Bradford C. Mank / Oct. 2013

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Brad completed reviews of two books:

  • David R. Boyd, The Right to a Healthy Environment, Revitalizing Canada’s Constitution (UBC Press, W. Wesley Pue general ed., 2012), Book Review with Chiddy Ukonne, Human Rights Quarterly (forthcoming February 2014) (Johns Hopkins University Press); and
  • David R. Boyd, The Environmental Rights Revolution: A Global Study of Constitutions, Human Rights, and the Environment (W. Wesley Pue general ed., 2012), Book Review with Suzanne Smith, 35 Human Rights Quarterly 1021-42 (forthcoming November 2013) (Johns Hopkins University Press).

Additionally, several of Brad’s articles were cited:

Janet Moore / Oct. 2013

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On October 18 & 19, Janet, along with the other members of the 2013-14 Faculty Appointments Committee, interviewed 26 candidates at the Association of American Law Schools Faculty Recruiting Conference in Washington, D.C.

Michael E. Solimine / Oct. 2013

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On October 18 & 19, Michael, along with the other members of the 2013-14 Faculty Appointments Committee, interviewed 26 candidates at the Association of American Law Schools Faculty Recruiting Conference in Washington, D.C.

MIchael’s article, Deregulating Voluntary Dismissals, 36 U. Mich. J. L. Reform 367 (2003), was cited in Richard G. Moore, Nonsuit in Virginia Civil Trials, 48 U. Rich. L. Rev. 265 (2013).

Joseph P. Tomain / Oct. 2013

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Several of Joe’s books and journal publications were cited in October:

  • Ending Dirty Energy Policy: Prelude to Climate Change (2011), in Robert L. Glicksman, Energy Transmission Across Wild and Scenic Rivers: Balancing Increased Access to Nontraditional Power Sources with Environmental Protection Policies, 34 Pub. Land & Resources L. Rev. 1 (2013);  
  • Energy Law in a Nutshell (2d ed. 2011), in Kaylie E. Klein, Student Author, Bypassing Roadblocks to Renewable Energy: Understanding Electricity Law and the Legal Tools Available to Advance Clean Energy, 92 Or. L. Rev. 235 (2013), and in Sam Kalen, Coal’s Plateau and Energy Horizon?, 34 Pub. Land & Resources L. Rev. 145 (2013);
  • Rethinking Reform of Electricity Markets, 40 Wake Forest L. Rev. 497 (2005), in Sam Kalen, Coal’s Plateau and Energy Horizon?, 34 Pub. Land & Resources L. Rev. 145 (2013);
  • Smart Energy Path: How Willie Nelson Saved the Planet, 36 Cumb. L. Rev. 417 (2005-2006), in Robin Kundis Craig, Treating Offshore Submerged Lands as Public Lands: A Historical Perspective, 34 Pub. Land & Resources L. Rev. 51 (2013);
  • ‘‘Steel in the Ground”: Greening the Grid with the iUtility, 39 Envtl. L. 931 (2009), in Robert L. Glicksman, Energy Transmission Across Wild and Scenic Rivers: Balancing Increased Access to Nontraditional Power Sources with Environmental Protection Policies, 34 Pub. Land & Resources L. Rev. 1 (2013); and
  • The Dominant Model of United States Energy Policy, 61 U. Colo. L. Rev. 355 (1990), in Sam Kalen, Coal’s Plateau and Energy Horizon?, 34 Pub. Land & Resources L. Rev. 145 (2013).

 

 

 

 

Verna L. Williams / Oct. 2013

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On October 18 & 19, Verna, along with the other members of the 2013-14 Faculty Appointments Committee, interviewed 26 candidates at the Association of American Law Schools Faculty Recruiting Conference in Washington, D.C.

Verna’s piece, The First (Black) Lady, 86 Denv. U. L. Rev. 833 (2009), was cited in Cheryl Nelson Butler, Blackness as Delinquency, 90 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1335 (2013).

Marianna Brown Bettman / Sept. 2013

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Marianna, Along with Professor Janet Moore, is serving as one of the faculty advisors to the newly revived UC Law chapter of the American Constitution Society.

Marianna gave her annual presentation on Highlights of the Past Term of the Supreme Court of Ohio June 2012-June 2013 at the Ohio Judicial Conference in Columbus.  While there, she also attended the State of the Judiciary Address.

In her Legally Speaking Ohio blog, Marianna posted in September on the following:

  • Merit Decision: State v. Ricks. Court holds statement identifying an accomplice to murder through the testimony of a police officer to be an impermissible violation of the defendant’s confrontation clause rights.  This post was also posted on the Evidence Law Prof Blog
  • Preview Post: Oaktree Condominium Ass’n v. The Hallmark Building Co. on constitutionality of the Retroactive Application of Ohio’s construction statute of repose.

A. Christopher Bryant / Sept. 2013

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On Saturday, September 28, Chris delivered two lectures to a group of Cincinnati Public School teachers, who are part of a professional development program aimed at social studies, history, and government topics. The topic for the 28th was Ohio S.B. 165 and the Founding Documents that the bill requires they teach – the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Ohio Constitution, and Northwest Ordinance.  The event was held at the Taft Historic Site on Auburn Avenue.

Felix B. Chang / Sept. 2013

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Felix officially joined the UC Law faculty as an Assistant Professor of Law over the summer.  Welcome, Felix!  This post includes news from April through September of 2013.
In April, Felix’s book Chinese Migrants in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe (Felix B. Chang and Sunnie Rucker-Chang eds., Routledge 2011) was given a nice review in the Journal of International and Global Studies.  The review can be found here.

In June, Felix attended the Association of American Law Schools New Law Teachers Conference and Workshop for Pretenured People of Color Law School Teachers, both in Washington, DC.

Also in June, UC Law’s Institute for the Global Practice of Law (IGPL), which Felix directs, held its fourth Executive Program in International Business Law, which drew participants from Brazil, China, Colombia, Jamaica, and Spain.

In September and October, the IGPL will host 16 attorneys from the Chongqing Bar Association.  The three-week program includes meetings with law firms, businesses, courts, and administrative agencies in Cincinnati, DC, New York, Boston, and Los Angeles.