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Recent News

Law’s Colares finds nations increasingly support restricting greenhouse gas emissions
ϳԹ School of Law Professor Juscelino F. Colares’ recent research concludes global economic forces are pushing the United States and other countries toward a binding international environmental treaty. In a recent Journal of World Trade article, Colares investigated the ...
Jonathan Adler’s research cited in Supreme Court dissenting opinion
Research by Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, was cited in Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts’ dissenting opinion in a case that produced a significant administrative law ruling. In City of Arlington v. FCC, the Supreme Court held 6-3 that courts should defer to ...
Law’s Max Mehlman publishes two papers and presents a third
Max Mehlman, the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law, published, “The Pros and Cons of Practice Guidelines,” in Trial, this May, and “Enhanced Warfighters: A Policy Framework” in Military Medical Ethics for the 21st Century. He also presented “Medical Practice Guidelines and the Legal Standard of...
Law’s Sharona Hoffman leads symposium, publishes paper on ”Big Bad Data”
Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, organized, moderated and spoke at a ϳԹ Law School symposium titled “Balancing Privacy, Autonomy, and Scientific Progress: Patients’ Rights and the Use of Electronic Medical Records for Non-Treatment Purposes.” The full-day progra...
Law’s Avidan Cover to publish paper on judicial risk assessment post-9/11
Earlier this year, Avidan Cover, an assistant professor in the School of Law, moderated a discussion with Jose Antonio Vargas, author of My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant, as part of the Town Hall of Cleveland Speaker Series. In addition, Cover’s paper, “Presumed Imminence: Judicial Risk Assessm...
Law’s Charles Korsmo presents, publishes paper on “Venture Capital and Preferred Stock”
Charles Korsmo, assistant professor at the ϳԹ School of Law, recently presented at two conferences and has a paper forthcoming for publication. He presented his paper “Venture Capital and Preferred Stock” twice: March 5 at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney Schoo...
Law’s Jaime Bouvier publishes, presents around the world
Jaime Bouvier, assistant director of the academic and writing support program at the School of Law, recently published works and gave presentations around the world. Her article, “The Symbolic Garden: An Intersection of the Food Movement and the First Amendment” will be published in the Maine Law R...
Paper by law’s Cassandra Robertson selected for colloquium, earns prize
Cassandra Robertson, associate professor of law, recently had her paper, “Freedom of Contract in the Market for Professional,” selected for the Freedom of Contract colloquium. Along with the selection, she was awarded $5,000. The paper will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Boston Universi...
Law instructor to give inside look at capital punishment, executions
All members of the ϳԹ community are invited to attend a talk with Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, Friday, March 22. Benza’s talk, titled “A View from the Death House,” will give an inside look at the complex issues surrounding capital punishment and executions....
5 questions with...law professor Juscelino Colares
By the time he was 16, Juscelino Colares knew he wanted to be a lawyer when he grew up. The only difference between Colares and many other teenagers with the same dreams? He actually started law school then. Colares grew up in Brazil, where he started college at the age of 16. Law is an undergradua...