On Tuesday, October 8, Professor David Forte presented in a Federalist Society Teleforum titled “October Term 2019-2020 ‘Long Conference.'”  The panelists discussed the “Long Conference,” which is when the Court considers all petitions for review filed over the summer recess.  The Long Conference is thus a source of a substantial portion of the cases the Court will hear in its upcoming term.  Other presenters included Professor John C. Eastman (Chapman University, Fowler School of Law) and attorney Mark Miller (Pacific Legal Foundation).

Professor Claire Robinson May co-presented with Professor Iva Johnson Ferrell (Delaware Law School, Widener University) at the Western Regional Legal Writing Conference at Santa Clara University School of Law. Their interactive presentation was entitled, “Our Field Has Grown Up and Our Students Can, Too: Helping Students Take Responsibility and Helping Yourself to a Better Work Life.” Professor May and Professor Ferrell’s session aligned with the overall conference theme: “The Whole Person: Helping Law Students Integrate Their Professional Identity with Their Existing Values.”

On Friday, September 27, 2019, Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson presented Local efforts to influence natural gas pipeline routing decisions: An Ohio case study to the Seminar on Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Science in Cleveland State’s Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences.  Faculty and graduate students from several colleges participate in the seminar, one goal of which is to better connect students and faculty within the Center for Research on the Urban Environment. Robertson is the Steven W. Percy Distinguished Professor of Law at C|M|LAW, and Professor of Environmental Studies at the Levin College of Urban Affairs.

Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson serves reguarly as a Peer Reviewer for the Fulbright Commission’s Fulbright Specialist program.  Peer reviewers evaluate scholars and professional candidates for inclusion on the Fulbright Specialist Roster, from which Fulbright Specialists are drawn by host insitutions throughout the world.  Robertson evaluates candidates in both law and urban affairs. She is the Steven W. Percy Distinguished Professor of Law at C|M|LAW and Professor of Environmental Studies at the Levin College of Urban Affairs.

Professor Milena Sterio was awarded the Association Internationale de Droit Penal (International Association of Penal Law) 2019 Book Award, for “The Legacy of Ad Hoc Tribunals in International Criminal Law” (co-authored with Dean and Professor Michael Scharf) (Cambridge University Press 2019).

Professor Sterio also presented as a panelist at the “Atrocity Prevention: The Role of International Law and Justice” conference at Case Western Reserve University School of Law on September 20. Professor Sterio spoke on two panels: “Preventing Atrocities in Yemen” and “Threats and Challenges Confronting the International Criminal Court.”

Professor Milena Sterio participated in the taping of a radio show, “Talking Foreign Policy,” on 90.3/WCPN. This episode of the show focused on the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar and featured Professor and Dean Michael Scharf, CWRU School of Law as host, and Professors Rebecca Hamilton and Paul Williams, Washington College of Law, American University, Attorney Jenny Domino, Satter Hunan Rights Fellow at Harvard Law School, and Ambassador Todd Buchwald, Woodrow Wilson Center. The episode will be broadcast on 90.3/WCPN on October 1 at 10:00 p.m.

Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson has been appointed by the American Bar Association to serve as the Academician on an ABA site evaluation team.  In this capacity, Robertson will be responsible for evaluating the program of legal education and the faculty at the law school at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in February 2020.  The site evaluation team’s report will be submitted to the Accreditation Committee of the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, which makes decisions on accreditation.

Robertson is the Steven W. Percy Professor of Law at C|M|LAW and a Professor Environmental Studies at the Levin College.

Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson served as a panelist for the Fulbright Commission webinar on Fulbright Specialist grants.  Robertson, an alumna of the program, discussed her two Fulbright Specialist grants — to Dr. Rom Manohar Lohiya National Law University in Lucknow, India, in 2014, and to Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden, in 2009.

The purpose of the webinar was to inform potential Fulbright Specialist candidates about the process for becoming a Fulbright Specialist and the benefits of doing so.  For example, Robertson’s visit to Uppsala led to her appointment to the Common Core of European Law’s Property team, and then to visits to Italy, Spain, and back to Sweden.  Her visit to Lucknow led to an invitation to visit the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies in Dehradun, India, in the foothills of the Himalayas.

The webinar was recorded.  To access it, please contact Julie Good, Manager of International Programs at j.a.good88@csuohio.edu.