For the Record: Awards, Articles and Expert Insights on Telehealth, Indigenous Law, Water Law and More

News 

Faculty Awards at AALS Annual Meeting  

Four Arizona Law faculty members were recognized as AALS Faculty of the Year honorees during the 2026 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting. Professor Kristine Huskey, director of clinics and the Veterans Advocacy Law Clinic; Charles E. Ares Professor of Law Paul Bennett, Associate Clinical Professor of Law Sylvia Lett, and Associate Professor of Law Eunice Lee were listed alongside faculty from peer institutions nationwide who also received the honor.  

Sklar Publishes Perspective Article in New England Journal of Medicine 

Tara Sklar, faculty director of the Health Law and Policy Program, has co-authored a perspective article in the New England Journal of Medicine, with George Washington University’s Barak Richman, they argue that the temporary funding measures for telehealth are not helping patients.   

Sklar, who is also associate director for telehealth law and policy at the Arizona Telemedicine Program in the College of Medicine – Tucson, explains in a Q&A published by UANews what’s at stake with the newest funding deadline and potential pathways toward more comprehensive federal telehealth policy. 

Tamir Publishes in European Central Bank and Joins Panel on Comparative Administrative Law  

Associate Professor of Law Oren Tamir coauthored a piece on the connections between U.S. and European administrative law that has just been published in the formal publication of the European Central Bank. 

Tamir also joined a virtual panel hosted by the Review of European Administrative Law on January 19 dedicated to the discussion of a new book, entitled Administrative Rulemaking and Planning in European Laws. He joined authors to discuss the new book about comparative administrative law.  

Media 

Only electoral reform, not the Supreme Court, can protect against an American Caesar 
SCOTUSblog 
Jan. 22, 2026 

Visiting Professor Edward (Ned) Foley article in which he argues that the Supreme Court can’t be relied on to stop a would-be dictator and protect American democracy; instead, we need electoral reform that lets voters more accurately choose the candidate most preferred by a true majority. 

Has the Supreme Court Backed Itself Into a Corner? 
The New York Times 
Jan. 21, 2026 

Professor of Law Shalev Roisman’s article on “The Limits of Formalism in the Separation of Powers,” was cited in a New York Times opinion article on Trump v. Cook. 

A water warning from the Southwest 
Boulder Monitor 
Jan. 17, 2026 

Growing water concerns across the broader Missouri River basin have led an editor from the Boulder Monitor to highlight Regents Professor and Morris K. Udall Professor Emeritus Robert Glennon’s work for insight and potential solutions. 

What’s Next for Environmental Law in 2026 
Enviromental Law Institute’s Podcast: People, Places Planet 
Dec. 31, 2025 

As 2025 comes to a close, People, Places, Planet takes stock of a year of profound change in environmental law—and looks ahead to the legal and policy questions that will shape 2026. Host Sebastian Duque Rios draws on insights from ELI convenings which included excerpts from an expert panel webinar about NEPA that included Professor of Law Justin Pidot, Ashby Lohse Chair in Water & Natural Resources and co-director of the Environmental Law Program. 

Shocked by your receipt? How 'surveillance pricing' inflates your bill 
KGUN 9  
Dec. 23, 2025 

Associate Scholar and Deputy Director for Global Faculty Andrew Shepard explains surveillance pricing and how it can increase online shopping costs.  

What the federal education shift means for Arizona schools and students 
Paradise Valley Independent 
Dec. 20, 2025 

Federal cuts have left more than 100,000 special education students in Arizona without oversight. Staff reductions since March hit Department of Education units such as the the Office for Civil Rights particularly hard, making it more difficult for families to advocate for their children, resulting in a backlog of 269 cases statewide. Diana Newmark, director of the Education Advocacy Clinic, is interviewed.   

'Consultation is not consent:' What rights do tribes have when mining comes knocking? 
Las Vegas Review Journal 
Dec. 19, 2025 

Some experts argue that U.S. laws don’t acknowledge the concept of free, prior and informed consent. Without FPIC, opponents of many U.S. government development projects on Indigenous lands claim rules requiring consultation with Indigenous groups amount to just additional boxes to check off for land managers. Regents Professor and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law Rebecca Tsosie, one of the nation’s preeminent scholars of Indigenous law, contends extractive mining operations fit squarely on the list of projects that affect Native lands, territories or resources.