Marla MitchellCichon, Professor Wrote, a WMUCooley blog: “Sun Has Finally Set on Limiting Post-Conviction DNA testing in Michigan.” Featured, on Fox 47 News Online, on the need for a compensation law for wrongfully convicted Michigan citizens. Honored, by Michigan Lawyer’s Weekly-2016 Leaders in the Law where she was named one of the top 30 Michigan lawyers for 2016. Moderated, the WMU-Cooley Journal of Practical and Legal Scholarship symposium, “Is A Wrongful Conviction a Life Sentence? What Really Happens After an Individual is Exonerated?” Wrote, a WMU-Cooley blog: “Curing the Ills of the Criminal Justice System: What Can We Do to Support Wrongfully Convicted Men and Women?” Attended, the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorney’s Postconviction seminar on April 8 in San Antonio, Texas. Attended, the Innocence Network Conference April 8-9 in San Antonio, Texas.
Kimberly O’Leary, Professor Directed, the WMU-Cooley “down under” program in New Zealand and Australia during the Hilary Term 2016. Highlights included working with wonderful students, meeting and collaborating with talented faculty and staff at the University of Waikato and Monash University, visiting the Maori Land Court, and wearing a barrister’s wig.
James Robb, Associate Dean and General Counsel Testified, before the Birmingham City Commission about pending amendments to that city’s code of ethics on March 28.
Devin Schindler, Professor Presented, on March 18, 2016, “Cognitive Overload and Pharmaceutical Advertising,” at the Western Michigan University Bioethics Conference.
Discussed, on March 16, 2016, on WOOD AM/FM: “Article II and the Appointment Power.” Discussed, on March 16, 2016, on WZZM-TV: “Politics and Supreme Court Appointments.” Discussed, on March 17, 2016, on WKZO-AM, “The Appointment of Judge Garland.” Discussed, on March 29, 2016, on WOOD AM/FM: “Supreme Court ‘Ties.’”
David Tarrien, Assistant Professor Authored, the article “The Legacy of Justice Scalia: Liberal Lion? An Examination of Chevron Deference, Net Neutrality, and Possible Outcomes of a Supreme Court Decision on the FCC’s Open Internet Order” in the 17th volume of the Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal in Spring 2016. Wrote, “The Law Student as Mediator IEP Project: Encouraging Legal Services Outreach in the Community and Empowering Families,” which won the Cohn Prize for Scholarship in Law and Public Policy and is published in the peer-reviewed academic journal, Michigan Academician in Summer 2016.
Joan Vestrand, Associate Dean and Professor Served, as a Session Speaker at the United States Coast Guard Academy’s 27th Annual Ethics Forum in New London, Connecticut, in March 2016, her sixth year as a speaker at the forum. She presented on “Principled Leadership: A Road from Good to Great.” Served, as a Session Speaker at the Annual Conference of University Counsel in Las Vegas, Nevada, in March 2016, on Principled Leadership and the Importance of Ethics and Attitude to Success. Served, as a Session Speaker on Ethics and Principled Leadership at the Annual Conference of the American Association of Professional Landmen, in Orlando, Florida, in June 2016. Served, as Keynote Speaker at the Annual Midwest Peacemaking Conference, in Manistee, Michigan, in June 2016, on “Empowering Youth to Build Character and Community in Our Schools.”
Discussed, on January 11, 2016, on WOOD-AM/FM, “Gun Control and the Second Amendment.”
Distinguished Professor Emeritus William Weiner Elected, to a second term on the board of directors of the Michigan chapter of the Fulbright Association.
Discussed, on January 20, 2016, on WOOD-AM/FM: “Natural Born Citizens and the Presidential Race.”
Organized, a dinner event for Fulbrighters in the mid-Michigan area April 2016.
Discussed, on January 10, 2016, on WZZM-TV, “Presidential Power and Executive Orders.”
Discussed, on February 3, 2016, on WMMT-TV, “Gun Culture and the Second Amendment.” Discussed, on Feb 21, 2016, on WOOD-AM/FM, “A Tribute to Justice Scalia.”
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