Monthly Archives: February 2016

The Plain Dealer published today an opinion piece written by Professor Emeritus Sheldon Gelman and Professor Emeritus Joel Finer, entitled “Why not filling Antonin Scalia’s seat could work.”  The piece is available here.

On February 11, 2016, Professor David Forte delivered an address to the Orange County California Federalist Lawyers Chapter entitled, “What would the Framers Have Thought of Today’s Supreme Court?” In addition, Professor David Forte’s article, Lincoln, Marshall, and the Judicial … Continue reading →

On Thursday, February 25, Professor Alan Weinstein presented a one-hour CLE session titled “The First Amendment and Local Government: Ongoing Concerns/Recent Developments” at the Northeast Ohio Municipal Law Directors Association’s annual Presidents’ Day Municipal Law Seminar. Professor Weinstein discussed several topics, including: policies regarding prayer at public meetings after the Court’s 2014 ruling in Town of … Continue reading →

In January 2016, Professor Sandra Kerber participated in the Southeastern Legal Writing Conference at the University Of Miami School Of Law. The Panel Discussion which Professor Kerber participated in focused on Teaching and Advising students for Independent Research and Writing … Continue reading →

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio has been asked to contribute an article to the German Yearbook of International Law (GYIL). Established in 1948, the GYIL is a peer-reviewed journal, edited by the Walther Schücking Institute for International Law at … Continue reading →

Heidi Gorovitz Robertson, the Steven W. Percy Distinguished Professor of Law, attended the 10th Annual Meeting of the International Academic Association for Planning, Law, and Property Rights, at the University of Bern, Switzerland.  Professor Robertson presented Seeking Local Control: When State … Continue reading →

Emeritus Professor Jim Wilson was quoted in a National Law Journal article entitled “A Liberal Court Could Limit Reach of ‘Heller.’” Professor Wilson was interviewed about the possibility that a future, more liberal Supreme Court, would overturn existing case law, … Continue reading →

Professor Candice Hoke was interviewed by a local ABC station for a cybersecurity story on breaches of security cameras & monitors, with Russian cybergangs’ postings of private US residential, workplace,  & school scenes to the Internet.  The interview is available … Continue reading →

Browne Lewis, Leon and Gloria Plevin Professor of Law, delivered a lecture at Gresham College on January 25, on the topic of “The Ethics of Physician-Assisted Suicide “(founded in 1597, Gresham College is London’s oldest Higher Education Institution). The recorded … Continue reading →

Professor David Forte has had his article, Conscience and Republican Government, accepted for publication in a volume entitled, Rights of Conscience, to be published by Peter Lang Publishers. In addition, on February 10, 2016, Professor David Forte delivered a lecture entitled, … Continue reading →