This Week in the Law Library …

This week in the Law Library we’re teaching advanced legal research, advanced searching techniques, and helping students research this semester’s brief topic. We’re also celebrating Black History Month and previewing US Supreme Court oral arguments.

This Week’s Research Sessions

Monday, Feb. 26, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Criminal Law
Associate Dean Michael Whiteman and Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Ashley Russell
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 1
Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Ashley Russell
Room 245
10:40am – 12:05pm
Help with Brief Research

Advanced Legal Research Civil Litigation
Associate Director Susan Boland & Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 135
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 5
Associate Director Susan Boland
Room 245
3:05pm – 4:30pm
Help with Brief Research

Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Ohio
Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 2
Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 230
10:40am – 12:05pm
Advanced Searching

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 6
Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 230
3:05pm – 4:30pm
Advanced Searching

Featured Study Aids

Civil Rights Stories

Available via the West Academic study aid subscription, this book provides students with a three-dimensional picture of the most important cases that are addressed in civil rights courses. These stories give the students and faculty members a deeper understanding of the historical and cultural background of the cases and an insight into their long-term impact on the development of civil rights law.

CALI Lesson: Race and Equal Protection

Available via CALI, this lesson considers race under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as well as under other constitutional provisions. It begins with an overview of slavery in constitutional law; Part II proceeds to the early cases under the Reconstruction Amendments; Part III concentrates on the development of the strict scrutiny standard; Part IV considers how seemingly neutral classifications may be deemed to be racial classifications; and the Conclusion in Part V contains questions to solidify the Lesson. If law students have not created a CALI account and need the school authorization code, contact a reference librarian.

Understanding​​ Civil Rights Litigation

Available via the LexisNexis Digital Library study aid subscription, this book provides an overview of the doctrine, policy, history, and theory of civil rights and constitutional litigation under Section 1983 and its Bivens federal counterpart. It explores the doctrinal areas that have undergone substantial changes or challenges since the prior edition, including the retraction of Bivens; the extension, criticism, and cross-ideological calls for reform of qualified immunity; the narrowing of abstention; debates over the scope of injunctive relief; and the Supreme Court’s increasing engagement earlier in constitutional cases. It also includes new applications of long-standing doctrines, including controversies over when social-media companies and public officials act under color of state law in controlling who has access to sites and pages.

Featured Database

HeinOnline’s Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law

Available via HeinOnline,

Featured Guide

Critical Race Theory Research Guide

Critical Race Theory “questions the very foundations of the liberal order, including equality theory, legal reasoning, Enlightenment rationalism, and neutral principles of constitutional law.” Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic, Critical Race Theory: An Introduction (1997). This guide will help you find resources on CRT.

Featured Treatise

Civil Rights Actions

Available on Lexis, this treatise analyzes every aspect of civil rights — for background, insight, and perspective. It provides coverage as well as case-critical information, from statutes that Congress enacted in the late 1950’s to the latest developments in civil rights legislation. Learn from the authors’ discussion of absolute and qualified immunity, the relationship between state and federal courts, and the procedural framework of civil rights actions, as well as coverage of such specific areas as: The Americans with Disabilities Act; Employment discrimination; Age discrimination; Privacy issues; Property rights; Fair housing; Prisoners’ rights; and Voting rights. It also includes Use the practice forms for your civil rights matter.

Featured Video

What Critical Race Studies Teaches Us About Racism, Resistance & Policing

During this discussion panelists use a critical race analysis to examine racism, resistance, policing, and the current moment.

Featured Website

National Museum of African American History, Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies

Reconstruction—the period following the Civil War—was a revolutionary moment in the nation’s history. For the first time, African Americans were recognized by the U.S. government as equal citizens. But due to white resistance, Reconstruction’s promise of racial equality was not fulfilled. Instead of full citizenship rights, African Americans experienced decades of discrimination, segregation, and terrorism.

February is Black History Month

Black History Month

This year’s theme for Black History Month is “African Americans and the Arts”. According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, “African American artists have used art to preserve history and community memory as well as for empowerment.”

White House Proclamation on National Black History Month

5 More Resources to Help You Celebrate and Learn During Black History Month

African American Newspapers: 19th century, Parts 1-5

This collection of African-american Newspapers contains information about the cultural life and history during the 1800s, and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day including the Mexican War, Presidential and congressional addresses, Congressional abstracts, business and commodity markets, the humanities, world travel, and religion. They also contain large numbers of early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements all of which embody the African-American experience.
Coverage: 1827 – 1876

African American Newspapers¸ 1827-1998 (Readex)

African American Newspapers¸ 1827-1998 provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection features papers from more than 35 states including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles. Newly digitized¸ these newspapers published by or for African Americans can now be browsed and searched as never before. Supported by the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center.
Coverage: 1827-1998

AFRO American Newspaper Archives (Google Partnership Project)

The AFRO American Newspapers, in cooperation with Google, provide an extensive collection of digitally archived issues spanning over 100 years of history. The AFRO Archives feature various AFRO editions covering an impressive span of change, division and progress in African American History.

Library of Congress, African American Newspapers Digitized

Access the digitized African American Newspapers that are part of the Chronicling America project from the Library of Congress.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers

 

University of Cincinnati Events

Law Library Display

2023 Black Hist Month Display

Explore some of the College of Law’s notable African American alumni as well as a few of history’s most impactful African American Lawyers and Legislators. Be sure to check out one (or two) of our display books!

UC Blue Ash Library Black History Month Display

Explore these select titles for Black History Month.

UC Clermont Frederick A. Marcotte Library Black History Month Display

UC Alumni Association Celebrates Black History Month

University of Cincinnati Department of Athletics Black History Month

Lift Every Voice Sing-A-Long

Every Monday
12:00pm
TUC Atrium
Join the AACRC Choir, The Black Faculty Association, and the Department of Africana Studies in paying homage to James Weldon Johnson’s eloquent poem-turned-hymn that was recognized in 1919 by the NAACP as the “Negro National Anthem” and is today still celebrated as the “Black National Anthem.”

