/news-archive/tag/space-law/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 20 Mar 2019 17:04:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/03/20/nasa-space-lawyer-courtney-bailey/ Wed, 20 Mar 2019 17:04:35 +0000 /news/?p=73751 ... NASA lawyer who specializes in international space law to speak at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Bowen Law School March 28]]> , associate general counsel for the International Law Practice Group at NASA, will give a lecture at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law on Thursday, March 28.聽 The talk, which is free and open to the public, will run from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the student lounge on the second floor of Bowen Law School. It is hosted by the Bowen Chapter of The American Constitution Society. Bailey, a native of Little Rock and 1984 graduate of Hall High School, will discuss her legal career and experience with international legal issues regarding space for NASA. Prior to assuming responsibility for NASA鈥檚 international law practice, Bailey served a decade as the associate general counsel for NASA鈥檚 Commercial and Intellectual Property Law Practice Group. In that role, she oversaw NASA鈥檚 innovative use of funded Space Act Agreements to stimulate the commercial development of crew and cargo transportation services and was integral in the establishment of the International Space Station鈥檚 National Laboratory. Additionally, she supported the retirement of the NASA Space Shuttle program, including the transfer of NASA鈥檚 retired shuttle orbiters to U.S. museums, where they will tell NASA鈥檚 story to future generations. She also assisted with the transition of NASA鈥檚 Kennedy Space Center to a multi-user spaceport, including the transfer of NASA鈥檚 historic Pad 39A launch site for refurbishment to support commercial launch activities. Bailey received her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in San Francisco. Before joining NASA, she specialized in transactions related to technology marketing and acquisition, commercialization of government-funded technology, and venture capital investments. ]]> /news-archive/2019/02/22/space-law/ Fri, 22 Feb 2019 14:53:43 +0000 /news/?p=73515 ... Bowen student finds passion for law that is out of this world]]> When Austin Waters began law school at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, she joked she would be a space lawyer. She soon found, to her surprise, that space attorneys are a real thing. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 just everything I wanted in life,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 had a telescope when I was little, and I鈥檇 stare at the sky. I wanted to be an astronomer or astrophysicist, but I鈥檓 very bad at math, so that didn鈥檛 work out so well.鈥� Instead, Waters earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in literature and a minor in philosophy from State University of New York at Purchase. Then, she took a couple years off and worked various jobs, including a stint as a set assistant on 鈥淭he Pioneer Woman鈥� television show. 鈥淚 always knew I wanted to go back to school and thought I wanted to be a professor,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 also liked law as a subject.鈥� In 2015, Waters enrolled in Bowen鈥檚 part-time program 鈥� the state鈥檚 only part-time law program. As someone who likes to stay busy, Waters picked up the sport of ice skating while in law school. She practices four days a week and competes with the Diamond Edge Figure Skating Club of Little Rock. She works part-time in Bowen鈥檚 law library, is a member of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Law Review, and is a Dean鈥檚 Fellow. 鈥淒uring my first year in law school, I was in a study group, and we joked about weird law we would get into,鈥� Waters said. 鈥淚 said I would be a space lawyer and go to moon.鈥� Since then, she has learned that space law is a new burgeoning field that provides a lot of opportunities to conduct research. In October 2018, Waters received a stipend through the University of Nebraska to travel to the International Law Conference in New York City. The award was based, in part, on two space law papers Waters wrote for her international law class and the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Law Review. The first paper discussed the legality of asteroid mining based on United Nations treaties made in the 1960s, which consider outer space the 鈥渃ommon heritage of mankind.鈥� Waters鈥� research indicates international law needs a clear framework if countries wish to encourage mining. Her second paper discussed space debris mitigation and the legality of who may clean up debris from objects shot into space. Sometimes this debris can stay in space up to 10,000 years. After she graduates in May, Waters plans to return to the East Coast where her mother and fiance鈥檚 family live. She hasn鈥檛 ruled out pursuing a Master of Laws in space law, but first she plans to pursue a master鈥檚 degree in library science. 鈥淭here鈥檚 not a direct path to be a space lawyer right now,鈥� Waters said. 鈥淭here are not a lot of opportunities, but as technologies progress they are opening up, not just in the public sector like NASA, but in the private sector as well.鈥� Top photo: Law school student Austin Waters researches space law.聽Photo by Benjamin Krain]]>