Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson attended the “International Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights” 17th annual meeting at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. As Session Chair and Moderator of the panel on “Rural Planning and Energy Development,” she presented “Irrationalizing the Local Role in Energy Development: Oil and Gas versus Wind and Solar in Ohio.”

Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson served as a peer reviewer for applicants to the Fulbright Commission’s Fulbright Specialists program roster for the 2023 Cycle 3 application process. Since 2017, Robertson has been a peer reviewer for several application cycles annually in the fields of law, environmental studies, and environmental science.

Professor Shih-Chun Steven Chien presented in Taiwan at the 2023 Symposium for Drug Treatment Reform and Prevention of Recidivism, organized by the Taiwanese Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the High Prosecutor’s Office. Professor Chien, pictured below, discussed the structure and challenges of drug courts in the United States.

Professor Shih-Chun Steven Chien is currently a visiting scholar at the Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica – Taiwan’s leading academic institution.
He is conducting his new empirical research project focusing on the criminal justice system in East Asia. During his visit, he will be teaching at multiple law schools across Taiwan.

Dean Lee Fisher has published an article in Cleveland Magazine titled, “A New Era for CSU’s Law School: Why the Name Change Matters.” The article describes the process the Law School carried out to study and evaluate whether to remove the name “Marshall” from the name of the Law School. In the end, the CSU Board of Trustees decided to change the name of the Law School to the Cleveland State University School of Law.

Dean Fisher explained that the Law School’s “careful, thoughtful, deliberate process modeled what we teach our law students: including the importance of due diligence, due process, inclusiveness, transparency and the need to listen to, respect and understand the viewpoints of others.”