Sisters Impacting Sisters & UC Black Women on the Move Sip & Paint

Tuesday, February 27, 2024
5:30pm – 7:30pm
AACRC Main Lounge

Lead Like a Leader: Black Excellence in Leadership

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
8:00am – 10:00pm
Steger Student Life Center
The Center for Student Involvement celebrates Black History Month by highlighting and celebrating leaders who have celebrated, advocated, and honored the experiences of the Black community. We will be offering information for three weeks (February 7-14, 14-21, and 21-28) about three different leaders, both globally and locally. You can come learn, reflect, and celebrate their contributions and how you can contribute to equality, equity, and unity in our community.

Family FEUD

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
11:30am – 1:00pm
UCBA Muntz Hall
Gather your friends and classmates and test your knowledge about Black History, fun facts and pop culture.

Drink-N-Think

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
6:30pm
Ludlow Wines
331 Ludlow Ave.
Ludlow Wines will host Dr. Holly Y. McGee every Wednesday in Black History Month for a 4-part lecture series on everything you’ve ever wanted to know about African American History but were hesitant to ask.

LIVE: Liberating Ideas (through) Voices (and) Expression)

Thursday, February 29, 2024
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Contemporary Arts Center; 44 E. 6th Street
Close out Black FUTURE Month 2024 with a LIVE poetry performance with the Charles P. Taft Research Center’s Postdoctoral Fellows!

8th Annual Black Feminist Symposium: Revolutionary Sisterhood

Friday, March 1, 2024
8:00am – 3:30pm
TUC Great Hall
The Symposium will feature papers, panels, workshops, round tables, and creative work from UC students, faculty & staff, and members of the wider community.

February Arguments at the United States Supreme Court

US Supreme Court - corrected

From SCOTUS Blog:

Monday, February 26, 2024

Moody v. NetChoice, LLC – (1) whether the laws’ content-moderation restrictions comply with the First Amendment; and (2) whether the laws’ individualized-explanation requirements comply with the First Amendment.

NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton – whether the First Amendment prohibits viewpoint-, content-, or speaker-based laws restricting select websites from engaging in editorial choices about whether, and how, to publish and disseminate speech — or otherwise burdening those editorial choices through onerous operational and disclosure requirements.

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

McIntosh v. United States – whether a district court may enter a criminal-forfeiture order outside the time limitations set forth in Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2.

Cantero v. Bank of Amer. – whether the National Bank Act preempts the application of state escrow-interest laws to national banks.

Thursday, February 28, 2024

Garland v. Cargill – whether a bump stock device is a “machinegun” as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) because it is designed and intended for use in converting a rifle into a machinegun, i.e., into a weapon that fires “automatically more than one shot … by a single function of the trigger.”

Coinbase v. Suski – whether, where parties enter into an arbitration agreement with a delegation clause, an arbitrator or a court should decide whether that arbitration agreement is narrowed by a later contract that is silent as to arbitration and delegation.

Finding Historical Statutes

Sometimes in your research you may need to look at the prior statute. The Law Library has several resources to help you with this.

Federal Statutes

Lexis has the United States Code back to 1993. They also have a comparative tool where you can compare the current version to a prior version.

Westlaw has the United States Code back to 1990.

HeinOnline has United States Code coverage in full back to 1925-1926. They also have access to the Early Federal Laws collection that has selected older codes.

Ohio Statutes

Lexis has coverage of the Ohio Revised Code back to 1996.

Westlaw’s coverage of the Ohio Revised Code goes back to 1994.

HeinOnline has Ohio Revised Code through their State Session Laws library going back to 1792.

 

 

 

This Week in the Law Library …

This week in the Law Library we’re teaching advanced legal research, advanced searching techniques, and helping students research this semester’s brief topic. We’re also celebrating President’s Day and Black History Month. We’re also previewing US Supreme Court oral arguments.

This Week’s Research Sessions

Monday, Feb. 19, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Criminal Law
Associate Dean Michael Whiteman and Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Ashley Russell
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Civil Litigation
Associate Director Susan Boland & Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 135
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 3
Associate Director Susan Boland
Room 230
10:40am – 12:05pm
Advanced Searching

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 4
Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones
Room 245
10:40am – 12:05pm
Advanced Searching

Advanced Legal Research Ohio
Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 2
Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 230
10:40am – 12:05pm
Help with Brief Research

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 6
Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 230
3:05pm – 4:30pm
Help with Brief Research

Friday, Feb. 23, 2024

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 3
Associate Director Susan Boland
Room 230
10:40am – 12:05pm
Help with Brief Research

Happy President’s Day!

Mount Rushmore

President’s Day is celebrated on the third Monday in February. President’s Day started in 1879 when George Washington’s birthday, February 22nd, was designated a legal holiday for the District of Columbia. Chap. 38, 20 Stat. 277 (1879). The Federal holiday is still officially named for George Washington and the name was never changed to President’s Day. It was moved to the third Monday in February after the Uniform Monday Holiday Law. Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250 (1971). Interested in researching presidents? Check out some of the resources below:

Public Papers of the Presidents

Compilation of Presidential Documents 1992 – Present

State of the Union Addresses – 1994 – Present

Presidential Proclamations

Presidential Inaugural Addresses

Impeachment Related Publications

Library of Congress Presidents of the United States: Resource Guides

Smithsonian National Museum of American History, The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden

The American Presidency Project

NARA, Presidential Libraries

2024 Robert S. Marx Lecture

The Legal Landscape After Roe’s Reversal

Friday, Feb. 23, 2024
12:15pm – 1:15pm
Room 160
Rachel Rebouché, Dean of Temple University Beasley School of Law and the James E. Beasley Professor of Law, will discuss the topic “The Legal Landscape After Roe’s Reversal”in this year’s Robert S. Marx Lecture. This lecture examines the paradigm shift that is occurring now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. Returning abortion law to the states will spawn perplexing legal conflicts across state borders and between states and the federal government. This lecture emphasizes how these issues intersect with innovations in the delivery of abortion, which can now occur entirely online and transcend state boundaries. The interjurisdictional abortion wars are coming, and this lecture provides the roadmap for this aspect of the aftermath of Roe’s reversal.

More information and registration

Featured Study Aids

Presidential Power Stories

Available through the West Academic study aid subscription, this book tells the story of a dozen notable presidential power disputes in our nation’s history. Ranging from the Neutrality Controversy of 1793 to the Supreme Court’s decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld in 2006, the chapters present a diversity of presidential powers issues as well as a dispute’s historical and legal background.

