Professor @jessicashoemaker.bsky.social has been named a fellow of Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for the 2026-27 academic year. Read on ››

Prof. Schutz presented "An Overview of Nebraska's Water Rights Lawsuit Against Colorado" for an American Bar Association Section on Environment, Energy and Resources webinar.

Prof. Dickinson presented research on dark patterns at the IEEE Cyber Awareness and Research Symposium. Learn more ›› buff.ly/iO9THih

Prof. Shoemaker received the American Agricultural Law Association's Professional Scholarship Award for her article, Trading Acres with co-author and former Nebraska Law professor James Tierney. Learn more ›› buff.ly/PVsDrR0

Prof. Magilton authored an opinion editorial focused space cooperation with China and removing the "Wolf Amendment" for Space News. Read on ›› buff.ly/v9r444V

Kala Mueller, director of public interest and pro bono initiatives, received the Emerging Leader Award from the Association of American Law Schools Pro Bono and Access to Justice Section. Read on ›› buff.ly/4gxPdbn

Prof. Shoemaker co-organized the Fall 2025 Law & Rurality Workshop for the Rural Reconciliation Project. Shoemaker, Schutz and Thimmesch participated in the workshop as commentators. Learn more ›› buff.ly/ypq58sI

Prof. Schutz presented "Update on Agricultural Environmental Law" at the American Agricultural Law Association's Annual Educational Symposium.

Prof. von der Dunk co-chaired the session on Sustainability and Outer Space Law at the IISL Colloquium. Learn more ›› buff.ly/6tWGZp2

Prof. Shoemaker was featured on the Legal-Economic Nexus podcast in an interview and episode on her article, Trading Acres. Listen ›› buff.ly/HcIrqof

Prof. Schutz presented "Rural Law Use Regulation" at the 2025 Kutak Ag Forum. Learn more ›› buff.ly/yNbLz7q

Prof. Magilton presented as part of the "Exploring the Global Space Nuclear Sector" panel at the International Institute of Space Law Eileene S. Galloway Annual Symposium. Learn more ›› buff.ly/umVaCiX

Prof. Duncan presented "How the Gorsuch-Alito-Barrett Court is Making Constitutional Law Great Again" for the Nebraska Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society. Learn more ›› buff.ly/NLmWT8Q

Prof. Jefferis drafted and filed a legal scholars amicus brief in SCOTUS seeking review of Filaw v. Corsi concerning procedural due process rights. Read on ›› buff.ly/ELBhpd0

Prof. Blankley presented "NIL Compliance: Navigating New Rules, Risks & Reporting in College Sports" to the Sports Lawyers Association.

Prof. Schutz was a guest on the Talk Justice podcast, where he discussed the Rural Law Opportunities Program and other rural initiatives at Nebraska Law as part of the Building the Next Generation of Rural Lawyers episode. Listen ›› buff.ly/G8RQrkq

Prof. von der Dunk presented "Outer Space as a Military Domain, the Law and the Woomera Manual" at the International Astronautical Congress in Sydney, Australia. #NELaw

Dean Richard Moberly has been approved for a three-year term on the Executive Committee of the Association of American Law Schools. Learn more ›› buff.ly/AHzt7PL #NELaw

Prof. Willborn has been invited to serve on the National Screening Committee for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Read more ›› buff.ly/sUxV8JZ #NELaw

Prof. Jefferis' article, "Our Progressively Brutal Constitution" was published as the lead article in Volume 75 of the Emory Law Journal. Read more ›› buff.ly/wrjVtCx. #NELaw

Prof. Willborn presented Trump II and Labor Law: The Role of Legal Structure at the 4th International Conference in Commemoration of Roger Blanpain, Institute for Labour Law. Learn more ›› buff.ly/cdooq0t #NELaw

Prof. Blankley spoke at the Court-Appointed Neutrals Ethics Symposium at New York Law School on a panel dealing with the various codes of ethics that may apply to court-appointed neutrals (formerly "special masters"). #NELaw

Prof. Willborn's article "The Omaha Riot of 1919" was republished in The Nebraska Lawyer as part of an issue celebrating the Nebraska State Bar Association's quasquicentennial year. Read buff.ly/dVF4DR6 #NELaw

Prof. Berger spoke with Talking Points Memo to discuss the pending SCOTUS decision on IEEPA tariffs. Read more ›› buff.ly/xh0RYXx #NELaw

Prof. Danielle Jefferis was appointed to serve on the City of Lincoln's Charter Revision Commission. She was appointed by Mayor Gaylor Baird and confirmed by the Lincoln City Council. Learn more ›› buff.ly/oaDBtrN #NELaw

Prof. Blankley was quoted on issues related to the settlement in House v. NCAA regarding NIL for student-athletes. The article discusses how the House litigation has reshaped fiscal priorities for Husker Athletics and athletic departments across the country. Read ›› buff.ly/V3DDT5y #NELaw

