Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was featured in Vice News regarding large monetary settlements against media outlets and how that could affect future journalistic practices. The article titled "'Pink slime' lawsuit worth $5.7 billion could change journalism" was written by Chelsey B. Coombs and published 6/7/17.

Associate Dean Diane Marie Amann will serve as a Research Visitor at the University of Oxford's Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, hosted by the Faculty of Law, and a Visiting Fellow at Mansfield College, where the institute is based, during the spring 2018 semester. While at Oxford, Amann will continue her research on “Women at Nuremberg,” which explores the many roles women played in post-World War II international criminal trials in Europe, as prosecutors, defense counsel, journalists, witnesses, staffers and defendants.