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Events Recent Law Review Events On Friday, October 30, 2009, the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review hosted The Federal Circuit as an Institution, a symposium exploring the wide variety of views and perspectives on the success of the Federal Circuit. Legal scholars, judges, and leading practitioners attended the live symposium to take part in the discussion of the history and the success of the Federal Circuit as an Institution. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was uniquely created by Congress to guide and dominate the patent system. The premise of the Federal Circuit's creation was widespread dissatisfaction with the confusion and uncertainty that followed from regional circuit involvement in patent law. Since its creation, it has become a powerful force, expanding its influence over a number of areas of patent law, even as patents have increased in complexity and significance to the national economy. But as the institutional design imagined by Congress has been realized, there has been steadily increasing interest and debate concerning the success of the court as an institution. From a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives, the symposium on The Federal Circuit as an Institution, hosted by the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review explored the question of how well the Federal Circuit is meeting its mandate to provide a more useful and efficient patent law, and by extension, patent system. The Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review was delighted to have the Honorable S. Jay Plager, Circuit Judge of the Federal Circuit, participate as the symposium's Keynote speaker. In addition, the following scholars attended the Federal Circuit as an Institution: Professor Dan Burk Professor Colleen V. Chien Professor Chris Cotropia Professor Rochelle Dreyfuss Don Dunner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP Professor Richard Gruner The Honorable Marilyn L. Huff Professor Jeffrey Lefstin Professor David McGowan Professor Michael Meurer Professor Kelly Casey Mullally Professor Lee Petherbridge The Honorable S. Jay Plager Joseph R. Re, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP William C. Rooklidge, Howrey LLP Professor David Schwartz Professor Ted Sichelman Professor Polk Wagner Past Law Review Events On April 1, 2009, the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review hosted its Fifth Annual Student Symposium. The symposium included presentations from four Loyola Law Review members, as well as several awards and acknowledgements. The Best Student Article Award was presented to Anthony Bisconti, for his article entitled: The Bottom Line - Can Constituency Statutes Protect Socially Responsible Corporations Stuck in Revlon Land? This award was presented by the Loyola Law Review Alumni Association and judged by LLR alums Mike McGuiness (Editor-in-Chief of Volume 20), Deborah Rosenthal (Editor-in-Chief of Volume 30), and David Warner (Chief Productions Editor of Volume 41). Other student speakers included Jerry Flangan, presenting his article, entitled: A Healthy State of Mind: The Role of Intent in Health Care Service Plan Rescissions; Lauren Horwitz, presenting her article, entitled: Medical Credit Cards: A Clash Between Physicians' Interests and Patients' Rights; and Kate Unger, presenting her article, entitled: Change is in the Wind: Self-Determination and Wind Power Through Tribal Energy Resource Agreements. At the symposium, the Law Review recognized the efforts of Professor Rick Hasen for his contributions as the faculty coordinator of Volume 42's "Developments in Election Law" issue. The Law Review also recognized the continued efforts of Professor Ted Seto as our faculty advisor. The symposium was organized by Jessica Shpall, Volume 2 Student Symposium Editor. Please click on the thumbnails below for pictures from the event. On Thursday, March 27, 2008, the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review hosted its fourth annual student symposium. The symposium was moderated by Professor Laurie Levenson, as five students presented their articles on this year's topic: "Integrity in Government." On Thursday, March 29, 2007, the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review hosted its third-annual student symposium. The symposium was moderated by Professor Laurie Levenson, as five students presented their articles on this year's topic: "Technology and the Fourth Amendment.". On February 23-24, 2007, Loyola Law School and Loyola Law Review hosted an event entitled "Commercial Speech: Past, Present, and Future, A Tribute to Steven Shiffrin." On Wednesday, March 8th, 2006, Loyola Law Review presented a Student Symposium entitled "Is New Technology Changing Our Understanding of the First Amendment?". The symposium was moderated by Professor Manheim, as five Loyola Law School students presented their articles. On Friday, October 21, 2005, The Center for Informed Food Choices and Loyola Law School Presented an event entitled: "Food Marketing to Children and the Law" The articles presented are available here.