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APP School of Law hosts historic signing of ‘Tanisha’s Law,’ advancing Cleveland’s mental health crisis response
APP School of Law served as the backdrop for a major shift in Cleveland’s public safety and mental health strategy as Mayor Justin M. Bibb (LAW ’18) signed “Tanisha’s Law,” landmark legislation creating a new civilian-led response to mental health crisis calls. The…
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February 05, 2015
In the next broadcast of Talking Foreign Policy, Michael Scharf, interim dean at APP School of Law, and a panel of experts examine immigration reform in light of President Barack Obama’s recently announced executive actions to take effect this year. Talking Foreign…
February 04, 2015
Author Elaine Richardson will present “From PHD to Ph.D.,” at the second Gender, Youth and Social Justice Event: A Journey through Juvenile Justice, Policy and Education on Tuesday, Feb. 10, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center, Senior Classroom. Her presentation will illustrate…
February 03, 2015
Craig Nard, director of the Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology and Art at the School of Law, will address "Opportunities in Intellectual Property Law” Friday, Feb. 6, from 12:30 to 1:45 in Sears 356. He will discuss how IP law meshes with engineering. The session is an initiative of the…
January 29, 2015
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, recently published “Climate Balkanization: Dormant Commerce and the Limits of State Energy Policy” in the Louisiana State University Journal of Energy Law and Resources as well as “The Halbig Cases: Desperately Seeking Ambiguity in Clear…
January 29, 2015
Cassandra Burke Robertson, professor of law, recently has had works published: Professional Responsibility In The Life Of The Lawyer, second edition, forthcoming in 2015, with Carl A. Pierce, Judy M. Cornett, Alex B. Long and Paula Schaefer; “Toward a New Equilibrium in Personal Jurisdiction,”…
December 22, 2014
Cassandra Burke Robertson was named director of the endowed Center for Professional Ethics at APP School of Law. Robertson has taught professional responsibility at the university’s law school for more than eight years. Her scholarship focuses on ethics and procedure in…
December 05, 2014
Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor of Law, recently published “Student Athletes Revisited” in the fall 2014 edition of Journal of Taxation of Investments. In addition, he had four entries in the second edition of The Heritage Guide to the Constitution: “Article I, Section 2, Clause…
December 05, 2014
Jessie Hill, professor of law, associate dean for faculty development and research, and Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar, recently gave a number of presentations. Recent talks include: “The Affordable Care Act and the Politics of Reproductive Health Care” at The ACA and Beyond:…
November 20, 2014
Paul Giannelli, the Albert J. Weatherhead III and Richard W. Weatherhead Professor in the School of Law and Distinguished University Professor, recently gave a report on pretrial discovery to the National Commission on Forensic Science at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. In…
November 20, 2014
Praeger Publishers accepted a book manuscript by Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, professor of bioethics and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, titled Aging with A Plan: How a Little Thought Today Can Vastly Improve Your Tomorrow. In addition, she presented at three…