Faculty Briefs - Benchmark Column

FEATURE ARTICLEFacultyBriefsFrank C. Aiello, Assistant ProfessorPresented, “Michigan Model diSCOvERiNg THE BENEFiTS ANd CHALLENgES OFConservation Easement Revision e-Project Status Update” at the DISCOVERYHeart of the Lakes Center for Land Conservation Policy Member Summit, Dec. 2, 2008, in Lansing, Mich. Represented, the Six Rivers Regional Land Conser-vancy with approximately 60 hours of pro bono legalservice in Hilary Term 2009. Ron Bretz, ProfessorPublished, an article, “New Era or Will the High Court Retain Its Radical Ways?” in Dome Magazine,February 2009, online atdomemagazine.com.Lectured, with Professor Jim Peden, Criminal Law Update, Wayne County Criminal Advocacy Program, Detroit, Mich., Nov. 21, 2008.Spoke, at Lansing Community College’s ConstitutionDay Symposium, Sept. 17, 2008.Lectured, on “The Michigan Criminal Justice System” at the People’s Law School, Lansing, Mich., Oct. 21, 2008.Mark Cooney, Associate ProfessorPublished,”The Runaway Verdict,”in Vol. 88, No. 2 Michigan Bar Journal. 40 (February 2009).Appointed, to the State Bar of Michigan’s Standard Criminal Jury InstructionsCommittee.Mary Phelan D’Isa, ProfessorPublished, “The Removal-RemandShuffle: Is a Remand Order Based on aDiscretionary Decline of SupplementalJurisdiction Reviewable?” PREVIEW ofUnited States Supreme Court Cases(ABA Div. for Pub. Ed.) Issue No. 5, Vol. 36, Pg. 307,Derek S. Witte, an e-discovery expert and assistant Feb. 23, 2009, ...