Prof. Cole presented "Wrongful Convictions in Nebraska" at the Nebraska Court Reporters Association Fall Convention. #NELaw

Prof. Leiter presented "Advanced Legal Research Skills for Today's Practitioner: Practical Applications, Advanced Statutory Research, & Guardrails for Lawyers" for mylawCLE. Topics included: beginning with AI; advanced statutory & legislative history research; and practical application of AI. #NELaw

Prof. Cole moderated "Rethinking Restorative Justice" at the Nebraska Law Review Symposium on Restorative Justice. Learn more ›› buff.ly/M2x4rM4 #NELaw

Prof. Lepard participated on the "Can International Law Save Democracies? The Judiciary, International Norms, and Democracy" panel at the Creighton International and Comparative Law Journal Symposium. Learn more ›› buff.ly/4j5Ftmw #NELaw

Prof. Cooper presented "Child Welfare in Uncertain Times of Immigration" at the 2025 CIP: Children's Summit. This session confronted the urgent reality of mass deportations and their impact on the 4.7 million U.S. children with an undocumented parent. #NELaw

Prof. Schaefer presented "Trump Administration Trade and Tariff Actions" at the International Business Transactions Conference at the University of San Diego Law School. The conference was co-sponsored by Nebraska's Yeutter Institute. #NELaw

Prof. Shoemaker presented her forthcoming chapter, tentatively called "Land Back as Practice," at the Land Bank Workshop hosted by the American Indian Law Program at Colorado Law School. #NELaw

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Prof. Schaefer published a legal and policy brief on "Trump Administration Trade Policy: A Historical Perspective and Key Questions & Takeaways." It has been published by the Yeutter Institute as well as leading industry publications. Read more ›› buff.ly/PkOh3JQ #NELaw

Prof. Sheppard was elevated to Chair of the NCAA Institutional Review Board, which reviews research activities involving human subjects (student-athletes), to ensure their rights and welfare are protected. #NELaw

Prof. Berger presented about developments in methods of execution at the Richmond Law Review Symposium on "Death Penalty Abolition Advocacy in Regressive Times." The event brought together leading death penalty scholars, lawyers, and a wrongfully-convicted man who spent 17 years on death row. #NELaw

Prof. Dickinson published "How Not to Embarrass the Future," on Lawfare. Read more ›› buff.ly/lCfDmrV #NELaw

Prof. Lepard presented "Climate Justice and International and Intergenerational Fairness in Climate Finance" as a keynote panelist at the 26th Annual Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (“GCET26”), in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Read more ›› buff.ly/tmFZaoR #NELaw

Prof. Blankley’s paper “House Rules: Arbitrating NIL in College Athletics,” has been accepted for publication in the Marquette Sports Law Review. Read more ›› buff.ly/IlrLW5z #NELaw

Prof. Cole presented "The Cost of Bearing Witness: Building Resilience Around Secondary Trauma" at the inaugural Nebraska Court Interpreters' Conference. #NELaw

Prof. Johnson's essay, "History, Tradition, and the Franchise" was published in the Washington University Law Review. Read more ›› buff.ly/deO92wa #NELaw

Prof. Sheppard was part of a delegation that traveled to Brazil to discuss international IP issues with the head of the Brazilian Patent & Trademark Office, Judges in the Brazilian Federal Courts, the USPTO Attaché for Latin America and over a dozen IP attorneys from Latin American countries. #NELaw

Prof. Jefferis spoke to the Flatwater Free Press about a Nebraska inmate who appear on his now-wife's podcast. Read more ›› buff.ly/58fk2Lz #NELaw

Prof. Blankley's co-authored article "Restorative Justice Programs: Lessons From Nebraska's Community Mediation Centers," has been published in The Court Review. #NELaw

Prof. Schaefer discussed the impact of recent tariff actions and trade agreements on U.S. and Nebraska agriculture with Yeutter Institute colleagues at the Farm Management and Outlook Conference in Omaha. Read more ›› buff.ly/tVf7sZD #NELaw

Prof. Cooper was selected for the 2025 Equality Law Scholars Forum, an esteemed junior scholars forum designed to cultivate new ideas and foster collaboration in the area of Equality Law. #NELaw

Prof. Jefferies published an editorial with the Nebraska Examiner about federal immigration detention facility in Nebraska. Read more ›› buff.ly/v5WUiKM #NELaw

Prof. Paxton presented "Show me the Money! Effectively using program evaluation to secure funding," at the National Association of Counsel of Children Annual Conference. #NELaw

Prof. Weitzel presented “Market Alignment for Artificial Intelligence" at the Institute for Law & AI at Cambridge University. #NELaw