UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW
Akron Law news archive
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11/4/2008
Nov. 4
Tracy Thomas was interviewed for an NPR story on whether Sarah Palin is a "new" feminist. Audio of the interview is available here. -
11/3/2008
Nov. 3
The Fourteenth Amendment:140th Anniversary Symposium is mentioned in a Commentary in the Akron Beacon Journal here. -
11/3/2008
November 3, 2008
Jane Moriarty will be speaking in Denver at the American Association of Forensic Science Annual Meeting on a panel entitled "Whores of the Court Revisited," with Dr. Margaret Hagan (Boston University Department of Psychology and author of the book "Whores of the Court"), Dr. William Bernet (Vanderbilt School of Medicine), Carl Edwards, Ph.D., and two expert witnesses on behavioral science. The panel will be moderated by Prof. Andre Moennsens, Douglass Stripp Professor of Law Emeritus (UMKC ). Jane Moriarty has also accepted an invitation from Dean Geoffrey Mearns at CSU to participate in a Symposium on March 19, 2009, on the Future of Forensic Science to discuss the forthcoming, long-awaited report on forensic sciences from the National Academy of Sciences. Elizabeth Reilly has been invited to speak at the 2009 Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting on a panel addressing "Institutional Programs to Develop Teaching and Learning" and along with three other Associate Deans for Faculty Development will discuss institution-wide and individually focused ideas for facilitating faculty members' growth as teachers. Jay Dratler's 2005 Akron Law Review article "Alice in Wonderland Meets the U.S. Patent System" was cited in Judge Mayer's dissenting opinion in Bilski v. Warsaw, 2008 WL 4757110 (Fed. Cir. 2008), the en banc decision of the Federal Circuit where Bilski sought to patent hedge contracts as a business method patent. Paul Richert has begun is monthly column in the Akron Legal News with this week's entry, "Believe it ... the age of the ‘on-demand' book is here." Jay Dratler and Jeff Samuels will host the Second Annual Intellectual Property Scholars' Roundtable, Friday, November 14, at Akron Law. The roundtable consisting of 20 invited scholars in the field will discuss the topic of "Secondary Liability for IP Infringement." The essays from the roundtable will be published in the Akron IP Journal. -
11/2/2008
Nov. 2 and Nov. 3
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11/1/2008
November 2008
Akron Law was named one of the Best Law Schools for Public Interest Law in the November issue of The National Jurist. Out of the list of the Top 60, Akron Law was ranked #42.
Professor Carolyn Dessin was mentioned in the November 2008 issue of Estate Planning, a widely distributed, national, monthly publication. Professor Ronald Volkmer of the Creighton University School of Law, and author of the publication's column "New Fiduciary Decisions" wrote the column on the subject of durable powers of attorney. His intro to the discussion includes: "With regard to durable powers of attorney, Professor Carolyn Dessin has written that 'perhaps we have created an instrument of abuse rather than a helpful tool." He then goes on to discuss two recent cases that illustrate the misuse of durable powers. Electronic text is not available. -
10/31/2008
Oct. 31
An Op-Ed by Professor Carrie Newton Lyons titled "Indian Casinos, the red herring in the Issue 6 debate" ran in the Akron Beacon Journal Commentary section. Electronic text is available here. -
10/29/2008
Oct. 29
Assistant Dean Rosemary Cannon was sworn in as president of the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library Board of Trustees. The text for this Stow Sentry story is available here. -
10/28/2008
Akron Law to Present a Seminar on How Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks Can Help Businesses and Exports
Akron, Ohio, Oct. 28, 2008 - The University of Akron School of Law with the cooperation of the U.S. Export Assistance Center in Cleveland, will present a half-day program on Monday, Nov. 10 from 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. describing how Northeast Ohio businesses and exporters can protect their patents, copyrights and trademarks in the United States and overseas markets. -
10/27/2008
Oct. 27
Professor J. Dean Carro was quoted in a story about the new Akron Bar Association director in the Akron Legal News. Electronic text is not available. -
10/27/2008
October 27, 2008
Bill Jordan moderated a panel entitled "Arbitrary and Capricious Review Revisited: State Farm vs. Vermont Yankee at Last" at the 2008 Fall Conference of the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Process in Washington, D.C. Panelists included Judge Kavanaugh of the D.C. Circuit, Professor Gillian Metzger (Columbia), Associated Dean Cary Coglianese (Penn), and Prof. Jon Cannon (UVA and former EPA General Counsel). He also presented on a second panel on developments related to rulemaking on the panel "Annual Review of Major Developments in Administrative Law" at the 2008 Fall Conference of the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Process in Washington, D.C. Brant Lee joined visiting scholar David Levine and Akron education professor Susan Clarke in presenting the panel "Public School Desegregation: The San Francisco Experience" at Akron Law in October 2008. Tracy Thomas was invited to speak on a panel entitled "IP Remedies after eBay" at the 2009 Southeastern Association Law Schools annual meeting in Palm Beach, Florida. Several Akron faculty have published entries in the newly published, Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court (Gale Press). o Dick Aynes, entries on Missouri Compromise, Secession, Stone v. Mississippi, Test Oath Cases, Waite, and Morrison
o Will Huhn, entries on Board of Regents v. Roth, Public Purpose, RA v. Cit of St. Paul
o Marge Koosed, entries on Counselman v. Hitchchock, Roadside Stops
o Tracy Thomas, entry on Women's Suffrage Akron law faculty Dick Aynes, Will Huhn, and Elizabeth Reilly participated as panelists and moderators at last week's successful Constitutional Law Center Symposium, "The 140th Anniversary of the 14th Amendment." Top 10 Papers in SSRN Akron Research Paper Series (Total SSRN Downloads of all Papers 4,509) - 271 Elizabeth Reilly, Incl. Electronic Paper Faculty Salary Compression: A Model for Response
- 241 Tracy Thomas, Incl. Electronic Paper Ubi Jus, Ibi Remedium: The Fundamental Right to a Remedy Under Due Process
- 222, Sam Baumgartner, How Well Do U.S. Judgments Fare in Europe?
- 166 Sam Baumgartner, Incl. Electronic Paper Class Actions and Group Litigation in Switzerland
- 162, Sam Baumgartner, Incl. Electronic Paper Is Transnational Litigation Different?
- 159, Alan Newman, Incl. Electronic Paper The Uniform Trust Code: An Analysis of Ohio's Version
- 158, Jane Moriarty, Incl. Electronic Paper Forensic Science: Grand Goals, Tragic Flaws, and Judicial Gatekeeping
- 155, Rich Kovach, Incl. Electronic Paper Personal and Political Bias in the Debate Over Federal Income Taxation Rates and Progressivity
- 142, Jay Dratler, Incl. Electronic Paper Invention is a Process, or Why the Electronics and Pharmaceutical Industries are at Loggerheads over Patents
- 139, Jay Dratler, Incl. Electronic Paper Common-Sense (Federal) Common Law Adrift in a Statutory Sea, or Why Grokster was a Unanimous Decision
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