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News
Sklar Speaks at Conferences on Role of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Ethical Complexities in Healthcare Innovation
Faculty Director of the Health Law & Policy Program Tara Sklar was a speaker at the International Society for Cardiovascular Translational Research's webinar "Artificial Intelligence Enabling Medical Devices.” Sklar spoke alongside Purdue University's Aaron Lottes and New York University's Gabrielle Gold-von Simson, MD, MS for a roundtable discussion on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical innovation.
Sklar also participated in Arizona Bioethics Network i12th Annual Conference on April 26th. The hybrid conference titled 'Chasing Progress - the Ethics of Innovation' delves into the ethical complexities inherent in healthcare innovation.
Whiteman Runs Him Honored with National Native American Law Students Association Lifetime Achievement Award
Associate Clinical Professor and Director of the Tribal Justice Clinic Heather Whiteman Runs Him was honored with National Native American Law Students Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her commitment to educating the next generation of Native attorneys and her contributions to Indian Country.
Simon's New Book for Effective Legal Writing Publishes
Associate Clinical Professor of Law Diana Simon’s new book, co-authored with Cooley Law School Professor Mark Cooney, “The Case for Effective Legal Writing: Court Opinions, Commentary, and Exercises,” has published. The book brings the courthouse to the legal writing classroom by connecting writing techniques to real-world consequences.
Media
Arizona House repeals near-total abortion ban, voters could have final say
KVOA News 4
April 24, 2024
Arizona is one step closer to repealing its near-total abortion ban after Arizona's State House voted to overturn the law, sending it to the Senate to act next. Director of Empirical & Policy Research Christopher Griffin explains how this reappeal works and what it means for voters in November.
Ariz. Abortion Ban Ruling Reanimates 'Zombie' Law Debate
Law 360
April 23, 2024
Susie Salmon, director of legal writing and clinical professor of law, discusses Arizona Supreme Court ruling that upheld an 1864 law that totally bans abortions statewide, reanimating the 'zombie' law debate.
Local opinion: Lake’s water-policy mirage
Arizona Daily Star
April 22, 2024
Regents Professor and Morris K. Udall Professor Emeritus Robert Glennon, one of the nation's preeminent experts on water policy and law, writes in response to Kari Lake, who is currently running for Arizona State Senator, recent op-ed on water policy.
City Prosecutor’s Office reports progress in expunging marijuana offenses
AZPM
April 18, 2024
The University of Arizona Law’s Civil Rights Restoration Clinic joined the City of Tucson Prosecutor’s Office at a press conference on April 18 to discuss the Reclaim Your Future. Students will join Reclaim Your Future and their partners to offer free assistance to eligible individuals to file for expungement of marijuana-related offenses.
Nonprofit raises awareness around marijuana misdemeanor expungements
KGUN News 9
April 18, 2024
The University of Arizona Law’s Civil Rights Restoration Clinic joined the City of Tucson Prosecutor’s Office at a press conference on April 18 to discuss the Reclaim Your Future. Students will join Reclaim Your Future and their partners to offer free assistance to eligible individuals to file for expungement of marijuana-related offenses.
City of Tucson clears hundreds of marijuana cases with expungements
KOLD News 13
April 18, 2024
The University of Arizona Law’s Civil Rights Restoration Clinic joined the City of Tucson Prosecutor’s Office at a press conference on April 18 to discuss the Reclaim Your Future. Students will join Reclaim Your Future and their partners to offer free assistance to eligible individuals to file for expungement of marijuana-related offenses.
Consumer data privacy regulation is now in the spotlight
Forbes
April 17, 2024
This column focuses on the recently introduced federal American Privacy Rights Act of 2024. It cites a review of the legislation by Milton O. Riepe Professor of Law Andrew K. Woods, which urges Congress to undertake a cost-benefit analysis of privacy regulation.
Taking law to the final frontier
Arizona News
April 16, 2024
Arizona Law covers Space Law and Policy class, co-taught by faculty at University of Arizona Law and the College of Science, introduces students to the law and regulatory issues raised by human activity in outer space, including asteroid mining, space tourism, traffic management, communications satellites and national security. Milton O. Riepe Professor of Law Andrew K. Woods, who teaches the legal part of the course, is interviewed.
Healthcare Industry Sees Spate Of New Data Sharing Suits
Law360: Healthcare Authority
April 16, 2024
Faculty Director of the Health Law & Policy Program Tara Sklar discusses recent lawsuits over improperly sharing patient data.
Podcast Episode: Simon & Cooney – Legal Style the Case for Effective Legal Writing
The Law School Lounge
April 16, 2024
Associate Clinical Professor of Law Diana Simon and Professor Mark Cooney of Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, co-authors of “The Case for Effective Legal Writing: Court Opinions, Commentary, and Exercises,” talk about their own experiences with legal writing and the unique elements of their new, first of its kind, legal writing casebook. They explore the style and tone of legal writing and share tips for newer legal writers.
University of Arizona law professor answers questions about abortion ruling
KVOA-TV
April 15, 2024
Director of Empirical & Policy Research Christopher Griffin provides an analysis of the majority and dissenting opinions in last week's Arizona Supreme Court ruling that upheld an 1864 law that totally bans abortions statewide, except to save the parent's life, and nullified legislation passed in 2022 that permitted the procedure up to 15 weeks of gestation.
Tim Steller's column: Abortion ruling defensible, but 1864 ban must go
Arizona Daily Star
April 13, 2024
Director of Empirical & Policy Research Christopher Griffin provides an analysis of the majority and dissenting opinions in last week's Arizona Supreme Court ruling that upheld an 1864 law that totally bans abortions statewide, except to save the parent's life, and tossed out legislation passed in 2022 that permitted the procedure up to 15 weeks of gestation.
Florida blocks heat protections for workers right before summer
NPR (487 pickups)
April 12, 2024
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week signed a law prohibiting cities or counties from creating protections for the state's two million workers who labor in often extreme and dangerous heat. The measure's Republican sponsors and industry groups claim it ensures clarity and consistency about the rules statewide. Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program Shefali Milczarek-Desai, a labor law expert, is interviewed.
How the GOP molded the Arizona court that upheld the abortion ban
The New York Times
April 11, 2024
A ruling by Arizona Supreme Court resurrected a sweeping 19th-century abortion ban hinged on a statutory interpretation, not the merits of the state's 1864 ban. The four justices in the majority determined a 2022 law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks of gestation did not override the 160-year-old ban. Mary Anne Richey Professor of Law Emerita Barbara Atwood weighs in.
Critics of the Arizona Supreme Court's Abortion Ruling Seem Confused About What Judges Are Supposed To Do
Reason
April 11, 2024
This week's ruling by Arizona Supreme Court that resurrected a sweeping 19th-century abortion ban hinged on a statutory interpretation, not the merits of the state's 1864 ban. The four justices in the majority determined a 2022 law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks of gestation did not override the 160-year-old ban. Mary Anne Richey Professor of Law Emerita Barbara Atwood weighs in.
Will Arizona enforce a Civil War-era law banning nearly all abortions in the state?
CNN
April 11, 2024
The Arizona Supreme Court delayed enforcement of the state's 1864 law banning abortion for 14 days to give the plaintiffs an opportunity to pursue other challenges in a lower court if they wish to – including challenges to the ban's constitutionality. If the ban is implemented, it's unclear how small a window is left open by the exception allowing abortions to save a pregnant person's life. Director of Legal Writing and Clinical Professor of Law Susie Salmon is interviewed.
Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says the abortion ruling from justices he chose goes too far
The Associated Press
April 11, 2024 (258 pickups)
This week's affirmation of an 19th Century law that prohibits nearly all abortions in Arizona does not sit well with former Gov. Doug Ducey, whose expansion of the state Supreme Court allowed him to appoint the four conservative justices whose ruling cleared the way for it. Mary Anne Richey Professor of Law Emerita Barbara Atwood weighs in on Courts time to make a decision.
Arizona's 1864 abortion ban was mostly a result of power struggles, historians say
NBC News
April 11, 2024
For years before territorial lawmakers passed Arizona's near-total ban on abortion in 1864, male physicians across the U.S. sought to dominate health care over midwives, and anti-abortion advocates used the fear of immigrants to fuel a crusade against abortion in the late 1850s. "You can start to see the beginnings of what we now call the right-to-life movement," said Christopher Griffin, director of empirical and policy research.
Ballot initiative could change Arizona's abortion ruling if passed
KGUN-TV
April 9, 2024
The proposed Arizona Abortion Accesses Act would enshrine reproductive freedom in the state Constitution. To get the measure on the ballot, supporters must first collect 383,000 valid signatures from voters statewide. They report having obtained more than 500,000 to date. Susie Salmon, clinical professor of law and director of legal writing discusses.
TI’s Calculator Monopoly Offers Lessons for Educators in the Age of Generative AI
ProMarket
April 8, 2024
Robert H. Mundheim Professor of Law & Business Barak Orbach and Eli Orbach explore how Texas Instruments created its entrenched calculator monopoly and the lessons it offers educators as they grapple with the emerging possibilities of AI in the classroom.
Here Arizona nurtures the Navajo Nation, but lacks water
The Los Angeles Times
April 7, 2024
Researchers from the University of Arizona and Kings College London reported in 2021 that nearly half a million American households in the U.S. lacked running water, with people of color and renters among the hardest hit. The failure to extend water service to all Indigenous Americans is especially galling given their traditional role as nature's caretakers, according to Associate Clinical Professor Heather Whiteman Runs Him, director of the university's Tribal Justice Clinic and a member of the Crow nation.
Arizona: Proposal would punish people for groundwater lawsuits, weaken attorney general's power
Maven’s Notebook
April 5, 2024
As Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes gathers evidence to act against unregulated over-pumping of groundwater by corporate farms, some lawmakers proposed a bill earlier this year that would require anyone suing to stop or reduce an agricultural operation's groundwater use to pay filing and attorney fees for both sides in the case. Christopher Griffin, director of empirical and policy research, weighs in.
Proposal would punish people for groundwater lawsuits, weaken attorney general's power
The Arizona Republic
April 4, 2024
As Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes gathers evidence to act against unregulated over-pumping of groundwater by corporate farms, some lawmakers proposed a bill earlier this year that would have a "chilling effect" on new approaches to reduce groundwater use because claimants would need to pay filing fees and attorney fees for themselves and the agricultural operation. Christopher Griffin, director of empirical and policy research, weighs in.