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2008 News Stories

• Davies: Explaining Widespread Drops in Law Review Circulation
      (published 02/02/2009)
• Zywicki: Laws Make it Easier to Walk Away from Mortgages
      (published 12/22/2008)
• Zywicki in WSJ: Chapter 11 Perfect Remedy for Detroit
      (published 12/16/2008)
• Bill of Rights Day Has Special Significance at Mason
      (published 12/15/2008)
• Sales: Points to Both Sides in Exit System Debate
      (published 12/11/2008)
• CLAS Secures Another Trial Win for Client
      (published 12/10/2008)
• Krauss: New Organization Helps Promote Balance
      (published 12/08/2008)
• Hayward in The New Republic: Enthusiasm for Electoral Reform Only Brief
      (published 12/08/2008)
• Hazlett in Financial Times: Something to Be Said for Failure
      (published 12/05/2008)
• Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the Classroom
      (published 12/05/2008)
• Zywicki Comments on Automakers' Jobs Bank Program
      (published 11/26/2008)
• APIL Food Drive Delivers on Its Promise
      (published 11/25/2008)
• Law School Honors Gordon Tullock on His Retirement
      (published 11/24/2008)
• Parker Argues in U.S. v. Capener in 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
      (published 11/21/2008)
• Bernstein Comments in WSJ on EHarmony Settlement
      (published 11/20/2008)
• Final Round 2008 Upper Class Moot Court Competition, November 21
      (published 11/19/2008)
• Hazlett in Barron's: "Don't Be Evil" Principle Permits Profits
      (published 11/19/2008)
• Zengerle Participates in Conference on Veterans' Services
      (published 11/14/2008)
• District of Columbia v. Heller Symposium, November 19
      (published 11/11/2008)
• Hayward on Nationalized Voter Registration
      (published 11/11/2008)
• Hazlett: The High Cost of "Free" TV
      (published 11/10/2008)
• Krauss Lectures on Law and Economics at Princeton
      (published 11/10/2008)
• Rabkin On Freedom and the Nation-State
      (published 10/31/2008)
• JLEP Lecture on "The Economics of Electronic Discovery," November 11
      (published 10/30/2008)
• Malcolm Addresses Kansas Audience on Heller
      (published 10/30/2008)
• Davies on Rehnquist's Papers
      (published 10/28/2008)
• July 2008 Virginia Bar Exam Takers Once Again Beat State Pass Rates
      (published 10/27/2008)
• Parker Argues in Defamation Lawsuit
      (published 10/23/2008)
• Krauss Becomes Most Recent Faculty Member Elected to ALI
      (published 10/22/2008)
• Plan Ahead for February Bar Accommodations
      (published 10/22/2008)
• Arab Law Students Association: Separate is Never Equal, November 10
      (published 10/21/2008)
• Mason Law Web Site Featured in Mason Gazette
      (published 10/17/2008)
• Zywicki Receives Hoover Institution Fellowship
      (published 10/17/2008)
• Legislative and Judicial Reception for Hampton Roads November 20
      (published 10/15/2008)
• Zengerle Discusses Supreme Court and the War on Terror
      (published 10/15/2008)
• Hayward Participates in ABA Administrative Law Conference
      (published 10/14/2008)
• Espinel Participates in U.S. Chamber of Commerce IP Summit
      (published 10/14/2008)
• Espinel Comments on U.S. Win in WTO Complaint Against China
      (published 10/13/2008)
• Association of Patent Law Firms Event to be held October 22 at the Law School
      (published 10/13/2008)
• Johnsen Submits Comment Letter to SEC
      (published 10/10/2008)
• Mason Law Environs Named to "Great Places in America"
      (published 10/10/2008)
• Senator Webb to Host Symposium at Mason Law on October 15
      (published 10/09/2008)
• Rao On Judicial Appointments
      (published 10/07/2008)
• Lerner Reviews Senator Jim Webb's Most Recent Book
      (published 10/06/2008)
• Hazlett in WSJ: Another Way to Free the Airwaves
      (published 10/06/2008)
• Hazlett in Financial Times: "All You Can Eat" Internet Thing of the Past?
