Last week's AALS Annual Meeting featured eleven @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social faculty members who presented their works-in-progress, spoke on panels, served as commentators and moderators, and organized section programming.

Congratulations to Professor @nicolebporter.bsky.social on winning the 2026 Chai Feldblum Award from the AALS Section on Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies!

Such an amazing panel today about managing disability in the academy, including tenure, promotion, and beyond. Thank you to our officers and executive committee members for your support! @nicolebporter.bsky.social @robynmpowell.bsky.social @katmacfarlane.bsky.social @nicolebporter.bsky.social

I could not agree more, @katmacfarlane.bsky.social!

Congratulations to Professor Nicole Buonocore Porter @WM.edu Law School for winning the AALS Section on Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies' 2026 Chai Feldblum Award!

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Thank you, @tpearl.bsky.social, for conceiving of this idea for our article! You are amazing!

Congratulations to @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professors Stacey Tovino @staceytovino.bsky.social and Tracy Pearl @tpearl.bsky.social, for placing their article, "Excluded at the Root: Health Discrimination Against Hair Loss Conditions,” with the Ohio State Law Journal!

More expert insight! @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Prof. Stacey Tovino @staceytovino.bsky.social was quoted in a Berkshire Argus article about a MA hospital that inappropriately accessed patient information in violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Check it out: www.berkshireargus.com/berkshire-he...

#SEALS25 health care reform panel!

Amazing talks by @uh.edu Professor Jessica Mantel, University of South Carolina School of Law Professor @jacquelinefox.bsky.social, and @uconnlaw.bsky.social Professor John Cogan at #SEALS25!

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New @tamu.bsky.social Law Review reprints!

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@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor @staceytovino.bsky.social gave an invited symposium presentation titled "Law Enforcement, Reproductive Health Information, and the HIPAA Privacy Rule" at the University of Iowa College of Law.

The amazing @lizchiarello.bsky.social giving an incredible keynote at the Iowa Journal of Gender, Race, and Justice symposium.

Amazing talk by University of Iowa College of Law Professor @anyaprince.bsky.social on state abortion reporting law.

So excited to be here at the University of Iowa College of Law with @anyaprince.bsky.social, @michaelrulrich.bsky.social, @lizchiarello.bsky.social, @jillwieberlens.bsky.social, and so many other amazing reproductive, health, and privacy law scholars!

New reprints! So excited to see these symposium works in print by the @uhlaw.bsky.social Houston Journal of Health Law and Policy!

The amazing Elizabeth Pendo! So well deserved - this new Health Law and Policy Program @uwlaw.bsky.social www.law.uw.edu/news-events/...

I can't wait to speak at this symposium at the University of Iowa College of Law on April 11! jgrj.law.uiowa.edu/symposium-2025

So excited that @noahchauvin.bsky.social will soon be joining us @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social! Welcome, Noah, and we can't wait until you get here!

My rockstar @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social colleague Professor @tpearl.bsky.social, who gives talk after talk in different cities on consecutive days. Proud to share an office wall with her.

Thank you Dean @annacarpenter.bsky.social and Associate Dean @jonleelawprof.bsky.social for your support!

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DEA and SAMHSA final rule limits authorized prescribers to tele-inducting/prescribing buprenorphine for the treatment of OUD for six months (but not more) without an in-person evaluation or satisfaction of another exception to the in-person requirement.

Celebrating our Chai Feldblum Award winner (the amazing Dr. Katherine Perez) @theaals.bsky.social Section on Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies program!

Thank you @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social!

Amazing @uwlaw.bsky.social health law reception @theaals.bsky.social annual meeting!

Second AALS panel of the day! This is @theaals Section on Law and Mental Disability’s panel and it was so good to hear the amazing work of (left to right) GSU’s Jonathan Todres, CSU’s Laura Hoffman, SHU’s Tara Ragone, and @iubloomington.bsky.social @jennoliva.bsky.social!

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Yay! Our Section on Biolaw Panel @theaals.bsky.social 2025 Annual Meeting: “Reimagining Law and Policy Affecting Individuals with Substance Use Disorders” with @iubloomington.bsky.social Professor @jennoliva.bsky.social & @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social Dr. @kellygillespie.bsky.social!

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My @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social colleague Professor Stephen Henderson on top of the Luigi Mangione case.

Thrilled to spotlight Blake Edwards, MLS Candidate (OU Law '25)! Blake is Chief Quality and Compliance Officer at Columbia Valley Community Health in north central WA. His OU Law degree will help him navigate complex healthcare regulations and risk management, bridging healthcare and legal domains.

So delighted to feature Landon Hise, a '21 graduate of @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social's MLS in Healthcare Law program. Landon, a seasoned healthcare leader with 21 yrs. of industry experience, currently serves as the CEO of the Oklahoma Center for Orthopaedic & Multi-Specialty Surgery Hospital.

So excited to participate in the upcoming AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco with my amazing @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social colleagues Professors Stephen Henderson, @jonleelawprof.bsky.social, Roger Michalski, Melissa Mortazavi, and Carla Pratt!

I love spotlighting health law students! Theresa Jones, BSN, CPHRM, MLS Cand. (OU Law '25) currently serves as a Sr. Risk Solutions Consultant at MedPro Group, a provider of healthcare liability insurance. Theresa enrolled in the MLS Prog. to deepen her health law knowledge and ensure compliance.

Health Law MLS Student Feature! Mallory Fletcher BCBA, LBA, MLS Cand. (OU Law ‘25), is a Quality Assurance & Public Policy prof'l for a nat'l ABA provider for children w/ Autism. She will leverage her degree to enhance quality, ensure compliance & improve the reg. framework governing ABA providers.

We have such an outstanding group of faculty members as well as an incredible suite of classes in our MLS and LLM in Healthcare Law Programs here @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social. Please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions. lawonline.ou.edu/healthcare-l...

Great reading for a Health Care Quality and Liability class: www.propublica.org/article/thom...

The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Bryan Thompson has everyone talking about insurers’ use of faulty AI to deny insurance claims. I wrote about that a year ago and the piece should be coming out in a symposium issue of the Houston Journal of Health Law and Policy any day.