Faculty and Alumni Showcase Series 2009
Legal Issues Involving Digital Forensics
Charles Adams (2.25.2009)
Adams is one of Oklahoma's foremost authorities in civil procedure. He has written several books on Oklahoma civil procedure and numerous articles on civil procedure, patent law, and bankruptcy. Adams has been active in law reform work in Oklahoma for many years. He was chair of the Civil Procedure Committee of the Oklahoma Bar Association from 1987-1989 and 1994-2000, and he is currently the vice chair of the Uniform Laws Committee. Adams also has served as the reporter for the Committees on Uniform Jury Instructions for Oklahoma for Civil, Criminal and Juvenile Cases. For the past several years, Adams has worked with faculty in the Institute for Information Security (iSec) at TU on legal issues relating to digital forensics and cellular telephones.
Adams received his J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law in 1976 and an MBA degree from the University of California in 1972. He earned MA and BA degrees in physics from the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Adams has received numerous professional honors, including the Outstanding Professor of the Year Award from the TU College of Law Student Bar Association, the Distinguished Service Award from the Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association, and the Golden Rule Award from the Tulsa County Bar Association. He is also a member of the American Law Institute.
Adams, Charles, "Legal Issues Involving Digital Forensics" (2009). Faculty and Alumni Showcase Series. 18.
Foreign Relations Law Overview
James McDonald (3.25.2009)
Visiting Prof. Jamie McDonald discusses his new course, the Law of Foreign Relations.
McDonald, James, "Foreign Relations Law Overview" (2009). Faculty and Alumni Showcase Series. 20.
The Future of a Death Penalty Exemption for the Severely Mentally Ill
Lyn Entzeroth (9.15.2009)
Prof. Lyn Entzeroth discusses recent legal developments in death penalty law.
Entzeroth, Lyn, "The Future of a Death Penalty Exemption for the Severely Mentally Ill" (2009). Faculty and Alumni Showcase Series. 3.
The Newest of the Nine: The Honorable Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Robert Spoo (10.5.2009)
Dr. Robert Spoo, associate professor of law at The University of Tulsa College of Law, recounted some of his experiences clerking for the U.S. Supreme Court’s newest justice, Sonia Sotomayor, and provided his analysis of the 2009-10 court session during a free CLE hosted by the TU College of Law.
Spoo, Robert, "The Newest of the Nine: The Honorable Justice Sonia Sotomayor" (2009). Faculty and Alumni Showcase Series. 4.
Multinational Corporations and Human Rights
Tom Arnold (11.18.2009)
Professor Tom Arnold speaks about the need for business lawyers working for multinational corporations to have at least some basic grounding in human rights.
Arnold, Tom, "Multinational Corporations and Human Rights" (2009). Faculty and Alumni Showcase Series. 22.
Riparian Water Rights: Vampires of Oklahoma Water Law
Gary Allison (12.2.2009)
Allison’s lecture is entitled “Riparian Water Rights: Vampires of Oklahoma Water Law.” Allison is a fellow of the Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Program of the TU College of Law and the National Energy Policy Institute. His scholarship includes a casebook on regulated industries and numerous articles on constitutional law and energy policy. As special counsel to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, he helped organize and write a study of issues the OCC encountered in deciding whether to adopt various public utility standards proposed in the landmark Public Utilities Policies Act of 1978. 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 also has been a Democratic nominee for Congress.
Also a TU alumnus, Allison earned a bachelor’s and law degree from TU in 1968 and 1972, respectively. He earned an LL.M. in 1976 in the area of economic regulation from Columbia University School of Law. He teaches constitutional law, water law, and regulated industries.
Allison, Gary, "Riparian Water Rights: Vampires of Oklahoma Water Law" (2009). Faculty and Alumni Showcase Series. 5.