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Joseph F. Rice School of Law

October 2024: Faculty Scholarship & Impact

Amicus Brief

Seth Stoughton
Amicus brief for Barnes v. Felix
Outcome: Supreme Court granted certiorari


Appointments

Josh Eagle
Member of WaterSC Water Resources Working Group (WaterSC)
Appointed by Governor Henry McMaster - October 31, 2024

Joseph Seiner
Presiding Member of the U.S. Foreign Service Grievance Board (FSGB)
Appointed by U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken - October 1, 2024


Media

3 Former Officers Acquitted of Most Serious Charge in Tyre Nichols's Death
NY Times (ft. Seth Stoughton)
October 3, 2024

Jury delivers mixed verdicts against three former officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death
The Spokesman-Review (ft. Seth Stoughton)
October 3, 2024

SF nonprofit grateful for Waymo partnership — but there's a catch
San Francisco Examiner (ft. Bryant Walker Smith)
October 4, 2024

Leaders Join the World Justice Project to Celebrate 15 Years of Advancing the Rule of Law
World Justice Project (ft. William Hubbard)
October 8, 2024

Elon Musk Unveils Tesla's 'Cybercab,' Plans to Bring Autonomous Driving Tech to Other Models in 2025
U.S. News (ft. Bryant Walker Smith)
October 9, 2024

Facing skepticism, Elon Musk unveils prototype for driverless robotaxi
LA Times (ft. Bryant Walker Smith)
October 11, 2024

Elon Musk Unveils Tesla’s ‘Cybercab,’ Plans to Bring Autonomous Driving Tech to Other Models in 2025
TIME (ft. Bryant Walker Smith)
October 11, 2024

Musk unveils Tesla's 'Cybercab' robotaxi with production 'probably' in 2026
Detroit News (ft. Bryant Walker Smith)
October 11, 2024

Lot of sci-fi smoke and mirrors: Investors, experts react to Tesla's robotaxi unveil
Reuters (ft. Bryant Walker Smith)
October 11, 2024

Elon Musk unveils Tesla’s futuristic Cybercab and humanoid robots
CHCH (ft. Bryant Walker Smith)
October 11, 2024

Musk’s Vow to Make Lots of Robotaxis Conflicts With US Rules
BNN Bloomber (ft. Bryant Walker Smith)
October 15, 2024

Tesla Wants To Flood The Streets With Robotaxis. A Federal 'Cap' Blocks The Way
InsideEVs (ft. Bryant Walker Smith)
October 17, 2024

U.S. agency launches investigation into Tesla’s self-driving technology
LA Times (ft. Bryant Walker Smith)
October 18, 2024

'Harmful' restraint and seclusion practices remain in some SC special education classes
Post & Courier (ft. Claire Raj)
October 28, 2024

Self-driving cars post liability questions as companies expand
The Washington Times (ft. Bryant Walker Smith)
October 29, 2024

Some States Are Turning Miscarriages and Stillbirths Into Criminal Cases Against Women
The Marshal Project (ft. Madalyn Wasilczuk)
October 31, 2024

Richard Moore is a father, painter and man of faith to his family. His execution is set for Friday.
Post & Courier (ft. Madalyn Wasilczuk)
October 31, 2024


Podcast

Bryant Walker Smith
Automotive News' Daily Drive Podcast
October 16, 2024


Presentations

David Sella-Villa
Keynote Interviewer, AI & Elections Symposium
Spencer Overton – “Overcoming Racial Harms to Democracy from AI”
October 4, 2024

Bryant Walker Smith
Co-Lead & Moderator
Propel AI (second session)
October 4, 2024

Bryant Walker Smith
Guest Speaker, Transportation Law Seminar
University of New Orleans Masters of Science in Transpiration (MST)
October 5, 2024

Kevin Brown
Welcome Address
68th Dhammachakra Pravartan Din Celebration
October 12, 2024

Kevin Brown
Distinguishing Caste/Race Debate in the United States from India
Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture at Nagpur University

October 13, 2024

Bryant Walker Smith
Vice Chair
US Department of Transportation's Transforming Transportation Advisory Committee
October 17, 2024

Tessa Davis
Imagining the Body in Tax

American Tax Policy Institute's Gender & Tax Symposium
October 17-18, 2024

Aleksandra Chauhan
The (Broken) Promise of Specialty Courts: Incrementalism, Intersectionality, and Inadequate Intervention
Gault Center's 2024 Youth Defender Leadership Summit
October 18, 2024

Seth Stoughton (with Excellence in Policing & Public Safety staff)
Introduction to USC Joseph F. Rice School of Law's Excellence in Policing & Public Safety Program (booth)
International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference
October 19-22, 2024

Kevin Brown
The Historical Relationship between the African-American Community and Oppression on the Indian Subcontinent
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
October 21, 2024

Jan Baker
Crisis Response Day One:  Management v. Mayhem
Institute for Professional Leadership 2024 Symposium, University of Tennessee College of Law

October 24-25, 2024

Elizabeth Chambliss
No Mo Solo Bono? The Decline of Local General Practice in the People Law Sector
International Access to Justice Forum, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto
October 24, 2024

Bryant Walker Smith
Guest Speaker
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Colloquium
October 25, 2024

David Sella-Villa
Vehicle Data from Active Sensors: Problems and Solutions
Privacy Law Scholars Conference Europe, Amsterdam
October 25, 2024


Scholarship

Michael Dimino
"Political Speech," Oxford Handbook of American Election Law (Eugene D. Mazo ed., Oxford University Press 2024).

Rebecca Plevel (Muscogee Creek) (with Rebecca Chapman (Wyandot of Anderdon Nation))
Indigenous Copyright Concepts and Indigenous Data Sovereignty: How Libraries and Archives Can Support It, 116 Law Library Journal 323 (2024). 

Clint Wallace (with Shelley Welton)
The Case for Taxing Luxury Emissions, The Regulatory Review (Oct. 28, 2024).


Scholarship Reviews

Tax History: Rescuing Benefit Theory by Linking It to Citizenship
Tax Notes (ft. Tessa Davis' Taxation and Belonging: The History and Rhetoric of Tax, Full Citizenship, and Community Membership in the United States)


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