Front Row (left to right): Nantiya Ruan, Rebecca Scharf, Lori Johnson, Kathy Stanchi, & Latisha Nixon-Jones

Back Row (left to right): Joe Regalia, Drew Simshaw, and Suzanna Geiser

The Lawyering Process Faculty at the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV have had an incredibly productive year, publishing new scholarship, leading national conversations on legal writing and technology, and taking on key leadership roles in the legal education commmunity. The faculty grew by three professors this year. Professors Geiser, Nixon-Jones, and Simshaw have already contributed so much to the discipline and to our program and we are delighted they've joined us at Boyd Law.

• Suzanna Geiser, “Unspoken Agonies: Navigating the Inexpressibility of Pain in Legal Narrative,” Applied Legal Storytelling Tenth Biennial Conference
• Lori Johnson & Melissa Love Koenig, Walk the Line: Aristotle & the Ethics of Narrative, 20 NEV. L. J. 1037 (2020), reprinted in Volume 14 LEGAL WRITING INSTITUTE: MONOGRAPH SERIES, Legal Writing & Ethics (2025).  
• Kathy Stanchi, The Role of Legal Rhetoric in the Perpetuation of Injustice: Book Review of Critical and Comparative Rhetoric: Unmasking Privilege and Power in Law and Legal Advocacy to Achieve Truth, Justice, and Equity (Berenguer, et al), ___ J. Leg. Comm. & Rhet. ___ (forthcoming 2025)  
• Kathy Stanchi, The Rhetoric of Legal Argumentation, in Research Handbook on Legal Argumentation (Luís Duarte D’Almeida ed.) (Elgar Pub. forthcoming 2025) (invited book chapter) (with Susan Provenzano) 

Suzanna Geiser, Associate Professor of Law.

New Faculty Member.

Lori Johnson, Terry Pollman Professor of Law

Kathy Stanchi, E.L. Cord Professor of Law.

Joe Regalia, Associate Professor of Law.

Rebecca Scharf, Professor of Law.

Drew Simshaw, Professor of Law.

New Faculty Member.

• Joe Regalia, Lex Ex Machina: Forging a New Ethical Framework For AI and Technology in the Law, 55 Cumb. L. Rev. 53 (2025).​​​​ 
• Joe Regalia, Level Up Your Legal Writing: Techniques and Technology to Supercharge Your Skills (Aspen Publishing 2024).
• Rebecca Scharf, "Networking Without Borders: Expanding Students' Global Perspectives Through Innovative and Intentional International Collaborations." 17th Global Legal Skills Conference, Brno, Czech Republic
• Drew Simshaw, “AI Regulation: The Role of Washington State Legal Organizations,” Eighth Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference, Seattle, WA
• Drew Simshaw, Interoperable Legal AI for Access to Justice, 134 Yale L.J. Forum 795 (2025).

• Latisha Nixon-Jones, Building Resilience: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Disaster Management for Vulnerable Communities, 1 J.U. L. Rev. 1 
• Latisha Nixon-Jones, "The Current State of Disaster Relief and Disasters Without FEMA," 116th NAACP National Convention Keynote Address
• Nantiya Ruan is a co-founder of Writing as Resistance (WAR) Legal Writing Professionals of Color Scholarship Workshop. Boyd Law fully sponsored this important scholarly conference in December 2024 and will again in December 2025. 
• Nantiya Ruan, "Stories from the Field (NTT to TT): The Transition Journey," Applied Legal Storytelling Biennial Conference

Latisha Nixon-Jones, Associate Professor of Law.

New Faculty Member.

Nantiya Ruan, Professor of Law.

Mary Beth Beazley received the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Award at the 23rd Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference in March.

Lori Johnson (center in purple) was honored by the Clark County Bar Foundation as a 2025 Liberty Bell Award recipient in May. The photo includes former and current Lawyering Process faculty members and law school faculty members.

• Mary Beth Beazley was honored with the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Award at the 23rd Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference! This prestigious award recognized her outstanding contributions to legal writing and education.
• Suzanna Geiser co-chairs the LWI One-Day Workshops Committee and serves on ALWD’s ABA Task Force.
• Lori Johnson received the 2025 Liberty Bell Award from the Clark County Law Foundation for her commitment to legal education and civic engagement. Johnson also serves on the LWI Board of Directors and Rocky Mountain Conference Steering Committee.
• Latisha Nixon-Jones serves on the ABA Committee on Disaster Response and Preparedness.
• Nantiya Ruan co-chairs the LWI Discipline-Building Working Group and chairs the Teresa Godwin Phelps Award Committee.
• Rebecca Scharf serves on the AALS Research and Writing Awards Committee and the Executive Committee for the AALS Section on Balance and Well-Being
• Drew Simshaw chaired the AALS Section on Technology, Law & Legal Education Summer Webinar Committee.