Faculty Presentations
February 28, 2013 – Joseph E. Slater, “Employment and Labor Law in the 21st Century: Changes in the Arenas of Conflict,” Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas.
February 27, 2013 – Jelani Jefferson Exum, “Thoughts on Race and Sentencing,” Science Café Forum, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
February 22, 2013 – Kara Bruce, “The Debtor Class: Actual and Illusory Impediments to Consumer Class Actions in Bankruptcy,” Valparaiso University Regional Faculty Workshop, Chicago, Illinois.
February 22, 2013 – Benjamin G. Davis, “The 9/11 Military Commission Motion Hearings: A Citizen Looks at Comparative Legitimacy,” Southern Illinois University School of Law Symposium, Carbondale, Illinois.
February 15, 2013 – Nicole B. Porter, “Assessing the Workplace Law Curriculum from the Corporate Compliance Perspective,” Teaching Labor and Employment Law Symposium, Saint Louis University School of Law, Saint Louis, Missouri.
February 15, 2013 – Joseph E. Slater, “Teaching Employment and Labor Law,” Teaching Labor and Employment Law Symposium, Saint Louis University School of Law, Saint Louis, Missouri.
February 2, 2013 – Jelani Jefferson Exum, Panel Moderator, “Strategies for Reform,” Michigan Journal of Race & Law 2013 Symposium, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
January 26, 2013 – Benjamin G. Davis, “The Sparkle of Sovereignty: A Citizen and Torture, Military Commissions, and the War in Iraq,” Mid-Atlantic People of Color Conference, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
January 25-26, 2013 – Lee J. Strang, “Limited Federal Powers and the Commerce Clause,” Templeton Colloquium presented by the Federalist Society, Las Vegas, Nevada.
January 23, 2013 – Kara Bruce, “The Debtor Class: Actual and Illusory Impediments to Consumer Class Actions in Bankruptcy,” Faculty Exchange Program, The University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio.
January 5, 2013 – Lee J. Strang, “New Normative Justification for Originalism in Human Flourishing,” Works-in-Progress Panel, Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.
January 4, 2013 – Lee J. Strang, “Judicial Deference Within Originalism,” Panel on Judicial Deference v. Judicial Engagement, Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.
December 18, 2012 – Llewellyn J. Gibbons, “Recent Trends in U.S. Copyright Law,” Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Intellectual Property Rights Center, Wuhan, China.
December 18, 2012 – Bruce M. Kennedy, “Preservation of Cultural Property - Can the U.S. Copyright Law Make a Difference?” Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Intellectual Property Rights Center, Wuhan, China.
December 15, 2012 – Llewellyn J. Gibbons, “Economic Frontiers as Marginal Fault Lines of the Boundaries of Intellectual Property Rights,” The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
December 15, 2012 – Bruce M. Kennedy, “Inventing Implied Cultural Property Rights from the U.S. Copyright Law,” The University of Hong Kong.
December 7, 2012 – Marilyn F. Preston, Legal Writing Institute 2012 One-Day Workshop, Student Populations: Diversity Matters, Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, Michigan.
December 7, 2012 – Robert S. Salem, Panelist, U.S. Department of Education Panel, Washington, D.C.
December 5, 2012 – Llewellyn J. Gibbons, “Extra-terrioritality, Intellectual Property, ACTA, PIPA, and SOPA,” Northwest University of Politics and Law, Xi'an, China.
November 28, 2012 – Robert S. Salem, “The Link between Law, Policy, and Bullying Related Suicides,” Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
November 16, 2012 – Rebecca E. Zietlow, “Is There A Constitutional Right to Organize?” ClassCrits V Workshop, From Madison to Zuccotti Park: Confronting Class and Reclaiming the American Dream, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
November 16, 2012 – Susan R. Martyn and Dan Nathan, "The Art and Ethics of Negotiation" Panel Discussion, Toledo Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Toledo, Ohio.
November 15, 2012 – Lee J. Strang, “Originalism v. Living Constitutionalism” Debate, Wayne State University Law School Federalist Society, Detroit, Michigan.
