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November 6

Faculty Book Talk Series with Keith Richotte

November 7

Mining Law Summit

November 13

Soll Lecture Featuring

Sarah Gersten

Greetings,

This week we share some of the highlights from the recent Homecoming weekend. Whether touring the new courtrooms or spinning the prize wheel during the Red & Blue BBQ, there was joy in the air.

Until the footnotes,

Marc

Throughout the week of October 13 to 19, Homecoming events were happening all around the University of Arizona with the theme “Desert Bound.”

This was the first Homecoming weekend since we began also hosting Law Alumni Weekend in the spring, freeing up alumni and friends to participate in Homecoming happenings outside of the law school. Those events included TEDxUofA: Desert Genius, featuring luminaries from across the university, including Athletic Director Desireé Reed-Francois (’97).

For those who joined us at law school events, it was a joy to catch up. Here are some photo highlights from the weekend.

Red & Blue BBQ: On Friday, Oct. 18, we gathered for the ever-popular Red & Blue BBQ. The young and young-at-heart enjoyed the event.

“A New Day in Court” Ribbon Cutting: In last week’s newsletter, we covered the ribbon cutting ceremony for “A New Day in Court.” Here, we share a few more photos and a video from the event.

AROUND THE COLLEGE

Once again, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law faculty are among the most cited in the country. The college has been ranked 17th in the nation among public law schools and 38th overall for scholarly impact according to the newly released 2024 edition of the Sisk et al. study of scholarly impact, the leading citation ranking of law faculty. 

The ranking is calculated from the mean and median citations to tenured faculty scholarship for the years 2019–23, with more weight on mean impact. Schools that have a relatively high median score, such as University of Arizona Law, have strong research contributions from many faculty members rather than from only a few highly cited scholars. In median scholarly impact, University of Arizona Law ranks 26th in the nation. 

“Working with our faculty every day, it comes as no surprise that Arizona Law continues to excel in scholarly impact,” said Associate Dean for Research Andrew Coan. “From criminal law to family law, technology law, corporate law, international trade and Indigenous peoples’ law, Arizona Law faculty are illuminating the most pressing issues of our time and advocating for a better future. Their work consistently places us among the top public law schools in the U.S.”

For the full story and to learn about the cited faculty, see here.

Arizona’s 15-week abortion law leaves some women behind, Prop. 139 proponents say

KNAU, featuring Barbara Atwood

Arizona Border Measure Stays Below Radar Despite Immigrant Furor

Bloomberg Law, featuring Lynn Marcus

Instagram, @uarizonalaw

Homecoming this year was the expected warm and spirited and family-focused event—with music, sun and food to match. We enjoyed showing the New Day in Court courtrooms and spaces to so many more community members. Remember that you are welcome for events, or just to visit, at any time. 

It is always timely to recognize the impact of the fascinating, wide-ranging and voluminous scholarship by our superb faculty. 

In these stories—joined with the committed day-to-day teaching and work in the classes, clinics and hallways—you have the summary of our lives, as teachers, scholars, students, alumni and members of one of the great academic and professional and personal communities on the planet.

Warmly,