Examples & Explanations Constitutional Law National Power and Federalism

Available via the Aspen Learning Library, this study aid walks the student through issues pertaining to the structure of our constitutional system, including judicial review, justiciability, national power, supremacy, the separation of powers and federalism, as well as some of the structural limitations that the Constitution imposes on state powers. Combines textual material with well-written and comprehensive examples, explanations, and questions to test students; comprehension of the materials and provide practice in applying legal principles to fact patterns. New to the Ninth Edition: Inclusion of more than 40 new Supreme Court cases, more sophisticated discussion of the federal preemption doctrine, updated treatment of presidential impeachment, expanded discussion of the executive privilege doctrine, and deeper coverage of the appointment and removal of federal officials.

Understanding​Administrative Law

Available through the LexisNexis Digital Library study aid subscription, this text addresses the role of administrative agencies in our system of government, the processes of administrative decision making by agencies, and judicial review of agency action. It touches on the substance of the laws that agencies are called upon to implement and administer. As students study the topic of administrative law and later enter into legal practice, they will find that the substance of the laws that agencies implement and administer and the procedures that agencies follow in performing those functions are increasingly intertwined and, in many instances, almost inextricable. An awareness that no bright line exists between substance and procedure, particularly in the context of an administrative agency, is especially helpful to a thorough understanding of administrative law. Additionally, Understanding Administrative Law identifies trends in judicial review of agency action, including an evolving jurisprudence regarding the nondelegation doctrine, agency design, and judicial deference to agency interpretations of law.

Featured Database

HeinOnline U.S. Presidential Library

Available on HeinOnline, this database contains the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Daily and Weekly Compilations of Presidential Ddocuments, Public Papers of the Presidents, documents relating to impeachment, Title 3 of the CFR, and other related works.

Featured Guide

Federal Administrative Law

Congress creates administrative agencies and delegates to them the authority to act, but they are part of the executive branch. Administrative agencies generate rules and regulations, much like a legislature generates statutes. These administrative rules and regulations help further interpret a statute. Additionally, agencies may conduct hearings and issue decisions concerning matters that fall under their jurisdiction, much like a court. Finally, agencies may also investigate and enforce violations. This guide describes how to research Federal Administrative Law.

Featured Treatise

Law of the Executive Branch: Presidential Power (e-Book)

Available via Oxford Scholarship Online, this book places the law of the executive branch firmly in the context of constitutional language, framers’ intent, and more than two centuries of practice. The book strives to separate legitimate from illegitimate sources of power, through analysis that is informed by litigation as well as shaped by presidential initiatives, statutory policy, judicial interpretations, and public and international pressures. Each provision of the US Constitution is analyzed to reveal its contemporary meaning in concert with the application of presidential power. Controversial issues covered in the book include: unilateral presidential wars; the state secrets privilege; extraordinary rendition; claims of “inherent” presidential powers that may not be checked by other branches; and executive privilege.

Featured Videos

Histories of Presidential Power Conference

Some newer work on Article II – authored by the scholars proposing this symposium – addresses other core parts of Article II and finds an original design of a constrained Presidency, subordinate in many respects to the Congress. New research on English and colonial institutional design and practice offer insights into Article II. New readings of the Constitution’s Vesting Clause and of the First Congress spark a fresh debate about legislative delegations to the executive branch and the scope of presidential power. New histories of emergencies in American history help us understand the evolution of executive power, especially after the debate about Trump’s border wall spending and during pandemic measures in the Covid-19 era. New interpretations of nineteenth-century administrations help us understand the construction of presidential power – and the emergence of the separation of powers — over time. And new research into the eighteenth century has sparked new legal debates about fiduciary constitutionalism and non-delegation of legislative power. This conference brings together many authors on opposite sides of these debates to discuss, synthesize, dig deeper into the past, and move forward into the future of constitutional interpretation.

Featured Website

Whitehouse.gov

February is Black History Month

Black History Month

This year’s theme for Black History Month is “African Americans and the Arts”. According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, “African American artists have used art to preserve history and community memory as well as for empowerment.”

White House Proclamation on National Black History Month

5 More Resources to Help You Celebrate and Learn During Black History Month

HeinOnline’s Civil Rights & Social Justice

A person’s civil rights ensure protection from discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, national origin or ethnicity, religion, age, and disability. While often confused, civil liberties, on the other hand, are basic freedoms outlined in the Bill of Rights and Constitution. Examples of civil liberties include the right to free speech, to privacy, to remain silent during police interrogation, and the right to have a fair trial. The lifeblood of civil rights protection in the United States is the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (“No state shall make or enforce any law which shall … deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”). Click through the pages in this database to learn how far our nation has come in fulfilling its promise of “all men are created equal” and how much further it still can go.

HeinOnline’s Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law

This HeinOnline collection brings together a multitude of essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. It includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery.

Oxford African American Studies Center

A comprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search and browse capabilities. Features over 7,500 articles from Oxford’s reference works, approximately 100 primary sources with specially written commentaries, over 1,000 images, over 100 maps, over 200 charts and tables¸ timelines to guide researchers through the history of African Americans and over 6¸000 biographies. The core content includes: Africana, which presents an account of the African and African American experience in five volumes; the Encyclopedia of African American history; Black women in America 2nd ed; and the African American national biography.

ProQuest’s Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: Challenges and Triumphs in the Pursuit of Equality

ProQuest’s Black Freedom Struggle in the United States features 2,000 expertly selected primary source documents – historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more – from pivotal eras in African American history. Documents are focused on six different phases of Black Freedom: 1. Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860) — 2. The Civil War and the Reconstruction Era (1861-1877) — 3. Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932) — 4. The New Deal and World War II (1933-1945) — 5. The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975) — 6. The Contemporary Era (1976-2000). The documents presented here represent a selection of primary sources available in several ProQuest databases.

ProQuest Black Studies Center

The Black Studies Center consists of scholarly journals, commissioned overview essays by top scholars in Black Studies, historic indexes, and The Chicago Defender newspaper from 1910-1975. At the heart of Black Studies Center is Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, consisting of essays that provide an introduction to major topics in Black Studies. Explore interdisciplinary topics through in-depth essays; read the seminal research and timelines that accompany each topic; and search for images and film clips to provide another dimension to your research.

