Marjorie Corman Aaron
Professor of Clinical Law, Center for Practice in Negotiation and Problem Solving
Marjorie's articles, Decision Analysis as a Method of Evaluating the Trial Alternative, in Mediating Legal Disputes 307 (Dwight Golann, ed., 1997) (with David P. Hoffer), and The Value of Decision Analysis in Mediation Practice, 11 Negot. J. 123 (1995), were cited in Robert L. Haig, Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts (West, 2nd ed., New York Practice Series, 2008 Supp.).
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Marianna Bettman
Professor of Clinical Law
Marianna published a column in the American Israelite and the Cincinnati Herald on Modern Parenting, which examines the legitimacy of gestational surrogacy contracts in Ohio. She presented Most Important Cases of the Ohio Supreme Court, June 2007-June 2008, at the Ohio Judicial Conference in Columbus.
She gave the keynote address, Electing Judges: An Idea Whose Time has Come...and Gone to the Clermont County League of Women Voters at their 12th annual Suffragist Event.
Lou Bilionis
Dean and Nippert Professor of Law
Lou participated in a panel on The Presidency and the Federal Courts: Historical Reflections at the Cincinnati Lawyers chapter of the Federalist Society's program on The Presidency and the Courts (which included speeches by President George W. Bush, former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, and former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement).
Lou's article, Conservative Reformation, Popularization, and the Lessons of Reading Criminal Justice as Constitutional Law, 52 UCLA L. Rev. 979 (2005), was cited in The Honorable Harold Baer, Jr., Got a Bad Feeling? Is That Enough? The Irrationality of Police Hunches, J.L. Econ. & Pol'y 91 (2007). He was quoted in UC Seeks to Raise $800M in Drive, Sept. 19, 2008, at 1B.
Barbara Black
Charles Hartsock Professor of Law and Director, Corporate Law Center
Barbara participated in the Conference on Empirical Legal Studies held at Cornell Law School on Sept. 12-13, where her article, When Perception Changes Reality: An Empirical Study of Investors' Views of the Fairness of Securities Arbitration, 24 Ohio St. J. on Disp. Resol. ___ (2008) (with Jill Gross), was included in the poster session.
Several of Barbara's articles were cited:
Paul L. Caron
Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law
Jacob Katz Cogan
Assistant Professor of Law
Jacob presented Representation and Power in International Organization: The Operational Constitution and Its Critics at Georgetown as part of its International Legal Theory Colloquium.
Jacob's article, Competition and Control in International Adjudication, 48 Va. J. Int'l L. 411 (2008), was cited in David Zaring, Rulemaking and Adjudication in International Law, 46 Colum. J. Transnat'l L. 563 (2008).
Margaret Drew
Associate Professor of Clinical Law and Director, Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic
Margaret participated as faculty at a two day National Civil Law Institute that addressed custody issues that arise in domestic violence cases. The institute, held in St. Louis, was co-sponsored by NITA and the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence.
Margaret and the Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic were featured in the September edition of UC Magazine. Margaret acted as the discussant at a faculty workshop at the College by Leigh Goodmark (Baltimore), When Is a Battered Woman Not a Battered Woman? A Critique of the Legal System's Responses to Domestic Violence, as part of the College's Faculty Workshop Series.
Margaret participated in a meeting of the Court Workgroup, a subcommittee of the Hamilton County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council. She chaired a meeting of the Hamilton County Fatality Review Team.
Margaret presented Stalking Basics at UC Women's Center to UC undergraduate volunteers who respond to campus sexual assault incidents in order to support victims.
Mark A. Godsey
Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Lois and Richard Rosenthal Institute for Justice, Ohio Innocence Project
Mark submitted a solicited book review for publication in the peer-reviewed Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Shining the Bright Light on Police Interrogation in America (reviewing Richard Leo, Police Interrogation and American Justice (Harvard University Press, 2008)).
Mark spoke to sixty members of the Glendale Lyceum about the Ohio Innocence Project and the problem of wrongful convictions. The OIP's recent exoneree, Robert McClendon, also spoke with Mark about his experience of serving 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. The speeches were featured in Hamilton and Clermont Counties: Film about Innocence Project Winds up with Q and A Session, Cincinnati Enquirer, Sept. 14, 2008, at 3B.
