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Faculty News November 2007 Issue

Photo of Professor Aaron Marjorie Corman Aaron

Professor of Clinical Law, Center for Practice in Negotiation and Problem Solving.

Marjorie participated in the Alumni Teach-In Day, as Eric Robbins (Class of 2001), Ulmer & Berne (Cincinnati, OH) and Clayton Kuhnell (Class of 2001), Dinsmore & Shohl (Cincinnati, OH), taught her Negotiations Class.

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Center for Practice in Negotiation & ProblemSolving

Photo of Professor Armstrong Timothy K. Armstrong

Assistant Professorof Law

Tim presented Open Access in Law to the faculty as part of the College’s Faculty Development Series.

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Photo of Professor Bettman Marianna Brown Bettman

Professor of Clinical Law

Marianna participated in the Alumni Teach-In Day, as Lou Gilligan (Class of 1968), Keating, Muething & Klekamp (Cincinnati, OH), taught her Torts Class.

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Photo of Dean Bilionis Lou Bilionis

Dean and Nippert Professor of Law

Lou attended the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference in Washington, D.C.

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Photo of Professor Black Barbara Black

Charles Hartsock Professor of Law and Director, Corporate Law Center

Barbara’s article, Should the SEC be a Collection Agency for Defrauded Investors?, was accepted for publication in The Business Lawyer. She presented her paper, Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific-Atlanta (8th Cir. 2006): What Makes It the Most Important Securities Case in A Decade?, at Supreme Court Preview Symposium - Scheme Liability, Section 10(b), and Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific Atlanta, organized by the Center for Business Law and Regulation at Case Western.

Barbara soke on a variety of securities arbitration and ethical issues at both the Securities Law Program and the Annual Meeting of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA).

Barbara attended the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference in Washington, D.C. as a member of the College’s Faculty Appointments Committee.

Barbara participated in the Alumni Teach-In Day, as Tarik Haskins (Class of 2003), Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell (Wilmington, DE), taught her Corporations Class.

Barbara’s articles, The Second Circuit's Approach to the "In Connection With" Requirement of Rule 10b-5, 53 Brook. L. Rev. 539 (1987), and The Strange Case of Fraud on the Market: A Label in Search of a Theory, 52 Albany L. Rev. 923 (1988), were cited in Keith Rowley, Cause of Action for Securities Fraud under Section 10(b) of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act and/or Rule 10b-5 in Causes of Action (Clark Boardman Callaghan, 2nd ed. 2007 Supp.).

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Photo of Professor Bryant A. Christopher Bryant

Professor of Law

Chris attended the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference in Washington, D.C. as chair of the College’s Faculty Appointments Committee.

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Photo of Professor Caron Paul L. Caron

Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law

For the second year in a row, Paul was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Tax and Accounting by Accounting Today.

The Law Stories Series of Foundation Press, for which Paul serves as Series Editor, published Antitrust Stories, by Eleanor Fox (NYU) & Daniel Crane (Cardozo).

Paul presented Law School Rankings: Past, Present, and Future to the faculty as part of the College’s Faculty Development Series.

Paul published several issues of his Tax Law Abstracts e-journals:

Paul launched new blogs as part of his Law Professor Blogs Network:

Two of Paul’s publications were cited:

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Photo of Professor Cogan Jacob Cogan

Assistant Professorof Law

Jacob attended the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference in Washington, D.C. as a member of the College’s Faculty Appointments Committee

Jacob participated in the Alumni Teach-In Day, as Rick Landrun (Class of 1993), Kroger Co. (Cincinnati, OH), and Lori Landrum (Class of 1993), Frost Brown Todd (Cincinnati, OH), taught his Contracts Class.

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Photo of Professor Drew Margaret Drew

Associate Professor of Clinical Law and Director, Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic

Margaret presented The Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic to the faculty as part of the College’s Faculty Development Series. She presented Recognizing Domestic Violence in Your Legal Practice to Law Women.

Margaret trained attorneys from Clermont and Brown County on the Dynamics of Domestic Violence in Family Law Cases. She attended the Mid-West Clinical Conference on Implementing the Carnegie Report Recommendations at Drake Law School in Des Moines.

Margaret was quoted in Ryan C. Hasanbasic, Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales: The Supreme Court Goes to Great Lengths to Ensure Police Discretion, But at What Cost? 36 Stetson L. Rev. 881 (2007).

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Photo of Professor Eisele Thomas D. Eisele

Judge Joseph P. Kinneary Professor of Law

Tom participated in the Alumni Teach-In Day, as William Sherman (Class of 1994), Robbins, Kelly, Patterson & Tucker (Cincinnati, OH), and Christine Buttress (Class of 1979), Graydon, Head & Richey (Cincinnati, OH), taught his Wills & Trusts Class.

