04 Apr 2016
On March 16, 2016, Professor Frans von der Dunk spoke at the 2nd ICAO/UNOOSA Symposium in Abu Dhabi. The presentation outlined the definition of "Space Object" in the context of impending private commercial spaceflight operations. On March 17, 2016, von der Dunk led a session at the Young Lawyers Symposium organized by the European Center of Space Law (ECSL). Finally, on March 18, 2016, von der Dunk co-chaired the ECSL's Practitioners' Forum, discussing the explotation of natural resources in outer space.
Professor Brett Stohs hosted a brief presentation at the Southeast Community College Entrepreneurship Center. The weekly coffee is an opportunity for small business owners, startup owners and companies that serve small businesses to come together for a brief presentation and relaxed networking.
Professor Jessica Shoemaker spoke at Harvard Law School's "Just Food? Forum on Land Use, Rights and Ecology" on Friday, March 26, 2016. Shoemaker presented as part of the "Native American Law Rights Panel". The panel incorporated a range of perspectives, including experts engaged in Navajo Nation food policy specifically as well as UN-level work on food security and cultural land relationships around the Arctic Circle with the Inuit Circumpolar Council. Shoemaker spoke specifically on U.S. federal policy in American Indian land tenure—both historically and currently--and discussed strategies for grassroots property reforms going forward.
Professor Anthony Schutz presented "The Nebraska Constitution" at the Center of Great Plains Studies on March 16, 2016. The discussion examined the complex relationship between constitutional change and its impact on public policy.
As part of Nebraska Law’s Space, Cyber and Telecommunications Law LL.M. program outreach in space education, Professor Schaefer guest lectured or taught a mini-course on regulating and incentivizing commercial space activities at three law schools in January and February 2016 with space law and aerospace industry interest. The lectures/mini-courses, some in-person and some online, focused on three problem sets – one involving liability issues, one involving space debris remediation, and one involving asteroid mining with litigation, negotiation, and legislation modules. Professor Schaefer previously taught a similar mini-course at Washington University in St. Louis in September 2014.
In March, Professor Bill Lyons taught a course in United States individual income taxation at the International Tax Center at the University of Leiden. Lyons has been teaching at the International Tax Center for several years.
Professor Rick Duncan gave several presentations this quarter. The first, Is the University Still a Free Market for Ideas: Free Speech vs. Censorship on Campus, was on March 1, 2016 at the University of Kentucky Law School. Duncan also presented Hobby Lobby Round Two: Can The Little Sisters of the Poor Knock Out the Contracecptive Mandate, at New York University Law School on March 7, 2016. Professor Duncan gave the same presentation at Cornell Law School on March 22, 2016.
Professor Kristen Blankley presented as part of the Continuing Legal Education Seminiar The Development of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct and Ethical Implications for Transactional Attorneys at Creighton University School of Law. As part of the symposium, Blankley discussed the ethical issues involved in advising clients in ADR options.