Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson, C|M|LAW’s Steven W. Percy Distinguished Professor of Law and a Professor of Environmental Studies at the Levin College, was the invited speaker at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Inside Science program. On Tuesday, April 16, Professor Robertson presented Toledo, Lake Erie, and the Rights of Nature Movement to members of the University Circle cultural institutions community of staff and volunteers.

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio presented today at the Greater Cleveland International Lawyers’ Group monthly luncheon at the City Club of Cleveland, with Dean Michael Scharf, CWRU School of Law.  Professor Sterio and Dean Scharf discussed their latest book, “The Legacy of Ad Hoc Tribunals in International Criminal Law” (Cambridge University Press 2019).  Several of Professor Sterio’s students also attended the luncheon.

Professor Kevin O’Neill was quoted in the ABA Journal on a burgeoning question of First Amendment law: To what extent does the Speech Clause restrict efforts by elected officials, including President Donald Trump, to block critics from their social media accounts?

The article is available here.

On Tuesday, April 2nd, Professor Matthew W. Green Jr. lectured at the Cleveland Institute of Art on “Problematic Topics Broached During an Interview that May Implicate/Violate Anti-Discrimination Laws and What to Do About It.” The presentation was part of a course offered at the Institute on Professional Practices, in which Cleveland-area academics and practicing professionals visit and lecture on such topics as ethics, intellectual property rights, contracts and professional development. Professor Green’s lecture focused on employer obligations and employee rights under federal and Ohio anti-discrimination statutes.

On Thursday, March 28, Charles Ellison’s WURD Radio in Philadelphia hosted Clinical Professor of Law Doron Kalir for a 30-minute interview. Some of the questions included the similarities and differences between the Muller Report and Israel’s AG findings regarding Prime Minister Netanyahu; a comparison of the Rule of Law (and the notion that no one is above the law) in the U.S. and Israel; the possibility of indicting – and then prosecuting – a sitting head of state; and a general conversation of constitutional law on the brink.

This was Professor Kalir’s second appearance on the show.

Chris Sagers, the James A. Thomas Professor of Law, spoke with both the Washington Post and the Washington political journal The Hill about recent antitrust matters surrounding the Apple computer corporation, in light of new product offerings in news and video and an antitrust inquiry initiated against it in Europe by the streaming music service Spotify.

Professor Karin Mika’s essay, Familiar Battles Yield Next Generation Victories, was published in Volume 23 of the Legal Writing Institute Journal.  In this essay, Professor Mika reflects on teaching Legal Writing for 30 years.

In addition, Professor Mika’s article, Optimizing the Classroom Experience by Collaborating with Colleagues, was published in the Spring Edition of the Second Draft, published by the Legal Writing Institute.  In this article, Professor Mika discusses various classroom collaborations with colleagues, including with law librarians and with doctrinal colleagues.

Prof. Mark Sundahl recently published an article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Planetary Science on the evolution of law during the rise of the United States space industry.  The piece, entitled Business, Legal, and Policy Issues in Relation to Increased Private Space Activity shows how critical changes over time in law and policy fueled the rise of the private space industry. Although private industry was a key player in government programs from the beginning, the Space Shuttle tragedies set in motion a series of policy changes that eventually gave rise to the vibrant panoply of private launch service providers and other space companies that we have today.  

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio was interviewed for a Sputnik News (Russia), on the subject of President Trump’s recent recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli sovereign territory.  Professor Sterio’s interview is available here.

Professor Browne Lewis and Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio were selected as recipients of the CSU Faculty Scholarship Initiative (FSI) grants for 2019-20.  FSI grants, available through the CSU Office of Research, provide funding for CSU faculty for up to $5,000 per year.  Grant recipients are selected through a competitive application process, conducted by the CSU Office of Research and a university faculty committee (University Research Council).

Professor Lewis’ research project is entitled “Mildred Jefferson, Margaret Sanger, Medical Racism and the Black Anti-Aborton Movement.”  Professor Sterio’s research project is entitled “Women at International Criminal Courts.”