Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
On May 25, the Supreme Court issued its decision on Sackett v. EPA, No. 24-454 (2022). Assistant Professor Adam D. Orford, whose interdisciplinary research investigates legal and policy approaches to environmental protection, has shared his thoughts on the implications of this decision: “Today, the Supreme Court significantly curtailed the scope of the federal government's regulatory jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act, excluding millions of acres of previously regulated wetlands from federal oversight, and potentially reducing the number of surface water bodies under federal protection. This decision, which is consistent with recent Supreme Court precedent reading federal environmental laws very narrowly, shifts the decision about whether to protect newly non-federal wetlands and other waterbodies over to the states, many of which will favor real estate development over environmental protection. Lacking further federal legislation, the decision will significantly reduce U.S. EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulatory oversight of land-disturbing activities.”
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues presented as part of "The Regulators Speak" panel at the Financial Regulators Under Siege conference hosted by the Loyola University Chicago School of Law's Center for Business Law during April.
University Professor, Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor & Caldwell Chair in Constitutional Law Dan T. Coenen published Principles of Constitutional Structure (West Academic Publishing, 2022) (with M. Coenen).
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in the Boston Globe. The article titled "Cardinal O'Malley, other church leaders failed to prevent abuse of three former Arlington Catholic students, lawsuit claims" was written by John Hillard and 5/23/23.
Associate Dean for International Programs & Post Professor Melissa J. "MJ" Durkee published "Industry Groups in International Governance: A Framework for Reform" in 13 Journal of Human Rights and the Environment (2023).