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notes about Texas Wesleyan law faculty and administrators
Stephen Alton
Professor of Law and Associate Dean for
Evening Division Programs
Activities:
Organized and moderated two panels at the
colloquium Issues in Art Law, Texas Wesleyan School of
Law, May 30, 2009.
Susan Ayres
Professor of Law
Activities:
Presented “Denied Pregnancies and
Problems of Neonaticide” and participated in a
roundtable discussion on “Narratives in Legal Scholarship”
at the 12th Annual Conference of the Association for the
Study of Law, Culture and Humanities, Suffolk University
Law School, Boston, Mass., April 4, 2009.
Participated with Professor James McGrath as a cast member
in the public reading of the play Third Crossing, by Professor
Deborah Threedy, at the 12th Annual Conference of the
Association for the Study of Law, Culture and Humanities,
Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Mass., April 4, 2009.
Was a guest on Dallas radio station, 89.7FM, Power FM, and
its weekly public affairs program, PowerTalk, May 3, 2009.
Presented “Policing Concealed Pregnancy” at the
Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) annual
conference, Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 7, 2009.
Acted as an external reader on the dissertation committee
for Mary Leslie Middleton from Pacifica University
Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, Calif., and reviewed her
dissertation paper, “The Quest for Justice When Mothers
Murder Their Children: An Archetypal Perspective.”
Accepted an invitation to serve a three-year term (2009-
11) as a board member of the Association for the Study of
Law, Culture and Humanities.
Wayne Barnes
Professor of Law
Activities:
Presented “The French Subjective Theory of
Contracts: Separating Rhetoric from Reality”
at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS)
annual conference, Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 7, 2009.
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Mark Burge
Legal Writing Professor
Activities:
Presented “Legal Wizards: Applying the
Lessons of Harry Potter to Law School and
Law Practice,” at the 12th Annual Conference of the
Association for the Study of Law, Culture and Humanities,
Suffolk University School of Law, Boston, Mass., April 4,
2009.
Megan Carpenter
Associate Professor of Law
Publications:
Published “Trademarks and Human Rights:
Oil and Water? Or Chocolate and Peanut
Butter?” 99 The Trademark Reporter 892 (2009).
Activities:
Presented “From Coal to Content: The Role of Intellectual
Property in Transitional U.S. Economies” at the Law,
Creativity, and Entrepreneurship Conference, University
of Wisconsin School of Law, Madison, Wis., April 24,
2009.
Moderated a table topic on trademarks and moral rights
at the International Trademark Association annual
meeting, Seattle, Wash., May 18, 2009.
Presented and moderated at the colloquium Issues in Art
Law, Texas Wesleyan School of Law, May 30, 2009.
Developed a partnership between the Texas Wesleyan
School of Law Center for Law and Intellectual Property
(CLIP) and the Arts Council of Fort Worth & Tarrant
County and the Fort Worth Community Arts Center.
Developed a partnership between CLIP and Tech Fort
Worth, involving students in interdisciplinary teams
working on issues of technology transfer in the form of a
new Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic.
Frank Elliott
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law
Activities:
Presented to the Tarrant County Association
of Mediators regarding drafting and
enforcement
May 19, 2009.
of mediated settlement agreements,