Kenyatta’s promotion to Associate Professor of Clinical Law became effective in August.

The Court of Appeals of Ohio, First District issued a decision in an important case prepared by students in the Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order clinic. In Parker v. Parker, 2014-Ohio-5516, the Court of Appeals reversed a decision by the Court of Common Pleas that a petitioner’s initiation of divorce proceedings limited the duration of a civil protection order against the petitioner’s husband to one year, instead of the five years requested.  As there is very little case law on this issue, this decision is likely to be used in similar cases across the country.