Retired Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Professor and Co-Founder of the Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection, Candice Hoke, was recently quoted in a story published on Huffington Post entitled “States Accuse DHS of Giving Them Bad Information About Russian Hacking.”  According to Professor Hoke, “[t]he key point here is that hackers are quite knowledgeable about network configuration blunders that allow access to a sought system or resource — like election operations — via a less valuable asset that is internet facing or less well defended,” and “[u]nquestionably, hackers will attempt to gain access to election and other mission critical governmental systems through systems having no connection to elections. They often are simply exploring to see what’s possible, what network architecture mistakes can be exploited.”

On September 29, 2017, Professor Kevin O’Neill hosted and judged a mock oral argument in a First Amendment public employee speech retaliation case to be heard one week hence by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati. The lawyer arguing the case was C|M|Law alumna Michelle Sheehan, a partner at Reminger, and she was very capably opposed by 3L Aaren Host of our Moot Court Team, who presented the plaintiff’s arguments. Joining Professor O’Neill as judges were Reminger partners Holly Wilson and Brian Sullivan. Attending the argument were Ms. Sheehan’s clients, Tim Dobeck and Tim Miller of the City of Parma’s Law Department. The argument was conducted at Cleveland-Marshall in the Trial Court Room.

Professor Doron Kalir presented at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun on Rosh Ha’Shana (Jewish New Year). The presentation compared two models of a famous story: delivering a first-born to God. First, it discussed the male version – the Binding of Isaac by Abraham, as told in the Book of Genesis. Then, it discussed the female version – the story of Chana, mother of Samuel, who has given him back to the Holy Priest shortly after he was born (Sam. I).

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio moderated a panel discussion on “Understanding DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) – Legal and Practical Implications, on September 28, at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.”  The panel discussion was a forum co-sponsored by the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and Cleveland State University.  The other panelists included Professor Joe Mead, CSU College of Urban Affairs and College of Law; Professor Deirdre Mageean, College of Urban Affairs; Boyd Yarbrough, CSU Vice President of Student Affairs; Harlan Smith, Director, CSU Center for International Services and Programs; Nolan Stevens, Director of Legal Services, Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center; Philip Eichorn, Hammond Law Group, LLC; and Moatasem Al Bitar, CSU Master of Global Interactions ’16 and CSU Bachelor of Science ’13.  In addition, Adjunct Clinical Professor Maya Simek worked with Community Advocacy Clinic students to create a DACA-related fact sheet with additional resources, and immigration practitioner, Lisa Scott, Scott Global Migration Law Group, was in attendance and available to answer DACA-related questions.  Laura Ray, Cleveland-Marshall law librarian, created a research guide on this topic.

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio published a blog post on Opinio Juris on the recent Kurdistan referendum for independence (an overwhelming majority of Kurds voted in favor of independence).  Professor Sterio in this blog post entitled “Do Kurds Have the Right to Self-Determination and/or Secession?” discusses self-determination and secession issues under international law, and how these apply to the current situation in Kurdistan.

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio participated in a panel discussion on the topic of “The Trump Administration and International Law” at the City Club of Cleveland on September 27.  The panel discussion was organized by the Greater Cleveland International Lawyers’ Group, and the other panelists included Dean Michael Scharf, CWRU Law School, and Professors Timothy Webster and Avidan Cover, CWRU Law School.

Heidi Gorovitz Robertson, Steven W. Percy Distinguished Professor of Law, represented C|M|LAW at the National Conference of Bar Examiners workshop on multiple choice assessment in Madison, Wisconsin on September 11, 2017. The workshop targeted tenured professors teaching core courses and focused on designing high-quality multiple choice questions for use in classroom assessment as opposed to licensure examinations.

Professor Deborah Geier was informed by SSRN on September 14 that she is in the top 10% of authors on SSRN (social science research network) measured by all-time downloads. This is the fourth consecutive month that Professor Geier has made this list; she was also listed on August 15, July 18, and June 6.

Professor Milena Sterio and Judge Thomas Buergenthal

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio participated in an episode of the “Talking Foreign Policy” radio show on WCPN/90.3.  This episode focused on the issue of corporate liability for aiding and abetting in human rights violations, including a discussion of the Jesner v. Arab Bank case, currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.  The panelists included Judge Thomas Buergenthal (formerly of the International Court of Justice), Professor Tim Webster (Case Western Reserve University School of Law), Professor Avi Cover (Case Western Reserve University School of Law), Professor Sterio, and Dean Michael Scharf (Case Western Reserve University School of Law) as host.  Professor Sterio has been a regular participant of the “Talking Foreign Policy” show.  This episode will be broadcast at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, October 7, on WCPN/90.3.