Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Lunchtime Speaker Series

Fall 2009 (Tentative Schedule)

August/September

  • Wednesday, Aug. 26th: Steve Werber, “A Window to a Different World: My Experience as Grand Jury Foreperson”
  • Wednesday, Sept. 2nd: Librarians – “Teaching Resources Available through the Law Library”
  • Tuesday, Sept. 8th: Karin Mika – “Creating Exercises with Feedback Using Hyperlinks in Power Point”
  • Wednesday, Sept. 16th: Geoff Mearns - Dean’s State of the Law School Presentation
  • Tuesday, Sept. 22nd: Terri LeClercq (Legal Writing, University of Texas) – Title TBD
  • Wednesday, September 30th: Dena Davis – “Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing: What are the Issues?”

October

  • Thursday, October 1: Tom Wagner (Van Dusen and Wagner), Nathalie Dibo (CM Class of ’08), Stephen Steinglass, Kermit Lind, “Litigating Nuisance Laws against Big Bank Homeowners”
  • Monday, October 5: Supreme Court Review
    • Chris Sagers: American Needle, Inc. v. NFL.
    • David Forte: Ricci v. DeStefano
    • Steve Lazarus: Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
    • Steve Steinglass: Haywood v. Drown
    • Joel Finer: Arizona v. Gant
  • Wednesday, October 7: Hon. James G. Carr, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and Judge on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court, “Should We Create a National Security Court for Terrorism Suspects?”
  • Tuesday, October 20th: Beth Wilkinson, a partner at Paul Weiss in D.C. and Criminal Justice Forum Speaker- “How Defending a Corporate Client in a Civil Trial is Tantamount to Defending a Defendant in a Criminal Trial."
  • Thursday, October 22: Eric Tucker, “"Freedom of Association and the Constitutionalization of Canadian Collective Bargaining Law"
  • Wednesday, October 28th: Milena Sterio - “Fighting Piracy in Somalia: Why More is Needed”

November

  • Wednesday, Nov 4 – Baker and Hostetler Visiting Professor Daphne Spain- “Social Movements and the City”
  • Wednesday, November 11th: David Forte – “The Man Who Burned Marbury’s Commission: A Narrative”
  • Tuesday, November 17th: Judge Nancy Russo and Kermit Lind – “Judicial Responses to Foreclosure and the Mortgage Crisis”

 

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