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Faculty News Summer 2007 Issue

Photo of Professor Aaron Marjorie Corman Aaron

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

Marjorie was appointed Professor of Clinical Law. She taught:

  • Two three-day negotiation workshops to representatives of various New Zealand government ministries under the auspices of the Leadership Development Centre in Wellington, New Zealand.
  • A course on Decision Analysis at North Carolina Central State University.

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Center for Practice in Negotiation & ProblemSolving

Photo of Professor Armstrong Timothy K. Armstrong

Assistant Professorof Law

Two of Tim’s articles were cited:

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Photo of Professor Bai Lin (Lynn) Bai

Assistant Professor of Law

Lynn joined the faculty as Assistant Professor of Law.

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Photo of Professor Bettman Marianna Brown Bettman

Professor of Clinical Law

Marianna was appointed Professor of Clinical Law. She was appointed by Chief Justice Moyer to serve on the new Ohio Supreme Court Task on the Code of Judicial Conduct. She also was appointed to the History Advisory Board of the Cincinnati Museum Center.

Marianna published as her monthly Legally Speaking columns in the American Israelite, Cincinnati Herald, and City Beat:

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Photo of Professor Biancalana Joseph Biancalana

Judge Joseph P. Kinneary Professor of Law

Joseph presented Assumpsit, Consideration and Early Chancery at the 18th British Legal History Conference at Oxford. He also participated on a Panel on Chancery with Michael McNair (Oxford), Neil Jones (Cambridge), and John Langbain (Yale).

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Photo of Dean Bilionis Lou Bilionis

Dean and Nippert Professor of Law

Two of Lou’s articles were cited:

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Photo of Professor Black Barbara Black

Charles Hartsock Professor of Law and Director, Corporate Law Center

Barbara published Transforming Rhetoric Into Reality: A Federal Remedy for Negligent Investment Advice, 8 Transactions: Tenn. J. Bus. L. 101 (2006). She was an invited participant in the Conglomerate Blog’s Third Annual Junior Scholars Workshop and commented on a paper by Darian M. Ibrahim.

Barbara presented Should the SEC Be a Collection Agency for Defrauded Investors? at the Corporate Women Scholars Conference at Seattle University School of Law. She also presented the paper as part of the 11th Annual UC Faculty Summer Scholarship Series.

Several of Barbara’s books and articles were cited:

Barbara was quoted in:

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Photo of Professor Bradley Michelle Bradley

Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing

Michelle was appointed Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing

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Photo of Professor Bryant A. Christopher Bryant

Professor of Law

Chris presented Presidential Signing Statements: Congress’s Power and Duty to Oversee the Execution of the Laws as part of the 11th Annual UC Faculty Summer Scholarship Series. He completed the article and submitted it to the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal as part of a symposium issue on The Last Word? The Constitutional Implications of Presidential Signing Statements.

Chris completed thirteen encyclopedia entries on various constitutional law topics to appear in The Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (David S. Tanenhaus et al. eds., Macmillian).

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Photo of Professor Caron Paul L. Caron

Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law

Paul was appointed Associate Dean of Faculty.

The Law Stories Series of Foundation Press, for which Paul serves as Series Editor, published its 18th book: Bankruptcy Law Stories, edited by Robert Rasmussen (Dean, USC).

Paul’s TaxProf Blog passed the 3,000,000-visitor mark, making it the most-visited law-focused blog edited by a single law professor. His blog was:

The most recent census of law professor bloggers revealed that 77 (21%) of the 365 law professor bloggers are part of Paul’s Law Professor Blogs Network. He launched two new blogs over the summer:

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

  • 9 issues of Tax Law & Policy (vol. 8, nos. 19-27).
  • 7 issues of Practitioner Series (vol. 7, nos. 11-17).
  • 9 issues of International & Comparative Tax (vol. 7, nos. 13-21 (co-edited with Robert A. Green (Cornell)).

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Jenny Carroll

Assistant Professor of Clinical Law

Jenny was appointed Assistant Professor of Clinical Law.

