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Conferences and SymposiaFACULTY News2009 Supreme Court Term: UpcomingCases, Predictions and Trends” before anationwide audience of judges, scholarsand practitioners. In July, Malveaux wasamong three CUA law faculty members toattend and present at the SoutheasternAssociation of Law School’s conference.Malveaux’s participation came during apanel titled “The Devil is in the Details,”an examination of Federal Rules of CivilProcedure as they have been interpretedby the federal courts in a number of contexts,including pleadings, discovery andresolution. And in June, Malveaux was aparticipant at the Washington BarAssociation’s Inaugural Annual Conferenceto discuss “Intergenerational Dialogue:The Role of the Black Lawyer of Yesterday,Today & Tomorrow.”Professors Lisa Martin and MargaretMartin Barry traveled to Manila,Philippines, in December to deliver a presentationon Interdisciplinary Partnershipsat the Global Alliance for JusticeEducation Conference.Professor Suzette Malveaux completedthe team of three CUA law faculty memberswho attended and presented at theJuly SEALS conference. Malveaux’s participationcame during a panel titled “TheDevil is in the Details,” an examination ofFederal Rules of Civil Procedure as theyhave been interpreted by the federal courtsin a number of contexts, including pleadings,discovery and resolution. Her topicaddressed the challenges of providing classaction notice given the changing landscapeof technology and media.Dean Veryl V. Miles participated in aconference on “Judicial Independence andLegal Education: Two Pillars of aDemocratic Legal System” held in theRepublic of Georgia on July 18 and 19,2008. During the month of June, DeanMiles traveled throughout the country tospeak at several professional conferences.Immediately after commencement, shetraveled to Marco Island, Fla., to participatein the ABA New Deans Workshop(May 31 – June 3) as a faculty panelist,where she and other experienced deansadvised the newest class of first-time lawschool deans on the nuances of law schooladministration. Dean Miles was also thevice chair of the planning committee forthis year’s conference. On June 12 she wasin Denver to speak at the plenary session ofthe ABA Conference for Associate Deansabout “How the Associate Dean’sChanging Roles Affects Relationships.”Professor Faith Mullen presented a twodayforum on the problem of hoarding onJune 26 and 27, 2008. The forum was heldin partnership with the CUA NationalCatholic School of Social Services andGeorge Washington University LawSchool. In partnership with CUA’sNational Catholic School of SocialServices and D.C. Adult ProtectiveServices, Family and Child Services,Mullen also developed a one-day workshopfor lawyers and social workers on a“Multi-Cultural Perspectives on Aging andCulturally Sensitive Interventions,”offered at the Columbus School of Law onJune 6, 2008.Research Ordinary Professor MichaelNoone participated on Oct. 21 in aroundtable discussion sponsored by theNational Defense University’s Near EastSouth Asia Center for Strategic Studies.The subject was the United NationsComprehensive Convention on Terrorism.Professor Heidi Schooner traveled toTirana, Albania, in mid-November to participatein a banking law workshop offeredby the International Monetary Fund. Shewas also a panelist on Oct. 17 at theInternational Law Weekend held by theAmerican Branch of the International LawAssociation, where the subject addressedwas "Basel II’s Capital AdequacyRequirements After the Sub prime Crisis."Professor Ted Sky attended a Sept. 15forum titled “Busting the Budget:Healthcare Costs or EntitlementPrograms?” sponsored by Committee for aResponsible Federal Budget. The eventwas held at the National Press Club inWashington, D.C.Professor Karla Simon was a panelist ata full-day colloquium on the “Rule ofLaw and Human Rights in China” sponsoredby the Louis Stein Center for Lawand Ethics and the Leitner Center forInternational Law and Justice atFordham Law School on Oct. 3, 2008.The invitational program was attendedby academics, lawyers, members of thediplomatic community, and other expertson human rights, civil society and therule of law in China. Simon presented apaper, “Legal Reforms for Civil SocietyOrganizations in China after theOlympics and the Sichuan Earthquake,”that offered a perspective on ways inwhich the Chinese government canenhance the space for civil society as itseeks to address social and economicdevelopment in the 21st century. Thepaper will be published in the January2009 issue of the Fordham InternationalLaw Journal.Professor William Wagner delivered apaper, “Judicial Independence andAssertions of Executive Power,” at theInternational Conference on InternationalStandards of Judicial Independence:Comparative Analysis and Challenges ofImplementation, held at the JagiellonianUniversity in Krakow, Poland, from Nov.24 to 27, 2008.44CUALAWYER /Fall–Winter 2008