Faculty News - Part 5

Yolanda Vázquez / Spring 2018

Posted on May 11, 2018 by

On February 2, Professor Vázquez spoke at an event hosted by the Latin@s and the Criminal Justice System at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

On March 24, Professor Vázquez spoke at the 2018 Critical Race Theory Conference at Yale Law School.

On April 5, Professor Vázquez spoke at a panel at the Taft Research Center for the Second Annual “Conversations in the Classics” on immigration policy in the United States.

In June, Professor Vázquez will speak at the 2018 Law and Society Annual Meeting in Toronto Canada on Deportation and Detention Beyond Borders.

In May, Professor Vázquez will speak on the Impact of Removal from the U.S. on Guatemala and Its Nationals, 2018 SNX, Antigua, Guatemala.

Professors Michele Bradley and Nancy Oliver had their article, “The Complete Professional: How our New Professional Ideals for Law Students Help Us in the Legal Research and Writing Classroom,” accepted for publication in an upcoming edition of Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing.

Kristin Kalsem / Fall 2017

Posted on March 6, 2018 by

Professor Kristin Kalsem completed and submitted a book chapter for publication: “Anonymity, Privacy, and Confidentiality,” in Ethics in Participatory Research for Health and Social Well-Being (forthcoming Routledge, 2018).

She trained over 175 judges and magistrate judges, “Framing the Issues: Domestic Violence” as part of the curriculum of the Supreme Court of Ohio Judicial College (Toledo, Cleveland, Dayton, Columbus, 2017).

Professor Kalsem presented at the University of Cincinnati College of Law: “Domestic Violence: Changing the Landscape,” in October of 2017. She also was an invited speaker at Ursuline Academy, “‘Dig Where You Stand’: Women, Law, and Social Change.”

Yolanda Vazquez / Fall 2017

Posted on February 27, 2018 by

Professor Yolanda Vazquez co-edited a book, “Race, Criminal Justice and Migration Control: Enforcing the Boundaries of Belonging,” which is now in print from Oxford University Press. Included in the book is the chapter she wrote and presented, “Enforcing the Politics of Race and Identity in Migration and Crime Control Policies.”

On September 20, Professor Vazquez presented at the symposium, “Race and Identity in Legal Institutions: Enforcing the Politics of Race in Immigration and Crime Control, Race, Criminal Justice and Migration Control Symposium,” at the University of Oxford.

On September 29, Professor Vazquez presented on a panel entitled Crimmigration After the 2016 Election at LatCrit XXI Biennial Conference in Orlando, FL.

Professor Vazquez presented at the University of Kansas Law Review Symposium on the topic of Inequity and the Law, on her piece entitled, “Migration, Crime and the Chinese Exclusion Act: Inequity Wrapped in Terms of Dangerousness” on October 20.

Professor Vazquez wrote a book review on “Race, Criminal Justice, and Migration Control: Enforcing the Boundaries of Belonging,” on the ImmigrationProf Blog posted on December 7.

On January 3, Professor Vazquez was a member on the AALS Conference Panel “Structural and Procedural Hurdles to Justice Affecting Minorities.”

Michael Solimine / Fall 2017

Posted on February 27, 2018 by

Professor Michael Solimine published “Game Theory and Private International Law,” in 1 Encyclopedia of Private International Law (Jürgen Basedow, et al., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017).

Professor Solimine was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief in a case to be orally argued in the U.S. Supreme Court: Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, No. 15-1439, Brief of Amici Curiae Federal Jurisdiction and Securities Law Scholars in Support of Respondent. The case concerns whether certain actions under the federal securities laws are within exclusive federal court jurisdiction, or can also be brought in state courts.

Sandra Sperino / Fall 2017

Posted on February 27, 2018 by

On November 28, 2017, NPR’s Morning Edition quoted Professor Sandra Sperino in “Sexual Harassment Cases Often Rejected By Courts” available at the following link: https://www.npr.org/2017/11/28/565743374/sexual-harassment-cases-often-rejected-by-courts.

The New York Times published an op-ed written by Professor Sperino and Professor Suja Thomas, “When is Harassment Not Harassment,” available at the following link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/opinion/harassment-employees-laws-.html

In November, she spoke at the University of California-Berkeley College of Law as an invited speaker at the AARP’s symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

In November, she gave a presentation at Western Law (London, Ontario) as part of a symposium on precarious workers.

She published a blog post on the Oxford University Press blog, titled “What Counts as Discrimination?” The post is available here: https://blog.oup.com/2017/11/what-counts-as-discrimination/

Professor Sperino was quoted in “The legal difference between sexual misconduct, assault, and harassment, explained” an article posted by Vox on January 26, 2018, available at the following link: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/26/16901998/definitions-sexual-misconduct-harassment-assault.

The Dayton Daily News quoted Professor Sperino in “Not just Hollywood: Sexual harassment complaints up in Ohio” on January 8, 2018 available at http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/local/not-just-hollywood-sexual-harassment-complaints-ohio/9L9yZyegT9Bm1ciIwQwftO/.

On November 30, 2017, Professor Sperino was quoted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in “Advocates for sexual harassment victims pan Wisconsin lawmakers’ plan to keep incident reports secret” available at the following link: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/30/attorneys-and-advocates-sexual-harassment-victims-pan-wisconsin-lawmakers-plan-keep-incident-reports/906068001/.

On October 31, U.S. District Court of Rhode Island Judge John McConnell favorably reviewed Professor Sperino’s book, “Unequal: How America’s Courts Undermine Discrimination Law.”

Ronna Greff Schneider / Fall 2017

Posted on February 27, 2018 by

From October 9th through the 13th, Professor Ronna Schneider was a visiting Professor at the University of Bordeaux, France, lecturing on the American First Amendment.

Nancy Oliver / Fall 2017

Posted on February 27, 2018 by

On September 1, Professor Nancy Oliver made a presentation about teaching legal writing at the Central States Regional Legal Writing Conference held at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis.

Professor Oliver was elected to the Executive Committee of the Balance in Legal Education Section of AALS.

Janet Moore / Fall 2017

Posted on February 27, 2018 by

Professor Janet Moore was named by the University of Cincinnati as this year’s winner of the A.B. “Dolly” Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching. Professor Moore also received the Faculty Excellence Award from the College of Law.

Elizabeth Lenhart / Fall 2017

Posted on February 27, 2018 by

On October 6, Professor Betsy Lenhart was appointed to the Ohio Commission on the Rules of Practice & Procedure by the Ohio Supreme Court.