In July, three professors from The University of Tulsa’s College of Law presented at the 2024 Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Conference. Stephen Galoob, Marc Roark, and Gwendolyn Savitz each served as a discussant and/or presenter of a series of workshops covering a range of topics.
Savitz presented at New Scholars Workshop, Constitutional and Administrative Law, a workshop that gave new scholars the opportunity to present a work-in-progress in a welcoming and supportive environment and to receive feedback on their presentation from more senior scholars in their fields. Savitz’s presentation was titled “Procedural Injuries and Standing to Challenge a Denial of a Petition for Rulemaking.”
Savitz was also a discussant for New Scholars Workshop, Your Next Article, a panel designed to provide participants with input on direction and development of their working scholarship, as well as offering motivation and tips for discovering great ideas.
Galoob was a discussant for The Principle of Legality, which focused on the nuances of legality. The principle of legality is expressed in Latin as nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege, followed by its English translation “no crime without law, no punishment without law.” Does the principle play any substantive role in criminal jurisprudence? Is it something we reflexively pay lip service to, but then ignore? These and related question were addressed during the group discussion, targeting the topic from philosophical, practical, and pedagogical perspectives.
Roark participated as a discussant in six sessions:
Aspiring Law Teachers Workshop, Is There a Place for Me in the Legal Academy? was a session that addressed a range of questions for those considering a profession in legal teaching, from degree qualifications to publication requirements. The discussion also provided aspiring law teachers an opportunity to network with, and ask questions of, experienced law teachers regarding specific issues in entering the academy.
Remedies in the Social Media Context explored how remedies may best serve the rights at stake in the social media environment, covering various remedies that courts employ from take downs and mandatory disclaimers to compensatory awards and disgorgement of profits, asking which remedies are most effective.
A Conversation with Research Deans and Flourishing Scholars was a discussion among faculty and research deans about motivations and incentives for scholarly productivity and sustained interest over the arc of their academic careers.
The Side Hustle discussed ways that law professors can earn additional income outside of their teaching, examining the details of getting a side hustle and navigating the formal and informal rules that exist at various institutions surrounding such remuneration.
Normative Solutions to Complex Problems explored competing normative perspectives for approaching complex legal problems, asking how one’s own normative perspective translate in one’s work and in the classroom to students.
Lastly, Resilient Communities and Resilient Property Theory discussed approaches to making our communities livable, sustainable, and accessible, considering planning and zoning, environmental law, climate change, sustainability, and resiliency.