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Akron Law news archive

 

1/25/2009
Winter 2009
The Winter issue of Pre-Law magazine featured a profile on Akron Law part-time student Sean Quinn. The story is available here.
1/23/2009
Jan. 23
Akron Legal News ran a front-page feature on Professor J. Dean Carro being named a Super Lawyer. Electronic text is not available.
1/20/2009
January 20, 2009
Jane Moriarty will present her latest work on fmris, neuroscience, and the law at a faculty colloquium at Case Western Law School, where she is visiting this semester. Kalyani Robbins' proposed panel, The Future of ESA: Suggestions for the New Administration, has been accepted for presentation at the conference entitled, Solidarity! United Action for the Greener Good, at the University of Oregon in February. Will Huhn's online companion journal article, "Waterboarding is Illegal," Slip Opinions, Wash. U. L. Rev. (June 2008) http://lawreview.wustl.edu/slip-opinions/waterboarding-is-illegal is blowing up the web site (which is a good thing) receiving up to 800 hits per day as compared to the usual 40 hits per day for the journal, and being linked from andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com.
1/18/2009
Jan. 18
The Akron Beacon Journal mentioned that Akron Law students Tyler T. Allchin and Shannon E. Sorensen were awarded internships with Sternberg, Newman, Shifrin, Inc. Electronic text is not available.
1/15/2009
Jan. 15
Professor J. Dean Carro has been named one of the top attorneys in the state by Ohio Super Lawyers magazine.Electronic text is not available.
1/13/2009
Professor Carro Named 2009 Ohio Super Lawyer
Akron, Ohio, Jan. 13, 2009 - Professor J. Dean Carro, a 1978 graduate of The University of Akron School of Law, has been named by Ohio Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Ohio. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers.
1/12/2009
January 12, 2009
Carolyn Dessin presented, Consumer Protection Law and the Elderly: What's New - What's Needed, for the Section on Aging and the Law at the 2009 Annual AALS Meeting in San Diego in January. She was elected Chair-Elect of the Section. Bernadette Genetin presented E-Discovery for the Litigation Section at the 2009 Annual AALS Meeting in San Diego. Bernadette is also a member of the AALS Litigation Section Executive committee. Dick Aynes presented on a panel entitled History and Historiography at a conference on "The Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights: What have we Learned? Why Does it Matter?" at the University of San Diego. Jane Moriarty was interviewed for an article by Washington Lawyer regarding her work on neuroscience and the law. Jane Moriarty accepted an invitation to write a book review for Judicature on the new book, "Science for Lawyers," edited by Eric York Drogin.
1/8/2009
Jan. 8
An Akron Beacon Journal news column had an item on William Jordan III being named associate dean of our School of Law. The text for this story is available here .
1/7/2009
William S. Jordan, III Appointed Associate Dean
Akron, Ohio, Jan. 7, 2009 - William S. Jordan III, C. Blake McDowell, Jr. Professor of Law at The University of Akron School Law has been appointed Associate Dean.
1/6/2009
Jan. 6
The Akron Legal News noted that Professor Jack Sahl was named a commissioner for the Ohio Supreme Court board on the unauthorized practice of law.


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