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Laws Peter Gerhart named interim president of Lake Erie College
Peter Gerhart, professor of law and former dean of the School of Law, was selected as the interim president of Lake Erie College. He began his yearlong term Aug. 1, but still will teach a seminar this fall. He will return to 窪蹋勛圖厙 next June. Gerhart served as law school dean from 198...
Laws Dalindyebo Shabalala reports on proceedings of conference in New Delhi
Dalindyebo Shabalala, visiting assistant professor of law, filled the role of rapporteur for New Research for Effective Action at Paris and Beyond, a two-day event that was held during the Global Climate Policy Conference in New Delhi. The conference, which was held April 30-May 1, aimed to address...
More fundraising records fall
窪蹋勛圖厙s supporters set 22 all-time records for fundraising in fiscal year 2015, including its eighth all-time record for attainment in the past nine years. That total of $166.9 million bested 2014s record by $15.3 milliona figure nearly three times as high as the previous...
Laws Sharona Hoffman presents on ethical issues in medical field
Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, professor of bioethics and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, recently presented on ethical issues in the medical field. At the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics Health Law Professors Conference in St. Louis on June 6, Hoffman pr...
Laws Maxwell Mehlman writes about intersection of law, medicine
Maxwell Mehlman, Distinguished University Professor, the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law, professor of bioethics and director of the Law-Medicine Center, recently published and presented on the intersection of law and medicine. He contributed a chapter titled Captain American and Iron Man: B...
Laws Robert N. Strassfeld, Calvin Sharpe contribute to law textbook
Robert N. Strassfeld, professor of law, and Calvin Sharpe, the Galen J. Roush Professor of Business Law and Regulation, contributed to the fourth edition of Understanding Labor Law. Strassfeld and Sharpe wrote the book with Douglas E. Ray, dean and professor of law at St. Thomas University School o...
Laws Avidan Y. Cover discusses Iran Nuclear Deal as part of "Happy Dog Takes on the World" series
Earlier this month, Avidan Y. Cover, assistant professor of law and director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, participated in the Happy Dog Takes on the World discussion on the Iran Nuclear Deal. Cover and Joshua Stacher, associate professor of political science at Kent State ...
School of Law to begin one-year patent practice masters degree program this fall
First-for-Ohio program seen as attractive career option for those with engineering or science academic background 窪蹋勛圖厙 School of Law is launching a one-year master's in patent practice degree program this fall semester. A first of its kind in Ohio, the program is designed...
Laws Erik Jensen publishes paper, presents multiple times
Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor of Law, published, Sometimes Unguided (or Maybe Misguided) Economic Substance Guidance, in the Journal of Taxation of Investments, Winter 2015. Jensen also made several presentations within the last six months, including: Speaking on Student Athle...
School of Laws Ruqaiijah Yearby talks racial disparities in health care
Ruqaiijah Yearby, the Oliver C. Schroeder Jr. Distinguished Research Scholar, associate director of the Law-Medicine Center and professor of law, gave the keynote address for a Cleveland Office of Minority Health event in April. Yearby presented a talk, titled Eradicating Injustice to Attain Health...