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Sundahl Presents CLE Webinar on Legal Aspects of Space Tourism

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On February 20th, C|M|LAW Associate Dean Mark Sundahl moderated a CLE webinar through the West LegalEdcenter entitled Space Tourism: What Lawyers Need to Know to Service this New Industry. Dean Sundahl spoke on the application of export controls to the operations of Virgin Galactic and other suborbital space tourism operators that will start flying their first passengers into space later this year. The webinar also feature Laura Montgomery of the FAA’s Office of the General Counsel and Milton “Skip” Smith, former Chief of Space Law at the Pentagon’s Air Force Headquarters.

 

Forte Completes Southern California Lecture Tour

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Professor David Forte

Professor David Forte

C|M|LAW Professor David Forte has returned from a February lecture tour in Southern California.  He presented several lectures over a 4-day period.

On February 4, Professor Forte spoke at Chapman Law School on the topic, “Prospects for Islamic Democracy.” He discussed both the ideological as well as cultural, economic, and juridical impediments to democracy adhering in the Arab Middle East. Professor Clarissa Cianciarullo of Chapman Law School offered commentary and question.
On February 5, he spoke at the University of California at Irvine Law School, and on February 6 at the University of Southern California Law School, on “Chief Justice Roberts’ New Federalism.” The thesis is that Chief Justice Roberts is taking up Chief Justice Rehnquist’s attempt to create a constitutional safe harbor for the states where the sovereign governing authority of the states will be free from federal regulatory authority in certain areas. At USC, Forte was joined by Professor Jeorg W. Knipprath of Southwestern Law School who offered commentary.
Also on February 5, Forte lectured to a graduate seminar in political science at the Claremont-McKenna Graduate School in Claremont, California on “The Response of Catholicism and Islam to Liberal Democracy.” He discussed how two religions, each claiming to be “the one true religion,” contend with the pluralistic and individualistic nature of liberal democracy.
Lastly, on February 7, Professor  spoke to a meeting of the Orange County Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society on “Religious Liberty: A Traveloque.” In that talk I discussed the historical sources that coalesced to give the United States its conception of the right of religious liberty.

Forte Joins Amicus Brief on NLRB Recess Appointments

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C|M|LAW Professor David Forte joined an amicus brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in NLRB v. Noel Canning.  The case is the appeal from the D.C. Circuit striking down President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board.  The amici argue that the recess appointments clause of the Constitution only permits the President to make appointments during genuine adjournments, or intersessions, of the Congress, and that presidents in recent decades have exceeded their authority in making recess appointments during short intersession recesses.

Lewis Speaks at Michigan State about Terminally Ill Minors and Physician-Monitored Suicide

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On Friday, Browne Lewis, C|M|LAW’s Leon and Gloria Plevin Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Health Law and Policy spoke at Michigan State University School of Law at a symposium entitled “Living With Terminal Illness: Should Adolescent Minors Make Decisions at the End of Their Lives?.”  The title of her talk was “Pain Matures: Terminally Ill Minors and Physician-Monitored Suicide”  and it focused upon the recent decision by the Belgium Senate to expand the availability of euthanasia to minors suffering from incurable physical and mental diseases. She discussed the ethical issues that would arise if, in the United States, we permitted terminally ill minors to select physician-assisted suicide.  In addition, she emphasized that the current legal regime contains inadequate safeguards to protect minors.  Lewis opined that if we allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to be used by terminally ill minors to end their lives we need to ensure that the process is monitored by an independent third-party.  In addition, the law should be amended to include a mandatory reporting requirement for physicians and other health care providers who suspected that the minor was being pressured into taking the medication.

Kalir Speaks to CMBA International Law Section on U.S./Israeli Comparative Law

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On February 2, 2014, C|M|LAW Clinical Professor Doron Kalir presented “The U.S. & Israeli Legal Systems: How Similar Are We?” to the International Law Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. (The section is Chaired by Associate Dean Mark Sundahl). The lecture examined the similar common-law backgrounds shared by the two legal systems, as well as some more current differences in constitutional and Supreme Court practice.  Kalir has argued successfully several times before the Israeli Supreme Court and is currently a member of the United States Supreme Court bar.

Ray Helps Launch SSRN eJournal on African Law

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Cleveland-Marshall College of Law is co-sponsoring a new SSRN Legal Scholarship Subject Matter ejournal — African Law eJournal.  The journal, which will begin distribution this month, includes working and accepted paper abstracts related to African law and legal issues affecting Africa, as well as legal scholarship by scholars at African academic institutions.  C|M|LAW’s Joseph C. Hostetler- Baker & Hosteler Professor of Law Brian Ray organized the new eJournal and will serve as one of the editors.

See:  http://www.ssrn.com/update/lsn/lsnann/annA004.html

Mika Edits Articles for ABA International Law Section Publication

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C|M|LAW Legal Writing Professor Karin Mika was appointed a Deputy Editor for the ABA Section of International Law’s “Year in Review.”   The Year in Review is the summer issue of “The International Lawyer,” the quarterly journal of the ABA’s International Law Section. 

Steinglass Speaks on Ohio Constitutional History and Modern Revision

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Steven H. Steinglass, C|M|LAW’s Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus, made several presentations this fall on Ohio constitutional history and revision.

On September 23, 2014, he made a presentation to Ohio teachers at the Law and Citizenship Conference sponsored by the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education.  The presentation was on What Every Ohio Teacher Should Know about the Ohio Constitution.

On October 11, 2014, he presented Constitutional Revision–Ohio Style at a Symposium at Wayne State University Law School Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Michigan Constitution and the Evolution of State Constitutionalism.

On October 18, 2014, he delivered comments at a program at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia recognizing the 25th anniversary of the Rutgers University Center on State Constitutional Law.  The principal lecture was delivered by Professor Sanford Levinson of the University of Texas Law School, whose book Framed addresses issues of constitutional structure and constitutional change in the US Constitution and the constitutions of the states.  Dean Steinglass’s comments were in reaction to Professor Levinson’s lecture.

Mika Advocates for Including Drafting and Transactional Classes in Legal Writing Programs

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C|M|LAW Legal Writing Professor Karin Mika has published, in the Fall/Winter Edition of The Second Draft (a newsletter published by the Legal Writing Institute): A Third Semester of LRW: Why Teaching Transactional Skills and  Problems is Now Essential to the Legal Writing Curriculum.  The article advocates including drafting and transactional courses in Legal Writing programs to better prepare students for practice.  The article also advocates teaching various upper level skills courses so that students learn “soft skills,” such as dealing with clients and understanding their personal legal needs.

Sterio to Edit Cambridge Piracy Volume and Piracy Blog

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Professor Milena Sterio

Professor Milena Sterio

Cambridge University Press has agreed to publish an edited piracy volume, for which C|M|LAW’s Charles R. Emrick Jr. – Calfee Halter & Griswold Professor of Law Milena Sterioshe will serve as one of three main editors. The other two editors are Professor Michael Scharf  (Case) and Professor Michael Newton (Vanderbilt).  Sterio will also write two chapters for the volume.  

In addition, Sterio and Scharf have become editors-in-chief of www.piracy-law.com, a blog dedicated to maritime piracy.  

Finally, Sterio was elected Secretary of the International Human Rights section of the AALS, as well as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Law section of the AALS.