University of Cincinnati Events

Law Library Display

2023 Black Hist Month Display

Explore some of the College of Law’s notable African American alumni as well as a few of history’s most impactful African American Lawyers and Legislators. Be sure to check out one (or two) of our display books!

UC Blue Ash Library Black History Month Display

Explore these select titles for Black History Month.

UC Clermont Frederick A. Marcotte Library Black History Month Display

UC Alumni Association Celebrates Black History Month

University of Cincinnati Department of Athletics Black History Month

Lift Every Voice Sing-A-Long

Every Monday
12:00pm
TUC Atrium
Join the AACRC Choir, The Black Faculty Association, and the Department of Africana Studies in paying homage to James Weldon Johnson’s eloquent poem-turned-hymn that was recognized in 1919 by the NAACP as the “Negro National Anthem” and is today still celebrated as the “Black National Anthem.”

The Unvarnished Truth: Race and Bias in Journalism

Tuesday, February 20, 2024
11:00am-12:20pm
AACRC
Listen in as a panel of local Black journalists discuss the challenges they face in the newsroom and out in the field in regard to racial bias and public discourse. They’ll also talk about the evolving job opportunities for Black journalists, and why diversity in the modern newsroom matters more than ever.

Lead Like a Leader: Black Excellence in Leadership

Wednesday, February 21, 2024
8:00am – 10:00pm
Steger Student Life Center
The Center for Student Involvement celebrates Black History Month by highlighting and celebrating leaders who have celebrated, advocated, and honored the experiences of the Black community. We will be offering information for three weeks (February 7-14, 14-21, and 21-28) about three different leaders, both globally and locally. You can come learn, reflect, and celebrate their contributions and how you can contribute to equality, equity, and unity in our community.

Black-Owned Business Fair

Wednesday, February 21, 2024
11:30am-3:00pm
Lindner College of Business/Atruim
A vibrant showcase featuring 10 outstanding Black-owned busineseses from the city of Cincinnati. This is a fantastic opportunity to support local entrepreneurs, discover unique products and services, and celebrate the contributions of Black-owned businesses to our community.

Drink-N-Think

Wednesday, February 21, 2024
6:30pm
Ludlow Wines
331 Ludlow Ave.
Ludlow Wines will host Dr. Holly Y. McGee every Wednesday in Black History Month for a 4-part lecture series on everything you’ve ever wanted to know about African American History but were hesitant to ask.

The Power of Archival History in the Future of African American Communities

Thursday, February 22, 2024
6:00pm-9:00pm
Probasco Auditorium
Dr. Meredith Evans, Historian and 75th President of Society of American Archivists, will present on how one local, historical Black church is poised to be a national model for preservation success. Dr. Evans will discuss the importance of archival work being conducted by Union Baptist Church, and how technology is playing a key role in linking African American history to the Black Future. Cosponsored by the Union Baptist Church and the Charles P. Taft Research Center.

Common Read: Janelle Monae’s The Memory Librarian (Black Sociology Reading Group)

Friday, February 23, 2024
12:00pm-1:00pm
Harambee Room, AACRC
Pick up a free copy of Janelle Monae’s short story collection, The Memory Librarian, in A&S 248 and then join for a group discussion of the book!

Jazz Concert

Friday, February 23, 2024
5:30pm-7:30pm
Main Lounge, AACRC
“A Jazz Thing” – A Black History Month Jazz Showcase featuring the CCM Jazz Quintet

Union Baptist Church + Union Baptist Cemetery Tour

Sunday, February 25, 2024
10:45am (in-person and social media livestream) and 2:00pm (in-person or via Zoom)
405 West Seventh Street (church) and 4933 Cleves Warsaw Pike (cemetery)
It’s the final Historical Church visit at Union Baptist Church, the oldest, free Black Baptist church in the state of Ohio. Following services, enjoy fellowship and refreshments with congregants before heading to Union Baptist Cemetery to learn about the hidden history of Black Cincinnati, led by cemetery historian, Chris Hanlin.

“Lincoln School Story” Screening and Discussion

Sunday, February 25, 2024
1:00pm-3:00pm
The Esquire Theatre
Screen this new documentary film which tells the inspiring story of a group of courageous African American mothers and children and their fight for school integration in 1954 in the town of Hillsboro, Ohio. Their lawsuit against the school board was one of the first test cases of the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision. Despite segregationist redistricting, cross burnings, job losses and legal threats, they marched for two years in one of the longest sustained civil rights marches in American history.

February Arguments at the United States Supreme Court

US Supreme Court - corrected

From SCOTUS Blog:

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Corner Post v. Bd. of Governors of the Fed. Reserve Sys. – whether a plaintiff’s Administrative Procedure Act claim “first accrues” under 28 U.S.C. § 2401(a) when an agency issues a rule — regardless of whether that rule injures the plaintiff on that date — or when the rule first causes a plaintiff to “suffer[] legal wrong” or be “adversely affected or aggrieved.”

Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC – whether, to be exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act, a class of workers that is actively engaged in interstate transportation must also be employed by a company in the transportation industry.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Ohio v. Env’t Prot. Agency – (1) whether the court should stay the Environmental Protection Agency’s federal emission reductions rule, the Good Neighbor Plan; and (2) whether the emissions controls imposed by the rule are reasonable regardless of the number of states subject to the rule.

Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy – whether, under the discovery accrual rule applied by the circuit courts and the Copyright Act’s statute of limitations for civil actions, 17 U.S.C. § 507(b), a copyright plaintiff can recover damages for acts that allegedly occurred more than three years before the filing of a lawsuit.

This Week in the Law Library …

This week in the Law Library we’re teaching advanced legal research, highlighting love in the law, and celebrating Black History Month.

