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	Joel K. Goldstein March 10, 2008 As speculation about candidates for Vice President heats up, the media turns to Joel Goldstein for his expertise on the history of the office and how the number two spot on the ticket is filled. You can link to the latest stories featuring Joel below. March 11, 2008: New York Times, "Obama Rejects Idea of Back Seat on Ticket". March 10, 2008: Anchorage Daily News, Joel Goldstein on the buzz surrounding Alaska’s first-term governor Sarah Palin as a potential Vice Presidential candidate.
	Howard M. Wasserman March 7, 2008 In its March 7, 2008 editorial, USA Today calls on colleges to crack down on rowdy, rude and abusive sports fans after recent displays of offensive behavior during the college basketball season . Howard Wasserman comes to the defense of students' first amendment rights in an Opposing View.
	Joel K. Goldstein March 6, 2008 Joel Goldstein and his expertise on the Vice Presidency have been hitting the radio air waves this week. Joel was interviewed live on KTRS-St. Louis March 3 and on KGO-San Francisco on March 5. Stay tuned as the election season heats up!
	Tribute to Thomas Eagleton March 3, 2008 March 4, 2008 marks the first anniversary of the death of Senator Thomas F. Eagleton. Publication of the latest issue of the Law Journal coincides with this anniversary and is dedicated to the memory of the Senator who taught the "Presidency and the Constitution" seminar with Prof. Joel Goldstein. Journal articles include eulogies, tributes and scholarly articles on issues important to Eagleton throughout his 50 year career in public service.
	Nicholas Terry February 29, 2008 Nic Terry is attending a workshop at the Institute of Medicine in Washington, D.C. Feb. 28-29, 2008, on "Clinical Data as the Basic Staple of Health Learning: Creating and Protecting a Public Good".
	Camille Nelson February 29, 2008 Camille Nelson is on a panel at the Iowa Law Review Symposium, Feb. 29, 2008 discussing Batson v. Kentucky and the Use of Peremptory Jury Challenges. Prof. Nelson will present a paper, Batson, O.J. and Snyder: Lessons from an Intersecting Trilogy, examining the case of Allen Snyder v. State of Louisiana which is presently pending before the Supreme Court.
	Joel K. Goldstein February 29, 2008 Calling all early birds! Get up and tune in to KRTS Radio 550 AM on Monday, March 3, 2008 at 6:40 a.m. to hear Joel Goldstein live from Maine. Vic and Katy, the morning news team on the BIg 550 will be talking to Joel about who's got the right stuff to be a vice presidential candidate.
	Michael J. Kolnik February 27, 2008 Michael J. Kolnik was quoted in the Missouri Lawyers Weekly and the law school was featured in a story on programs to encourage more minority students to attend law school. Saint Louis University Law School reports the largest increase in first-year minority enrollment since 2006 when compared to Missouri's three other law schools. Published in Feb. 25, 2008 issue.
	Joel K. Goldstein February 25, 2008 Joel K. Goldstein was quoted in theNew York Times and on MSNBC.com, Feb. 24, 2008, about Sen. John McCain’s choices for a running mate with this warning, "I think you can't put a bozo or a mediocre candidate on the ticket just because he is the most popular official in a state with 20-plus electoral votes."
	Camille Nelson February 20, 2008 Camille Nelson will be featured in a documentary, Seeking Freedom, to be aired on HEC-TV Feb. 21 & 28 at 8:00 p.m. and Feb. 23 at 9:00 p.m. Seeking Freedom centers on more than 300 slave freedom suits which pre-date Dred Scot, filed in the St. Louis Circuit Court in the early to mid 1800’s.
	Howard Wasserman February 19, 2008 Howard Wasserman was quoted in an Associated Press story Feb. 16, 2008 on the difficulty of proving a lie in the wake of Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee’s congressional hearing.
	Eric Miller February 19, 2008 Eric Miller was quoted in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Feb. 19, 2008 on the use of electronic surveillance technology to track convicted sex offenders.
	Howard Wasserman February 15, 2008 Howard Wasserman was interviewed live on KTRS-AM 550, Feb. 14, 2008, about congressional hearings on steroid use in professional baseball.
	Mark McKenna February 14, 2008 Mark McKenna was quoted in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Feb. 14, 2008 on AT&T’s purported plans to monitor internet traffic.
	John J. Ammann February 14, 2008 John J. Ammann was quoted on the use of multimedia presentations in courtrooms in an article on Law.com, Feb. 12, 2008.
	Joel Goldstein February 11, 2008 Joel Goldstein's expertise on the vice presidency was tapped by the Associated Press for a story on speculation about this year's running mates. The story appeared on nytimes.com Feb. 10, 2008 and in more than 80 other media outlets. Joel was also interviewed on Beyond the Beltway, a Chicago based radio program.
