Category Archives: Faculty in the Media

Sagers Visits the White House for Summit on Judicial Vacancies

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Professor Chris Sagers

James A. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Law Chris Sagers was one of 95 community leaders from 27 states called to the White House on May 4th for a summit on the looming judicial vacancy crisis.  The event was convened by the White House Counsel’s Office in collaboration with more than two dozen public interest advocacy organizations, including the National Council of Jewish Women, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law the American Constitution Society, the Alliance for Justice People for the American Way, and the Center for American Progress.  The event began with a morning of White House briefings by Attorney General Eric Holder, White House Counsel Kathy Ruemmler, and officials of the White House Office of General Counsel, Office of Legislative Affairs, and Office of Public Engagement.  Attendees at the summit spent the rest of the day in meetings with Members of the Senate and their staff, and Professor Sagers joined the Ohio delegation in meetings with staff of Senators Brown and Portman.  Attendees also met with Jeremy Paris, Senate Judiciary counsel, and Serena Hoy, Chief Counsel to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

C|M|LAW Hosts Former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean

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White House Counsel John Dean (1973)

As part of C|M|LAW’s enhanced effort to bring issues of ethics and professionalism into the culture of discussion in the law school community, C|M|LAW hosted Former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean for a full day of events on Thursday, April 19.  Mr. Dean began the day by appearing on The Sound of Ideas radio show, with Host Mike McIntyre, at WCPN 90.3 FM.  He appeared on the radio show with C|M|LAW Dean Craig Boise to discuss, in part, the teaching of ethics and professionalism in the law schools.  Mr. Dean met with C|M|LAW students for 1 1/2 hours later that morning to educate them about his experiences, what he learned about ethics and the legacy that Watergate has left us in the form of enhanced rules of legal ethics.  After lunch with a small group of guests and university officials, Mr. Dean held a discussion with the C|M|LAW faculty.  He answered questions about his experiences and the impact they had on his own life and the lives of others.  In the evening, Mr. Dean presented a continuing legal education program with Mr. Jim Robinault (Thompson Hine) in the C|M|LAW Moot Court Room to a crowd of 250-300 people.  At that program, Mr. Dean focused on the events of the first week following the break-in, discussed his testimony before the Senate, and showed video clips of that testimony and other commentary.

John Dean (Today)

Listen to Watergate at 40 on WCPN at http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/46411

Sundahl Quoted in Space News Regarding Virgin Galactic Space Flights

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Associate Dean Mark Sundahl

C|M|LAW Associate Dean Mark Sundahl was quoted in a Space News article, Virgin Galactic Granted License Exemption for Spaceflight Experience, by Dan Leon.  The article concerned the decision by the U.S. State Department not to require Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson’s space flight corporation, to obtain an export license for flying non-U.S. citizens on suborbital jaunts departing from New Mexico’s Spaceport America.  According to the article, “Virgin Galactic, which now expects to fly its first paying customers in 2013, was told by the U.S. government that the company may fly non-U.S. citizens to the edge of space without first obtaining an export license from the State Department.”  Sundahl clarified that Virgin Galactic was asking “that their operations be removed from the scope of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.”  The ruling means that [Virgin Galactic’s] operations will not be ITAR-controlled.  “Virgin’s flight hardware, Sundahl added, would remain under export control. However, he said the determination was, on the whole, “good news for Virgin Galactic and the entire space tourism industry.””  In addition, Sundahl said that “without this determination from State, allowing a non-U.S. citizen to ride in a Virgin spacecraft — or even training a non-U.S. citizen to do so — would legally have been an export activity that required federal approval.”

To read the Space News article, click here:

http://spacenews.com/venture_space/120411-virgin-granted-exemption.html

May to Serve as Guest Blogger on Lofty Ambitions

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C|M|LAW Legal Writing Professor Claire Robinson May has been invited to serve as a guest blogger on a science and writing blog, Lofty Ambitions.  See http://loftyambitions.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/guest-blog-claire-robinson-may/

Forte Debates: Secular Onslaught Against Religion, Islam Compatibility with Democracy

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C|M|LAW Professor David Forte spoke on April 9 at Northern Kentucky University.  He  participated in a debate on the question Can the Secularist Onslaught against Religion Be Halted? with Edward F. Kagan, National Legal Director, American Atheists, Inc.  In addition, on April 16, he debated Dean Martin Belsky (Akron Law) on the question Is Islam Compatible with Democracy?

Keating Interviewed by WCPN Regarding Demolition in Response to Foreclosure

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C|M|LAW and Levin College of Urban Affairs Professor Dennis Keating was interviewed for WCPN’s recent story on demolitions in response to the foreclosure and abandonment crisis. The program, including Keating’s interview, was included in the April 5, 2012, edition of NPR’s Business News segment.

Niedringhaus Publishes Bibliography on Ethics Considerations in Legal Research

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Associate Professor and Library Director Kristina Niedringhaus

Associate Professor of Law and Library Director, Kristina Niedringhaus has published Ethics Considerations Related to Legal Research Practices: A Selective Annotated Bibliography in Legal Reference Services Quarterly.  According to Niedringhaus, “[e]rrors in legal research can lead to missed filing deadlines, legal arguments that fail to be advocated, and loss of property and freedom. Despite the importance of performing adequate legal research to providing competent representation, it is not an area of legal malpractice heavily covered in the literature.”  In this work, Niedrinhaus aims to provide accessible information for legal research, writing, and ethics faculty to use in discussing with their students the ethical ramifications of inadequate legal research.  Towards that end, the bibliography is divided in six sections: 1) ineffective or inadequate research generally; 2) failure to discuss research with client; 3) missed dates due to inadequate legal research; 4) violations involving fees for research; 5) duty to research and know the law; and 6) outsourcing of services, legal research services, and unauthorized practice of law.

To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2012.654725

Steinglass Featured Speaker at Colloquium on the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission

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Dean Emeritus Steven H. Steinglass

On Thursday, March 22nd, Dean Emeritus Steven H. Steinglass was one of the featured speakers at a Colloquium held in Columbus on the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission.  The program, sponsored by the Commission and the Ohio State University College of Law, featured discussions on Ohio’s experiences with constitutional commissions, Ohio’s history of constitutional revision, the role of state constitutions, and procedural options for the Constitutional Modernization Commission.

Dean Steinglass, who was a member of the Planning Committee for the Colloquium, made a presentation on the History of the Ohio Constitution and participated in two panel discussions.  The entire program was recorded by the Ohio Channel and is available at:

http://www.ohiochannel.org/MediaLibrary/Media.aspx?fileId=134888

In addition, the report of the Planning Commission and other information about constitutional revision in Ohio are available on C|M|LAW’s Ohio Constitutional Law and History website:

https://www.law.csuohio.edu/lawlibrary/ohioconstitution

Sundahl’s New Working Bibliography of Ancient Greek Law Reviewed in Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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C|M|LAW Professor and Associate Dean Mark J. Sundahl’s book, A New Working Bibliography of Ancient Greek Law (7th to 4th centuries B.C.) (edited with David Mirhady and Ilias Arnaoutoglou) was recently reviewed in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review.  The reviewer, Canadian Professor of Greek and Roman History, Dr. Judith Fletcher, states that “this bibliography is a superb research tool, thanks to its comprehensive scope – no archival stone seems to have been unturned – its logical organization and attempts to avoid ambiguity. I recommend it as a resource for anyone researching or teaching ancient Greek law, social history (including women and the family), or even ancient Greek history in general. It deserves a spot in every serious research library.”

To read the full text of the review, click here: http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2012/2012-03-20.html

Inniss to Serve as Elihu Root Peace Fund Visiting Professor of Women’s Studies, Hamilton College

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Professor Lolita Buckner Inniss

C|M|LAW’s Joseph C. Hostetler-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law, Lolita Buckner Inniss has been offered and has accepted the position of Elihu Root Peace Fund Visiting Professor in the Women’s Studies Department at Hamilton College in New York for 2012-2013.  The Elihu Root Peace Fund at Hamilton is an endowment created in the early 1900’s by Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller to honor their friend Elihu Root, a member of the Hamilton class of 1864 who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of War, a U.S. Senator and who was a Nobel Peace Prize winner.  The Root Peace Fund Visiting Professorship in Women’s Studies is filled after a national search and is awarded to a candidate who excels in the discipline of Women’s Studies and who brings a unique interdisciplinary approach to the field.  The visiting scholar offers seminars in the department and is provided with a separate budget for scholarly travel and for bringing to campus a speaker who complements the scholar’s work.