      (published 10/06/2008)
• Krauss on Voters' Legal Residence
      (published 10/03/2008)
• Zywicki on Review of Bankruptcy Reform
      (published 10/02/2008)
• Civil Rights Law Journal Symposium on Election Law, October 23
      (published 10/01/2008)
• IEP Press Club Briefing on Free Air Time for Political Candidates, October 3
      (published 10/01/2008)
• Matt Wilson Gives a Workshop on International Law
      (published 09/30/2008)
• Sales Comments in Washington Post on CIA Official's Fraud Case
      (published 09/30/2008)
• Alvaré on Palin
      (published 09/29/2008)
• Ninth Annual Ethics Update CLE with Prof. Costello, October 15
      (published 09/29/2008)
• Arlington Campus Building Construction Making Progress
      (published 09/29/2008)
• Alumnus Robert A. Levy Named Chairman of Cato Institute
      (published 09/29/2008)
• Zywicki on Bankruptcy Surge in Georgia
      (published 09/29/2008)
• Conference on Communication, Information & Internet Policy, September 26-28
      (published 09/26/2008)
• Zywicki on Theme Park Bankruptcy
      (published 09/26/2008)
• Zywicki in LA Times: Survival of the Fittest
      (published 09/24/2008)
• Sales in Washington Post: Playing With Fire
      (published 09/23/2008)
• Alvaré Key Organizer of Conference Examining Challenges of Contemporary Feminism
      (published 09/23/2008)
• Malcolm Delivers Paper at Conference on Freedom and the Rule of Law
      (published 09/22/2008)
• Sales Contributes to Homeland Security Task Force
      (published 09/22/2008)
• Krauss Lectures on Heller
      (published 09/18/2008)
• Rabkin Participates in Cato Symposium on Supreme Court
      (published 09/18/2008)
• Espinel Comments on Efforts to Block Russia's Entry to WTO
      (published 09/17/2008)
• Constitution Day Lecture, September 17
      (published 09/16/2008)
• Hayward in Weekly Standard: Bereft of Clear Standards
      (published 09/16/2008)
• Verret Interview with Delaware Chief Justice in WSJ
      (published 09/16/2008)
• Sales on Spotting Graymail
      (published 09/15/2008)
• Verret: Efficient Markets Offer Hope of Taming Risk
      (published 09/09/2008)
• Mason 1L Honored by President Bush
      (published 09/09/2008)
• Somin Addresses Future of Federalism at AEI Conference
      (published 09/12/2008)
• Somin Podcast for Cato: Nudging Paternalists
      (published 09/09/2008)
• George Mason Law Review 12th Annual Symposium on Antitrust, December 4
      (published 09/02/2008)
• Rabkin Book Review Carried in Weekly Standard
      (published 09/02/2008)
• Law School & Law Library Closed for Labor Day
      (published 08/29/2008)
• October VA Bar Swearing-In Ceremony and Breakfast October 27
      (published 08/28/2008)
• Fall 2008 Entering Class Joins the Law School
      (published 08/27/2008)
• Mason Tops U.S. News List of Universities to Watch
      (published 08/22/2008)
• Vermont on Nintendo Patent Infringement Suit
      (published 08/21/2008)
• Upcoming Events for First-Year Students and Others
      (published 08/18/2008)
• Back to School Reception, August 28
      (published 08/17/2008)
• Rabkin in Weekly Standard: On "The Impeachment Hearings"
      (published 08/15/2008)
• Presentation: How to Improve Your Chances of Success During Fall Hiring-Washington DC Market
      (published 08/11/2008)
• CLAS Scores Significant Trial Victory for Soldier
      (published 08/06/2008)
• Miami Herald: Tom Whitehead's Vision
      (published 08/04/2008)
• Former Distinguished Visiting Professor Whitehead Dies
      (published 08/02/2008)
• Orientation 2008, August 15 - 16
      (published 07/30/2008)
• Somin in Legal Times: Heller Only the Beginning
      (published 07/28/2008)
• McCabe on Neuroeconomics in The Economist
      (published 07/28/2008)
• Rabkin Addresses Constitutional Limits in Hill Testimony
      (published 07/28/2008)
• Hayward Named to New Congressional Ethics Panel
      (published 07/25/2008)
• Zengerle in National Law Journal: Separating the War From the Warrior
      (published 07/24/2008)
• Hazlett in Financial Times: On the Innovation Commons