	Thomas L. Greaney February 6, 2008 Tim Greaney was quoted in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Feb. 6, 2008 on antitrust issues surrounding the Microsoft takeover bid for Yahoo.
	Joel Goldstein February 5, 2008 Joel Goldstein was quoted in the Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2008 on the likelihood of Vice President Cheney giving a deposition in a case involving a man who was arrested on suspicion of assault after speaking to Cheney at a Colorado ski resort.
	Howard Wasserman January 30, 2008 Howard Wasserman was quoted in the Dominion Post, Morgantown, W. Va. (Jan. 28, 2008), on the case of WVU v. RIch Rodriguez. Wasserman is using the case as a case study in his civil procedure class. He told the paper, "This case will have impact on coaches' mobility and how universities are going to deal with coaches."
	Peter W. Salsich Jr. January 30, 2008 Peter W. Salsich was quoted in the Missouri Lawyers Weekly (Jan. 28, 2008) on a Missouri Court of Appeals ruling which affects the land annexation process practiced by St. Louis County municipalities.
	Susan W. McGraugh January 30, 2008 Susan McGraugh was interviewed on KPLR-TV, Ch. 11, (Jan. 29, 2008) on a new ordinance in Florissant, Mo. which bans convicted sex offenders from being within 500 feet of all parks and recreation centers in the city.
	Steve Thaman January 28, 2008 Steve Thaman published three entries in Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives (David S. Clark ed. 2007): Consensual Penal Resolution, Vol. I at 247-49; Legality and Discretion, Vol. II at 944-45; and Penal Court Procedures: Doctrinal Issues, Vol. III at 1096-1102. Steve's article, The Nullification of the Russian Jury: Lessons for Jury-Inspired Reform in Eurasia and Beyond was published in 40 Cornell International Law Journal 357-428 (2007). His article The Good, the Bad, or the Indifferent: '12 Angry Men' in Russia, was published as part of a symposium on the 50th anniversary of "12 Angry Men", published in 82 Chicago-Kent Law Review 791-808 (2007). Steve's Comparative Criminal Procedure casebook (2nd ed. 2008) was published by Carolina Academic Press.
	Nicholas Terry January 28, 2008 Nic Terry will be a speaker at a workshop, Clinical Data as the Basic Staple of Health Learning: Creating and Protecting a Public Good presented by the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Evidence in Washington, D.C. in February 2008.
	Camille Nelson January 28, 2008 Camille Nelson started a three-year term as a member of the Society of American Law Teachers Board of Governors on January 1, 2008.
	Nan Kaufman January 28, 2008 In December Nan Kaufman addressed the annual meeting of the Missouri Chapter of the Nonresident Lawyers Dvision of the State Bar of Wisconsin on the topic of Professional Ethics in Strange Circumstances: The Relationship between Private Tax Practitioners and Government Tax Attorneys.
	Brad Fogel January 28, 2008 The Completely Insane Law of Partial Insanity: The Impact of Monomania on Testamentary Capacity an article by Brad Fogel will be included in the Best of the ABA Sections issue of the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division magazine.
	Elizabeth Pendo January 28, 2008 Elizabeth Pendo was a member of the Women and the State panel at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting in New York City in January 2008. Her topic was health care reform for women with disabilities. Elizabeth also published a review of Uninsured Americaby Susan Starr Sered and Rushike Fernandopuille in the Journal of Legal Medicine.
	Eric Miller January 28, 2008 Eric Miller's forthcoming article in the Houston Law Review, Judicial Preferences, was named "download of the week" on Lawrence Slolum's Legal Theory Blog in December 2007.
	Sidney D. Watson January 24, 2008 Professor Watson was in Jefferson City Jan. 23, 2008 to testify before the House Special Committee on Health Care Transformation on the proposed Insure Missouri program to provide HMO-style health insurance for working adults who don't qualify for Medicaid. Professor Watson's policy briefing on Insure Missouri was also featured that day in an article in the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch.
	Michael A. Wolff January 15, 2008 Michael A. Wolff , Missouri Supreme Court judge and a member of our adjunct faculty, will deliver the 14th Annual Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Lecture on State Courts and Social Justice at New York University School of Law on February 20, 2008. Judge Wolff’s topic will be “Evidence-Based Judicial Discretion: Promoting Public Safety through State Sentencing Reform”. The prestigious lecture series named in honor of Supreme Court Justice Brennan pays tribute to his “abiding vision of the independent responsibility of state courts to protect constitutional rights.” The Dwight D. Opperman Institute of Judicial Administration, the Brennan Center for Justice, and New York University School of Law host the Brennan Lectures which are designed to “provoke reflection upon and celebration of the state judiciary – the bedrock of justice under law in the United States.”