On January 2, Professor Emily Houh was selected as the winner of the University of Cincinnati’s 2017-2018 Distinguished Teaching Professor Award.
Emily Houh / Fall 2017
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Kenneth Hirsh / Fall 2017
Law Library Director and Professor of Practice Kenneth J. Hirsh was a panelist on the program “Educating the 21st Century Lawyer” at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-America Association of Law Libraries (MAALL) in Milwaukee on October 21. Professor Hirsh spoke about the history and philosophy of the Technology in the Law Practice class that he co-teaches with Reference Librarian Shannon Kemen.
Professor Hirsh was one of several librarians featured in the article “The Badass Librarians of Jeopardy!” in the November issue of American Libraries, the magazine of the American Library Association. Professor Hirsh is also one of six librarians appearing on the issue’s cover.
James Hart / Fall 2017
James Hart’s article, “The European Human Rights System,” 102 Law Library Journal 533 (2010), was published in the GlobaLex November/December 2017 Issue.
Mark Godsey / Fall 2017
The College of Law announced Professor Mark Godsey as the 2018 recipient of the Harold C. Schott Scholarship Award.
On September 26, Professor Godsey was recognized by the Ohio Council for the Social Studies, the state’s largest professional organization devoted to advancing social studies education, for its inaugural “Humanitarian Award.”
On October 4, Professor Godsey participated in a panel discussion of his book, “Blind Injustice,” at NYU Law School. The panel was moderated by Barry Scheck.
On October 30, Professor Godsey was interviewed by WGVU’s Shelley Irwin on her Morning Radio Show. The interview was broadcast on all the National Public Radio Stations in Michigan.
Professor Godsey was the keynote speaker for the Dayton Bar Association Annual Conference on November 3rd.
Professor Godsey was interviewed on November 26 by the Daily Kos about his new book, “Blind Injustice.”
On December 14, Professor Godsey’s book, “Blind Injustice,” was positively reviewed in the magazine, The Economist.
Jacob Katz Cogan / Fall 2017
Professor Cogan’s book review, Book Review, 28 European Journal of International Law __ (forthcoming 2017) (reviewing Guy Fiti Sinclair To Reform the World: International Organizations and the Making of Modern States (2017)), was submitted for publication.
Professor Cogan’s article, Article 44, in The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Commentary __ (Ilias Bantekas, Michael Stein, & Dimitris Anastasiou eds., Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2018), was submitted for publication.
Professor Cogan’s article, International Organizations, in Concepts for International Law – Contributions to Disciplinary Thought __ (Jean d’Aspremont & Sahib Singh eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming 2018), was submitted for publication.
Felix Chang / Fall 2017
Professor Felix Chang presented at the “Critical Approaches to Romani Studies” Conference at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, in May 2017. His presentation led to an article titled Roma Integration “All the Way Down”: Lessons from Federalism and Civil Rights, which will appear in volume 1 of the new journal CRITICAL ROMANI STUDIES.
In September 2017, Professor Chang presented at the Inaugural Junior Faculty Workshop at Chapman University Fowler School of Law.
Professor Chang’s article “Asymmetries in the Generation and Transmission of Wealth” was reviewed by Kent Schenkel in Trusts and Estates Law and the Redistribution of Wealth, JOTWELL, Nov. 9, 2017.
Professor Chang helped to organize a panel titled “The Future of Money” for the Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services Group at AALS in January 2018.
A. Christopher Bryant / Fall 2017
On September 5, 2017, Professor Bryant joined a moot court for Jennifer Branch of Gerhardstein & Branch, who was preparing for an argument before the Ohio Supreme Court.
On September 7, 2017, Professor Bryant participated in the ACS-Federalist Society jointly sponsored debate on the topic: “How to Interpret the Constitution?”
On September 26, 2017, Professor Bryant taught an OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) class session on contemporary constitutional issues.
Professor Bryant attended the 2017 American Society for Legal History (ASLH) Annual Meeting on October 26-29, 2017, in Las Vegas, NV.
On November 10, 2017, Professor Bryant, with his co-author, Kim Breedon, presented their paper, “The Brand v. The Man: Considering a Constructive Trust as a Remedy for President Trump’s Alleged Violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause,” to a virtual symposium, “The Constitution and Remedies: Remedying Harm and Circumscribing Relief.” The symposium was sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Law at the University of Akron School of Law.
Professor Bryant submitted a manuscript of his paper, “The Brand v. The Man: Considering a Constructive Trust as a Remedy for President Trump’s Alleged Violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause” for (forthcoming) publication in the Center for Constitutional Law’s online journal, ConLawNow.
Louis Bilionis / Fall 2017
In December 2017, Dean Emeritus Bilionis spoke at the NALP (National Association for Law Placement) annual Professional Development Institute in Washington, D.C. He and copanelists UC Law Senior Assistant Dean Mina Jones Jefferson, Professor Neil W. Hamilton (U. of St. Thomas School of Law), and Kristen Uhl Hulse (Director of Attorney Recruitment & Professional Development at Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP, San Francisco) discussed a new model for integrating the professional development efforts of law schools and the legal profession.
Jennifer Bergeron / Fall 2017
On December 12, Jennifer Bergeron spoke to a group of lawyers from Macedonia about OIP, through the International Visitor Leadership Program and the Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council.
Timothy K. Armstrong / Fall 2017
Professor Armstrong was elected for a three-year term on the Cincinnati Intellectual Property Law Association’s Board of Directors, to commence January 1, 2018.
Professor Armstrong was quoted in the Bloomberg News article posted on October 3, “Trump’s Legal Team Isn’t Playing Well Together.”
Professor Armstrong’s article, Chevron Deference and Agency Self-Interest, 13 Cornell J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 203 (2004), was cited to in Justice Gorsuch’s opinion in Scenic America, Inc. v. Dep’t of Transp., no. 16-739.
Professor Armstrong was quoted in the Law 360 Article, “Who’s Repping Whom? Law 360’s Guide to the Mueller Probe.”
Professor Armstrong is a member of an international group of academics and civil-society organizations that issued a statement of principles calling for greater copyright balance in ongoing international trade negotiations.
On September 1, Professor Armstrong completed the “Introduction to Python” workshop offered by the University of Cincinnati Libraries.