      (published 07/23/2008)
• Polsby in Time: Two-Year Law Programs a Major Change
      (published 07/23/2008)
• Davies: Debunking Supreme Court Myth
      (published 07/21/2008)
• Sales Returns to Hill for Testimony on Visa Waiver Program
      (published 07/16/2008)
• Law and Economics Alumni Reception at the US Capitol
      (published 07/10/2008)
• Polsby on Changes in Law School Rankings
      (published 07/07/2008)
• Schleicher Paper on One-Party Politics Draws Notice
      (published 07/07/2008)
• Law School and Law Library Hours, July 4th Weekend
      (published 07/03/2008)
• Ret. Gen. Mick Kicklighter Named Director of CIP Program
      (published 07/01/2008)
• Rabkin in Washington Times: Look Before You Leap
      (published 06/30/2008)
• Mason Law Alumnus Levy Victorious in Landmark Second Amendment Ruling
      (published 06/27/2008)
• Sales Hill Testimony Cited in New York Times
      (published 06/26/2008)
• Sales Provides Capitol Hill Testimony on Laptop Searches
      (published 06/25/2008)
• Alvaré Speaks at 13th Eucharistic Congress
      (published 06/23/2008)
• Polsby Comments In Chicago Tribune on Two-Year Law Programs
      (published 06/20/2008)
• Krauss on "Precautionary Principle"
      (published 06/20/2008)
• O'Neill Nominated by Bush to DC District Court
      (published 06/20/2008)
• Capitol Hill Mason Law and Economics Alumni Reception, July 9
      (published 06/19/2008)
• Hazlett Book Review in Weekly Standard
      (published 06/18/2008)
• Congressman Wolf Cites CIP Program in Press Release
      (published 06/12/2008)
• Vermont Profiled in Washington Business Journal
      (published 06/09/2008)
• Davies on Judicial Pay Raises: Pass the Hat
      (published 06/06/2008)
• Hazlett in Financial Times: Perversion of Antitrust
      (published 06/03/2008)
• Zywicki Appears on Panel at National Press Club
      (published 05/21/2008)
• Bernstein Cited in Forbes Article
      (published 05/20/2008)
• Cohen in Newsweek: On Human Organ Sales
      (published 05/20/2008)
• Verret in Chicago Tribune: Mailbox Monopoly
      (published 05/19/2008)
• Somin in LA Times: Vote No on Proposition 99
      (published 05/19/2008)
• Rotunda: A Bright-line Rule for Judiciary
      (published 05/16/2008)
• Cohen Debates Market Solution for Organ Shortages
      (published 05/15/2008)
• Rotunda on High Court Recusals
      (published 05/13/2008)
• Alvaré Interviewed by EWTN
      (published 05/12/2008)
• Hazlett and Wright: On the Crisis in College Basketball
      (published 05/08/2008)
• Rotunda Appointed to McCain Justice Advisory Committee
      (published 05/08/2008)
• Rotunda on Judicial Conflict of Interest
      (published 05/07/2008)
• Somin on Shared Roots of Property, Civil Rights
      (published 04/28/2008)
• Miranda Jones Wins 2008 Burton Award
      (published 04/28/2008)
• Conference on the Law & Economics of Innovation, May 15
      (published 04/25/2008)
• Sales on Proposed DHS Exit Controls
      (published 04/24/2008)
• Alvaré Appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to Advisory Board
      (published 04/22/2008)
• Pro Bono Reception and Awards Ceremony, April 22
      (published 04/20/2008)
• Hayward Participates in Election Year Summit
      (published 04/18/2008)
• Hazlett in International Herald Tribune: An Attack on Google
      (published 04/14/2008)
• Mason Law's Faculty to Expand by Ten in Fall 2008
      (published 04/10/2008)
• McCabe: Effect of Cost-shifting Statutes Overrated
      (published 04/10/2008)
• Hazlett in Financial Times: Freedom Drives Productive Solutions
      (published 04/07/2008)
• Upcoming Offsite Receptions and Networking Events, March & April 2008
      (published 04/05/2008)
• McCabe on Neuroeconomics: Link Between Sex and Greed
      (published 04/05/2008)
• Virginia Bar Exam, July 29-30
      (published 04/03/2008)
• ACLU Speaker on "The State of Civil Liberties Post 9/11," April 9
      (published 04/02/2008)
• Somin on Property Rights in NRO
      (published 04/02/2008)
• Hazlett on XM-Sirius Merger
      (published 03/28/2008)