Tom’s article, Review Essay / Dworkin’s “Full Political Theory of Law”, 7 Crim. Just. Ethics 49 (1988), was cited in Norman J. Singer, Sutherland Statutes and Statutory Construction (Thomson West, 2007 Supp.).

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Photo of Professor Gely Rafael Gely

Judge Joseph P. Kinneary Professor of Law

Two of Rafael’s articles were cited:

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Photo of Professor Godsey Mark A. Godsey

Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Lois and Richard Rosenthal Institute for Justice, Ohio Innocence Project

Mark provided commentary on a presentation by Stephanos Bibas (Penn) at the College on Formalism in Criminal Procedure: The Triumph of Justice Scalia, The Unlikely Friend of Criminal Defendants? He was interviewed by the show Forensic Files for a Court TV episode to air in the coming months.

Mark hosted the presentation of two documentary films at the MainStreet Cinema, Tangeman Center, on the work by the students in the Ohio Innocence Project.

Mark participated in the Alumni Teach-In Day, as Hon. Nancy Johnson (Class of 1978), U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Houston, TX), taught his Evidence Class.

Two of Mark’s articles were cited:

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Loisand Richard Rosenthal Institute for Justice/Ohio Innocence Project

Photo of Professor Houh Emily Houh Professor of Law

Emily, Kristin Kalsem, and Verna Williams organized and hosted the inaugural symposium of the Freedom Center Journal, Reconstructions: Historical Consciousness and Critical Transformation. Speakers included:

  • Pamela Bridgewater (American)
  • Alfred Brophy (Alabama)
  • Courtney Cahill (Roger Williams)
  • James Campbell (Brown)
  • Christine Zuni Cruz (New Mexico)
  • Adrienne Davis (North Carolina)
  • Katherine Franke (Columbia)
  • Angela Harris (UC-Berkeley)
  • Kevin Noble Mallard (Syracuse)
  • Margaret Montoya (New Mexico)
  • Natsu Taylor Saito (Georgia State)

Emily was the discussant for a faculty workshop by Luis Fuentes-Rohwer (Indiana) on Bringing Democracy to Puerto Rico: A Rejoinder, as part of the College’s Faculty Colloquia Series.

Two of Emily’s articles were cited:

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Photo of Professor Hubbard Ann Hubbard

Professor of Law

Ann’s article, Understanding and Implementing the ADA's Direct Threat Defense, 95 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1279 (2001), was cited in Sarah R. Christie, Aids, Employment, and the Direct Threat Defense:The Burden of Proof and the Circuit Court Split, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 235 (2007).

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Photo of Professor Kalsem Kristin Kalsem

Professor of Law

Kristin’s book review of Morris B. Kaplan, Sodom on the Thames: Sex, Love, and Scandal in Wilde Times, (Cornell University Press., 2005), was published in 25 Law & Hist. Rev. 659 (2007).

Kristin, Emily Houh, and Verna Williams organized and hosted the inaugural symposium of the Freedom Center Journal, Reconstructions: Historical Consciousness and Critical Transformation. Speakers included:

  • Pamela Bridgewater (American)
  • Alfred Brophy (Alabama)
  • Courtney Cahill (Roger Williams)
  • James Campbell (Brown)
  • Christine Zuni Cruz (New Mexico)
  • Adrienne Davis (North Carolina)
  • Katherine Franke (Columbia)
  • Angela Harris (UC-Berkeley)
  • Kevin Noble Mallard (Syracuse)
  • Margaret Montoya (New Mexico)
  • Natsu Taylor Saito (Georgia State)

Kristin participated in the Alumni Teach-In Day, as Lea Webb (Class of 2001), Web & Pillich (Cincinnati, OH), taught her Feminist Jurisprudence Class.

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Photo of Professor Lassiter Christo Lassiter

Professor of Law

Christo participated in the Alumni Teach-In Day, as Kevin Schad (Class of 1993), Schad & Schad (Lebanon, OH), taught his Criminal Procedure I Class, and Kathy Brinkman (Class of 1975), Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur (Cincinnati, OH) taught his White Collar Crime Class.

Christo was quoted in

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Photo of Professor Lockwood Bert B. Lockwood, Jr.

Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Director, Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights

The Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series of the University of Pennsylvania Press, for which Bert serves as Series Editor, published two books:

Bert hosted a visit to the College by Chris Calabrese, Project Counsel for the ACLU’s Technology and Liberty Program, on The Impact of the Real ID on Ohioans.

Bert participated in the Alumni Teach-In Day, as Terry Coonan (Class of 1995), Florida State Law School (Tallahassee, FL), taught his Constitutional Law I Class.