This Week’s Research Sessions

Monday, Feb. 12, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Criminal Law
Associate Dean Michael Whiteman and Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Ashley Russell
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Tuesday, Feb.13, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Civil Litigation
Associate Director Susan Boland & Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 135
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Ohio
Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Featured Study Aids

Family Law in Perspective (Concepts & Insights)

Available via the West Academic Study Aid subscription, this book continues the focus of providing students, practitioners, and observers with insight into the ever-changing parameters of laws pertaining to family structure and responsibilities. Specifically, this book addresses, among other topics, nonmarital cohabitation, establishment of paternity, premarital and marital contracting, assisted reproductive technology, marriage, and divorce. Recent cases and federal and state statutes address specific topics such as surrogacy agreements, division of marital and nonmarital property upon dissolution of cohabitation or divorce, child support guidelines, and establishing custody rights through parenting agreements or what is considered in the best interest of the child. And there is a continuation of discussion illustrating equal protection, liberty interest, and free exercise in the context of same-sex relationships, the safety of partners and children, and termination of parental rights and possible adoption of minors.

Family Law: Examples & Explanations

Available via the Aspen Learning Library, this study aid identifies and explores new trends in family law practice. It includes central topics such as alternative dispute resolution, domestic violence, alternative reproduction, premarital agreements, and professional responsibility. Analysis is first provided for a topic and then examples are given to help students understand the analysis. A series of problems at the end of each section or chapter assist you in testing your understanding. Answers are provided for these problems.

Understanding Family Law

Available via the LexisNexis Digital Library, this text includes coverage of both traditional and nontraditional families, nonmarital and postmarital contracts, annulment, paternity and legitimacy, procreation rights, contraception, abortion, sterilization, artificially assisted conception, adoption and termination of parental rights. Understanding Family Law explains specific family law issues, such as intrafamily tort immunity and liability, medical care for child and spouse, wrongful life and wrongful birth, domestic violence, PINS, ethical issues for the lawyer, alternative dispute resolution, equitable distribution, community property, and child custody and visitation.

Featured Guide

Family Law Research Guide

This guide provides a quick overview of general and law materials related to families and domestic relations. It covers browsing for materials by call number range, using encyclopedias for background research and how to locate articles, textbooks, treatises, statutory law, administrative materials, agency publications, legislative histories and websites of interest. The guide can be used by students, faculty members, lawyers, and the general public.

Featured Treatise

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Family Law

Available on Westlaw, this volume explores the principle and history of international human rights law. It addresses questions regarding the sources of human rights, its historical and cultural origins and its universality. It evaluates the effectiveness of procedures and international institutions in enforcing and ensuring compliance with human rights. This volume investigates the underlying structural principles that bind together the internationally-guaranteed rights and provide criteria for the emergence of new rights. It also evaluates whether the international human rights project has made a difference in the lives and well-being of individuals and groups around the world.

Featured Video

The Story of Obergefell v. Hodges

The National Constitution Center presents a video featuring Carrie Johnson discussing The Story of Obergefell with Jim Obergefell and Debbie Cenziper.

Featured Website

The Road to Loving v. Virginia

This digital exhibit from the Virginia Memory site by the State Library of Virginia traces state anti-miscegenation laws and the challenges to these bans on interracial marriage. At the time of the US Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia, sixteen states still had bans on interracial marriage. Even after Loving v. Virginia, it took decades before the laws were repealed. In 2000, Alabama became the last state to repeal its statute.

February is Black History Month

Black History Month

This year’s theme for Black History Month is “African Americans and the Arts”. According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, “African American artists have used art to preserve history and community memory as well as for empowerment.”

White House Proclamation on National Black History Month

5 More Resources to Help You Celebrate and Learn During Black History Month

Last week we focused on resources regarding African Americans in the legal profession. This week we focus on resources that will help you learn more about Black history and culture.

PBS, What to Watch this Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month this year with a closer look at the lives of various Black Americans who have made indelible marks on history with their artistry, professional achievements, and community activism. We’ve compiled a list of films premiering this month, as well as programs available to stream in February.

Library of Congress, African American History Online: A Resource Guide

A large number of primary source collection materials related to African American history are digitized and available online via the Library of Congress’s website, including manuscripts, newspaper articles, images, and rare books. In addition, the Library also provides digital content on African American history through their exhibition program, “Today in History” essays, and online research guides.

Library of Congress: The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture

The exhibit covers four areas –Colonization, Abolition, Migrations, and the WPA– of the many covered by the Mosaic. These topics were selected not only because they illustrate well the depth, breadth, and richness of the Library’s black history collections, but also because of the significant and interesting interplay among them. For example, the “back-to-Africa” movement represented by the American Colonization Society is vigorously opposed by abolitionists, and the movement of blacks to the North is documented by the writers and artists who participated in federal projects of the 1930s.

National Archives African American Heritage

The Archives holds a wealth of material documenting the Black experience. This page highlights these resources online, in programs, and through traditional and social media.

National Museum of African American History & Culture, Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies

Reconstruction—the period following the Civil War—was a revolutionary moment in the nation’s history. For the first time, African Americans were recognized by the U.S. government as equal citizens. But due to white resistance, Reconstruction’s promise of racial equality was not fulfilled. Instead of full citizenship rights, African Americans experienced decades of discrimination, segregation, and terrorism. Learn more about Reconstruction through this online exhibit.

University of Cincinnati Events

Law Library Display

2023 Black Hist Month Display

Explore some of the College of Law’s notable African American alumni as well as a few of history’s most impactful African American Lawyers and Legislators. Be sure to check out one (or two) of our display books!

UC Blue Ash Library Black History Month Display

Explore these select titles for Black History Month.

UC Clermont Frederick A. Marcotte Library Black History Month Display

UC Alumni Association Celebrates Black History Month

University of Cincinnati Department of Athletics Black History Month

Lift Every Voice Sing-A-Long

Every Monday
12:00pm
TUC Atrium
Join the AACRC Choir, The Black Faculty Association, and the Department of Africana Studies in paying homage to James Weldon Johnson’s eloquent poem-turned-hymn that was recognized in 1919 by the NAACP as the “Negro National Anthem” and is today still celebrated as the “Black National Anthem.”

50 Years of Hip-Hop Music Through the Ages

Monday, February 12, 2024
12:00pm – 2:00pm
UC Blue Ash, Muntz 119
Local DJ Apryl Reign will take participants on a musical journey through the history of Hip Hop and how it has impacted and been impacted by society and societal movements.

