A. Christopher Bryant / Jan. & Feb. 2013

On Friday, January 25, Chris served as a judge at the State “We The People” High School Finals in Columbus.

Chris was quoted in an article that appeared in the February 24 edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer, Could local court case legalize prostitution in Ohio?  

Chris’s article Remanding to Congress: The Supreme Court’s New “On the Record” Constitutional Review of Federal Statutes, 86 Cornell L. Rev. 328 (2001), was cited in Eric Berger, Deference Determinations and Stealth Constitutional Decision Making, 98 Iowa L. Rev. 465 (2013).

 

 

Paul L. Caron / Jan. & Feb. 2013

In January, Paul hosted a symposium on Tax Advice for the Second Obama Administration on January 18. Theevent was held at Pepperdine University School of Law and was co-sponsored by the Pepperdine Law Review and Tax Analysts.  Paul co-authored one of the papers (Occupy the Tax Code: Using the Estate Tax to Reduce Inequality and Spur Economic Growth (with Jim Repetti (Boston College))), moderated the Estate and Gift Tax Panel, and introduced the keynote speaker, Michael Graetz (Columbia).

Paul delivered the keynote address at the USC School of Law Tax Institute on January 30.

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

In February, Paul completed Tax Advice for the Second Obama Administration, 40 Pepp. L. Rev. __ (2013).

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

The Law Stories Series of Foundation Press, for which Paul serves as Series Editor, publishedCriminal Law Stories, by Donna K. Coker (Miami) & Robert Weisberg (Stanford).  This is the 35th book to be published as part of the Law Stories Series.

Jacob Katz Cogan / Jan. & Feb. 2013

In January, Jacob’s article 1846 Petition for Woman’s Suffrage, New York State Constitutional Convention, 22 Signs 427 (1997), was posted in Marissa C.M. Doran, Student Author, Lawsuits as Information: Prisons, Courts, and a Troika Model Of Petition Harms, 122 Yale L.J. 1024 (2013).

Mark A. Godsey / Jan. & Feb. 2013

In February, Mark and Ohio Innocence Project (OIP) exoneree Roger Dean Gillispie spoke to a crowd of approximately 150 at at presentation about the OIP at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash campus.

Also in February, Mark’s blog, the Wrongful Convictions Blog, celebrated its one-year anniversary.  During its first year, the Blog boasted more than 1,000 stories and 230,000 visitors.

Two of Mark’s articles have been cited so far in 2013:

Emily Houh / Jan. & Feb. 2013

In January, Emily traveled to the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS)  in New Orleans, where she attended business meetings of the AALS Section on Contracts and the Section on Law and Interpretation; she serves on the executive committee of both sections.

In February, Emily attended a conference entitled Critical Race Theory: From the Academy to the Community at Yale Law School in New Have, Connecticut, which happened to coincide with a a record-setting blizzard in the Northeast.  Braving the storm with Emily were colleagues  Yolanda Vazquez and Verna Williams.

Two of Emily’s articles were cited in January:

Bradford C. Mank / Jan. & Feb. 2013

Brad gave a presentation titled, “Environmental Law Overview on Climate Change Issues,” at the UC College of Engineering on February 15.

Two of Brad’s articles were cited in Alan Ramo, Environmental Justice as an Essential Tool in Environmental Review Statutes: A New Look at Federal Policies and Civil Rights Protections and California’s Recent Initiatives, 19 Hastings W.-N.W. J. Envtl. L. & Pol’y 41 (2013):

 

Stephanie Hunter McMahon / Jan. & Feb. 2013

In January, Stephanie’s article To Save State Residents: States’ Use of Community Property for Federal Tax Reduction, 1939-1947, 27 Law & Hist. Rev. 585 (2009), was cited in Michael K. Vennum & Grant H. Hackley, Recognizing New Issues Arising Out of the Marcellus Shale Development– Avoiding Pitfalls–a Primer for Diligent Oil and Gas Title Attorneys, 84 Pa. B.A. Q. 25 (2013).