Please plan to join the law school in our Homecoming activities as we celebrate our 120th Anniversary this year and our affiliation wtih CSU for almost 50 years!
Linda Klein, President of the American Bar Association (ABA), will deliver the commencement address at Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s graduation ceremony for the class of 2017. The ceremony will take place Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Playhouse Square’s historic Ohio Theatre.
As president of the ABA, Klein leads the world’s largest voluntary professional association and oversees America’s largest organization of lawyers with more than 400,000 members. During her tenure, she has been an advocate for expanded legal services for low-income veterans, legal aid funding and the importance of the rule of law in democratic societies.
A ticket is required for all attendees of the commencement ceremony.
On April 25, 2017, the Civil Litigation Clinic filed an Amicus brief with the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of Equality Ohio. The brief, which supported the right of a transgender employee who was fired because of her gender identity, argued that Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 should apply to transgender individuals and therefore that terminating them because of their transgender identity is an unlawful employment practice.
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Professor and Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection Co-Director Brian Ray first explored the issues of cybersecurity five years ago – practically a lifetime considering the rapid speed of the digital world. His initial interest was in eDiscovery, and the concerns it created for civil litigation, but he quickly realized that this only scratched the surface of legal challenges developing in the electronic age.
In addition to first place finishes at the Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Competition, the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition and the August A. Rendigs National Product Liability Moot Court Competition, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s moot court team had several strong finishes during Spring competition.
The ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law invites you to attend An Exploration of Careers in Labor and Employment Law. The panel will provide an opportunity to meet with experienced lawyers in the field of labor and employment law and to learn about the varied career paths in this growing specialty area. Experienced practitioners will reflect the field’s customary variety of perspectives (management, union, plaintiff, government, and neutral) and share their real-life experiences and career advice. Kelly Freeman of Region 8 of the National Labor Relations Board, David M. Fusco of Schwarzwald McNair & Fusco LLP and Ann E. Knuth of Mansour Gavin LPA are the panelists.