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Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights

Photo of Professor Malloy S. Elizabeth Malloy

Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Glenn M. Weaver Institute for Law & Psychiatry

Betsy and Doug Mossman organized the symposium, Revising the Frontiers of Responsibility and Blame: How Neuroscience Is Reshaping Philosophy and the Criminal Law, co-sponsored by the Glenn M. Weaver Institute, the UC Department of Philosophy, and the UC College of Medicine. Speakers included:

  • John Bickle, Ph.D. (University of Cincinnati, Department of Philosophy).
  • Valerie Hardcastle, Ph.D. (Dean, UC McMicken College of Arts and Sciences).
  • Douglas S. Lehrer, M.D. (Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine).
  • Stephen J. Morse, J.D., Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania School of Law).
  • Stephen M. Strakowski, M.D. (University of Cincinnati, Department of Psychiatry).
  • Glen Weissenberger, J.D. (Dean, DePaul University School of Law).

Betsy and the entire College community mourn Dr. Glenn Weaver, who died on October 25 at age 86.

Betsy served as Discussant for a faculty workshop by Melanie Wilson (Kansas) on Prosecutors “Doing Justice” Through Osmosis: Reminders to Encourage a Culture of Cooperation, as part of the College’s Faculty Colloquia Series.

Betsy participated in the Alumni Teach-In Day, as Deborah Lydon (Class of 1981), Dinsmore & Shohl (Cincinnati, OH) and Tom Korbee (Class of 1977), taught her Torts Class.

Betsy’s article, The Interaction of the ADA, the FMLA, and Workers’ Compensation: Why Can’t We Be Friends?, 41 Brandeis L.J. 821 (2003), was cited in Carol Wong, The Family and Medical Leave Act: To Waive, or Not to Waive, 2007 U. Ill. L. Rev. 1567.

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Glenn M. Weaver Institute for Law and Psychiatry

Photo of Professor Mank Bradford C. Mank

James B. Helmer Jr. Professor of Law

Several of Brad’s articles were cited:

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Photo of Professor Mossman Douglas Mossman

Administrative Director, Glenn M. Weaver Institute of Law and Psychiatry

Doug and Betsy Malloy organized the symposium, Revising the Frontiers of Responsibility and Blame: How Neuroscience Is Reshaping Philosophy and the Criminal Law, co-sponsored by the Glenn M. Weaver Institute, the UC Department of Philosophy, and the UC College of Medicine. Doug served as Master of Ceremonies at the symposium. Speakers included:

  • John Bickle, Ph.D. (University of Cincinnati, Department of Philosophy).
  • Valerie Hardcastle, Ph.D. (Dean, UC McMicken College of Arts and Sciences).
  • Douglas S. Lehrer, M.D. (Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine).
  • Stephen J. Morse, J.D., Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania School of Law).
  • Stephen M. Strakowski, M.D. (University of Cincinnati, Department of Psychiatry).
  • Glen Weissenberger, J.D. (Dean, DePaul University School of Law).

Doug and the entire College community mourn Dr. Glenn Weaver, who died on October 25 at age 86.

Doug’s article, Analyzing the Performance of Risk Assessment Instruments: A Response to Vrieze and Grove, was accepted for publication in Law & Human Behavior.

Doug attended and presented two papers at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law in Miami Beach, Florida:

  • Stalking: From Risk Assessment to Prosecution (panel with Debra A. Pinals, Phillip J. Resnick, and James L. Knoll).
  • Assessing Adjudicative Competence: How Accurate?

Two of Doug’s articles were cited:

  • Assessing Predictions of Violence: Being Accurate about Accuracy, 62 J Consulting Clin. Psychol. 783 (1994), in Wagdy Loza, Angele MacTavish, & Amel Loza-Fanous, A Nine-year Follow-up Study on the Predictive Validity of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire for Predicting Violent and Nonviolent Recidivism, 22 J. Interpersonal Violence 1144 (2007); Mairead Dolan & Rachael Fullam, The Validity of the Violence Risk Scale Second Edition (VRS-2) in a British Forensic Inpatient Sample, 18 J. Forensic Psychiatry & Psychol. 381 (2007); in Joel D. Lieberman, et al. Determining Dangerousness in Sexually Violent Predator Evaluations: Cognitive-experiential Self-theory and Juror Judgments of Expert Testimony, 25 Behav. Sci. & L. 507 (2007); Roger Almvik, Phil Woods, & Kirsten Rasmussen, Assessing Risk for Imminent Violence in the Elderly: The Broset Violence Checklist, 22 Int’l J. Geriatric Psychiatry 862 (2007); Matthew K. Nock & Mahzarin R. Banaji, Prediction of Suicide Ideation and Attempts among Adolescents Using a Brief Performance-Based Test, 75 J. Consulting Clin Psychology 707 (2007); and Daryl G. Kroner, Directions for Violence and Sexual Risk Assessment in Correctional Psychology, 34 Crim. Just. & Behav. 906 (2007).
  • Predicting Restorability of Incompetent Criminal Defendants, 35 J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry Law 34 (2007), in Hal Wortzel et al., Crisis in the Treatment of Incompetence to Proceed to Trial: Harbinger of a Systemic Illness, 35 J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry Law 357 (2007).

