Podcast: CSU Cleveland-Marshall Law dean Lee Fisher discusses path to the deanship

May 18, 2022

ED UP LEGAL — Legal education is experiencing large swings in applications; a call for innovation & adaptation; demand for increased diversification of the profession; & cries for social justice impact & protection of the Rule of Law.

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CSU Cleveland-Marshall Law Appellate Practice Clinic wins appeals case for client

May 18, 2022

CM LAW — The Cleveland-Marshall Appellate Practice Clinic, directed by Professor Doron Kalir, has secured a fourth straight victory in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The Clinic was appointed to represent Liston Watson on appeal.

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CSU Cleveland-Marshall Law professor Kirk Herath appointed as Ohio’s cybersecurity strategic advisor

May 18, 2022

CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that CSU C|M|LAW Adjunct Professor Kirk Herath has been appointed to the role of Cybersecurity Strategic Advisor, a new position created within his administration.

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CSU Cleveland-Marshall Law professor Milena Sterio assists Rohingya refugees with human rights documentation

May 18, 2022

CM LAW — Professor Milena Sterio traveled to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in order to continue her work on a large human rights documentation project involving the Rohingya refugee community.

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Gift to UConn Law to support diversity fund

May 18, 2022

UCONN TODAY — Jamie Fleckner and Sarah Fleckner, both members of the Class of 1998, remember a sense of community when they attended the UConn School of Law, which has inspired them to support the law school.

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Duke Law hosts District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs for commencement address

May 18, 2022

DUKE LAW NEWS — Judge J. Michelle Childs MJS ’16 of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina urged Duke Law School’s class of 2022 to trust their preparation and allow destiny to direct them in her Convocation address May 7.

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Duke Law selects District Judge Paul Grimm to lead Judicial Institute

May 18, 2022

DUKE LAW — U.S. District Court Judge Paul W. Grimm of the District of Maryland, a 2016 graduate of Duke Law School’s Master of Judicial Studies program, has been named the David F. Levi Director of the Bolch Judicial Institute effective Jan. 1, 2023. Grimm also will join the Duke Law faculty as a professor…

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Elon Law Emergency Legal Services Program director Margaret Dudley honored by North Carolina Bar Association

May 18, 2022

TODAY AT ELON — Margaret Dudley, who leads Elon Law’s Emergency Legal Services Program, is among four lawyers recognized this year by the North Carolina Bar Association for legacies that represent “ceilings broken for all attorneys who follow in their footsteps and whose impacts on the legal profession are undeniable.”

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Fordham Law student Chehak Gogia describes experiences as a first-generation student

May 18, 2022

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Chehak Gogia felt imposter syndrome in her first days as a law student. No one else in her family had graduated from college in the U.S., and many of her classmates were born with advantages that she never had. But she said that over the past three years, she has realized…

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Georgia State University Law students study ongoing wrongful conviction case

May 18, 2022

GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — “So, what are we going to do?” Steph Iasiello (J.D.’23) asked law students one day during Professor Russell Covey’s wrongful convictions course, after the group spent an entire class session reviewing documents and exhibits related to Melissa Lucio’s case.

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