• Espinel on China IP Violations
      (published 03/28/2008)
• Mason Law Student Tapped for Virginia State Bar Student Pro Bono Award
      (published 03/27/2008)
• Hayward on Constitutionality of Voter ID Laws
      (published 03/27/2008)
• Somin Comments Cited by Denver Post
      (published 03/27/2008)
• Annual Judicial and Legislative Reception, May 21
      (published 03/26/2008)
• Lecture on "Terrorism, the US, and the Centrality of the Israel/Palestine Question," March 31
      (published 03/25/2008)
• Sales in WSJ: Abuse in Information Sharing
      (published 03/22/2008)
• The Journal of Law, Economics & Policy 2008 Symposium: The Law and Economics of Immigration, March 28
      (published 03/21/2008)
• Lund to Time: Stakes are High in D.C. v. Heller
      (published 03/19/2008)
• Federalist Society/American Constitution Society Discussion: The Role of the Courts, March 24
      (published 03/17/2008)
• Krauss in Washington Post: Momentous Supreme Court Decision
      (published 03/15/2008)
• Rotunda: High Court Recusals Create Uncertainty in the Law
      (published 03/11/2008)
• Hayward Contributes to Harvard Election Law Symposium
      (published 03/06/2008)
• Somin Comments Carried in WSJ
      (published 02/29/2008)
• Berkowitz on Liberal Education and Korea's Future
      (published 02/29/2008)
• Katzen-Dyk Testifies Before House Small Business Committee
      (published 02/28/2008)
• Bush Nominates Rotunda for Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
      (published 02/27/2008)
• Sales: Flawed Visa Waiver Program Requires Reform
      (published 02/27/2008)
• Green Bag to Devise New Law School Ranking System
      (published 02/26/2008)
• Mason Law Student is Recipient of Constangy, Brooks & Smith Diversity Scholars Award
      (published 02/26/2008)
• Espinel Addresses Congressional Intellectual Property Caucus
      (published 02/25/2008)
• Mason Law Students "Secure" a Big Win
      (published 02/25/2008)
• Krauss in American Thinker: Legal Force and Collective Punishment
      (published 02/24/2008)
• George Mason American Inn of Court to Present Oral Argument and Amicus Curiae 2/27 Before Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
      (published 02/22/2008)
• Law School Graduation, May 17
      (published 02/21/2008)
• Krauss in Investor's Business Daily: Oregon's Defiance Invites Supreme Court Ruling on Punitive Damage Limits
      (published 02/20/2008)
• GMUSL-ACLU Chapter Screening of USA v. Al Arian, February 21
      (published 02/19/2008)
• Mason Law Praised for "Study of the Actual Constitution"
      (published 02/15/2008)
• Krauss in USA Today on Confidentiality Agreements in Tort Suits
      (published 02/14/2008)
• Lund Drafts Amicus Curiae Brief for SAF in DC Second Amendment Case Before Supreme Court
      (published 02/12/2008)
• Zywicki Weighs in on Use of Smart Forms in Bankruptcy Filings
      (published 02/11/2008)
• Atrium Hours with Deans Polsby and Huber, February 18
      (published 02/07/2008)
• Information Session on Applying for Admission to the Bar, February 21
      (published 02/06/2008)
• Zywicki Moderates AEI Discussion of University Endowments
      (published 02/01/2008)
• Bernstein Comments on Yale Controversy in Padilla v. Yoo
      (published 01/30/2008)
• The Green Bag: Scholarly Support for Candidates is Nothing New
      (published 01/29/2008)
• Hazlett in Financial Times: "Antitrust Case of the Century" Ten Years Later
      (published 01/28/2008)
• Conference on Merger Analysis In High Technology Markets, February 1
      (published 01/25/2008)
• Virginia State Bar Professionalism Program for First Years, January 30
      (published 01/24/2008)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, January 21
      (published 01/20/2008)
• Rotunda in NY Times: Something Wrong With the Law?
      (published 01/19/2008)
• Mason Law Student Named SPARC Innovator
      (published 01/14/2008)
• On the Air: Hayward Debates Indiana Voter ID Case
      (published 01/11/2008)
• Rotunda in Washington Post: Baseball and the Bench
      (published 01/10/2008)