UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW
Akron Law news archive
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10/16/2008
Oct. 16
A brief Solon Sun story notes Professor Wilson Huhn will moderate a discussion at an event at the Pepper Pike Learning Center. The text for this story is available here. -
10/15/2008
Oct. 15
Richard Cooey, convicted of murdering two UA students in 1986, was executed on Tuesday. Professor Dana Cole was briefly mentioned in the article. The text for this Akron Beacon Journal story is available
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10/13/2008
October 13, 2008
Alan Newman's forthcoming article in the journal Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal (ABA), Revocable Trusts and the Law of Wills: An Imperfect Fit, was ranked #2 of the Top 10 Downloads for the Wills, Trusts, and Estates SSRN Series for the period of August 6 to October 5, 2008, and was mentioned on the Wills, Trusts, and Estates Lawprof Blog. Jane Moriarty and the Akron Neuroscience Symposium were featured in New Scientist magazine. -
10/9/2008
Oct. 9
A brief Akron Beacon Journal story noted the public lecture by Marc Spindelman at Akron Law. Electronic text is not available. -
10/6/2008
Akron Law to Sponsor The Fourteenth Amendment: 140th Anniversary Symposium
Akron, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2008 - Academic experts from across the country will gather at The University of Akron School of Law for The Fourteenth Amendment: The 140th Anniversary Symposium on Oct. 23 and 24 at The University of Akron School of Law. -
10/6/2008
October 6, 2008
Rich Lavoie and Bill Jordan have posted new abstracts on SSRN and the Akron Research Paper Series. Stefan Padfield has joined as a blogger on Akron Law Café highlighting issues of business and the economy. Tracy Thomas has agreed to serve as chair and commentator for a legal history panel at the Oio Academy of History meeting to be held at the University of Akron in Spring 2009. -
10/1/2008
Oct. 1
Law professor J. Dean Carro is quoted in an Akron Beacon Journal story on an appeal by a man sentenced to 16 years in prison. The text for this story is available here. -
10/1/2008
October 2008
Professor Jane Campbell Moriarty and the Neuroscience, Law and Government Symposium were featured in Oct. 4 - 10, 2008 issue of NewScientist magazine. Electronic text is not available. Akron Law was mentioned twice in the October 2008 issue of The National Jurist. The School was listed as #7 in a list of Top 50 law schools that give away the most money in terms of grants and scholarships per tuition. The IP LL.M. program was also listed in the magazine's Ultimate Guide to LL.M. Programs. Copies of The National Jurist are available in the student lounge. Dean Martin H. Belsky was quoted in a story titled "Law Professors from Ohio schools detail the challenges of teaching law in the 21st Century" in the Sept/Oct issue of Ohio Lawyer. Electronic text is not available. -
9/29/2008
September 29, 2008
Kalyani Robbins has accepted an offer from the UCLA Environmental Law Review to publish her article, Strength in Numbers: Setting Quantitative Criteria For Listing Species Under The Endangered Species Act. Bill Jordan has accepted an offer from the Administrative Law Review to publish his article, Chevron Deference and Hearing Rights: An Unintended Assault on the Legitimacy of Agency Adjudicatory Decisions. The Neuroscience, Law and Government Symposium chaired by Jane Moriarty was featured on the front page of Sunday's Cleveland Plain Dealer. See http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/news/1222601416127840.xml&coll=2 -
9/22/2008
September 22, 2008
Carolyn Dessin has agreed to update her 2003 chapter on Durable Powers of Attorney for the Ohio Elder Law Deskbook.
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