2008 News Stories

• ACLU Speaker on "The State of Civil Liberties Post 9/11," April 9
• Alvaré Speaks at 13th Eucharistic Congress
• Alvare Appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to Advisory Board
• Alvare Interviewed by EWTN
• Annual Judicial and Legislative Reception, May 21
• Annual Symposium on Hot Topics in Patent Law, July 21
• Atrium Hours with Deans Polsby and Huber, February 18
• Back to School Reception, August 28
• Berkowitz on Liberal Education and Korea's Future
• Bernstein Cited in Forbes Article
• Bernstein Comments on Yale Controversy in Padilla v. Yoo
• Bush Nominates Rotunda for Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
• Capitol Hill Mason Law and Economics Alumni Reception, July 9
• CLAS Scores Significant Trial Victory for Soldier
• Cohen Debates Market Solution for Organ Shortages
• Cohen in Newsweek: On Human Organ Sales
• Conference on Merger Analysis In High Technology Markets, February 1
• Law & Economics of Innovation
• Congressman Wolf Cites CIP Program in Press Release
• Davies on Judicial Pay Raises: Pass the Hat
• Davies: Debunking Supreme Court Myth
• Espinel Addresses Congressional Intellectual Property Caucus
• Espinel on China IP Violations
• Fall 2008 Entering Class Joins the Law School
• Federalist Society/American Constitution Society Discussion: The Role of the Courts, March 24
• Former Distinguished Visiting Professor Whitehead Dies
• George Mason American Inn of Court to Present Oral Argument and Amicus Curiae 2/27 Before Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
• GMUSL-ACLU Chapter Screening of USA v. Al Arian, February 21
• Green Bag to Devise New Law School Ranking System
• Hayward Contributes to Harvard Election Law Symposium
• Hayward Named to New Congressional Ethics Panel
• Hayward on Constitutionality of Voter ID Laws
• Hayward Participates in Election Year Summit
• Hazlett and Wright: On the Crisis in College Basketball
• Hazlett Book Review in Weekly Standard
• Hazlett in Financial Times: "Antitrust Case of the Century" Ten Years Later
• Hazlett in Financial Times: Freedom Drives Productive Solutions
• Hazlett in Financial Times: On the Innovation Commons
• Hazlett in Financial Times: Perversion of Antitrust
• Hazlett in International Herald Tribune: An Attack on Google
• Hazlett on XM-Sirius Merger
• Information Session on Applying for Admission to the Bar, February 21
• Katzen-Dyk Testifies Before House Small Business Committee
• Krauss in American Thinker: Legal Force and Collective Punishment
• Krauss in Investor's Business Daily: Oregon's Defiance Invites Supreme Court Ruling on Punitive Damage Limits
• Krauss in USA Today on Confidentiality Agreements in Tort Suits
• Krauss in Washington Post: Momentous Supreme Court Decision
• Krauss on "Precautionary Principle"
• Law and Economics Alumni Reception at the US Capitol
• Law School and Law Library Hours, July 4th Weekend
• Law School Graduation, May 17
• Lecture on "Terrorism, the US, and the Centrality of the Israel/Palestine Question," March 31
• Lund Drafts Amicus Curiae Brief for SAF in DC Second Amendment Case Before Supreme Court
• Lund to Time: Stakes are High in D.C. v. Heller
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, January 21
• Mason Law Alumnus Levy Victorious in Landmark Second Amendment Ruling
• Mason Law Praised for "Study of the Actual Constitution"
• Mason Law Student is Recipient of Constangy, Brooks & Smith Diversity Scholars Award
• Mason Law Student Named SPARC Innovator
• Mason Law Student Tapped for Virginia State Bar Student Pro Bono Award
• Mason Law Students "Secure" a Big Win
• Mason Law's Faculty to Expand by Ten in Fall 2008
• Mason Tops U.S. News List of Universities to Watch
• McCabe on Neuroeconomics in The Economist
• McCabe on Neuroeconomics: Link Between Sex and Greed
• McCabe: Effect of Cost-shifting Statutes Overrated
• Miami Herald: Tom Whitehead's Vision
• Miranda Jones Wins 2008 Burton Award
• O'Neill Nominated by Bush to DC District Court
• On the Air: Hayward Debates Indiana Voter ID Case
• Orientation 2008, August 15 - 16
• Polsby Comments In Chicago Tribune on Two-Year Law Programs
• Polsby in Time: Two-Year Law Programs a Major Change
• Polsby on Changes in Law School Rankings
• Presentation: How to Improve Your Chances of Success During Fall Hiring-Washington DC Market
• Pro Bono Reception and Awards Ceremony, April 22
• Rabkin Addresses Constitutional Limits in Hill Testimony
• Rabkin in Washington Times: Look Before You Leap
• Rabkin in Weekly Standard: On "The Impeachment Hearings"
• Ret. Gen. Mick Kicklighter Named Director of CIP Program
• Rotunda Appointed to McCain Justice Advisory Committee
• Rotunda in NY Times: Something Wrong With the Law?
• Rotunda in Washington Post: Baseball and the Bench
• Rotunda on High Court Recusals
• Rotunda on Judicial Conflict of Interest
• Rotunda: A Bright-line Rule for Judiciary
• Rotunda: High Court Recusals Create Uncertainty in the Law
• Sales Hill Testimony Cited in New York Times
• Sales in WSJ: Abuse in Information Sharing
• Sales on Proposed DHS Exit Controls
• Sales Provides Capitol Hill Testimony on Laptop Searches
• Sales Returns to Hill for Testimony on Visa Waiver Program
• Sales: Flawed Visa Waiver Program Requires Reform
• Schleicher Paper on One-Party Politics Draws Notice
• Somin Comments Carried in WSJ
• Somin Comments Cited by Denver Post
• Somin in LA Times: Vote No on Proposition 99
• Somin in Legal Times: Heller Only the Beginning
• Somin on Property Rights in NRO
• Somin on Shared Roots of Property, Civil Rights
• The Green Bag: Scholarly Support for Candidates is Nothing New
• The Journal of Law, Economics & Policy 2008 Symposium: The Law and Economics of Immigration, March 28
• Upcoming Events for First-Year Students and Others
• Upcoming Offsite Receptions and Networking Events, March & April 2008
• Vermont on Nintendo Patent Infringement Suit
• Vermont Profiled in Washington Business Journal
• Verret in Chicago Tribune: Mailbox Monopoly
• Virginia Bar Exam, July 29-30
• Virginia State Bar Professionalism Program for First Years, January 30
• Zengerle in National Law Journal: Separating the War From the Warrior
• Zywicki Appears on Panel at National Press Club
• Zywicki Moderates AEI Discussion of University Endowments
• Zywicki Weighs in on Use of Smart Forms in Bankruptcy Filings