Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law faculty on their accomplishments.
Date range: November 1, 2020 – November 30, 2020
Blanke, Doug
PRESENTATION: 11/11/2020 “Bitter Truths About Sugary Drinks”
Doug Blanke and Julie Ralston Aoki of the Public Health Law Center took part in “Bitter Truths About Sugary Drinks,” a series of invitational meetings organized and hosted by the Center, on behalf of the American Heart Association.
Cork, Kerry
PUBLICATION: 11/12/2020 Looking Back to Move Forward: Resolving Health & Environmental Crises
Kerry Cork and Joelle Lester of the Public Health Law Center wrote a chapter about the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement in the new book, Looking Back to Move Forward: Resolving Health & Environmental Crises. The book is the culmination of the Health & Environmental Settlements Project, the New York University (NYU) School of Law’s State Energy & Environmental Impact Center in partnership with the Environmental Law Institute.
https://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/state-impact/settlements-project
Grosz, Jessica
PRESENTATION: 11/15/2020 “Flavored Tobacco Products: Progress, but the Problem Remains”
Jessica Grosz of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented “Flavored Tobacco Products: Progress, but the Problem Remains” at the Northeastern States Regional Tobacco Control Managers Meeting.
Hermer, Laura
COMMUNITY SERVICE: 11/3/2020 Election Judge
Professor Laura Hermer served as an election judge in Golden Valley’s first precinct for the November presidential election.
INVITATION: 11/15/2020 2021 AALS Annual Meeting: Joint Session on Politics, Pandemic, and the Future of Civil Rights and Poverty Law
Professor Laura Hermer was invited to speak on Covid-19, Abortion, and Public Health in the Culture Wars as part of the Civil Rights and Poverty Law Sections’ joint session on Politics, Pandemic, and the Future of Civil Rights and Poverty Law at the 2021 AALS Annual Meeting.
Hill, Kyra
PRESENTATION: 11/5/2020 Affirmative Public Health Litigation: Why It Matters”
Kyra Hill and Desmond Jenson of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented “Affirmative Public Health Litigation: Why It Matters” at an event hosted by the Center about the importance of affirmative litigation in public health and commercial tobacco control.
PRESENTATION: 11/9/2020 “We’ll See You in Court: Litigation Update”
Kyra Hill of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented “We’ll See You in Court: Litigation Update” at the Midwestern States Regional Tobacco Program Managers Meeting.
PRESENTATION: 11/12/2020 “Local Flavor Litigation: What’s the Scoop?”
Kyra Hill, Jamie Long, and Natasha Phelps of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented “Local Flavor Litigation: What’s the Scoop?” an update on local legal challenges to laws restricting sales of flavored tobacco products.
PRESENTATION: 11/19/2020 “Federal Tobacco Litigation: What’s the Latest?”
Kyra Hill of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented “Federal Tobacco Litigation: What’s the Latest?” about recent significant federal tobacco litigation.
Janus, Eric
AMICUS BRIEF: 11/15/2020 Amicus Brief: Baughman v. Commonwealth of Virginia
Professor Eric Janus co-authored an amicus brief in the Virginia Supreme Court case, Baughman v. Commonwealth of Virginia. The brief was co-signed by 15 professors in various disciplines.
Kingston, Hudson
PRESENTATION: 11/9/2020 “Tobacco Product Waste Policy Updates”
Hudson Kingston and Mark Meaney of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented “Tobacco Product Waste Policy Updates” at the Midwestern States Regional Tobacco Program Managers Meeting.
Larson, David
PRESENTATION: 11/3/2020 “Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Must Be Accessible for Persons with Disabilities (PWD)”
Professor David Allen Larson, along with Peter Jewett of Accessible web, virtually presented “Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Must Be Accessible for Persons with Disabilities (PWD)” to the 22nd Cyberweek conference hosted by the National Center for Technology & Dispute Resolution.
PRESENTATION: 11/27/2020 “ODR Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities: We Must Do Better”
Professor David Allen Larson presented “ODR Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities: We Must Do Better” as part of the AI, Ethics, and ODR special track at the Cyberspace 2020 conference hosted by Masaryk University (Czechia), the European Academy of Law, and ICT.
Lester, Joelle
PRESENTATION: 11/4/2020 “We’ll See You in Court! Litigation Update”
Joelle Lester of the Public Health Law Center presented “We’ll See You in Court! Litigation Update” at the Northeastern States Regional Tobacco Control Managers Meeting.
PUBLICATION: 11/12/2020 Looking Back to Move Forward: Resolving Health & Environmental Crises
Joelle Lester and Kerry Cork of the Public Health Law Center wrote a chapter about the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement in the new book, Looking Back to Move Forward: Resolving Health & Environmental Crises. The book is the culmination of the Health & Environmental Settlements Project, the New York University (NYU) School of Law’s State Energy & Environmental Impact Center in partnership with the Environmental Law Institute.
https://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/state-impact/settlements-project
PRESENTATION: 11/18/2020 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health National Partner Meeting
Joelle Lester of the Public Health Law Center presented a federal regulatory and litigation update as part of a panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health 2020 National Partner Meeting.
Long, Jamie
PRESENTATION: 11/12/2020 “Local Flavor Litigation: What’s the Scoop?”
Jamie Long, Kyra Hill, and Natasha Phelps of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented “Local Flavor Litigation: What’s the Scoop?” an update on local legal challenges to laws restricting sales of flavored tobacco products.
Meaney, Mark
PRESENTATION: 11/9/2020 “Tobacco Product Waste Policy Updates”
Mark Meaney and Hudson Kingston of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented “Tobacco Product Waste Policy Updates” at the Midwestern States Regional Tobacco Program Managers Meeting.
Phelps, Natasha
PRESENTATION: 11/12/2020 “Local Flavor Litigation: What’s the Scoop?”
Natasha Phelps, Jamie Long, and Kyra Hill of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented “Local Flavor Litigation: What’s the Scoop?” an update on local legal challenges to laws restricting sales of flavored tobacco products.
PUBLICATION: 11/26/2020 BMJ Open Access
Natasha Phelps of the Public Health Law Center co-authored the article, “Modelling retailer-based exemptions in flavored tobacco sales restrictions: national estimates on the impact of product availability” that appeared in volume 10, issue 11 of BMJ Open Access.
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/10/11/e040490.full.pdf
Pope, Thaddeus
PRESENTATION: 11/2/2020 “World Right to Die Day: Dialogue on Dignity”
Professor Thaddeus Pope was co-presenter of “World Right to Die Day: Dialogue on Dignity,” a webinar sponsored by the World Federation of Right to Die Societies.
https://youtu.be/fiVZPc92Tuw
OTHER: 11/6/2020 National Health Law Moot Court Competition
Professor Thaddeus Pope took two teams to the National Health Law Moot Court Competition on November 6 and 7, 2020. Last year, Mitchell Hamline took third place overall of 32 teams. This year, the team of Harold Melcher and Carly Johnson made it to the quarterfinals. Harold Melcher was awarded 3rd best individual oralist.
PRESENTATION: 11/9/2020 “Informed Consent: More Than a Piece of Paper”
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Informed Consent: More Than a Piece of Paper” to the Vermont Ethics
Network on November 9, 2020.
PRESENTATION: 11/9/2020 “Making Treatment Decisions for Unrepresented Patients”
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Making Treatment Decisions for Unrepresented Patients” to the Vermont Ethics Network on November 9, 2020.
PRESENTATION: 11/9/2020 “Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED)”
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED)” to the Vermont Ethics Network on November 9, 2020.
PUBLICATION: 11/15/2020 Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law
Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article, “Medical Aid in Dying: Key Variations among U.S. State Laws” was published in volume 14, issue 1 of the Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law.
PUBLICATION: 11/15/2020 Supplement to The Right to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decisionmaking
Professor Thaddeus Pope’s 2021 supplement to the treatise, The Right to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decisionmaking was published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. The supplement was co-authored by Alan Meisel & Kathy L. Cerminara.
PUBLICATION: 11/15/2020 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article, “Reply to Weber: Treatment Decisions for Unrepresented Patients: American Thoracic Society/American Geriatrics Society Policy Statement Lacks Sufficient Guidance” was published in volume 202, issue 10 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The article was co-authored by L. Cederquist, P. Goodman-Crews, and DB White.
https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/rccm.202007-2806LE
PUBLICATION: 11/15/2020 JAMA Neurology
Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article, “Is There a Right to Delay Determination of Death by Neurologic Criteria?” was published in volume 77, issue 11 of JAMA Neurology. The article was co-authored by Ariane Lewis and Richard J. Bonnie.
PRESENTATION: 11/18/2020 “Voluntary Assisted Dying in the US and Australia: Comparing Legislative Choices”
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Voluntary Assisted Dying in the US and Australia: Comparing Legislative Choices” as part of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research Coffee with a Colleague online seminar series.
https://youtu.be/y_pXY82p86A
PRESENTATION: 11/20/2020 “Patient Rights and Healthcare Decision-making after COVID-19: Transformations and Future Directions”
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Patient Rights and Healthcare Decision-making after COVID-19: Transformations and Future Directions” as part of the Queensland University of Technology, Global Law, Science, and Technology Seminar Series on November 20, 2020.
COMMUNITY SERVICE: 11/23/2020 “Death Definition and Determination Project”
Professor Thaddeus Pope was one of three international collaborators invited to participate in the kickoff meeting of the “Death Definition and Determination Project” on November 23 and 25, 2020. The multi-year project is funded by Canadian Blood Services, Canadian Medical Association, and Canadian Critical Care Society
Ralston Aoki, Julie
PRESENTATION: 11/11/2020 “Bitter Truths About Sugary Drinks”
Julie Ralston Aoki and Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center took part in “Bitter Truths About Sugary Drinks,” a series of invitational meetings organized and hosted by the Center, on behalf of the American Heart Association.