On March 5, Janet presented on Fact-Busting, Theory-Building, and Story-Boarding:  Narrative Strategies for Litigation at the College of Law Faculty “Downtown Teach-In” at the law offices of Frost Brown Todd and Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease.   With Professor Marjorie Corman Aaron’s  leadership, UC Law faculty provided a CLE smorgasbord to an appreciative crowd and raised over $10,000 in scholarship funding for UC Law students.

On March 18, Janet was an invited speaker with the ACLU-Michigan’s Legal Director, Mike Steinberg, at the University of Michigan Law School on the Fiftieth Anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright.  The event was co-sponsored by a number of student organizations, including the Michigan Law chapters of the ACLU, American Constitution Society, Human Rights Association, and Criminal Law Association.

Later that same day, Janet drove back to Cincinnati in time to participate in a panel discussion on Fulfilling the Promise of Gideon: Making Justice a Reality for a System of Crisis before a full house at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.  The event was sponsored by the Ohio Justice & Policy Center and the Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law.

On March 19, Janet spoke on Don Giovanni as representative of Deviance and the Law as part of an Opera and the Law program sponsored by the Cincinnati Opera.  A large and enthusiastic crowd enjoyed this panel discussion in Corbett Tower at Cincinnati’s Music Hall.

Finally, Janet accepted in March an invitation to speak at a panel discussion on the right to counsel during the August conference of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools in Palm Beach.