Mark's article, The Innocence Revolution and our "Evolving Standards of Decency" in Death Penalty Jurisprudence, 29 U. Dayton L. Rev. 265 (2004) (with Thomas Pulley), was cited in Daniel S. Medwed, Innocentrism, 2008 U. Ill. L. Rev. 1549.
Profile of Professor Godsey
Lois and Richard Rosenthal Institute for Justice/Ohio Innocence Project
Emily Houh
Gustavus Henry Wald Professor of Law and Contracts
Emily's article, Critical Interventions: Toward an Expansive Equality Approach to the Doctrine of Good Faith in Contract Law, 88 Cornell L. Rev. 1025 (2003), was cited in Stephen S. Ashley, Bad Faith Actions Liability & Damages (Thomson-West, 2nd ed., 2008 Supp.).
Ann Hubbard
Professor of Law
Christo Lassiter
Professor of Law and Criminal Justice
Christo's article, The O.J. Simpson Verdict: A Lesson in Black and White, 1 Mich. J. Race & L. 69 (1996), was cited in Rebecca J. Kelly, Defensive Shootings and Error Risk: A Collateral Cost of Changing Gun Laws?, 26 Yale L. & Pol'y Rev. 567 (2008).
S. Elizabeth Malloy
Andrew Katsanis Professor of Law
Betsy acted as the discussant at a faculty workshop at the College by Nicole Huberfeld, Spending and Compulsory Motherhood as part of the College's Faculty Workshop Series.
Bradford Mank
James B. Helmer, Jr. Professor of Law
Brad's article, Standing and Statistical Persons: Should Large Public Interest Organizations Have Greater Standing Rights than Individuals?, was accepted for publication in the Ecology Law Quarterly.
Stephanie McMahon
Assistant Professor of Law
Stephanie successfully defended her dissertation at the University of Virginia and will receive her Ph.D. in American History in January. Her paper, To Save State Residents: States' Use of Community Property for Federal Tax Reduction, 1939-1947, was featured on Mary Dudziak's Legal History Blog.
Stephanie was featured in the August 2008 issue of Updates@UCLaw.
Darrell A. H. Miller
Assistant Professor of Law
Darrell's article, State DOMAs, Neutral Principles, and the Mobius of State Action, was accepted for publication in the Temple Law Review. The paper was featured on Larry Solum's Legal Theory Blog.
Darrell presented White Cartels, the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the History of Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 77 Fordham L. Rev. ___ (2008), at the Northeast People of Color Conference at Boston University. The paper was featured on Larry Solum's Legal Theory Blog.
Darrell was featured in the September 2008 issue of Updates@UCLaw.
Douglas Mossman
Director, Glenn M. Weaver Institute of Law and Psychiatry
Douglas submitted his article, Quantifying the Accuracy of Forensic Examiners In the Absence of a Diagnostic “Gold Standard” (with Michael D. Bowen, David J. Vanness, David Bienenfeld, Terry Correll, Jerald Kay, William M. Klykylo & Douglas S. Lehrer), for publication. His article, Going Outside Your Area of Expertise: How Far Is Too Far? Current Psychiatry (with Christina G. Weston), was accepted for publication.
Douglas published two articles:Douglas presented Psychiatric Perspectives on Sin and Repentance to Congregation Ohav Shalom in Cincinnati.
Several of Douglas's articles were cited:
Nancy Oliver
Interim Associate Dean and Professor of Legal Research and Writing
Nancy attended the conference on Legal Education at the Crossroads: Ideas to Implementation at the University of Washington.
Michael E. Solimine
Donald P. Klekamp Professor of Law
Adam Steinman
Associate Professor of Law
Adam's article, Reconceptualizing Federal Habeas Corpus for State Prisoners: How Should AEDPA's Standard of Review Operate after Williams v. Taylor?, 2001 Wis. L. Rev. 1493 (2001), was cited in Risa E. Kaufman, Access to the Courts as a Privilege or Immunity of National Citizenship, 40 Conn. L. Rev. 1477 (2008).
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