Black History Month Key Note Speaker Dr. Bettina Love

Tuesday, February 13, 2024
UC Blue Ash, Nuntz 119
Dr. Bettina Love holds the prestigious William F. Russel Professorship at Teachers College, Columbia University and is the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal. In 2022 the Kennedy Center recognized Dr. Love as one of the Next 50 leaders dedicated to making the world more inspired. Dr. Love is a sought after public speaker on a range of topics including abolitionists teaching, education reform, anti-racism, Hip Hop education, Black girlhood, queer youth, educational reparations, Hip Hop feminism, art based education to foster youth civic engagement, and issues of diversity and inclusion.

Douglas Day Transcribe-a-thon

Wednesday, February 14, 2024
12:00pm – 3:00pm
Langsam 462
Come transcribe the correspondence of the Black activist Frederick Douglas! Around the country, local organizers host events in which faculty, students, staff, and community members gather to transcribe archival records, manuscripts, letters, and other writing by prominent but understudied figures from Black history.

Drink-N-Think

Wednesday, February 14, 2024
6:30pm
Ludlow Wines
331 Ludlow Ave.
Ludlow Wines will host Dr. Holly Y. McGee every Wednesday in Black History Month for a 4-part lecture series on everything you’ve ever wanted to know about African American History but were hesitant to ask.

Urban Renewal Screening

Thursday, February 15, 2024
1:00pm – 4:00pm
TUC Cinema (220 TUC)
Join Africana Studies as they screen Urbanist Media’s 20-minute documentary, “Urban Renewal Means Negro Removal,” about the wholesale demolition of Cincinnati’s Lower West End for the construction of Interstate 75 during the mid-20th century. The documentary will play on a continuous loop and attendees are welcome to drop in at their convenience.

A Conversation with Tuskegee Airmen

Friday, February 16, 2024
12:00pm – 2:00pm
UC Blue Ash Muntz Hall
Veteran pilots trained at Tuskegee University will share their stories and experiences as part of the Tuskegee Air Corps.

AACRC Choir’s Annual Love Concert

Friday, February 16, 2024
5:00pm – 7:00pm
AACRC
Join the AACRC Choir for their Annual Love Concert. There will be karaoke open mic after performances.

Sisters Impacting Sisters Galentine’s Lady and the Tramp Bouquets

Friday, February 16, 2024
7:00pm – 9:00pm
AACRC Harmbee Room
Join SIS to spread some love and get creative as they celebrate Galentine’s Day and create festive bouquets.

The Ruby & Onyx Gala

Saturday, February 17, 2024
6:00pm – 9:00pm
The Graduate Cincinnati
The Onyx & Ruby Gala recognizes the achievements of African American alumni, faculty, staff and students. Registration is required.

Historical Black Church Visit

Sunday, February 18, 2024
Details TBA

Spotlight on Health Law Resources

As we get closer to Spring, health becomes a priority for a lot of us. Check out these resources for researching Health Law and related topics!

Law Library Health Law Research Guide

Bloomberg Law Healthcare Law Practice Center 

Lexis Healthcare Law Practice Area Section

Lexis Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical Practice Area Section 

Lexis Practical Guidance Healthcare 

Westlaw Practical Law Healthcare 

Westlaw Pratice Area Section Health Law 

VitalLaw Healthcare Law

 

This Week in the Law Library …

This week in the Law Library we’re teaching advanced legal research, doing a research review using Federal law, highlighting constitutional law resources, previewing Ohio Supreme Court oral arguments, and celebrating Black History Month.

This Week’s Research Sessions

Monday, Feb. 5, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Criminal Law
Associate Dean Michael Whiteman and Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Ashley Russell
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Civil Litigation
Associate Director Susan Boland & Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 135
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 4
Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones
Room 245
10:40am – 12:05pm

Advanced Legal Research Ohio
Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Featured Study Aids

Constitutional Law: Individual Rights: Examples & Explanations

Available online via the Aspen Learning Library, this is a problem-oriented guide to the principle doctrines of Constitutional law as covered in the typical course. This text walks the student through the provisions that protect individual rights. It combines textual material with examples, explanations, and questions to test the students’ comprehension of the materials and provide practice in applying legal principles to fact patterns.New to the Ninth Edition: inclusion of nearly 50 new Supreme Court cases, as well as expanded discussion of the freedom of association and the Richer treatment of the right to keep and bear arms.

Constitutional Law Hornbook

Available online via the West Academic study aid subscription,this text analyzes and discusses the origins of judicial review and federal jurisdiction, sources of national authority, the growth of federal commerce and fiscal powers, and the limits on state laws that burden interstate commerce. It also explores and analyzes individual liberties and due process, including equal protection, freedom of speech and religion, federal powers to enforce the Bill of Rights, and limitations on the jurisdiction of federal courts. Finally, this one-volume treatise explores the separation of powers including the restrictions on the foreign affairs power and the recent cases on the war on terror.

Understanding Constitutional Law

Available online via the LexisNexis Digital Library study aid subscription, this study aid covers all of the central concepts and issues students encounter in any basic constitutional law course. Structure of Government issues revolve around the twin themes of federalism and separation of powers. Individual rights and liberties follow a concept organization-Due Process, Equal Protection, and First Amendment. Clearly written and authoritative, Understanding Constitutional Law addresses the central concepts and issues students encounter in most Constitutional Law casebooks. “Structure of government” issues revolve around the twin themes of federalism and separation of powers. Individual rights and liberties follow a concept organization – Due Process, Equal Protection, and First Amendment.

Featured Guide

Constitutional Law Study Aids: Exam Study Guide

Featured Treatise

Rotunda & Nowak’s Treatise on Constitutional Law Substance and Procedure

Available online via Westlaw, this multi-volume legal treatise provides up-to-date analysis of every area of federal constitutional law with a focus on the Supreme Court.

Featured Video

The Bill of Rights: Constitution 101

Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, explores the influences that George Mason and the Virgina Declaration had on the Bill of Rights.

Featured Website

The Constitution Annotated

The Constitution Annotated provides a comprehensive overview of how the Constitution has been interpreted over time. It includes discussions of the Supreme Court’s latest opinions.

February is Black History Month

Black History Month

This year’s theme for Black History Month is “African Americans and the Arts”. According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, “African American artists have used art to preserve history and community memory as well as for empowerment.”

