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TIFFANY F. BOYKIN, J.D. ’15, dean of student engagement at Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland, was recognized as one of the Diverse Top 35 Women in Higher Education in 2019
by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine.
JULIANNE KELLY TARVER,
J.D. ’15, became pro bono program director at Maryland Legal Aid in April 2019. She has worked at Legal Aid since August 2015.
LAUREN S. ELLISON, J.D. ’16, joined Tydings & Rosenberg LLP as an associate in January 2019.
LAUREN LAKE, J.D. ’16, a litigation associate at Gordon Feinblatt LLC, was recognized as a Leadership in Law honoree by The Daily Record in May 2019.
BETHANY NEEB, J.D. ’16, joined the labor and employment group at Pessin Katz in May 2019. Prior to joining the firm, she clerked for Judge Colleen A. Cavanaugh in Baltimore County Circuit Court.
MICHAEL ELLIKER, J.D. ’17, joined Pessin Katz Law, PA, as a general litigation associate in 2018. Prior to that, he clerked for Judge Kevin F. Arthur of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.
ADAM SHAREEF, J.D. ’17, was named a litigation associate at Franklin and Prokopik in 2018.
TOVA Z. BRODY, J.D. ’18, joined Council Baradel as an associate in its family law practice group in December 2018.
THERESA LIPPY, J.D. ’18, joined the Baltimore firm of Coon & Cole in 2018, concentrating in commercial litigation.
BRYANNA SPANN, J.D. ’18, is
a law clerk at the Veterans Administration Board of Appeals in Washington, D.C. She worked as a law clerk to the Senate Judiciary Committee during the confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Faculty News
JOHN BESSLER
BOOK CHAPTER
• “From the Founding to
the Present: An Overview of Legal Thought and the Eighth Amendment’s Evolution,” in The Eighth Amendment and Its Future in a New Age of Punishment, Cambridge University Press (2019)
ARTICLES
• “A Century in the Making:
The Glorious Revolution, the American Revolution,” and the Origins of the U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment,” 27 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. (2019)
• “Torture and Trauma: Why
the Death Penalty Is Wrong and Should Be Strictly Prohibited by American and International Law,” 58 Washburn L.J. (2019)
RECOGNITION
• The Celebrated Marquis: An Italian Noble and the Making of the Modern World, was named
a finalist in the biography category in the Foreword INDIES competition for 2018 and also was named a finalist in the biography category of the 2018 15th Annual Best Book Awards, sponsored by American Book Fest.
FRED B. BROWN
ARTICLES
• “Proposing a Single, Simpler Test for Cash Equivalency,” 71 Tax Law. 591 (2018)
RECOGNITION
• Received the award for Outstanding Teaching by a Full- Time Faculty Member at April awards ceremony.
GILDA DANIELS
PRESENTATIONS AND INTERVIEWS
• Guest: “Voter Suppression Is Real and It’s Been Happening For More Than A Century,” Detroit Today, WDET Radio, July 23, 2019.
GREGORY DOLIN
ARTICLES
• “When Intervention Stifles Innovation,” The Washington Times, Apr. 9, 2019
• “Minority Religions Need Public Presence,” Detroit News, Feb. 26, 2019 (with co-author)
JESSICA EMERSON
PRESENTATIONS AND INTERVIEWS
• “Survivor Re-Entry Project: Human Trafficking & Criminal Records Relief,” ABA Spring CLE Conference, Apr. 11, 2019
• Keynote speaker, Maryland Child Sex Trafficking Conference, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Sept. 20, 2018
GARRETT EPPS
ARTICLES
• Writes regular column on the Supreme Court for The Atlantic magazine.
• “The Brilliant Jurist Who Set The Supreme Court’s Course,” The Washington Post, Jan. 4, 2019
PRESENTATIONS AND INTERVIEWS
• Panelist, American Constitution Society Student Convention, University of Virginia School of Law, Feb. 24-26, 2019
• Lecturer, American University School of Public Affairs Project on Civil Discourse, Oct. 17, 2018
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ric Backes, J.D. ’12, of Round Rock, Tex., was Ea contestant on Jeopardy! in February 2019. He
won four games, earning a total of $105,602. He is pictured above with show host Alex Trebek.