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Associate Professor Scott Skinner-Thompson presented his paper, "Recording as Heckling," at the St. John's University School of Law faculty workshop series on Feb. 6. The series brings scholars from across the country to St. John's Law to discuss their current research and receive feedback on their works in progress.

Speaking on behalf of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), of which she serves as the North American member and vice chair, Council Tree Professor of Law Kristen Carpenter delivered a statement about indigenous languages to the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Feb. 1.

Helen Norton, professor and Ira C. Rothgerber Jr. Chair in Constitutional Law, will present a chapter of her forthcoming book, The Government’s Speech and the Constitution, at the National Conference of Constitutional Law Scholars in Tucson, Arizona, March 9-10.

On March 1, Dean and University Distinguished Professor S. James Anaya will present on "The Power of Ideas: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" at the 2019 Spring Meeting of the American College of Trial Lawyers

Associate Professor Kristelia García will host a conference at Colorado Law titled "It’s a Barbie World: Intellectual Property, Rights of Publicity, and the Gender Wars," focused on the intersection of intellectual property and gender. The conference, held in partnership with the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, will feature two leading experts on intellectual property law: Orly Lobel, author of You Don’t Own Me: How Mattel v. MGA Entertainment Exposed Barbie’s Dark Side, and Jennifer Rothman, author of The Right of Publicity: Privacy Reimagined for a Public World.