White House Proclamation on National Black History Month

5 Resources to Help You Celebrate Black History Month

ABA, Black Lawyers in America Toolkit

The Black Lawyers in America Toolkit was created as a follow up to the original Black Lawyers in America Webinar Series, co-sponsored by the American Bar Association and hosted by Duane Morris. The toolkit includes facilitation guidelines, discussion questions, and continuing resources to engage in the work of uplifting Black lawyers’ experiences in the workplace and ending practices of implicit bias and anti-Black racism in the legal profession and educational pipeline. It also provides resources and tips for Black lawyers.

ABA-Wide 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge

The 21-Day Challenge concept was conceived several years ago by diversity expert Eddie Moore, Jr. to advance deeper understandings of the intersections of race, power, privilege, supremacy and oppression. The goal of the Challenge is to assist each of us to become more aware, compassionate, constructive, engaged people in the quest for racial equity. It transcends our roles as lawyers. Non-lawyers are also welcome to participate.

ABA, Celebrating Black Trailblazers 2023 (PDF)

This year, the ABA is celebrating Black Legal Trailblazers, from the 1800s to the present. The individuals have not only been powerful examples of leadership in the legal profession, but have brought about historic change and progress to make the legal field more inclusive today, and more representative of our population as a whole.

ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, CRSJ Celebrates Black History Month: The Challenges that African Americans Face in the 21st Century

In this compelling series of webinars, we take a close look at the civil rights and social justice issues that African Americans are still facing 53 years after the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. The impressive panels and experts will examine a range of issues from environmental justice to economic equity, COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution to racial disparities and criminal justice.

Joan C. Williams et al., ABA Commission on Women in the Profession & the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, You Can’t Change What You Can’t See Executive Summary (2018)

This report is the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive picture of how implicit gender and racial bias—documented in social science for decades—plays out in everyday interactions in legal workplaces and affects basic workplace processes such as hiring and compensation.

University of Cincinnati Events

Lift Every Voice Sing-A-Long

Every Monday
12:00pm
TUC Atrium
Join the AACRC Choir, The Black Faculty Association, and the Department of Africana Studies in paying homage to James Weldon Johnson’s eloquent poem-turned-hymn that was recognized in 1919 by the NAACP as the “Negro National Anthem” and is today still celebrated as the “Black National Anthem.”

Race Work, Memory, and the Troubles Between Us: Kivie Kaplan and the NAACP

Tuesday, February 6, 2024
12:30pm
The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
3101 Clifton Ave.
Join Dr. Holly McGee from the Department of Africana Studies as she discusses her research on Kivie Kaplan, the last, non-Black Executive President of the NAACP and the legacies of interracial political cooperation between Blacks and Jews in modern America.

Department of Anthropology Colloquium Series: The Social Microbiome: What Anthropology, Race, and Equity Have to do with Microbes

Amber Benezra, Stevens Institute of Technology
Thursday, February 8, 2024
4:00pm
Taft Research Center

Drink-N-Think

Wednesday, February 7, 2024
6:30pm
Ludlow Wines
331 Ludlow Ave.
Ludlow Wines will host Dr. Holly Y. McGee every Wednesday in Black History Month for a 4-part lecture series on everything you’ve ever wanted to know about African American History but were hesitant to ask.

Soul Food Cook Off

Wednesday, February 7, 2024
6:30pm
AACRC
Enjoy the 3rd Annual campus-wide Soul Food Cook Off. Eat, vote, and the winner is awarded the Golden Foot Award.

Black History Month Read-In / Poetry Slam

Thursday, February 8, 2024
11:30am – 1:00pm
UC Blue Ash
Muntz Hall 119/119L

Hidden Figures Movie Night

Thursday, February 8, 2024
7:15pm
3616 French Hall West (Africana Studies Student Lounge)
Join the UC History Club in watching the movie Hidden Figures.

Black Food Truck Friday

Friday, February 9, 2024
11:00am 2:00pm
Sigma Sigma Commons
The return of three of the best Black Food Trucks in the Cincinnati/Dayton region for free. Just attend any even during the first week of Black Future Month to claim your food ticket at the end of the event.

AGIDIGBO (Saturday Field Trip)

Saturday, February 10, 2024
1:00pm – 6:00pm
Bi-Okoto Cultural Center

Historical Black Church Visit: Gaines United Methodist Church

Sunday, February 11, 2024
10:45am
Gaines United Methodist Church
5707 Madison Rd.

February Arguments at the Ohio Supreme Court

You can view the live stream of oral arguments on the Court’s website or see them after the arguments take place in the Ohio Channel archives.

Ohio Supreme Court Chamber

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

State v. Fork – (1) whether the definition of a “motor vehicle” as it applies to Ohio Rev. Stat. sec. 2903.08(A)(1)(a) is the definition found in Ohio Rev. Stat. sec. 4511.01 or the definition found in Ohio Rev. Stat. sec. 4501.01 and (2) whether a court must consider how a vehicle was used if the vehicle was not used for its principal purpose. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

In re R.G.M. – whether a parent’s constitutional rights are violated when a psychologist’s report evaluating the parent is admitted as evidence in a custody hearing, but the psychologist doesn’t testify. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

In the Matter of the Application of Ohio Power Company for an Increase in Electric Distribution Rates, et al., 2023-0464 – whether the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio improperly allow an electric company to recover costs to provide generation services when it approved an increase in its electric distribution rates. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

State v. Macklin – whether the Supreme Court of Ohio ruling in State v. Burns, 170 Ohio St.3d 57, 2022Ohio4606 (2022) allows a grand jury to indict on additional offenses as long as they are “rooted in” the offenses sent by the juvenile court. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

State v. Glover – whether a trial court must consider whether the entire prison term is necessary to protect the public and whether consecutive sentences are proportionate to the seriousness of the offender’s conduct when it imposes consecutive sentences. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

Caldwell v. Whirlpool Corp. – whether the five-year limit to receive coverage for an additional condition from the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation includes the time that a worker’s appeal of a denial of coverage is before a court. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

This Week in the Law Library …

This week in the Law Library we’re teaching advanced legal research, highlighting health law and bioethics resources, raising awareness of stalking, and celebrating Black History Month.

