additions to Boyd's full-time faculty, has arrived on campus.

Professor Main is an expert in the field of domestic and international civil procedure. He is the author of Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice, and Context (Aspen), a leading casebook in the field that is now in its fourth edition, and two international books: Transnational Litigation in Comparative Perspective (Oxford) and Global Issues in Civil Procedure (West). Professor Main’s scholarship also has appeared in prominent law reviews such as Washington University Law Review, Washington Law Review, Notre Dame Law Review, University of Cincinnati Law Review, and Temple Law Review.

Professor Main is an outstanding teacher. At the University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law, where he served on the faculty from 2000 to 2012, Professor Main received the ‘Professor of the Year’ award five times by the student body. He also received the University’s 'Podesto Award for Excellence in Teaching.' During the 2012-2013 academic year at Boyd, Professor Main will teach Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, and Federal Courts.

Prior to his academic career, Professor Main served as a litigator in the trial department at Hill & Barlow in Boston, Massachusetts, and as Associate General Counsel at Platinum Equity in Los Angeles, California. Professor Main also clerked for Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Professor Main is located in Room 447. Welcome, Professor Main!

Three New Faculty Appointments

In the fall, three more outstanding scholars will join Boyd School of Law as full-time members of the faculty. Professor Leslie Griffin, a leading figure in constitutional law, especially law and religion, will join Boyd from the University of Houston Law Center, where she served as the inaugural holder of the Larry and Joanne Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics. Professor Francine Lipman, a national scholar in tax law, will join Boyd from Chapman University, where she taught tax law and accounting courses in the School of Law and the School of Business and Economics. Professor Thomas Main, a leading expert in the field of domestic and international civil procedure, will join Boyd from the University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law, where he taught Civil Procedure, Comparative Law, Complex Civil Litigation, and Conflict of Laws, among other courses. Welcome, Professors Griffin, Lipman, and Main.

Boyd to Host Fourth Annual Southwest Criminal Law Conference

We are very pleased to announce that Professor Anne Traum has organized and will be hosting the Fourth Annual Southwest Criminal Law Conference on September 6-8, 2012, at Boyd.

During the conference, criminal law scholars from across the region will discuss works in progress and exchange ideas for further development of such works. The conference will begin with a dinner on the evening of Thursday, September 6. Participants will workshop papers with assigned commentators in 60 to 90 minute sessions on Friday, September 7, and during the morning of Saturday, September 8. The conference will conclude with a lunch on Saturday.

Past law school conference hosts have included the Universities of Arizona, Colorado, and Irvine/Chapman. Thank you, Anne, for bringing this great event to Boyd.