Richmond in the national media

Joshua Burstein, associate dean of the law school, was quoted in National Law Journal about law firm recruiting.

Sheila Carapico, professor of political science, had a letter about Israeli attacks in Lebanon published in The Guardian.

Rod Smolla, dean of the law school, was quoted in The Washington Post about a Marine’s defamation suit against Rep. John Murtha. The Washington Post also quoted him about the possibility of journalists being prosecuted for writing articles containing classified information. His comments about federal prosecutors charging a man who was providing access to a Hezbollah television station appeared in The New York Times.

Carl Tobias, professor of law, had his comments about executives backdating stock options and jurisdiction in a lesbian custody case quoted by the Associated Press.

The Detroit Free Press, St. Petersburg Times and San Jose Mercury News quoted him in an article on Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, whose ruling struck down the NSA spy program. The Philadelphia Inquirer quoted him about Sen. Rick Santorum’s comments about NSA leakers. The Washington Post quoted him about a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriages in Virginia. Newhouse News Service and The Times-Picayune quoted him about a court ruling that Rep. William Jefferson could review materials seized from his office.

Tobias’ comments about transfer of privacy-rights lawsuits to a federal judge in San Francisco were printed in the San Francisco Chronicle. He was quoted in Las Vegas Review-Journal about the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. The New York Times quoted him about federal authorities blocking the return to the U.S. of two relatives of a father and son convicted in a terrorism-related case.