Professor Kalir’s article, “White Christian Nationalism and Antisemitism: A True Threat,” was just published by the Florida International Law Review.

The article can be linked here:

Doron Kalir, White Christian Nationalism & Antisemitism: A True Threat, 19 FIU L. Rev. 709 (2025), https://doi.org/10.25148/lawrev.19.3.7.

The Federal Bar Association N.D. Ohio Chapter hosted its inaugural Bench-Bar Conference in May. The Conference included four panels of federal judges, covering issues from pre-trial through jury instructions and appeals. The last panel included two Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judges – the Hon. Judges Karen Nelson Moore and Hon. Judge Rachel Bloomekatz. Professor Kalir, a Board Member of the local FBA Chapter, moderated that session together with attorney Sam Lioi of Jones Day. The Conference was so well received, that in addition to filling up the largest hall in the federal courthouse building, the audience used an overflow space in Judge Polster’s courtroom.

Professor Kalir also presented at the CMBA to a group of young attorneys on the issue of “Contracts after Law School.” The presentation dealt with how to read and write contracts as a practicing attorney.

On May 21, Professor Kalir was invited to speak in front of Park Synagogue congregation “University Day.” The presentation’s title was: “Israel’s Future: ‘Jewish and Democratic’ or ‘Messianic and Ultra-Nationalistic’?” In it, Professor Kalir reviewed the two competing narratives in Israel’s development, and how their recent clash may be the harbinger of some worrisome, anti-democratic trends in Israel. Professor Emeritus Alan Weinstein, a member of the congregation, has kindly introduced Professor Kalir before he spoke.

Professor Milena Sterio was interviewed by the Fox DC news channel about the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland-based man who has been wrongly deported by the Trump Administration to El Salvador.  Professor Sterio’s interview is available here: https://youtu.be/y7hZY7PUurM?si=yG1uxZGAABGMsJWa

Professor Milena Sterio was appointed to the American Branch of the International Law Association’s Study Group on Crimes Against Humanity.  The Study Group will work on finalizing the draft treaty on Crimes Against Humanity which is currently pending at the United Nations.  

Professor Milena Sterio’s article (co-authored with Professor Yvonne M. Dutton, Indiana University McKinney School of Law), Beyond Policy: Overcoming Challenges in Prosecuting Gender Persecution at the International Criminal Court, has been published by the Florida International University Law Review, 19 FIU L. Rev. 521 (2025).  The article is available here: https://doi.org/10.25148/lawrev.19.2.9.

Professor Milena Sterio delivered a lecture for participants of the Odessa Academy, a law school based in Ukraine, on the topic of “The Crime of Aggression under International Law” on May 4. 

Professor Milena Sterio participated as a panelist in an event organized by the Cleveland Council on World Affairs (CCWA) in partnership with the Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival: Reconciliation, also in partnership with The Cleveland Orchestra on May 16. The festival “examines how reconciliation shapes relationships, societies, and cultures—highlighting its challenges, triumphs, and enduring relevance in a fractured world.”  More information about the event is available here.

Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson traveled to Las Vegas for the American Bar Association’s Real Property/Trusts and Estates National CLE Conference. Robertson spoke on and moderated a program “The Sometimes Irrational State Preemption of Local Land Use Decision-making: From Housing Density to Renewable Energy Development.” Other panelists include Matthew Eisenson, Senior Fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, and Nixon Peabody lawyers Karla Chafee and Bryan LeRoy. Robertson served on the program committee for the Land Use and Environment Committee of the RP/TE section and continues to serve as an Associate Editor of the section’s Probate and Property Magazine.
Robertson is the Steven W. Percy Professor of Law at the College of Law and Professor of Environmental Studies at the Levin College of Public Affairs and Education, Cleveland State University.

Associate Dean Brian Ray participated in a panel at the Sedona Conference Working Group 11 meeting discussing a draft White Paper on reconciling the Colorado AI Act and the Colorado Privacy Act in the context of AI tools used in the employment context. Associate Dean Ray is a member of the White Paper drafting group.

Professor Milena Sterio was interviewed for a Fox 5 news story about the increased use of administrative arrests by the Department of Homeland Security in the Washington, D.C., area. The news story featuring Professor Sterio’s interview is available here.