Doug was quoted in Case Result Likely Would Differ Today, Columbus Dispatch, Oct. 28, 2007, at 11A.

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Photo of Professor Rands William J. Rands

Professor of Law

Bill participated in the Alumni Teach-In Day, as Michael Schwartz (Class of 1991), Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease (Cincinnati, OH), taught his Corporate Tax I Class.

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Photo of Professor Schneider Ronna Greff Schneider

Professsor of Law

Ronna attended the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference in Washington, D.C. as a member of the College’s Faculty Appointments Committee.

Ronna participated in the Alumni Teach-In Day, as Janet Abaray (Class of 1982), Burg Simpson (Cincinnati, OH), taught her Torts Class.

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Photo of Professor Smith Rachel Jay Smith

Legal Research & Writing Professor

Rachel participated as a panelist on Good Legal Writing – What Judges Want and Need at the Potter Stewart American Inn of Court (with Judges Beth Myers and Penelope Cunningham).

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Photo of Professor Solimine Michael E. Solimine

Donald P. Klekamp Professor of Law and Director, Faculty Development

Several of Michael’s articles were cited:

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Photo of Professor Sperino Sandra Sperino

Visiting Professor of Law

Sandra’s article, The Sky Remains Intact: Why Allowing Subgroup Evidence Is Consistent with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 90 Marq. L. Rev. 227 (2006), was cited in Ramona L. Paetzold & Steven L. Willborn, The Statistics of Discrimination: Using Statistical Evidence in Discrimination Cases (Clark Boardman Callaghan, 2007 Supp.).

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Photo of Professor Steinman Adam N. Steinman

Assistant Professor of Law

Adam published Reinventing Appellate Jurisdiction, 48 Boston College L. Rev. 1237 (2007).

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Photo of Professor Thomas Suja Thomas

Professor of Law

Suja led a faculty workshop at Northwestern on her most recent paper, Why the Motion to Dismiss Is Now Unconstitutional, 92 Minn. L. Rev. ___ (2008). She presented Why Summary Judgment is Unconstitutional, 93 Va. L. Rev. 139 (2007), to the Cleveland Employment Lawyers' Association. The latter article was featured on The 3.5.7 Commission blog.

Two of Suja’s articles were cited:

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Photo of Dean Emeritus Tomain Joseph P. Tomain

Dean Emeritus and Wilbert and Helen Ziegler Professor of Law

Joe's article, To a Point, 52 Loy. L. Rev. 1201 (2007), was featured on Larry Solum's Legal Theory Blog.

Joe participated in the Alumni Teach-In Day, as Jill O’Shea (Class of 1986), Duke Energy (Cincinnati, OH), taught his Contracts Class, and Brie Rogers (Class of 2002), Taft, Stettinius & Hollister (Cincinnati, OH), taught his Law, Literature, and Philosophy Class.

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Photo of Professor Wiliams Verna L. Williams

Professor of Law

Verna, Emily Houh and Kristin Kalsem organized and hosted the inaugural symposium of the Freedom Center Journal, Reconstructions: Historical Consciousness and Critical Transformation. Speakers included:

  • Pamela Bridgewater (American)
  • Alfred Brophy (Alabama)
  • Courtney Cahill (Roger Williams)
  • James Campbell (Brown)
  • Christine Zuni Cruz (New Mexico)
  • Adrienne Davis (North Carolina)
  • Katherine Franke (Columbia)
  • Angela Harris (UC-Berkeley)
  • Kevin Noble Mallard (Syracuse)
  • Margaret Montoya (New Mexico)
  • Natsu Taylor Saito (Georgia State)

Verna participated on a panel, On Pedagogy: “Best Practices” for Critical Teaching, with Bob Chang (Loyola-L.A.), Roberto Corrado (Denver), and Bryan Adamson (Seattle) at the Junior Faculty Development Workshop held in connection with the Twelfth Annual LatCrit Conference in Miami, FL.

Verna participated in the Alumni Teach-In Day, as Laura Martin (Class of 2003), Behnke, Martin & Schulte (Dayton, OH), taught Verna’s Juvenile Law Class.

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