Heidi Gorovitz Robertson, C|M|LAW’s Steven W. Percy Distinguished Professor of Law, presented Current Issues in Shale Gas Development at the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s 2014 Environmental Law Symposium on Wednesday, December 10, 2014. Robertson spoke about property rights, jurisdictional issues and local regulatory concerns regarding Ohio’s governance structure for shale oil and gas development.

On December 4, 2014, Professor Robertson was an invited participant at Let Fifty Flowers Bloom, a participatory symposium at Case Western Reserve Law School to provide comments and discussion on Professor Jonathan Adler’s draft book of the same name.

On December 4th, Professor Ken Kowalski presented at the National Labor Relations Board Region 8 Labor Law seminar at the Ritz Carlton in downtown Cleveland.

His presentation was entitled “Recent Supreme Court Decisions, Appellate Decisions and Related Topics in Labor and Employment Law.”

Clinical Professor of Law Doron Kalir gave two lectures on Israel at Case Western Reserve’s Siegal Lifelong Learning Program. The first lecture – “Israel: Still ‘Jewish & Democratic’?” – explored the historical, political, and legal circumstances that contributed to Israel’s definition as both Jewish and Democratic in its Basic Laws, and wondered whether such definition is still sustainable. The second, “What’s New(s) in Israel” reported on current political developments in Israel in light of the continued Gaza conflict, the growing economic disparity, and recent Supreme Court rulings regarding African asylum seekers. 

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio will contribute the lead article for Suffolk University Law School Transnational Law Review’s summer 2015 symposium issue on refugees in the Middle East, and stability and instability amongst Middle Eastern countries.  Professor Sterio’s article will focus on humanitarian intervention in Syria and/or Iraq against the Islamic State (ISIS).  The article will be entitled: “Humanitarian Intervention Against ISIS.”

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio participated in a panel discussion entitled “The Happy Dog Takes on the World: Gang Violence in Central America and the Causes of the Immigration Wave” on December 2.  The program was sponsored by the City Club of Cleveland, as well as the Cleveland Council on World Affairs.  The other participants included co-panelist Brian Stefan-Szittai from the Inter-Religious Task Force, and moderator Tony Ganzer from WCPN.

Professor Karin Mika has been appointed a peer editor for the ABA’s International Year in Review, an annual publication by the ABA reviewing developments in international law.  This year, Professor Mika will be editing the section on developments in African law.