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Kalir presented “The U.S. & Israeli Legal Systems: How Similar Are We?” to the International Law Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. Kalir participated in a panel discussion on human trafficking t the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program in Beachwood, Ohio. Legal Writing Professor Sandra J. Kerber Sandra J. Kerber served as a board of editorial advisor for Bryan Garner’s The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style, Third Edition, published by West Academic Publishing. Kerber participated in Judge4Yourself.com’s interviews of judicial candidates prior to election season. Professor Stephen R. Lazarus Stephen R. Lazarus was highlighted in the Harvard University Press book, What the Best Law Teachers Do! Leon and Gloria Plevin Professor of Law Browne C. Lewis Browne C. Lewis spoke at the annual meeting of the National Association of Female Judges to an audience consisting of female judges from the United States and several other countries. Her talk focused upon the need for legislatures to change the intestacy system to accommodate nontraditional families.
Lewis published Linking the Certainty of Death and Taxes in the trusts and estates edition of Jotwell. Lewis was quoted in Crain’s Cleveland Business in the article “Nurse-lawyers bring rare skill, perspective to legal field-O ganizations value knowledge of health system, patient care issues.” Lewis spoke on “Pain Matures: Terminally Ill Minors and Physician-Monitored Suicide” at a Michigan State University School of Law symposium. Legal Writing Professor Claire C. Robinson-May Claire C. Robinson-May presented “Enhancing Understanding by Inviting Student Creativity into the Legal Writing Classroom,” at the Southeastern Legal Writing Conference held at Stetson University College of Law. Professor Gwendolyn Roberts Majette Gwendolyn Roberts Majette and Heidi Gorovitz Robertson participated in the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s Medical-Legal Summit at Cleveland’s Global Center for Health Innovation. Majette was interviewed by WEWS News Channel 5 Cleveland for fi e segments concerning the ongoing health care reform process and its implications.
Lewis presented “Arrogance, Avarice and Anguish: Addressing the Ethical and Legal Consequences of Posthumous Reproduction” at the Law & Society Annual Meeting in Boston.
Majette served as a panelist for a program entitled “The ACA, the Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth” at the annual symposium of the Washington Bar Association’s Judicial Council.
Lewis was elected to the Association of American Law Schools’ Women in Legal Education Archives Subcommittee.
Majette joined a discussion on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act during a live broadcast of “The Madison Show” on Sirius XM radio.
Majette serves as an at-large member of the Association of American Law Schools’ Law, Medicine and Health Care executive team. Majette moderated for a panel entitled “Health Care Disparities: The role of Title VI Past, Present and Future” at “Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: Putting an End to Separate and Unequal Health Care in the United States 50 Years After the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” hosted at Case Western Reserve University Law School. Professor Ralph D. Mawdsley Ralph D. Mawdsley was appointed as a Professor Extraordinary by the University of the Free State in South Africa. Legal Writing Professor Karin Mika Karin Mika and Legal Writing Professor Emerita Barbara Tyler participated on a panel entitled “Love Me Now or Thank Me Later” at the Association of Legal Writing Directors conference in Milwaukee. Mika published Visual clarity in contract drafting in Clarity, a journal published by Clarity-international, an international association promoting plain legal language. Mika presented “Flipping the Assignment and the Theory of Desirable Difficu y” at the Rocky Mountain Regional Legal Writing Conference and the Southeast Regional Legal Writing Conference. Mika presented “Angst, Technology, and Innovation” at a legal writing workshop at the University of Oregon School of Law.
James A. Thomas Distinguished Professor Christopher L. Sagers Christopher L. Sagers was quoted in the New York Times andthe Wall Street Journal , and appeared on the National Public Radio show “On Point with Tom Ashbrook” concerning the merger proposal between U.S. Airways and American Airlines. He was also quoted by several press outlets concerning the Justice Department’s antitrust case against Apple, including Publisher’s Weekly, Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal’s online blog. Sagers wrote a blog on the Apple case, “The Fate of Apple and Antitrust: Overcoming Confusion About the eBooks Case,” posted on the Huffin on Post.
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