Photo of Professor Cogan Jacob Cogan

Assistant Professorof Law

Jacob presented Competition and Control in International Adjudication at the AALS–American Society of International Law Joint Conference in Vancouver. His article, International Criminal Courts and Fair Trials: Difficulties and Prospects, 27 Yale J. Int'l L. 111 (2002), was cited in Gregory S. Gordon, Toward an International Criminal Procedure: Due Process Aspirations and Limitations, 45 Colum. J. Transnat’l L. 635 (2007).

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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 was appointed Associate Professor of Clinical Law.

Margaret trained sexual assault nurses in the dynamics of domestic violence and civil remedies. Along with clinic student Annal Vyas, Margaret participated in a mock trial demonstrating the use of a sexual assault nurse as witness. The training, which was held at University Hospital, was part of a regional training in Advanced Forensic Application in Caring for Survivors of Interpersonal Violence.

Margaret facilitated discussions at the Muskie Institute of Public Service Conference on Custody Evaluations in Domestic Violence Cases in Portland, Maine. She taught “Interviewing on Sexual Assault Issues in Domestic Violence Cases” at the National Child Custody Civil Law Institute held in San Francisco.

Margaret attended a meeting of the newly formed coalition organized to address issues of human trafficking in Greater Cincinnati. She participated in planning a conference on immigrant battered women sponsored by Legal Momentum’s National Network to End Domestic Violence Against Immigrant Women. The Conference will be held in November.

Margaret attended meetings of the Youth At Risk Commission and the Commission on Domestic Violence at the ABA annual meeting held in San Francisco. She was reappointed as Special Advisor to the Commission on Domestic Violence. Her article, Lawyer Malpractice and Domestic Violence: Are We Revictimizing Our Clients?, 39 Fam. L.Q. 7 (2005), was cited in Linda D. Elrod & James P. Buchele, Kansas Family Law (Thomson-West, 2007 Supp.).

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Photo of Professor Gely Rafael Gely

Judge Joseph P. Kinneary Professor of Law

Rafael published Social Isolation and American Workers: Employee Blogging and Legal Reform, 20 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 287 (2007) (with Leonard Bierman).

Several 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 presented Silence and the Self-Incrimination Clause as part of the 11th Annual UC Faculty Summer Scholarship Series.

Mark’s article, Reformulating the Miranda Warnings in Light of Contemporary Law and Understandings , 90 Minn. L. Rev. 781 (2006), was cited in Pamela R. Metzger, Doing Katrina Time, 81 Tul. L. Rev. 1175 (2007). He appeared on WCPO-TV to discuss a local homicide case. He was quoted in:

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Loisand Richard Rosenthal Institute for Justice/Ohio Innocence Project

Photo of Professor Houh Emily Houh Professor of Law

Emily presented Stigma and Affirmative Action as part of the 11th Annual UC Faculty Summer Scholarship Series. Two of Emily’s articles, Critical Race Realism: Re-Claiming the Antidiscrimination Principle through the Doctrine of Good Faith in Contract Law, 66 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 455 (2005), and Towards Praxis, 39 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 905 (2006), were cited in Mario L. Barnes, But Some of [Them] Are Brave: Identity Performance, the Military, and the Dangers of an Integration Success Story, 14 Duke J. Gender L. & Pol'y 693 (2007); Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Volunteer Discrimination, 40 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1895 (2007); and Berta Hernandez-Truyol, Angela Harris & Francisco Valdes, Beyond the First Decade: A Forward-looking History of LatCrit Theory, Community and Praxis,17 Berkeley La Raza L.J. 169 (2006).

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Photo of Professor Hubbard Ann Hubbard

Professor of Law

Ann's article, A Military-Civilian Coalition for Disability Rights, 75 Miss. L.J. 975 (2006), was cited in Anita Silvers & Leslie Pickering Francis, A New Start on the Road Not Taken: Driving with Lane to Head Off Disability-Based Denials of Rights, 23 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol'y 33 (2007).

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Photo of Professor Kalsem Kristin Kalsem

Professor of Law

Kristin presented Social Justice Feminism (with Verna Williams) as part of the 11th Annual UC Faculty Summer Scholarship Series.

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Photo of Professor Lassiter Christo Lassiter

Professor of Law

Christo published Consent to Search by Ignorant People, 39 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 1171 (2007). His article, Sports Lexivita – Thoughts Toward a Criminal Law of Competitive Contact Sports, was accepted for publication by the St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary.

