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Scott Gaylord, an associate professor of law, co-authored a report this fall for the Federalist Society and, in a separate project, joined another colleague in presenting research to North Carolina's Senior Resident Superior Court Judge.

Two of the Triad's largest media outlets turned to Scott Gaylord, an associate professor of law and expert in constitutional law, for analysis of a defamation lawsuit filed Oct. 30 against U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., by the candidate hoping to unseat her in the fall elections.

Andrew J. Haile, an assistant professor of law, has had an article published in the ABA Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases about the pending Supreme Court case of Altria Group, Inc. v. Good, which deals with whether the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act preempts state law claims against tobacco companies for the use of “descriptors” such as “light” and “lowered tar.”

OutLaw, a group of lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender and allied law students at the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Law, will host a seminar on estate planning for LGBT families on Thursday, October 30, at 6 p.m. in Room 204 of the law school.

Frank H. Wu, the inaugural Law and Humanities Lecturer for the Center for Law and Humanities, encouraged an audience in Whitley Auditorium on Oct. 28 to not be bystanders in a struggle for diversity and to develop a sense of community through dialog about race and difference.

Frank H. Wu, the former dean of the Wayne State University Law School and a noted author on race relations in the United States as they relate to Asian Americans, will serve this week as the first Law and Humanities Lecturer for the Center for Law and Humanities at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ.

An article by Catherine Ross Dunham, an associate professor of law, has been accepted for publication in the Winter 2009 volume of the University of San Francisco Law Review. Dunham will also be hosting a national expert on electronic discovery on Nov. 10 in her Civil Procedures class.

“History” is not just what happened at a given time, but to whom it happens and why, said Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough, who spoke this week in Greensboro for the Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series. And not all presidents are exceptional, he said, adding that Americans should “count our blessings when a real leader arrives on the scene.”

The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Law is offering a free CLE program on Nov. 7, 2008, for anyone interested in the future of the U.S. financial markets and how they affect businesses from Wall Street to main Street, with a particular focus on attorneys advising individual and business clients.

Thomson West has just published the 3rd edition of Death Penalty in a Nutshell by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Law professor Victor Streib.