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The following awards were determined by a Spring vote by the graduating class of 2020.  

�ǿմ�ý and the �ǿմ�ý School of Law are adapting to a rapidly evolving situation in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. The health, safety and well-being of our community are our top priorities. A second goal is to meet our educational mission to the extent possible. This is new terrain for everyone.

Excellence and Achievement Awards

Recognizing our distinguished 2020 graduates: Clinic, Journal and Fellowship Awards

 

On May 6, �ǿմ�ý School of Law held its annual “Celebration of Faculty” to recognize full time and adjunct faculty members who made extraordinary contributions over the past year.  This was the first time that the event was held virtually on Zoom.

HeinOnLine has produced a ranking of the top 250 legal scholars and �ǿմ�ý emeritus Law Professor Paul Giannelli came in at 137, three spots ahead of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The ranking counts citations in both law review articles and court cases.

The results of the Ohio February Bar exam have been announced and for the fifth time in the past six administrations of the exam, �ǿմ�ý was the top Ohio law school among all takers.    

Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and director of the law school’s Social Justice Law Center, has been named co-director of the Social Justice Institute (SJI) at �ǿմ�ý.

Clare Shin, a second-year law student studying to become an intellectual property lawyer with a focus on the fashion and entertainment industries, is devoting her summer to giving back to the community.

�ǿմ�ý Emeritus Law Professor Sidney Picker Jr., passed away on April 28. He is survived by his wife, Jane Picker, emeritus professor of Cleveland Marshall Law School.  

As the coronavirus impacts nearly every aspect of our lives and raises new legal and ethical questions about the responsibilities of individuals and government, our professors have been featured in multiple media outlets exploring the legal and ethical issues of the nation’s response to the pandemic.

Law firms, government agencies, international organizations and non-governmental organizations are either moving to a remote internship experience or canceling internships for the summer of 2020 altogether. In response to the disruption, the leaders of �ǿմ�ý’s Case Global program worked together to create an alternative arrangement for students who lost their summer placements, inviting them to work remotely for the summer as research fellows for one of the law school's Case Global centers, institutes and affiliated organizations.

�ǿմ�ý School of Law Professor Juscelino Colares has been re-appointed for the sixth time to serve on the U.S. Roster of NAFTA Chapter 19 Trade arbitrators.  Colares is the Schott-van den Eynden professor of business law and co-director of the law school’s Cox International Law Center.

The interdisciplinary conference examined the effectiveness of 50 years of environmental law in addressing persistent environmental threats to human health, the ability of regulatory structures and institutions to safeguard human health from environmental threats and what new approaches are necessary to ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to live in safe and healthy communities.