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school newsFaculty BriefsGary Bauer,Associate ProfessorAttended, the 6thInternational ClinicalConference Oct. 27-30,2005, in Lake Arrowhead,Calif.Spoke, on RecognizingMedicaid Issues — The Invisible Ropes ThatTrip You Up,” at the 2nd annual Solo &Small Firm Institute Oct. 20-21, 2005, inDearborn, Mich.Appointed, Vice-Chair Law PracticeManagement Section of the Michigan BarAssociation by a vote of the SectionCouncil.Alan F. Blakley,Associate ProfessorAuthored, an article,“Expect the Unexpected”,in The Federal Lawyer,Vol. 53, No. 1, January2006, beginning atpage 19.Published, an article,“Privilege Log Dilemma,” in 52 The FederalLawyer, No. 10, p. 24(November/December 2005).Published, an article, “Coddling Spies:Why the Law Doesn’t Adequately AddressComputer Spyware,” in 2005 Duke Law &Technology Review, No. 25.Published, a book, the 2006 edition ofThe Digital Litigation Handbook.Published, an article, “Working withRelevant Agency Information,” in Vol. 52,No. 9, The Federal Lawyer, p. 16 (October2005).Contributed, to 6 The SedonaConference Journal 183 (Fall 2005). Hewrote the introduction and the dedication,as well as “Best Practices AddressingProtective Orders” and “Confidentiality andPublic Access in Civil Cases.”Ronald Bretz,ProfessorElected, on October 27,President of the Board ofDirectors of the CitizensAlliance on Prisons andPublic Spending.Appeared, onNovember 1, on the DeltaCollege Public TV station community affairsprogram “Currently Speaking;” Topic:Parole and Punishment.Spoke, on November 8, at Peoples LawSchool on Criminal Law and the CriminalJustice System.Spoke, on November 18, with ProfessorJim Peden, at the Wayne County CriminalAdvocacy Program; Topic: Criminal LawUpdate.Julie Clement,Assistant ProfessorElected, vice president ofthe Thomas M. Cooley LawSchool Alumni Association.Mary Phelan D’Isa,ProfessorPublished, “AreNational BankingAssociations ‘Located’ inand thus Citizens of theStates in Which TheyOperate Branch Offices?”in ABA Preview of UnitedStates Supreme CourtCases, Nov. 2005, IssueNo. 3 (2005-2006 Term).Published, “When May a Court ofAppeals Review the Sufficiency of EvidenceSupporting a Civil Jury Verdict?” in ABAPreview of United States Supreme CourtCases, Oct. 2005, Issue No. 2 (2005-2006Term).Published, “When Is the Citizenship ofUnnamed Affiliates Relevant to DiversityJurisdiction Analysis?” in ABA Preview ofUnited States Supreme Court Cases, Sept.26, 2005 Issue No. 1, pg. 29 (Sept. 26,2005) 2005-2006 Term.Published, “Women and Health, ArmYourself With Knowledge,” in the LansingState Journal Greater Lansing Womanmagazine, Oct/Nov 2005, page 12.David Finnegan,Assistant ProfessorDelivered, a paper on“The Demand for Law inAfrica” at the Conferenceon ComparativeConstitutionalism andRights: GlobalPerspectives, at theBENCHMARKUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban,South Africa on December 13, 2005.Judy Frank,ProfessorHosted, an alumni eventon February 2, 2006 inPhoenix, Ariz.Will host, an alumnievent on March 15, 2006in Seattle, Wash.Elliot B. Glicksman,ProfessorServed, on a panelbefore the ArizonaAssociation of CriminalDefense Lawyers inPrescott, Ariz., to discussthe Crawford v.Washington decision andits ramifications for the future. He was invitedto speak on the panel by Saji Vettiyil(Krinock Class, 1991).Richard Henke,ProfessorElected, to the AmericanLaw Institute (ALI), a prestigiousassociation of lawpractitioners, judges, andacademics. Members areselected on the basis ofprofessional achievementand demonstrated interest in the improvementof the law.Keith J. Hey,Dean Emeritusand ProfessorInvited, to teach a combinedContracts-Tortscourse at the University ofMontevideo inMontevideo, Uruguay.Contracts-Torts is one ofseveral mini courses in English taught at theUniversity. This will be the seventh foreigncountry where Dean Hey has taught orguest lectured, including the Cooley ForeignStudies Program in Australia and NewZealand.Will direct, the Cooley Foreign StudiesProgram in Toronto, Canada in Summer2006. He was the director for the inauguralprogram in 2000 and this will be his thirdtime directing the program.