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Faculty Achievements: Week of November 11, 2013

Professor James Davids is currently in Kiev presenting two lectures on the “History of Western Legal Tradition” to evangelical Christians in Eastern Europe. Professor Davids will also give a lecture on constitutional law at the invitation of the Federalist Society at Villanova University School of Law on Thursday, November 21.

Professor James Duane accepted an offer to publish “Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Pointless Remand” in the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law.

Professor Michael Hernandez will be in Richmond, Va. on Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 16 coaching a team of Regent Law students (Sharon Kerk, Erik McCauley, and Joshua Smith) at the regional National Moot Court Competition. There are 21 teams in this region, and the top two teams advance to the NYC nationals in February.

Professor Lynne Marie Kohm submitted a book chapter for Child Participation in Justice, which will be published by the Oxford University Press. The chapter is called "Teen Courts and Parents Engendering Participation, Love and Respect." Professor Kohm relied on original research done by the Child Advocacy Practicum and the Center for Global Justice.

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