This Week’s Research Sessions

Monday, Jan. 29, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Criminal Law
Associate Dean Michael Whiteman and Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Ashley Russell
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Civil Litigation
Associate Director Susan Boland & Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 135
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Ohio
Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Featured Study Aids

Bioethics and Law in a Nutshell

Available online via the West Academic study aid subscription, this book provides a concise analysis of areas in which the law has addressed issues in bioethics. Topics include assisted reproductive techniques and family-making, limitations on reproduction (including abortion, contraception and sterilization), the role of ethical and religious beliefs of health care professionals, the definition of death, end-of-life decision-making (including physician assisted death), genetics, research involving human subjects (including issues related to conflicts of interest), stem cell research, organ transplantation, and other emerging topics.

CALI: Healthcare Law Research: An Introduction

This lesson is an introduction to health law with a concentration on health care law and is intended for use by upper level students interested in researching health law and policy. However, this lesson may be utilized by any researcher interested in brushing up on their legal research skills. The goal of this lesson is to (1) provide an understanding of the regulatory scheme of health care institutions at both the state and federal level; and (2) give a critical overview of the features of analytical materials (secondary sources) that you may utilize for more in-depth understanding. If using CALI, you will need to create an account (if you have not already done so) using a Cincinnati Law authorization code. You can obtain this code from a reference librarian.

Featured Guide

Health Law

This guide provides a general overview of health law. It covers locating articles, treatises, statutory law, administrative materials, agency publications, legislative histories and websites of interest. The guide can be used by students, faculty members, lawyers, and the general public.

Featured Database

Bloomberg Law Health Practice Center

Bloomberg Law’s Health Practice Center provides access to health law news, case law, statutes, regulations, analysis, and practice tools, as well as access to BNA’s Health Law and Business Portfolios, which provide authoritative, in-depth legal analysis and practical guidance from expert legal practitioners.

Featured Treatise

Biotechnology & the Law

Available on Westlaw. this treatise covers patent law and biotechnology.

Featured Videos

TED Talks: Ideas about Bioethics

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Bioethics.

Featured Website

UNESCO’s Ethics of Science and Technology and Bioethics Programme

The Bioethics Programme is part of UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences Sector. It is primarily responsible for the Secretariat of two advisory bodies: the International Bioethics Committee (IBC), composed of 36 independent experts, and the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC), composed of representatives of 36 Member States. These Committees cooperate to produce advice, recommendations, and proposals that each submits to the Director-General for consideration by UNESCO’s governing bodies.

January Is National Stalking Awareness Month

National Stalking Awareness Month: Know It Name IT Stop It

January 2023 marks the nineteenth annual National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM), an annual call to action to recognize and respond to the serious crime of stalking. For UC and other selected resources, see our previous blog posts.

More Selected Resources to Raise Awareness of Stalking

Ohio Legal Help, Civil Stalking & Sexually Oriented Offense Protection Orders

Learn more about getting a Civil Stalking or Sexually Oriented Offense Protection Order.

Ohio’s Safe at Home Program

Ohio’s Safe at Home laws protect victims of domestic violence, sexual battery, human trafficking, rape, or menacing by stalking by keeping their personal information private. To join the program, survivors must apply through a certified Application Assistant who works or volunteers at an agency or organization that helps survivors of domestic violence, stalking, human trafficking, rape, or sexual battery. These assistants receive supplemental training and are certified by the Secretary of State to vet and help individuals complete their program applications.

CoerciveControl.org

A website by University of Kentucky faculty members that provides reports and helpful resources.

Hawai’i State Coalition Against Domestic Violence Online Training

An online training curricula for direct service providers focused on understanding and responding to stalking.  Part I of this training, the Foundations of Stalking, is an introductory course created for victim advocates, judicial officers, law enforcement, and prosecutors. Following completion of Part I, learners can complete one of the specialized courses catered towards the above groups.

Stalking Prevention Awareness and Resource Center, Identifying Stalking: SLII Strategies (2017)

Stalking is its own crime with its own risks, safety planning needs, and legal responses. This resource covers some strategies to help responders identify stalking.

February is Black History Month

Black History Month

This year’s theme for Black History Month is “African Americans and the Arts”. According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, “African American artists have used art to preserve history and community memory as well as for empowerment.”

University of Cincinnati Events

Kuamka Week

Kuamka is a Swahili term that means “in the beginning” and celebrates with a week full of exciting events highlighting Black excellence, sponsored by the African American Cultural & Resource Center. Students will compete to become the next Mr., Mx., or Ms. Kuamka, and will serve as the critical student leaders of the African American Cultural & Resource Center (AACRC).

Monday, Jan. 29, 2024

BHM 2024 Writing Contest Deadline

The Theme for the 2024 BHM Writing contest is “African-Americans in the Arts”. African-American art is infused with African, Caribbean, and the Black American lived experiences. In areas such as music, art, fashion, and even foods, the influence of African-Americans has been important. In a short story, essay or poem, students are asked to write about how their work(s) have been inspired by an African-American artistic icon, genre or work. We welcome submissions in the following categories:Poetry, Personal Essay or Short Story.

Winners will be asked to read their work at the Final Lunch & Learn on Feb. 29, 2024

Mr., Mx., or Ms. Kuamka Platform and Q&A Competition

6:00pm
AACRC., 60 W. Charlton
Cincinnati OH 45219

For the co-ed leadership competition our candidates will select platforms ranging from the importance of mentorship, increasing dialogue for racial and cultural reconciliation, creating awareness & prevention strategies to combat bullying, to name a few. Candidates will also participate in an essay, video, interview, question and answer and talent competitions.

Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024

Graduate Welcome Back Social

A graduate student social hosted by the AACRC and the Black Graduate Professional Student Association. Enjoy light snacks and refreshments.

Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024

Kuamka 2024: Talent Showcase Competition

6:00pm – 7:00pm
TUC Great Hall

The third competition, where Kuamka candidates will showcase their expertise and talents

Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024
Black History Month (BHM) 2024 Kick Off Tabling Event

11:00am – 2:00pm
UCBA Muntz Hall Corridor
9555 Plainfield

Stop by the table to pick up information on the upcoming events for Black History Month (BHM) 2024. Students can also stop by and get tickets for the On Campus Food Truck. Best Thing Smokin’

Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024

25th Annual Kuamka Ball: Diamond Edition

5:00pm – 9:00pm
TUC Great Hall

25 years makes this ball the Diamond Edition. Also join as we recognize our scholars and for the crowning of Mr. and Ms. Kuamka.