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The University of Tulsa College of Law Lectures and Videos

Faculty and Alumni Showcase Series 2012
Expert Witnesses in Arson Cases
Jeff VanDolah (9.14.2012)

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Jeff VanDolah joined the Broken Arrow Fire Department in 2011. Prior to his arrival, he served as an Assistant Fire Marshal for the Tulsa Fire Department, where he began his career as a firefighter from 1984 to 1985. He holds a Bachelors Degree in History and a Juris Doctor from The University of Tulsa

He is also an instructor for the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland and teaches classes annually. Chief VanDolah is a board member of the Crime Commission and a Past President of the Oklahoma Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators.

America's Evolving Electric Power Grid
Gary Allison (10.19.2012)

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Professor Allison presents a Faculty/Alumni Showcase Lecture on law and the electric grid.

Professor Allison earned his J.D. in 1972 from The University of Tulsa and his LL.M. in 1976 in the area of economic regulation from Columbia University. He teaches constitutional law, water law, and regulated industries. Professor Allison is a fellow of the Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Program of the TU College of Law. His scholarship includes a casebook on regulated industries and numerous articles on constitutional law, water law, and energy policy. Professor Allison has been lead counsel on five State Supreme Court challenges to initiative petitions concerning state government reorganization, abortion rights, education reform, and congressional term limits. He has been a Democratic nominee for Congress. Currently, he is of-counsel with an Aspen, CO based water law firm founded by fellow TU Alumnus, Kevin Patrick.