Legal Writing Professor Sandra Kerber has been selected as one of 20 to 25 professors from across the country to participate in a Lexis Summit in Desert Palm Springs in June of 2012. The subject is “Legal Research and Writing Trends and Challenges about New Approaches to Teaching: adapting to changing student and market demands.” This Summit is open by invitation only.
Category Archives: Faculty in the Media
Crocker Speaks on the Death Penalty
On May 1, Professor Phyllis L. Crocker participated in a panel discussion at An Eye for An Eye: Is Capital Punishment Justice or Revenge?, a special program of Baldwin-Wallace’s Leadership & Public Policy Institute in Partnership with the Levin College Forum Program. The event took place at the Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University.
Weinstein Speaks to Planners and Municipal Lawyers on Constitutional Issues in Land Use
Professor Alan Weinstein
On, April 16, C|M|LAW Professor Alan Weinstein spoke recently at the annual national conference of the American Planning Association (APA) in Los Angeles. This presentation was part of a conference session titled “Constitutional Challenges to Local Sign Regulations.” It also featured Randal Morrison, a San Diego attorney with a national practice focused on drafting and defending local sign regulations.
Weinstein also participated in a national teleconference sponsored by the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA). For the one-hour IMLA Teleconference on April 18, Professor Weinstein was interviewed by Professor Daniel Mandelker of Washington University (St. Louis) and Dwight Merriam, a nationally-known land-use attorney in Hartford, about his extensive research and writing on the topic of regulating sexually oriented adult entertainment businesses, with an emphasis on how local governments can regulate such businesses without violating the first amendment.
Sagers Visits the White House for Summit on Judicial Vacancies
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
