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News and Events Alumni Say Faculty, Fellow Students, and Facilities Are Highlights of Their UDSL Education Last summer, UDSL alumni were mailed a survey and asked to share information about their student experiences, their careers since graduation, and their relationships with the School today. Almost 400 alumni completed and returned the survey; respondents represented every class from 1977 – 2006. Here is a summary of the results. Read this story Make Your Reservation Now for Alumni Weekend 2008, May 16 & 17 UD Master Plan for Campus Expansion is Unveiled Poised to embark on the largest expansion in University of Dayton history, UD officials publicly unveiled a new master plan recently for the 259-acre campus that will serve as a catalyst for academic and mixed-use development on the southern edge of Dayton. Read this story  UDSL Professor Argues for Equality in Ongoing Ohio Voting Rights Case The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Ohio filed a lawsuit in January against Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and Cuyahoga County, Ohio’s most populous county, to enjoin a change in voting equipment for the state’s March 4, 2008 primary. UDSL Professor Richard Saphire is one of four attorneys on the plaintiffs’ side of the case, and he says that the change proposed by Brunner will make Cuyahoga Co. “the only county in the nation to move from a more reliable system to a less reliable one.” Read this story Intra-Session Course Examines Nuremberg Trials and Definitions of War For the last week in February, students who enrolled in the intra-session course, Nuremberg, Aggressive War & Other Issues, taught by Professors Susan Brenner and Thaddeus Hoffmeister, found themselves weighing in on some complex philosophical questions: What is war? Can it be made a crime? Who should be charged? Can you be at war with something that is not a nation-state? Read this story Celebrate Diversity Fest, March 28 at UDSL Students, alumni, faculty, staff, family and friends are all welcome to join the UDSL community for Diversity Fest on March 28 from 6:30-9:00pm at Keller Hall. This annual tradition sponsored by UDSL and the Student Bar Association is an opportunity to celebrate our cultural and ethnic diversity as a law school and as a community. Come enjoy food, fun and entertainment for all ages. This year, Diversity Fest will feature a performance by Dr. Willie Morris and his 7-piece UD Jazz Combo from 8-9pm, as well as children’s entertainment, and an international fashion show. Hope to see everyone there! Questions, please contact Mark Webb at webbmard@notes.udayton.edu. Civil Rights Champion Speaks to Students about ‘Policies of Fear’ The UDSL Asian Law Students Association hosted a lunch reception and workshop on campus in February with John Tateishi, the former executive director of the Japanese American Citizens League, whose civil rights advocacy efforts successfully culminated in 1988 with an apology from the President and Congress and monetary redress for Japanese Americans interned in U.S. detention camps during WWII. Tateishi, who, as a boy, was interned with his family, spoke to students and faculty about similarities between post-Pearl Harbor America and post-9/11 America. “After the redress campaign, no one was found guilty of anything besides looking like the enemy,” he said. “History is there for us to learn from it.” |
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Brief Mentions  Save these Dates! The scholarly symposium “Intellectual Property, Economic Development, and the China Puzzle” will be held Monday, April 7. Barrister’s Ball is Saturday, April 12. Look for more information about both upcoming events in the April Dayton Docket. During the first week of March, UDSL will host the American Bar Association/Association of American Law Schools (ABA/AALS) Site Inspection Team conducting the School’s ABA accreditation review. This visit takes place every seven years and is an opportunity for the ABA to give the School advice and check to see that it is complying with standards. It is also a wonderful chance to showcase our institution and our community. The team will meet with groups of faculty, students, and alumni. Professor Laufer-Ukeles will give the keynote address at Wittenberg University’s "Witt Law Day," April 4, 2008. She will speak about the legal dilemmas in surrogate motherhood. Dean Kloppenberg traveled to the ABA Mid-Year Meeting held in Los Angeles in February, where she moderated a breakout session at the meeting for deans of religiously affiliated law schools and co-hosted the women deans' dinner with Patty O'Hara of Notre Dame. She also paid a visit to Professor Emeritus Larry Wohl while in town. Alumna Marcia Hofmann ‘03 was quoted on CNN.com February 11, 2008, about her work for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The Foundation has filed a lawsuit that accuses customs agents of "lengthy questioning and intrusive searches" and seeks clarification on the law that allows such searches. Read this story UDSL’s Criminal Law Association held its third annual Student Bar Bench Conference on February 20, where students learned about issues in criminal law and practice points for future attorneys from a panel of local judges, including UDSL alumni Tony Capizzi and Barbara Gorman, and UDSL former adjunct faculty members James Brogan and Jeffrey Froelich. The 6th Circuit of the ABA’s Student Division held its spring meeting and elections at UDSL on February 9. The circuit governor for the region wrote that he “was very impressed by the quality of the facilities and even more impressed by the quality of the people. Everyone was extremely helpful in making the event a success.” At the Regional Mock Trial competition held at UDSL in February, UDSL student Kate Bowling won best advocate for the tournament even though she competed in one less round than the members of the finalist teams. In every round she competed in, all three judges voted her as best advocate. As for the innovative use of actors as witnesses, co-advisor Dennis Turner said, “Everyone raved about how much more realistic the trials were. We set the gold standard for future competitions.” The expert testimony of UDSL Distinguished Professorial Practitioner in Residence Kenneth B. Germain recently was relied upon by the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (headquartered in Denver, CO). In its February 7, 2008, opinion in Vail Associates, Inc. v. Vend-Tel-Co., Ltd., that court's 2-judge majority cited Germain's trial testimony on various issues regarding "likelihood of confusion," a critical element of trademark infringement. Germain, who serves as a member of the Program in Law and Technology faculty, has testified as a trademark law expert in courts around the country approximately 15 times.  |
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