Professor Schneider has been actively involved in the Education Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools, having previously served as its Chairperson and as a member of its Executive Board. She is also an affiliated faculty member of the UC's Center for Women's Studies. Professor Schneider is a frequent speaker and commentator on issues involving constitutional law, education law, and educational policy.
Books
Articles, Essays & Book Reviews
Ronna’s book, Education Law: First Amendment, Due Process, and Discrimination Litigation (West Group, 2004), was cited in Lindsay M. Saxe, Politics Versus Precision: Did the Miami-Dade School Board Violate the First Amendment When it Voted to Remove Vamos a Cuba! From its District Libraries?: ACLU v. Miami-Dade County School Board, 557 F.3d 1177 (11th Cir. 2009), 61 Fla. L. Rev. 921 (2009); and Matthew Baker, A Teacher's Right to Remain Silent: Reasonable Accommodation of Negative Speech Rights in the Classroom, 2009 B.Y.U. L. Rev. 705.
Ronna published the 2009 updates for her two volume treatise, Education Law: First Amendment, Due Process, and Discrimination Litigation (West Group, 2004).
Two of Ronna’s publications were cited:
Ronna was quoted in Accused Adulterer Sues Anonymous Poster, Cincinnati Enquirer, July 4, 2009.
Two of Ronna’s books were cited:
Ronna’s book, Education Law Stories, (Foundation Press, 2008) (with Michael A. Olivas (Houston)), was cited in Cutrer v. McMillan, No. 08-60702, 2009 WL 221254, (5th Cir. Jan. 30, 2009).
Ronna acted as the discussant at a faculty workshop at the College by Michael Heise (Cornell) on Pass or Fail: High Stakes Testing and Educational Policy by Litigation as part of the College’s Faculty Workshop Series.
Ronna’s book, Education Law Stories, (Foundation Press, 2008) (with Michael A. Olivas), was reviewed in Fernand N. Dutile, Bringing Cases to Life: Education Law Stories, 35 J.C. & U.L. 131 (2008). The book also was cited in Laura Rothstein, Strategic Advocacy in Fulfilling the Goals of Disability Policy: Is the Only Question How Full the Glass Is?, 13 Tex. J. on C.L. & C.R. 403 (2008).
Both of Ronna’s books were cited:
Ronna published God, Schools, and Country, 30 Hum. Rts. Q. 797 (2008) (reviewing The Battle over School Prayer: How Engel v. Vitale Changed America, by Bruce J. Dierenfield (2007)).
Ronna was quoted in Park Prayer a Tough Topic, Cincinnati Enquirer, June 15, at 1B. She was a guest on WVXU and discussed legal issues involving politics in the workplace.
Ronna's article, Sexual Harassment and Higher Education, 65 Tex. L. Rev. 525 (1987), was cited in Michael E. Buchwald, Sexual Harassment in Education and Student Athletics: A Case for Why Title IX Sexual Harassment Jurisprudence Should Develop Independently of Title VII, 67 Md. L. Rev. 672 (2008).
Ronna hosted a conference at the College on Education Law Stories: The People and Principles Behind Education's Most Contentious Legal Controversies, to celebrate the publication of her new book, Education Law Stories (Foundation Press, 2008) (with Michael Olivas).
Ronna was elected to membership in the American Law Institute. Her scholarship was featured in the University Libraries' 17th Annual Authors, Editors and Composers Reception.
Ronna wrote a book review, to be published in the Human Rights Quarterly, entitled God, Schools, and Country, a review of Bruce Dierenfiled's book, The Battle Over School Prayer: How Engel v. Vitale Changed America. She served on a moot court panel as preparation for two different lawyers who argued their cases in front of the Ohio Supreme Court and the Sixth Circuit.
Ronna worked with high school students by serving as a mock trial judge for the Cincinnati Bar Association's district level competition for high school students participating in the Ohio Center for Law Related Education competition and as a practice judge with Professor Chris Bryant for the Highlands High School We the People Moot Court Competition.
Ronna's book, Education Law: First Amendment, Due Process, and Discrimination Litigation (West Group, 2004), was cited in:Ronna posted Getting Help With Their Homework: Schools, Lower Courts, and the Supreme Court Justices Look for Answers Under the Establishment Clause, 53 Admin. L. Rev. 943 (2001) on SSRN.
Ronna's book, Education Law: First Amendment, Due Process, and Discrimination Litigation (West Group, 2004), was cited in Lucy M. Stark, Exposing Hostile Environments for Female Graduate Students in Academic Science Laboratories: The McDonnell Douglas Burden-shifting Framework as a Paradigm for Analyzing the “Women in Science” Problem, 31 Harv. J. L. & Gender 101 (2008); and Davis v. McKinney, No. 07-20184, 2008 WL 451769 (5th Cir. Feb. 21, 2008).
Ronna is organizing a conference to be held at the College on April 13-14, 2008 in connection with her just-published book, Education Law Stories (Foundation Press, 2008) (with Michael A. Olivas). The book was cited in Laura Rothstein, Millennials and Disability Law: Revisiting Southeastern Community College v Davis, 34 J.C. & U.L. 169 (2007).
Ronna attended the AALS Annual Meeting in New York City.
Ronna published Education Law Stories (2008) (with Michael A. Olivas (Houston), part of the Law Stories Series of books published by Foundation Press.
Ronna was a panelist on War and the Press at the annual Ohio State Bar Association Law and Media Conference in Columbus. She spoke about the First Amendment implications of prosecuting those who publish or otherwise reveal to the media or others leaked classified information.
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.
Ronna presented Religion and the Public Schools at Chapman University School of Law as part of its Betsy Levin's Lunchtime Lecture Series on Education Law.
Ronna and Chris Bryant coached a Highlands High School We the People Team that won the Kentucky state competition and will compete in the national contest in Washington, D.C. in April.
Ronna attended the AALS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Her book, Education Law: First Amendment, Due Process, and Discrimination Litigation (West Group, 2004), was cited in Eva DuBuisson, Teaching from the Closet: Freedom of Expression and Out-speech by Public School Teachers, 85 N.C. L. Rev. 301 (2006).
Ronna's article, Sexual Harassment and Higher Education, 65 Tex. L. Rev. 525 (1987), was cited in Rebekah Ryan Clark, The Writing on the Wall: The Potential Liability of Mediators as Fiduciaries, 2006 BYU L. Rev. 1033.
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