The Creative Impact of Faculty Scholarship
In August 2014, we published an article profiling the extent of faculty scholarship and the positive impact it has on legal education. That was then and our scholarship endeavors have not waned. Your faculty members continue to produce an impact in their respective areas of expertise because scholarship forms a foundation for legal education. Scholarship is exciting; it stems from curiosity and inspiration. Indeed, through creativity and ingenuity, faculty members ponder legal problems, precedent, procedures, constitutional issues, behavioral norms, and more. We provide critiques and create new theorems. As we produce scholarship, we learn and expand our knowledge base. Most importantly, faculty members bring their scholarly expertise into the classroom to enhance their teaching and thus, student learning.
During the past two academic years, your faculty has touched many lives locally to internationally. Two professors recently spoke in Hong Kong at the International Academic Conference on Social Sciences. Professors have spoken at other law schools, including Concordia Law School in Boise, Idaho, University of New Mexico, University of San Diego, and Loyola Law School. Several faculty members have spoken locally for the Riverside County Bar Association and the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Several faculty members have spoken at the University of La Verne as part of the faculty scholarship series at the La Verne Campus or part of CAFÉ. Of course, faculty members speak here at La Verne Law as part of our own faculty scholarship series and the new STAR-Ts (Stimulate Thoughts About Research-Talks).
The topics for these presentations and other scholarly endeavors have touched upon many subjects. They have included constitutional law, criminal law, criminal justice, evidence, federal sentencing guidelines, mediation and mediation ethics, negotiation, teaching as a legal educator, legal writing, and voting rights. Some interesting topics have included the Somali pirates, federal regulation of lawyer conduct, gender differences in conflict resolution, ethics in online dispute resolution, engaging the entire student, pregnancy discrimination and same-sex marriage, apologies and lawyers, and behavioral topics such as “Harnessing the Power of Self Control” and “Your Brain Out on a Limb.”
La Verne Law faculty has a lot to offer. Take the time to chat with your professors and learn what they are doing for their scholarship. Additionally, participate in the monthly STAR-Ts to socialize with professors and learn something fun relating to a professor’s scholarly endeavors.