Christo was selected for the inaugural class of UC’s Academy of Fellows for Teaching and Learning. His article, The New Race Cases and The Politics of Public Policy, 12 J.L. & Pol. 411 (1996), was cited in Takiyah Rayshawn McClain, An Ounce of Prevention: Improving the Preventative Measures of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, 40 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 579 (2007).

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 Distinguished Visitor Dinner with the following guests:

  • Alexandro Escudero Nahom (Assistant Director for National Program of Human Rights, Unit for the Promotion and Defense of the Human Rights, Secretariat of the Interior, Mexico).
  • Jesus Alfredo Lopez Garcia (Lawyer, Indigenous Organizations, Oaxaca, Mexico).
  • Francisco Rodrigo Cruz Iriarte (Visiting Judge, Cultural and Indigenous Rights State Commission of Human Rights, Oaxaca, Mexico).
  • Ruben De Dios Abad Garcia (Prevention and Education Coordinator, Human Rights Vicariate, Caracas Archdiocese, Venezuela).
  • Linda Carali Goitia Gracia (Public Defense Lawyer III, Legal Services Coordination, Venezuelan Ombudsman Office (Defensoria del Pueblo), Venezuela).
  • Ingrid Carolina Graterol Morillo (Director, Caritas (Catholic Church Organization), Venezuela).
  • Andres Trujillo Dominguez (Director, Civil Association 'VIVE' (Venezuelan Victims of Human Rights Violations), Venezuela).

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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 presented Roll Out the Lawsuits: Could Tort Lawyers Have a Barrel of Fun with the Genetics of Alcoholism? (with Douglas Mossman) as part of the 11th Annual UC Faculty Summer Scholarship Series.

Two of Betsy’s articles were cited:

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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

Brad published After Gonzales v. Raich: Is the Endangered Species Act Constitutional under the Commerce Clause?, 78 U. Colo. L. Rev. 375 (2007).

Brad presented Should States Have Greater Standing Rights Than Ordinary Citizens? as part of the 11th Annual UC Faculty Summer Scholarship Series. He completed the article and submitted it to law reviews.

Several of Brad’s articles were cited:

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Photo of Professor Miller Darrell Miller

Assistant Professor of Law

Darrell joined the faculty as Assistant Professor of Law. He published The Stain of Slavery: Notes Toward an Attainder Theory of the Thirteenth Amendment, 38 U. Tol. L. Rev. 1011 (2007).

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Photo of Professor Mossman Douglas Mossman

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

Douglas published:

Douglas submitted two manuscripts for publication:

  • Analyzing the Performance of Risk Assessment Instruments: A Response to Vrieze and Grove (2007), Law and Human Behavior.
  • Connecting Which Dots? Problems in Detecting Uncommon Events, Correctional Service of Canada, High-Risk Offenders Roundtable.

Douglas presented Roll Out the Lawsuits: Could Tort Lawyers Have a Barrel of Fun with the Genetics of Alcoholism? (with Betsy Malloy) as part of the 11th Annual UC Faculty Summer Scholarship Series.

He gave seven guest lectures during the Forensic Psychology course at Xavier University:

  • The Mental Health Professional as Expert Witness
  • Understanding and Assessing "Legal Insanity"
  • Civil Commitment: When Courts Allow Forced Psychiatric Hospitalization
  • Implications of Atkins v. Virginia: A Psychiatric Can of Worms?
  • Risk Assessment
  • Right to Refuse Treatment and Guardianship
  • Psychological Damages in Tort Litigation

He also gave a talk on The Psychiatrist's Perspective on Alcohol Use Disorders to the Cincinnati Lawyer's Club.

Several of Douglas's articles were cited:

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Photo of Professor Oliver Nancy Oliver

Associate Professor of Legal Research and Writing

Nancy was appointed Associate Professor of Legal Research and Writing. She attended a conference on preparing winning briefs and oral arguments in Las Vegas.

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Photo of Professor Rands William J. Rands

Professor of Law

Bill announced his retirement, effective August 2008. He published High Pressure Sales Tactics and Dead Trees: What to Do with Promoters' Pre-incorporation Contracts, 4 Rutgers Bus. L.J. 1 (2007).

