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FACULT Y F O RUM
ELLEN S. PODGOR,
Gary R. Trombley Family
White-Collar Crime Research
Professor and Professor of Law
published Carpenter v. United
States: Did Being Gay Matter?
15 Tennessee Journal of Law
and Public Policy (2020). The
article was listed as a top 10
new article in SSRN’s White
Collar Crime E-Journal. In
addition to this publication,
Prof. Podgor spoke at the
Kharkiv International Legal
Forum - Baltic-Ukrainian
Centre, on the topic of Bribery
and Corruption: Shortcut
Offenses. At Vermont Law
School’s Virtual Program on
Developing Your Scholarly
Agenda, she presented on the
topic of Ten Tips for Planning
Your Scholarly Agenda. Also,
as part of the Speaker Series
at American University,
Washington College of Law,
she presented her forthcoming
article, The Dichotomy
Between Overcriminalization
and Underregulation. She
continued to be listed in the
top 10 percent of Authors
on SSRN by total new
downloads and on all-time
downloads. In December,
Prof. Podgor completed her
service as a member of the
AALS Membership Review
Committee. She continues
her service as a member of
the Board of Directors of the
Innocence Project of Florida and
the International Society for the
Reform of Criminal Law.
CIARA TORRES-SPELLISCY,
Professor of Law, continued to
be sought out for commentary
and presentations regarding
her expertise in the election
law field. She commented and/
or was referenced by national
and international press and
media outlets approximately
50 times and presented
on numerous panels. Her
presentations included a panel
discussion titled “NYS Election
Reform 2021: The Three Most
Important Things” at the NYC
Bar Association’s Election
Law, Government Ethics
and State Affairs, and NYC
Affairs Committees; a panel
comparing the distinctions
between Bush v. Gore 2000
and the 2020 post-presidentialelection
litigation by Donald
Trump, for the American
Constitution Society (ACS)
Pepperdine Law Chapter; a
panel called “Blueprint for
Democracy: How We Can Stop
Being Ripped Off ” exploring
the dangers of dark money,
hosted by Common Cause
Ohio; a panel with University
of Chicago Professor Geoffrey
R. Stone addressing the
First Amendment, the 2020
election, and her book Political
Brands in New America’s
online symposium “Free
Speech Project: Do We Need
a First Amendment 2.0?”.
Additionally, Prof. Torres-
Spelliscy was featured in the
recently released documentary
film “Fish in a Barrel,” which
discussed the 2016 election, as
well as appeared on Netflix’s
Explained. Prof. Torres-
Spelliscy also spoke on a panel
addressing campaign finance,
the 2020 elections, and her
book “Political Brands” at the
2020 Election Speakers Series,
which was sponsored by the
University of Dayton School
of Law and the University
of Dayton Human Rights
Center. Additionally, she
participated in a memorial
for the late Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg organized by
U.S. Congressman Charlie
Crist where she highlighted
Justice Ginsburg’s impact on
constitutional law and election.
Prof. Torres-Spelliscy’s recently
authored articles include Why
is Florida screaming about the
pay-to-vote system it created?
The Hill, Oct. 1, 2020, and
Giuliani Whiffed On A Legal
Question Every Law Student
Knows The Answer To. But
The Underlying Issue Is More
Complex Than It Seems, Talking
Points Memo, Nov. 18, 2020,
as well as numerous blog
contributions.
STEPHANIE A. VAUGHAN,
J.D. ’91,
Professor of Law, has been
appointed as Stetson’s Interim
Trial Team Director. As Interim
Director, Prof. Vaughan will
administrate the spring trial
competition teams, including
making competition selections,
assigning students to teams,
working individually with
students, recruiting coaches,
solving technology challenges
for practicing and competing
online, and collaborating with
the director of the Center
for Excellence in Advocacy.
Prof. Vaughan also will
again co-coach the Virtual
Willem C. Vis International
Arbitration Moot Team, which
will compete online in both a
Miami pre-moot and the final
moot (administered in Vienna,
Austria). Additionally, Prof.
Vaughan was a panelist for
Stetson Law’s 2021 Campus
to Career Conference on a
session called, We have a plan
for that! How your calendaring/
journaling/inbox habits can help
you reach your goals.
LOUIS J. VIRELLI III,
Professor of Law, made
numerous press appearances
discussing legal issues related
to the presidential election
and the confirmation of
Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
These appearances included
multiple invited spots as
a guest commentator on
Court TV during the Barrett
confirmation hearings and an
op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times,
co-authored with former
Senator Russ Feingold, titled
New Justice Should Recuse
Herself. He authored an article
titled An Ethical Gap in Agency
Adjudication, which was based
on his prior work with the
Administrative Conference
of the United States and is
forthcoming in the Buffalo
Law Review. In October, he
made presentations to the
Goldberg-Cacciatore Criminal
Inn of Court and the Osher
Lifelong Learning Institute at
Eckerd College on the recent
and upcoming Supreme Court
terms. Prof. Virelli served as
a commentator in the New
Voices in Administrative Law
program at the Association of
American Law Schools (AALS)
2021 annual meeting. He
continues to serve as co-author
of the Supreme Court Update
column for the American Bar
Association (ABA) Section
on Administrative Law and
Regulatory Practice’s quarterly
publication, the Administrative
and Regulatory Law News
(ARLN), and as vice chair of
the Section’s constitutional law
committee.
DARRYL C. WILSON,
Associate Dean for Faculty and
Strategic Initiatives, Attorneys
Title Insurance Fund Professor
of Law, and Co-Director,
Institute for Caribbean Law &
Policy, virtually attended the
Association of American Law
Schools (AALS) 2021 annual
meeting where he participated
in the program “Reopening
International Programs.” Prof.
Wilson also presided over
virtual lien release hearings for
the City of St. Petersburg, Fla.,
Code Compliance division.
He continues as a contributor
and co-editor for columns in
the American Bar Association
(ABA) Real Property and
Probate bimonthly magazine.
Prof. Wilson also accepted
a recent invitation to speak
(virtually) at the annual World
Intellectual Property Forum
conference this spring.