From the attack on the U.S. Capitol to social justice and Supreme Court cases and to the health law concerns around the global pandemic, the expertise and insight of the School of Law鈥檚 faculty at 星空传媒 were at the forefront of the stories making headlines nationally and internationally.
Our faculty appeared in more than 750 media stories in 2021. In what has become commonplace, our faculty members are often the first call that journalists make when trying to make sense of a news story.
Look back at some of the highlights of the School of Law in the media鈥攌eep in mind this is just a fraction of the media mentions鈥攆rom one of the most newsworthy years in recent memory:
Winter 2021
The Economist: Andrew Pollis, professor of law
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
Financial Times: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and the director of the Environmental Law Center
How to Explain to Kids the Difference Between a Mob and a Protest
Parents: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor at the School of Law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
No, the First Amendment doesn't prevent being banned on Twitter
Yahoo News: Andrew Geronimo, director of the First Amendment Clinic at the School of Law
CBS News: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
Financial Times: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
CNBC: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and the co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
New York Times: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and the director of the Environmental Law Center
Associated Press: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
NPR, Marketplace: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and the director of the Environmental Law Center
National Geographic: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and the co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
The Globe and Mail: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and the director of the Environmental Law Center, and Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law and a professor of political science
USA Today: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
U.S. News and World Report: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
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New York Times: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
USA Today: Katharine Van Tassel, a visiting professor of law
CNN: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
Spring 2021
History: Ted Steinberg, Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History in the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Law
CNBC: Sharona Hoffman, Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law in the School of Law and a professor in the Department of Bioethics in the School of Medicine
Freshwater Cleveland: Michael Benza, senior instructor of law
New York Times: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
Cond茅 Nast Traveler: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
CBS News: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
Undark Magazine: Max Mehlman, the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law, Distinguished University Professor, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center and a professor of bioethics
Associated Press: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
CBS News: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
USA Today: Katharine Van Tassel, visiting professor of law
Law360: Steven G. Stransky, adjunct professor of law
CNN, New Day: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
The Verge: Aaron Perzanowski, professor of law
CNN, Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
USA Today: Katharine Van Tassel, visiting professor of law
Rolling Stone: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
Courthouse News: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
CNN, The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
Financial Times: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law
ESPN, The Undefeated: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
Bloomberg: Liam Dunn, instructor of law and director of academic support at the School of Law
Washington Post: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law
Ms. Magazine: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
Financial Times: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law
WCPN, ideastream: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
Money Magazine: Joan Burda, adjunct professor of law
Court TV: Michael Benza, senior instructor of law
USA Today: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
A&E: Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, discussed the possibility of parole for the man known as the nail bomber, who terrorized London鈥檚 Black, Bangladeshi and gay communities with homemade explosives in 1999. 鈥淭ime has a way of changing what we think of what a person did, or how bad we think what he did really is,鈥 Benza said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 hard to imagine in Copeland鈥檚 case, but lots of things change.鈥
Yahoo Finance: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
NPR: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
Virginia's New Privacy Law Is Just Different Enough to Give Compliance Headaches
Law.com: Steven G. Stransky, adjunct professor of law
Olympian鈥檚 company received $10 million in pandemic bailout despite conflicting numbers
KSTU: Richard K. Gordon, director of the Financial Integrity Institute and professor of law, discussed the stated objectives of the Payroll Protection Program鈥攁nd the potential for fraud that came along with it.
Wall Street Journal: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
CBC News: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute, discussed the sentencing of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and the impact of the case for racial injustice in the U.S.
Summer 2021
CBS News: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
Politico: Maxwell Mehlman, Distinguished University Professor and the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute, weighed in on the 22-year prison sentence of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer found guilty for the murder of George Floyd.
ideastream: Lewis Katz, the John C. Hutchins Professor Emeritus of Law
Marketplace: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
The Christian Science Monitor: Andrew Geronimo, lecturer in law and director of the law school鈥檚 First Amendment Clinic
The Washington Post: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
Washington Post: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
New York Times: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, and Michael Benza, senior instructor of law
WKYC, NBC Cleveland: Andrew Geronimo, lecturer in law and director of the First Amendment Clinic
USA Today: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
HuffPost: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
The Washington Post: Aaron Perzanowski, professor of law
Forbes: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
Bloomberg: Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law
6 Cybersecurity Events That Have Defined 2021
Law360: Steven G. Stransky, adjunct professor of law
Popular Science: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Jonathan L. Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science
Columbus Dispatch: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
Los Angeles Times: Katharine Van Tassel, visiting professor of law, discussed some of the latest coronavirus news in California and beyond.
U.S. News & World Report: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
Mashable: Cathy Lesser Mansfield, professor of law
Columbus Business Journal: Jonathan L. Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science
Fall 2021
USA Today: Kevin McMunigal, professor of law
CBS News: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
USA Today: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
Columbus Dispatch: Tom Barnard, adjunct professor of law
Christian Science Monitor: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
CNN: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
Bloomberg: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
Cleveland Plain Dealer/cleveland.com: Avidan Cover, professor of law and the associate dean for academic affairs at the School of Law, and Brian Gran, professor of sociology and professor of law
Wall Street Journal: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
WKYC, NBC Cleveland: Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Law
Philadelphia Inquirer: Robert Rapp, visiting assistant professor at the School of Law
A&E: Michael Benza, senior instructor in law
SEC vs. Ripple case could establish limit on agency's future involvement in crypto regulation: sources
Business: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law
Lifewire: Raymond Ku, professor of law and the Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar
Crain鈥檚 Cleveland Business: School of Law co-deans Jessica Berg and Michael Scharf
The Atlantic: Joan Burda, adjunct professor of law
Popular Science: Aaron Perzanowski, professor of law
The New York Times: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
Spectrum News: Michael Scharf, co-dean of the School of Law
Associated Press: Michael Benza, senior instructor of law
Yahoo: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law
NBC News: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
Crain鈥檚 Cleveland Business: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law
WEWS, ABC Cleveland: David J. Carney, professor of law
Popular Science: Aaron Perzanowski, professor of law
PoilitiFact: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Jonathan L. Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko-BakerHostetler Professor of Law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics
BBC News: Kevin McMunigal, professor of law
Currents Magazine: Andrew Zashin, adjunct professor of law
Reuters: Erik Jensen, professor emeritus of law
York Times: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
Vulture: Aaron Perzanowski, professor of law
Christian Science Monitor: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
CBS News: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
USA Today: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
CNN, Early Start: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
Business Insider: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
CNN, New Day: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
PBS Newshour: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
Philadelphia Inquirer: Matthew Rossman, professor of law and the director of the Community Development Clinic at the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center
Casper Star-Tribune: Stephen Noffsinger, professor at the School of Medicine and adjunct professor at the School of Law
NPR, Morning Edition: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
CNN: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Lewis Katz, the John C. Hutchins Professor Emeritus of Law
US Weekly: Charlie Korsmo, professor of law
Washington Post: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
Business Insider: Craig Nard, the Galen J. Roush Professor of Law and director, of the Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts
BBC: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
Slate: Raymond Ku, professor of law and the Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar
Vice News: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
Reuters: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute