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and Labor Arbitration, The Center for American and
International Law, Plano, Texas, April 23, 2009.
Presented “Doubting the Thomases: Is Black-on-Black
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace a Matter of Sex or
Race or Both?” at the Law and Society annual meeting,
Denver, Colo., May 28, 2009.
Quoted regarding the Supreme Court’s recent decision
in Ricci v. DeStefano, Steven Moore and Mark Risk,
“Firefighter Plaintiffs Prevail in Landmark Supreme
Court Case,” American Bar Association’s Labor and
Employment Section Newsletter (Summer 2009).
Presented “Thoughts on the Wright and the Wrong of the
Supreme Court’s Pyett Decision” at the Association of
American Law Schools’ 2009 Midyear Meeting Workshop
on Work Law, Long Beach, Calif., June 12, 2009.
Presented “Mandatory Bargaining Over Requiring
Employees to Arbitrate?” at the American Bar Association’s
annual meeting, Chicago, Ill., July 30, 2009.
Presented “What Actions Will Employers, Arbitrators
and Neutral Service Providers Take in Response to the
Supreme Court’s Pyett Decision?” at the Southeastern
Association of Law Schools (SEALS) annual conference,
Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 6, 2009.
Selected as part of the inaugural class of individuals to
be members of the Leadership Development Program for
the ABA Labor and Employment Section and participated
in the first Paths to Leadership conference, Chicago, Ill.,
Sept. 10-12, 2009.
Presented “Furloughs, Reduced Workweeks and Other
Efforts Aimed at Reducing Employees’ Work Hours
While Still Offering Job Stability” at the Fourth Annual
Colloquium on Current Scholarship in Labor and
Employment Law, Seton Hall University School of Law,
Newark, N.J., Sept. 25, 2009.
Presented “Four-Day Weeks and Efforts Aimed
at Reducing Work Time: Employer Sympathy or
Circumventing Unions and Wage and Hour Laws?” at a
law review symposium Redefining Work: Exploring the
Four-Day Work Week, University of Connecticut School
of Law, Hartford, Conn., Oct. 30, 2009.
Appointed to the CLE Committee for the ABA Labor and
Employment Section’s annual meeting.
Continued his previous appointment as co-chair of the
Advocacy Committee for the ABA Section of Dispute
Resolution for the 2009-10 year and as neutral co-chair of
the ABA Labor and Employment Section’s Student Trial
Regional Competition, Dallas, Texas, Nov. 21-22, 2009.
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Maxine Harrington
Professor of Law
Publications:
“Advance Directives: Words are killing
debate about compassionate end-of-life
options,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Sept. 4, 2009).
Activities:
Quoted in feature story on confidentiality clauses in
medical malpractice cases, “Covert Operations,” Hood
County News (Oct. 10, 2009).
Moderated and participated in a panel on health care
reform, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, Oct.
22, 2009.
Quoted in feature story on the expansion of firms into
health law, Joyce Tsai, “Winstead plans to grow its health
care group,” Dallas Business Journal (Oct. 23, 2009).
Terri Helge
Associate Professor of Law
Activities:
Presented “Policing the Good Guys:
Regulation of the Charitable Sector Through
a Federal Charity Oversight Board” at the Law and Society
annual meeting, Denver, Colo., May 30, 2009.
Presented “The Taxation of Cause-related Marketing”
at the symposium The Law of Philanthropy in the 21st Century, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Ill., Oct.
23, 2009.
Charlotte Hughart
Professor of Law and Director of Law
Clinic
Activities:
Accepted an appointment by the Tarrant
County Bar Association to serve as chair-elect for its
Trinity Habitat for Humanity Committee this year (2009-
10) and as chair for the next year (2010-11).
Received notice that her application seeking renewal
of the Texas Wesleyan Law Clinic’s United Way Impact
grant has been approved, and this grant is now renewed
for an unprecedented fifth year in the amount of $61,872.
Through the grant, the law clinic works collaboratively
with the Lena Pope Home to assist caregivers of children
who are at risk of abuse or neglect.