Faculty Activities & Publications | August 2020

FACULTY

Dean Darby Dickerson

• She served as moderator for the “Why & When: Deciding to Become a Dean” panel at the annual Promoting Diversity in Law School Leadership Conference, co-sponsored by Seattle and Villanova.
• On August 6, she presented on “Regulatory Views” during the Power, Privilege, and Transformation: Lessons from the Pandemic for Online Legal Education Symposium, which was co-sponsored by the Journal of Legal Education and the University of Miami School of Law.
• She organized, moderated and spoke on an LSAC-sponsored webinar about remote bar examinations.

Professor Allison Bethel

• On August 28 she was a guest on a podcast hosted by the North Shore Barrington Realtor’s Association covering basic issues and hot topics in fair housing.

Professor Alberto Bernabe

• On August 4, he spoke at a webinar on Excellence in Teaching Professional Responsibility Online, which was sponsored by the Program for the Advancement of Legal Ethics at Texas A&M University School of Law.

Professor Celeste M. Hammond

• She was one of the breakout presenters at the Provost’s Leadership Retreat 2020: Building Excellence and Community Online. Her presentation focused on using virtual tours to make large classes more personal and engaging.

Professor Ann Lousin

• She published a column on woman’s suffrage that appeared in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.

Professor Hugh Mundy

• His article, Forgiven, Forgotten: Rethinking Victim Impact Statements for an Era of Decarceration, will appear in the forthcoming edition of UCLA Law Review Discourse (69 UCLA L. Rev. Discourse ____ (2020)).
• His article, Why Would You Say That? Addressing Systemic Injustice in the Evidentiary Standard for Opposing Party Statements, co-written with Professor L. Alex McDonald, will appear in the forthcoming edition of the UIC Law Review.

Professor Shakira Pleasant

• SEALS activities
  • She moderated the Prospective Law Teachers Mock Job Interviews and participated as a discussant for an Aspiring Law Teacher presentation.
  • She was a discussant for another Aspiring Law Teacher presentation.
  • She represented UIC Law at the Steering Committee Meeting and moderated a discussion group.
  • She presented a work-in-progress.

Professor Kim Ricardo

• She accepted an appointment to the UIC Public Safety Board.
• She published a new blog article with Joy Kanwar (Brooklyn Law School): Self-Made: Introducing Avatars in the Online Law Classroom.
• She provided comments to Injustice Watch about police violence in Chicago.
• She was quoted in a Chicago Reader story on proposed legislation that would put members of Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police on the state’s commission that reviews torture allegations against police.