As part of Cleveland-Marshall's focus on providing thought-leaders for educational discussions with students, alumni and community members, some of the nation’s leading experts and scholars participate in the Transformative Dialogue series.
Spring 2015 Events
January 26
"Ferguson, Staten Island and Cleveland: A Legal Discussion about the Use of Lethal Force by Law Enforcement Officers"
Co-sponsored by the City Club of Cleveland, American Constitution Society, Norman S. Minor Bar Association, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Dean’s Diversity Council and the Cleveland-Marshall Black Law Students Association
February 18
“Contagion”: A Conversation About Using Public Health Laws to Prevent the Spread of Infectious Diseases
Presented by the Center for Health Law & Policy
February 20
Civil Procedure CLE: Electronic Discovery and the Pending Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Co-sponsored by Eaton Corporation and the Cleveland eDiscovery Roundtable
March 4
"The History and the Future of the Ohio Constitution"
Dean Emeritus & Professor Emeritus Steven H. Steinglass, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland
March 6
Global Business Law Review Symposium: "Bank to the Future: The Legal Frontier of International Finance"
March 20
Journal of Law and Health Symposium: "The Social, Ethical, and Legal Consequences of Sports-Related Brain Injuries"
March 25
"The Next 250 Years"
Cleveland-Marshall Visiting Scholar: Professor Eric Freyfogle, University of Illinois College of Law
April 2
Criminal Justice Forum IV: "Can Jurors Understand the Mental State Categories Employed in the Criminal Law?"
Professor Kenneth W. Simons, Boston University School of Law
April 8
"Cleveland's Consent Decree: The Path Forward"
Presented by Cleveland–Marshall College of Law, the Cleveland–Marshall Law Alumni Association, the Northeast Ohio Chapter and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Student Chapter of the American Constitution Society, the Norman S. Minor Bar Association, and the ACLU of Ohio
April 10
Entertainment and Sports Law Association Symposium
April 17
Cleveland State Law Review Symposium - Power of the Purse: The Influence of Money in Today's Political Regime
April 17
"How Money (in politics) Matters"
Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership