College of Law

Faculty Presentations Archive

A list of recent presentations is below. You can also learn more about our faculty’s areas of expertise by visiting a professor’s individual profile or our Newsroom.

 

Spring 2015

January 31, 2015 – Kara Bruce, “Vindicating Bankruptcy Rights,” Mid-Atlantic People of Color Conference, Morgantown, West Virginia.   

January 16, 2015 – Agnieszka McPeak, “Tort Law, Privacy Rights, and the Challenge of New Technology,” University of Silesia, Programme in European Private Law for Postgraduates, Katowice, Poland. 

January 4, 2015 – Eric Chaffee, “Answering the Call to Reinvent Legal Education: The Need to Incorporate Practical Business and Transactional Skills Training into the Curricula of America’s Law Schools,” Section on Agency, Partnership, LLCs, and Unincorporated Associations, AALS Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

January 3, 2015 – Nicole Porter, “Withdrawn Accommodations,” Employment Discrimination Section, AALS Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. 

 

Fall 2014

December 6, 2014 – Lee Strang, Colloquium, “Salmon P. Chase and the Republican Constitution,” Georgetown Center for the Constitution, Washington, D.C.

December 6, 2014 – Rebecca Zietlow, Colloquium, “Salmon P. Chase and the Republican Constitution,” Georgetown Center for the Constitution, Washington, D.C.

December 5, 2014 – Shelley Cavalieri, “Is the Capabilities Approach Incompatible with Vulnerabilities Theory or a Response to Vulnerability?,” Vulnerability and Human Condition Initiative Workshop, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia.  

December 4, 2014 – Kara Bruce  “’Effective Vindication’ and Bankruptcy Rights, Can The Debtor Class Survive Modern Class Action Theory?,” Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio. 

November 28, 2014 – Llewellyn Gibbons, “Rhetoric v. Reality: The Rhetoric of Law and Economics Scholarship and the Reality of Judicial Opinions,” Fifth Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference, The University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. 

November 19, 2014 – Kenneth Kilbert, “The Toledo Water Crisis,” Toledo Women’s Bar Association, Toledo, Ohio.

November 19, 2014 – Jelani Jefferson Exum, “Death Penalty on the Street,” Northwest Ohio Chapter of the ACLU. 

November 14, 2014 – Geoffrey Rapp,“The Legal Future of College Sports,” Archbold Rotary Club, Archbold, Ohio. 

November 8, 2014 – Joseph Slater, “Tenure, Civil Service, and Teacher Evaluations Rules,” Panel, ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California. 

November 7, 2014 – Lee Strang, “Originalism’s Subject Matter: Originalism and the Declaration of Independence,” Loyola University Chicago School of Law Constitutional Law Colloquium, Chicago, Illinois.  

November 7, 2014 – Rebecca Zietlow, “Liberty and Sovereignty in Right Wing Constitutionalist Movements,” American Society for Legal History Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado. 

November 7, 2014 – Evan Zoldan, “The Failure of Equal Protection and the Alternative of Legislative Generality,” Loyola University Chicago School of Law Constitutional Law Colloquium, Chicago, Illinois. 

November 4, 2014 – Benjamin Davis, “Diversity and Inclusion in International Arbitration Appointments,” Panel, Third Annual Conference of the Atlanta International Arbitration Society, Atlanta, Georgia. 

October 31, 2014 – Eric Chaffee, “Alternative Investments for the Masses,” Panel, Ohio Securities Conference, Columbus, Ohio.

October 24, 2014 – Benjamin Davis, “Advocating for U.S. Torture Prosecutions on the Chaos and Impunity: Core Crimes and Sitting Heads of State,” Panel, International Law Weekend, American Branch of the International Law Association, Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York. 

October 24, 2014 – Joseph Slater, “Do Private-Sector Labor Contracts Constitute ‘State Action’?  Harris v. Quinn Revives a Puzzling Approach,” West Virginia University College of Law Labor Law Conference, Morgantown, West Virginia.

October 22, 2014 – Jelani Jefferson Exum, “Fatal Police Force: The Death Penalty on the Streets,” UT Sojourner’s Truth and Africana Studies Brown Bag Speakers Series, Toledo, Ohio. 

October 22, 2014 – Jelani Jefferson Exum, “What to Do When the Police Stop You,” Panel, Toledo Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club, Toledo, Ohio.

October 18, 2014 – Geoffrey Rapp, “Institutional Control and Corporate Governance,” Sports Law Workshop, National Sports Law Institute Conference, Marquette University Law School.

October 17, 2014 – Agnieszka McPeak, “Ethics and Social Media,” Social Media Law Symposium, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, Dallas, Texas.

October 11, 2014 – Kara Bruce,“Effective Vindication” of Bankruptcy Rights: Can the Debtor Class Survive Modern Class Action Theory?” Central States Law School Association Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

October 11, 2014 – Eric Chaffee, “The Death and Rebirth of Codes of Legal Ethics: The Role of Neuroscientific Evidence of Irrational Ethical Decision-Making in Formulating Regulation for the Practice of Law,” Central States Law School Association Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

October 8, 2014 – Shelley Cavalieri, “Theorizing Land Reform,” University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio.   

October 7, 2014 - Kara Bruce,“Effective Vindication” of Bankruptcy Rights: Can the Debtor Class Survive Modern Class Action Theory?” University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth School of Law Junior Faculty Scholarship Exchange, Boston, Massachusetts. 

September 26, 2014 – Dan Nathan, “The Legal Process & the CASA/GAL:  How to Effectively Navigate the Court System,”Ohio CASA Conference, Columbus, Ohio.

September 23, 2014 – Benjamin Davis, “Turn Up! Turn Out! Voter Information Forum,” Panel, Kent Public Library, Toledo, Ohio.

September 18, 2014 – Jelani Jefferson Exum,“Fatal Police Force: The Death Penalty on the Streets,” TEDxToledo, Toledo, Ohio.

September 12, 2014 – Nicole Porter, “The Stigmatic Harm of Special Treatment after the ADAAA,” 9th Annual Labor and Employment Law Colloquium, University of Colorado Law School, Boulder, Colorado. 

September 12, 2014 – Rob Salem, “Does Success Really Matter? Accepting or Continuing Representation of Clients who have Little Hope of Winning their Cases,” Midwest Clinic Teachers’ Conference, Michigan State University College of Law. 

 

Summer 2014

August 3, 2014 – Nicole Porter, “The Meaning of Disability,” Panel, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Conference, Amelia Island, Florida.

August 2, 2014 – Nicole Porter, “New Voices in Labor and Employment Law,” Panel, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Conference, Amelia Island, Florida. 

August 2, 2014 – Greg Gilchrist, Corporate Compliance Panel, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Conference, Amelia Island, Florida. 

July 31, 2014 – Kenneth Kilbert, “Harmful Algal Blooms and Asian Carp,” Federal Bar Association, Northern District of Ohio Chapter, Cleveland, Ohio. 

June 26, 2014 – Nicole Porter, "Reasonable Accommodations after the ADA Amendments Act," Labor Law Group Meeting, Ithaca, New York.

June 23, 2014 – Benjamin Davis, “Arbitral Institutions Roundtable Discussion,” Panel, White & Case, New York, New York.

June 19, 2014 – Eric Chaffee, “An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Use of Ethical Intuition in Legal Compliance Decision Making for Business Entities,” National Business Law Scholars Conference, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California.

June 5, 2014 – Elizabeth McCuskey, American Society of Law, Medicine, & Ethics 37th Annual Health Law Professors Conference, University of California Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California. 

May 29, 2014 – Jessica Knouse, “Liberty, Equality, and Parentage in the Era of Posthumous Conception,” Law and Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 

Spring 2014 

May 1, 2014 – Shelley Cavalieri, “Grounding Land Reform,” Association for Law, Property, and Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

April 25, 2014 – Rebecca E. Zietlow, “A Positive Right to Free Labor,” Feminism and Legal Theory Project Workshop on Labor and Employment, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia.

April 23, 2014 – Lee J. Strang, “Four Reasons the Common Core is Bad for Ohio’s Children,” Sylvania, Ohio. 

April 19, 2014 – Llewellyn J. Gibbons, “Trademark System and the Brand Innovation: Crowdsourcing Brand Development and IP Rights,” 2014 IPR Nanhu Forum International Conference on the “Construction of Intellectual Property Rights and the Innovative System,” Wuhan, China. 

April 18, 2014 – Lee J. Strang, “Originalism’s Promise and Limits,”Cleveland State Law Review Symposium, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio. 

April 17, 2014 – Jelani Jefferson Exum, “Incorporating Purpose Into Sentencing: Obstacles and Opportunities for Reform,” Criminal Justice Speakers Series, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio. 

April 12, 2014 – Lee J. Strang, “Religious Liberty: Struggles for Supremacy,” Mayflower Society, Toledo, Ohio.

April 3, 2014 – Rebecca E. Zietlow, “The Constitutional Politics of Reconstruction” Roundtable, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois. 

April 3, 2014 – Geoffrey C. Rapp, “The Role of Whistle Blowers in the Protection of Investors and Consumers” Panel, 2014 Institute for Law and Economic Policy Conference, Boca Raton, Florida.

March 28, 2014 – Susan R. Martyn, “Can Luther help Modern Lawyers Understand Fiduciary Law?” Valparaiso University Law School, Chicago, Illinois. 

March 27, 2014 – Lee J. Strang, “Originalism v. Living Constitutionalism” Debate, Wayne State University School of Law, Detroit, Michigan. 

March 26, 2014 – Maara Fink, “On Work/Life Balance,” Toledo Women’s Bar Association, Toledo, Ohio. 

March 25, 2014 – Robert S. Salem, “Law, Policy and Practice in the Workplace,” The University of Toledo’s Diversity Certificate Program Workshop, Toledo, Ohio. 

March 24, 2014 – Elizabeth McCuskey, “Submerged Precedent,” Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio. 

March 21, 2014 – Benjamin G. Davis, “Addressing Federalism and Separation of Powers Social Violence: An Ordinary Citizen Beyond Shelby County, North Carolina, and Ohio,” Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi. 

March 20, 2014 – Benjamin G. Davis, “The Law of Drones or Nothing New Under the Sun,” Albany Government Law Review Symposium, Albany, New York.

March 17, 2014 – Evan Zoldan, Toledo Bar Association Federal Courts Committee Meeting, Toledo, Ohio. 

March 4, 2014 – Lee J. Strang, “Originalism v. Living Constitutionalism” Debate, Hamline University School of Law, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

February 28, 2014 – Benjamin G. Davis, “Confidentiality with Technology: Arbitration and ADR in the Shadow  of Big Data Security,” Keynote Address, 12th International Litigation and Arbitration Conference of the Florida Bar Association International Law Section, Miami, Florida. 

February 13, 2014 – Lee J. Strang, “Originalism v. Living Constitutionalism” Debate, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Federalist Society, Kansas City, Missouri. 

February 6, 2014 – Lee J. Strang, “What is the Declaration of Independence’s Role in Constitutional Interpretation?” Washburn University School of Law Federalist Society Debate, Topeka, Kansas.

February 1, 2014 – Nicole B. Porter, “Caregiver Conundrum Redux: The Entrenchment of Structural Norms,” University of Denver Sturm College of Law Symposium on "Revisiting Sex: 50 Years After the Civil Rights Act," Denver, Colorado.

January 22, 2014 – Kelly Moore, “From Rubik's Cube to the Pirate's Code: Thoughts on Tax Policy and the Transfer Taxes,” University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio.  

January 4, 2014 – Nicole B. Porter, “The Exclusionary Effects of Special Treatment Stigma in the Workplace After the ADAAA,” AALS Section on Disability Law, AALS Annual Meeting, New York. 

January 4, 2014 – Rebecca E. Zietlow, “Congressional Protection of Rights of Belonging,” AALS Section on Constitutional Law, AALS Annual Meeting, New York.

 

Fall 2013

December 27, 2013 – Robert S. Salem, “Creating Bully-Free Schools: A Focus on School Climate,” Ohio Department of Job and Family Services 2013 Mental Health and Addiction Conference, Columbus, Ohio.

December 5, 2013 – Nicole B. Porter, “The New ADA Backlash?”, Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, Ada, Ohio.

November 25, 2013 – Kenneth Kilbert, “Algae in the Great Lakes,” Lucas County Bar Association, Toledo, Ohio.

November 22, 2013 – Joseph E. Slater, “Public Sector Unions and the State,” Panel, 38th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

November 12, 2013 – Llewellyn J. Gibbons, “In the Year 2013, Everything Old is New Again: Shattering the One Web Dream,” 2013 Tencent IP Summit, Shenzhen, China.

November 7, 2013 – Joseph E. Slater, “The Constant Crisis: Public Sector Bargaining in the New Age,” Panel, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law 7th Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.  

November 1, 2013 – Jessica Knouse, “Liberty and Equality in the Era of Assisted Reproductive Technology,” Fourth Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.

November 1, 2013 – Nicole B. Porter, “Finding a Fix for the FMLA: A New Perspective, a New Solution,” Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal Symposium, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York.

November 1, 2013 – Evan Zoldan, “The Professional Meaning of the Ex Post Facto Clause,” Fourth Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.

October 31, 2013 – Gregory M. Gilchrist, “Trial Bargaining,” ABA Criminal Justice Section Conference, Washington, D.C.  

October 29, 2013 – Lee J. Strang, “The Role of the Christian Legal Scholar,” Faculty Colloquium, Regent University School of Law, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

October 29, 2013 – Lee J. Strang, “Originalism: The Christian Perspective on Constitutional Interpretation?” Regent University School of Law Federalist Society, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

October 25, 2013 – Geoffrey C. Rapp, "The Law, Ethics and Policy of Whistleblowing" Panel, Annual Institute for Investor Protection Conference, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.

October 25, 2013 – Eric C. Chaffee, “Legal Ethics and Securities Regulation: Best Practices for Behaving Ethically While Working in the Securities Industry,” Ohio Securities Conference, Columbus, Ohio. 

October 18, 2013 – Lee J. Strang, “The Forgotten Jurisprudential Debate: Catholic Legal Thought’s Response to Legal Realism,” Thomas Aquinas: Teacher of Humanity Conference, University of St. Thomas Center for Thomistic Studies, Houston, Texas.

October 18, 2013 – Gregory M. Gilchrist, “Trial Bargaining,” Iowa Law Review Symposium, The University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa.

October 17, 2013 – Llewellyn J. Gibbons, “Open Access, Open Source, and Copyright,” Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Toledo, Ohio.

October 17, 2013 – Joseph E. Slater, “Stare Decisis v. Partisan Politics: What Controls in Board Decisions” Panel, Bernard Gottfried Memorial Labor Law Symposium sponsored by NLRB Region 7, Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan.

October 17, 2013 – Susan R. Martyn, “The Imperfect Vision of Ethics 20/20,” Annual Aon Law Firm Symposium, Chicago, Illinois.

October 17, 2013 – Shelley Cavalieri, “Grounding Land Reform,” Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio.

October 11, 2013 – Eric C. Chaffee, “From Legalized Business Ethics to International Trade Regulation: The Role of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Other Transnational Anti-Bribery Regulation in Fighting Corruption in the Global Supply Chain,” Mercer Law Review Symposium, Mercer University School of Law, Macon, Georgia.

October 5, 2013 – Shelley Cavalieri, “Market-Centered Land Reform in Guatemala: A Case Study,” LatCrit XV Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

October 5, 2013 – Eric C. Chaffee, “Providing a Path Forward in Legal Education:  Exploring the Need to Incorporate Practical Business and Transactional Skills Training into the Curricula of America’s Law Schools,” Central States Law School Association Conference, University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

October 3, 2013 – Lee J. Strang, “Why Originalism Needs the Virtues,” University of St. Thomas Law School Federalist Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

October 2, 2013 – Lee J. Strang, “Originalism v. Living Constitutionalism” Debate, University of Minnesota Law School Federalist Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

October 1, 2013 – Lee J. Strang, “Originalism v. Living Constitutionalism” Debate, William Mitchell College of Law Federalist Society, St. Paul, Minnesota.

September 28, 2013 – Joseph E. Slater, “Teaching Public and Private Sector Labor Law Together in One Class,” 8th Annual Colloquium on Current Scholarship in Labor and Employment Law, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas, Nevada.

September 28, 2013 – Rebecca E. Zietlow, “Is There A Constitutional Right to Organize?” 8th Annual Colloquium on Current Scholarship in Labor and Employment Law, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law, Law Vegas, Nevada. 

September 27, 2013 – Nicole B. Porter, “The Next Backlash?: The Reasonable Accommodation Provision After the ADA Amendments Act,” 8th Annual Colloquium on Current Scholarship in Labor and Employment Law, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas, Nevada.

September 23, 2013 – Nicole B. Porter, “Changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act,” Lucas County Bar Association Meeting, Toledo, Ohio.

September 20, 2013 – Susan R. Martyn, “Ethics for Part-Time Judges in Ohio,” CLE program sponsored by the Ohio Supreme Court, Perrysburg, Ohio.

September 18, 2013 – Benjamin G. Davis, “Pioneering Role of the ICC: Issues from the Fast-track and with respect to Confidentiality in the use of Technology,” International Chamber of Commerce, International Court of Arbitration Secretariat, Paris, France. 

September 16, 2013 – Evan Zoldan, “The Forgotten Bill of Rights,” Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.

 

Summer 2013

August 5, 2013 – Evan Zoldan, “The Lost Value of Legislative Generality,” Valparaiso University Law School's Regional Faculty Workshop, Chicago, Illinois.

July 27, 2013 – Robert S. Salem, “Preventing School Bullying and Related Suicides: Is the Law Catching Up,” Regional Chapter Meeting, National Association of Legal Professionals.

July 26, 2013 – Lee J. Strang, “The HHS Mandate: Struggles for Supremacy,” Archbold Rotary Club, Archbold, Ohio.

July 16, 2013 – Rick Goheen, “Manage Your Role in the Institutional Project and Communicate Your Library’s Value to the Institution: Seven Principles for Success” (with Ryan Overdorf), American Association of Law Libraries’ Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington.

June 21, 2013 – Eric C. Chaffee, “A Proposal for the Harmonization and Centralization of Insider Trading Regulation,” Ohio Legal Scholars Workshop, University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, Ohio.

June 18, 2013 – Benjamin G. Davis, “Big Data and Online Dispute Resolution,” Online Dispute Resolution Conference, University of Montreal Law School, Montreal, Canada.

June 12, 2013 – Kara Bruce, “The Debtor Class,” National Business Law Scholars Workshop, Columbus, Ohio.

June 12, 2013 – Eric C. Chaffee, “The Internationalization of Insider Trading Regulation: The Search for a Coherent Governing Principles,” National Business Law Scholars Conference, Columbus, Ohio.

June 12, 2013 – Gregory M. Gilchrist, “The Special Problem of Banks and Crime,” National Business Law Scholars Conference, Columbus, Ohio.

June 10, 2013 – Geoffrey C. Rapp, U.S. Department of Treasury’s Capital Access Innovation Summit, Washington, D.C.

June 6, 2013 – Joseph E. Slater, “Politics, Unions and Class Identity: Changing Opinions in the American Heartland” Panel, Labor and Working-Class History Association Annual Conference, New York City.

June 4, 2013 – Joseph E. Slater, “Eroding Protection of Public Employees: Legal Developments and Messaging” Panel, AFL-CIO Lawyer’s Coordinating Committee Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

June 4, 2013 – Kenenth Kilbert, “Algae/Phosphorus Regulatory Issues,” Panel, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s Great Lakes Symposium, Cleveland, Ohio.

June 3, 2013 – Dan Nathan and Robert S. Salem, “Protecting and Advocating for Your Foster Children in Legal and Social Settings,” Toledo, Ohio.

