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News and Events Carnegie Foundation Taps UDSL for Study on Legal Education The University of Dayton School of Law is among an elite group of law schools the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has chosen to participate in its next examination of how American law schools educate their students. Read this story
Recent scandals centered on companies like Blackwater have rocked the government contracting industry, but professionals in public contract law, including several UDSL graduates, hope to help their industry safeguard its integrity by promoting the public procurement system itself as their most important client. Read this story UDSL Ranks 3rd in Ohio in Percentage of Students Who Pass the State Bar University of Dayton School of Law students taking the summer Ohio bar exam passed it at a higher rate than in any year since 2000. More than 82 percent (82.3) of all UDSL graduates taking the summer test passed it. That’s third among the state’s nine law schools. The state average is 81.3 percent. Read this story Intra-Sessions Shake up the Semester, Provide Unique Learning Opportunities Intra-sessions, week-long, intensive courses held during a mid-semester break in classes, were held during the last week of October at UDSL. This semester, students learned how to handle white-collar crime in the business world, posed questions about criminal sanctions to a panel of inmates, examined the purposes behind Juvenile Child Protection courts, improved their public speaking skills, and even drafted and submitted legislation to the Supreme Court of Ohio. These courses broaden students’ perspectives, provide valuable skills training, and are unique in the opportunities they give students to explore topics that otherwise would not fit into a full-semester schedule. Read descriptions of a few Fall 2007 intra-session courses below. Read this story UDSL Graduates Lend Expertise to Criminal Sanctions Panel The Criminal Sanctions Intra-session course taught this October by Judge Jeffrey Froelich and Judge Mary Kate Huffman (UDSL ’90) was highlighted by a unique panel discussion that brought together representatives from all facets of the criminal justice system - prosecutors, public defenders, former inmates, victims of crime, and probation officers – to try and answer the questions, Does the system work? And how can it work better? Several panel members were UDSL graduates. Read this story Women’s Caucus Aims to Bring Valuable Discussion, Opportunities to All UDSL Students The University of Dayton saw its first female law students graduate in 1926. Almost 30 years later, Harvard Law School graduated its first female students in 1953. U.D. has always been a leader in women’s education and today that is no different. UDSL’s entering class for 2007 is comprised of 48.3% females and 51.7% males. Naturally, there is interest in a student organization that serves half (and, in many ways, all) of its population. Read this story |
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Brief Mentions  Students Richard Huff, Valerie Inman, and Jessica Jacobson pose with Professor Jeff Morris on Halloween. They raised $250 by organizing a costume contest to help fund the upcoming Alternative Spring Break trip to provide legal aid in New Orleans. Students paid to cast votes for which professor they wanted to dress in costume for classes on Halloween; Morris received the most votes. Watch for more information about Alternative Spring Break in next month's Docket UDSL students who participated in March’s Alternative Spring Break service trip to New Orleans were recognized by the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana Bar Association in a ceremony held on October 1, 2007 in New Orleans. Appreciation was expressed in a letter announcing the honor from both organizations that read, “With your unwavering support during this period, we were able to begin the recovery process while demonstrating the viability of Louisiana and preserving the rule of law.” The Supreme Court of Ohio’s Dispute Resolution Section will co-sponsor a mediator’s roundtable and CLE event with UDSL at Keller Hall on Friday, November 9, 2007, from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. A meeting of the Corporate Counsel Committee of the Dayton Bar Association will be at UDSL in the Faculty Lounge on November 15, 2007, from 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. UDSL Distinguished Professorial Practitioner in Residence Ken Germain will present on trademark and trade dress law to the in-house practitioner. Professor Vernellia Randall presented Race, Racism and Juvenile Justice, a lecture about the problem of Disproportionate Minority Confinement and specific legal remedies for correcting it, on October 12, 2007, at Keller Hall. The Dayton Fangs, an area all-women’s hockey team started two years ago by player-coach Marianne Graham (UDSL ’07) recently was highlighted in the Dayton Daily News. Last year, the 20-member team joined the Pennsylvania-Ohio Women's Hockey Association (POWHA). Erin Rhinehart (UDSL c/o ’04) will receive the Community Service Award for Attorneys Forty and Under: District 2, given by the Ohio State Bar Foundation. An attorney with Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L, Rhinehart is being recognized for her involvement in The Dayton Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division "5 for the Kids" 5K run and fitness walk. Rhinehart chaired the event, which raised $10,000 for CARE House, a child advocacy center for children who are victims of abuse and neglect. UDSL’s Sports and Entertainment Law Society hosted a lecture on October 29, 2007 featuring Rueben Katz, attorney, sports agent and CEO of KMG Sports Management. Katz told students that the work he does centers around negotiating contracts for athletes, but also holding their hands. “I’m their father, their brother, their priest, their rabbi, you name it.” |
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© 2007 University of Dayton School of Law
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