
Pretrial Justice Clinic Student Kailey Leary Advocates for Bail Reform Legislation at Ohio Statehouse

CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 3L student Kailey Leary had the opportunity to advocate for Senate Bill 182, bail reform legislation being considered by Ohio’s state legislature as part of the CSU C|M|LAW Criminal Justice Center’s new Pretrial Justice

Alumni Profile: Joseph Nelson ’20 Looks Forward to Federal Clerkship

Joseph Nelson ’20, an associate with Fisher Phillips, is looking forward to starting a year-long federal clerkship with Judge J. Philip Calabrese at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in January 2022.

Visiting Professor Profile: Matthew Ahn

Matthew Ahn joins the CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law faculty this Fall as a Visiting Professor. Ahn, a graduate of the New York University School of Law, most recently served as a Research and Writing Attorney with the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Ohio. However, the law is just one of many passions for Ahn.

Visiting Professor Profile: Laura Hoffman

Laura Hoffman joins the CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law faculty this Fall as a Visiting Professor and Acting Director of the school’s Center for Health Law and Policy.

Restorative Justice Pop-up Practicum Students Work for Change in the Community

Three Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Students, Langston Bailey-Murray, Erica Sammon, and Caitlin Steiner had the opportunity during the Spring 2021 semester to present both the Cleveland City Prosecutor and the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court a proposal to establish a restorative justice diversion alternative for prosecutions in the City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court.
CSU Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection Board Members Draft Ohio Personal Privacy Act (OPPA)
CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection Advisory Board member and CyberOhio Chair Kirk Herath led a small group of experts, including Center Director Professor Brian Ray and two other Center Board members, Tim Opsitnick, and Spence Witten, in drafting Ohio’s landmark privacy bill that was announced at a July 13 press conference by Ohio Lt. Governor Jon Husted and several lawmakers.
Lt. Governor Husted previewed House Bill 376, also known as the Ohio Personal Privacy Act (OPPA), at the Center’s annual Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection Conference May 28.

C|M Law Creates 3+3 Program with Baldwin Wallace University

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law is pleased to announce that it has entered into a 3+3 partnership with Baldwin Wallace University. This latest 3+3 agreement is particularly satisfying, as C|M Law can trace the origin of one of its predecessor law schools to Baldwin Wallace.

IAPP Lists CSU Cleveland-Marshall as One of Five U.S. Law Schools to Offer a Privacy Certificate

The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) recent international survey of academic privacy programs listed Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law's Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Certificate as one of only five such programs offered by a U.S.
Tuesday Morning Message 6.1.21 Hire Talent. Hire Grit.
Note: I have decided to give your inbox a summer break! I will resume my Monday Morning Message the week of August 23 when the Fall 2021 Semester begins. In the meantime, have a safe, healthy, and enjoyable summer. We all deserve it!
“We are asking our extensive alumni network to open their proverbial Rolodex to help this larger graduating class. As much as we would all like to think we are “self-made,” I think it’s fair to say that most of us relied on a helping hand of someone who was willing to open a door, make an introduction, or take a chance on an eager novice. I know that is true for me.