November 14, 2012 – Stephanie Blum, "Recent EEO Issues and Homeland Security," Toledo Bar Association, Toledo, Ohio.
November 9, 2012 – Benjamin G. Davis and Robin M. Kennedy, “A New Loophole to Escape Arbitration: Associational Standing,” Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution Works-in-Progress Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
November 8, 2012 – Geoffrey C. Rapp, “Harry Potter and the Law,” Toledo Women's Bar Association, Toledo, Ohio.
November 5, 2012 – Benjamin G. Davis, “Negotiating with/Confronting Voter Intimidation in Ohio,” Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution Symposium, Negotiating the Extremes: Impossible Political Dialogues in the 21st Century, New York, New York.
November 3, 2012 – Rebecca E. Zietlow, “James Ashley and the Ideological Origins of the Thirteenth Amendment,” Loyola University Chicago School of Law Constitutional Law Colloquium, Chicago, Illinois.
November 2, 2012 – Lee J. Strang, “Originalism and the Aristotelian Tradition: A New Normative Foundation for Originalism in Human Flourishing,” Loyola University Chicago School of Law Constitutional Law Colloquium, Chicago, Illinois.
October 27, 2012 – Rebecca E. Zietlow, “Right of Belonging for Women,” Social Justice Feminism Conference, University of Cincinnati College of Law.
October 25, 2012 – Nicole B. Porter, "Women, Unions, and Negotiation," CRIMT International Conference, Union Futures: Innovations, Transformations, Strategies, Montreal.
October 24, 2012 – Benjamin G. Davis and Robin M. Kennedy, “A New Loophole to Escape Arbitration: An Alternative to Class Action,” ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Teleconference.
October 20, 2012 – Kara J. Bruce, “The Debtor Class: Actual and Illusory Limitations on Consumer Class Actions in Bankruptcy,” Central States Law Schools Association Annual Scholarship Conference, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
October 19, 2012 – Jelani Jefferson Exum, “Forget Sentencing Equality: Lessons From the ‘Cracked’ Cocaine Debate,” Central States Law Schools Association Annual Scholarship Conference, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
October 11, 2012 – Lee J. Strang, “Religious Liberty, the HHS Mandate, and the Upcoming Election,” Theology on Tap Series, Diocese of Toledo, Sylvania, Ohio.
October 5, 2012 – Geoffrey C. Rapp, “Pleading and Proving Scienter in Securities Litigation,” Panel Discussion, Behavioral Economics and Investor Protection Conference, Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
October 4, 2012 – Lee J. Strang, “A Light Not Seen: The History of Catholic Legal Education in the United States,” Workshop Series, Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska.
September 28, 2012 - Llewellyn J. Gibbons, “E Unum Pluribus: The Use of State Law as a Gap Filler to Meet The International Obligations of the United States,” University of New Hampshire School of Law's Intellectual Property Scholars’ Rountable, Concord, New Hampshire.
September 27, 2012 - Kenneth Kilbert, “Legal Tools To Reduce Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie,” Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments Environmental Council, Toledo, Ohio.
September 20, 2012 - Joseph E. Slater, “The History of Federal Sector Labor Relations and Modern Debates on Collective Bargaining and National Security,” IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law’s 30th Annual Conference on Federal Sector Labor Relations and Labor Law, Chicago, Illinois.
September 20, 2012 - Jelani Exum, "We Are The Key to Doing Better at Sentencing," TEDx Toledo Inaugural Event, Toledo, Ohio.
September 18, 2012 - Lee J. Strang, “Originalism v. Living Constitutionalism” Debate hosted by The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Federalist Society, Columbus, Ohio.
September 14, 2012 - Nicole B. Porter, "Mutual Marginalization," Colloquium on Labor and Employment Law hosted by Northwestern University School of Law and Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.
September 14, 2012 - Joseph E. Slater, “Attacks on Public-Sector Bargaining as Attacks on Employee Voice: A (Partial) Defense of the Wagner Act Model,” Colloquium on Labor and Employment Law hosted by Northwestern University School of Law and Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.
September 14, 2012 - Rebecca E. Zietlow, “Right of Belonging for Women,” Vulnerabilities and Identities: An Uncomfortable Conversation Conference, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia.
September 13, 2012 - Lee J. Strang, “Originalism v. Living Constitutionalism” Debate hosted by the Northern Illinois University College of Law Federalist Society, DeKalb, Illinois.
September 7, 2012 - Benjamin G. Davis, Presidential Power, Foreign Affairs, and the 2012 Election Conference, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio.
August 30, 2012 – Geoffrey C. Rapp, “Penn State and the Freeh Report: Lessons and Opportunities,” Toledo, Ohio.
August 25, 2012 – Robert S. Salem, “Progress through Partnership – Advanced Litigation” Panel, 2012 Lavender Law Conference, Washington, D.C.
June 25, 2012 - Llewellyn J. Gibbons, “Crowd Sourcing and Trademarks,” Toledo Bar Association CLE, Toledo, Ohio.
June 14, 2012 – Nicole Porter, “Embracing Caregiving and Respecting Choice,” Work-Family Researchers Network Inaugural Conference, New York City, New York.
June 8, 2012 – Joseph E. Slater, “Legal Changes to Public Sector Collective Bargaining,” The National Academy of Arbitrators Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
June 8, 2012 – Lee J. Strang, “Narrowing Religion,” Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally, Toledo, Ohio.
June 8, 2012 – Llewellyn J. Gibbons, Panel, “Thinking and Rethinking Intellectual Property,” Law and Society Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.
June 7, 2012 - Joseph E. Slater, “Are Public Sector Employees ‘Overpaid’?: A Review of the Scholarship,” New York University Center for Labor and Employment Law, 65th Annual Conference on Labor.
June 6, 2012 – Lee J. Strang, “Construction and/or Interpretation: Navigating the Scylla and Charybdis of Constitutional Interpretation,” Blackstone Legal Fellowship, Phoenix, Arizona.
June 5, 2012 – Kenneth Kilbert, “Legal Tools and Best Practices for Reducing Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie,” The Coastal Society Annual Conference, Miami, Florida.
June 2, 2012 – Llewellyn J. Gibbons, “The Future of Intellectual Property Workshop,” University of Hawaii.
May 24, 2012 – Llewellyn J. Gibbons, “Stepping Back to the Future: Standards, Private Law-making and Federal Preemption of State Law in the US,” 4th Annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law, Turku, Finland.
May 17, 2012 – Llewellyn J. Gibbons, Panel, “IP Piracy and Symbiotic Economic Advancement between Developing and Developed States and Communities," Howard University School of Law.
May 4, 2012 – Lee J. Strang, “Religion, Politics, and the First Amendment: The Catholic Perspective,” Theology on Tap Series, Diocese of Toledo, Fostoria, Ohio.
April 23, 2012 – Lee J. Strang, Panel, “Religious Liberty, Government Regulations and Catholic Health Care: A Look at Current Issues and Future Challenges,” Lourdes University.
April 18, 2012 – Lee J. Strang, Originalism 101: An Introduction to Originalism, University of Tennessee College of Law Federalist Society, University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee
April 13, 2012 – Lee J. Strang, “Originalism and the Aristotelian Tradition: Originalism’s Normative Foundation in Human Flourishing,” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
April 13, 2012 – Rebecca E. Zietlow, “Popular Originalism? The Tea Party and Constitutional Theory,” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
April 14, 2012 – Benjamin G. Davis, “The Promise of Dual Sovereigns: Structural Complementarity in Federalism,” Midwestern People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, Marquette University Law School.
April 9, 2012 – Lee J. Strang, Debate, “Originalism as Means of Constitutional Interpretation,” Saint Louis University School of Law.
March 30, 2012 – Rebecca E. Zietlow, “Theorizing Economic Rights for Women,” Indiana Journal of Law & Social Equality Symposium, Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
March 29, 2012 – Geoffrey Rapp, “Harry Potter and the Law,” UT Carlson Library.
March 28, 2012 – Lee J. Strang, “Protecting Individual Liberty through Constitutional Interpretation: Originalism, Natural Rights, and Human Flourishing,” McMaster Symposium Keynote Address, Defiance College.
March 28, 2012 – Joseph E. Slater, “The Assault on Collective Bargaining Rights in the Public Sector,” Rush McKnight Labor Law Lecture, Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
March 23, 2012 – Nicole B. Porter, “Disability and Gender: The Common Bond and Diverse Experiences of Individuals with Disabilities and Employees with Caregiving Responsibilities,” Rebranding Disability Rights Law Symposium, University of California Berkeley School of Law.
March 17, 2012 – Joseph E. Slater, “Attacks on Public Sector Bargaining as Attacks on Employee Voice: A (Partial) Defense of the Wagner Act Model,” Voices at Work North American Workshop, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
March 9, 2012 – Geoffrey Rapp, “States of Pay: Emerging Trends in Whistleblower Bounty Legislation,” Citizen Employees: Whistleblowers and Other Employees Acting in the Public Interest Conference, South Texas College of Law.
March 3, 2012 – Joseph E. Slater, “Public Sector Labor Law in the U.S., and its Discontents,” Faultlines & Borderlines in Labo(u)r Law, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
March 2, 2012 – Geoffrey Rapp, DePaul Journal of Sports Law “Money & Sports: Economic Realities of Being an Athlete” Symposium, DePaul University College of Law.
April 20, 2012 – William M. Richman, “New and Illegitimate Certiorari Jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts,” The Good, The Bad, and the 2012 U.S. Supreme Court Term CLE sponsored by the Federal Bar Association, Northern District of Ohio Chapter, and the Toledo Bar Association, Toledo, Ohio.
February 26, 2012 – Robert S. Salem, “Addressing the Increasing Prevalence of Discrimination against Aging Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People,” Equality Toledo, Maumee, Ohio.
February 24, 2012 – Nicole B. Porter, “Women, Unions, and Negotiation,” Labor Law Symposium 2012: Democracy and the Workplace, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law.
February 24, 2012 – Rebecca E. Zietlow, “Democratic Constitutionalism and the Affordable Care Act,” Whose Constitution? Popular Constitutionalism and the 2012 Election Conference, Roger Williams University School of Law.
February 17, 2012 – Benjamin G. Davis, “Transcending Borders,” Black Law Students’ Association of Canada 21st Annual Conference, University of Windsor Law School, Windsor, Canada.
February 17, 2012 – Joseph E. Slater, “ADR: From 1919 to the Present,” Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution Annual Symposium: The Role of ADR Mechanisms in Public Sector Labor Disputes: What Is at Stake, Where We Can Improve & How We Can Learn from the Private Sector, Ohio Union, Columbus, Ohio.
February 15, 2012 – Robert S. Salem, “Marriage Equality in the Context of the Larger Gay Rights Movement,” Bowling Green State University Firelands College.
February 8, 2012 – Benjamin G. Davis, “Sexual Violence against Children by Clergy: Is the Vatican Legally Accountable? Panel”, Harvard Law School.
January 30, 2012 – Lee J. Strang, “Originalism and the Challenge of Change,” Creighton University School of Law.
January 27, 2012 – Joseph E. Slater, “State Legislators Target Public Sector Labor Rights:Where Are We Today?” 2012 Midwinter Meeting ABA State & Local Government Bargaining & Employment Law Committee, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
January 27, 2012 – Rebecca E. Zietlow, “James Ashley's Thirteenth Amendment,” Thirteenth Amendment: Meaning, Enforcement, and Contemporary Implication Symposium, Columbia Law School.
January 27, 2012 – Benjamin G. Davis, “Indefensible: A Reference for Prosecuting Torture and Other Felonies Committed by US Officials Following September 11th” Release Event. American University Washington College of Law.
January 26, 2012 – Lee J. Strang, “Originalism and the Problem of Nonoriginalist Precedent,” Northwestern University Law School.
January 25, 2012 – Lee J. Strang, “Originalism v. Living Constitutionalism,” University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.
January 14, 2012 – Susan R. Martyn, “Twenty Years of Legal Ethics: Back to the Future?” Twentieth Annual London MCLE Fair, London, England.