Bill’s article, Domination of a Subsidiary by a Parent, 32 Ind. L. Rev. 421 (1999), was cited in Linda A. Malone, Environmental Regulation of Land Use (Clark Boardman Callaghan, 2007 Supp.).

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Photo of Professor Smith Rachel Jay Smith

Legal Research & Writing Professor

Rachel was appointed Associate Professor of Legal Research and Writing.

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Photo of Professor Solimine Michael E. Solimine

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

Michael published Institutional Process, Agenda Setting, and the Development of Election Law on the Supreme Court, 68 Ohio St. L.J 767 (2007), as part of a Symposium on Election Law and the Roberts Court.

Several of Michael’s books and articles were cited:

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Photo of Professor Sperino Sandra Sperino

Visiting Professor of Law

Sandra was appointed Visiting Assistant Professor of Law. She published Recreating Diversity in Employment Law by Debunking the Myth of the McDonnell Douglas Monolith, 44 Hous. L. Rev. 349 (2007).

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Photo of Professor Steinman Adam N. Steinman

Assistant Professor of Law

Adam published “Less” is “More”? Textualism, Intentionalism, and a Better Solution to the Class Action Fairness Act's Appellate Deadline Riddle, 92 Iowa L. Rev. 1183 (2007). The article was featured on the Statutory Construction Blog.

Adam completed Reinventing Appellate Jurisdiction and submitted it to law reviews. He presented Our Class Action Federalism as part of the 11th Annual UC Faculty Summer Scholarship Series.

Two of Adam’s articles were cited:

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Photo of Professor Thomas Suja Thomas

Professor of Law

Suja presented Why the Motion to Dismiss Is Now Unconstitutional as part of the 11th Annual UC Faculty Summer Scholarship Series. She completed the article and submitted it to law reviews. Larry Solum (Illinois) praised the article on his Legal Theory Blog as “[a]nother important and well argued piece from Thomas. Highly recommended.”

Suja’s article, Why Summary Judgment is Unconstitutional, 93 Va. L. Rev. 139 (2007), was:

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Photo of Dean Emeritus Tomain Joseph P. Tomain

Dean Emeritus and Wilbert and Helen Ziegler Professor of Law

Joe was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Notre Dame and a Distinguished Visiting Energy Professor at Vermont Law School. He delivered the keynote address on Law, Language, Energy and the Environment at the Second Annual Energy Summer Conference at Vermont Law School.

Joe published:

  • The third edition of Energy Law in a Nutshell (with Judge Richard Cudahy of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit). The book is currently being translated into Chinese.
  • To A Point, 52 Loy. L. Rev.1201 (2007).

Joe submitted a book chapter, Dirty Energy, to be included in a book on climate change to be published by MIT Press.

Joe participated in the following conferences:

Joe served as a Site Inspector for the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar for the Vanderbilt Law School summer Program in Venice, Italy.

Two of Joe’s articles were cited:

  • Nuclear Futures, 15 Duke Envtl. L. & Pol’y F. 221 (2005), in Matthew D. Zinn, Adapting to Climate Change: Environmental Law in a Warmer World, 34 Ecology L.Q. 61 (2007).
  • Rethinking Reform of Electricity Markets, 40 Wake Forest L. Rev. 497 (2005) (with Sidney A. Shapiro), in Joshua P. Fershee, Misguided Energy: Why Recent Legislative, Regulatory, and Market Initiatives Are Insufficient to Improve the U.S. Energy Infrastructure, 44 Harv. J. Legis. 327 (2007).

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Photo of Professor Wiliams Verna L. Williams

Professor of Law

Verna presented Social Justice Feminism (with Kristin Kalsem) as part of the 11th Annual UC Faculty Summer Scholarship Series.

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Photo of Professor Wuerth Ingrid Brunk Wuerth

Professor of Law

Ingrid was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship. She presented What Are “Rules Concerning Capture on Land and Water?” as part of the 11th Annual UC Faculty Summer Scholarship Series.

Two of Ingrid’s articles were cited:

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Faculty News is edited by Paul L. Caron, Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law.
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