 

Spring 2013

May 30, 2013 – Eric C. Chaffee, “In Search of Coherent Governing Principles for Regulating the Emerging Global Securities Markets: A Comparative Analysis of National Insider Trading Regulation,” Law and Society Association Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.

May 30, 2013 – Gregory M. Gilchrist, “Trial Bargaining,” Law and Society Association Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.

May 30, 2013 – Rebecca E. Zietlow, “James Ashley and the Thirteenth Amendment,” Law and Society Association Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.

May 22, 2013 – Lee J. Strang, “Recent Developments in Constitutional Law” Panel, Toledo Women’s Bar Association Annual Meeting, Toledo, Ohio.

May 13, 2013 – Geoffrey C. Rapp, “Suicide, Concussions and the NFL,” Lucas County Bar Association, Toledo, Ohio.

April 26, 2013 – Kenneth Kilbert, “Great Lakes Issues,” Ohio State Bar Association’s 28th Annual Ohio Environmental, Energy, and Resources Law Seminar, Newark, Ohio.

April 19, 2013 – Benjamin G. Davis, “The Law of Drones or Nothing New Under the Sun,” Midwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.

April 13, 2013 – Lee J. Strang, “Originalism and Modern Research Techniques,” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

April 12, 2013 – Benjamin G. Davis, “Implicit Bias and Stereotype Threat,” Toledo Bar Association Meeting, Toledo, Ohio.

April 8, 2013 – Susan R. Martyn, "Integrating Legal Ethics into the Law School Curriculum,” The University of Montana Law School, Missoula, Montana.

April 6, 2013 – Benjamin G. Davis, “An OG looks at ODR,” Legal Educator’s Colloquium Panel, Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association Section on Dispute Resolution, Chicago, Illinois.

April 5, 2013 – Rebecca E. Zietlow, “Is There A Constitutional Right to Organize?,” Work and Vulnerability Conference, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia.

March 28, 2013 – Shelley Cavalieri, “Insights from Feminist Legal Theory on Responses to Human Trafficking,” Toledo Women's Bar Association Meeting, Toledo, Ohio.

March 25, 2013 – Robert S. Salem, “School Bullying and Suicide: Best Practices for Prevention,” Lucas County Bar Association, Toledo, Ohio.

March 22, 2013 – Llewellyn J. Gibbons, “Drinking French Wine Through American Straws: The Semiotic Confusion of Geographic Indications,” The Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities’ 16th Annual Conference on Sculpting the Human: Law, Culture and Biopolitics, University of London, Birkbeck, United Kingdom. 

March 22, 2013 – Jessica Knouse, “Mediating among Multiple Liberties in the Context of Posthumous Reproduction,” Cleveland Marshall College of Law Journal of Law and Health’s Symposium on The Legal and Ethical Implications of Posthumous Reproduction, Cleveland, Ohio.

March 16, 2013 – Robert S. Salem, "Hard Time: Understanding and Reforming Ohio's Prison System," Co-sponsored by the ACLU of Ohio, the Ohio Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, The University of Toledo Department of Criminal Justice and Social Work, and Toledoans for Prison Awareness, Toledo, Ohio.

March 15, 2013 – Geoffrey C. Rapp, “Intelligence Design: An Analysis of the SEC’s New Office of Market Intelligence,” University of Cincinnati College of Law Corporate Law Symposium on Addressing the Challenges of Protecting the Public: Enforcement Practices and Policies in the Post-Financial Crisis Era, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

March 6, 2013 – Lee J. Strang, “Religion’s Proper Place in the Public Square,” Gonzaga University School of Law Federalist Society, Spokane, Washington.

March 1, 2013 – Nicole B. Porter, "The Blame Game: How the Rhetoric of Choice Blames the Achievement Gap on Women," Florida International University College of Law Symposium on Minding the Gap: Reflections on the Achievement Gap between Men and Women in the Workplace in 2013, Miami, Florida.

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.

 

Fall 2012

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. 

 

Summer 2012

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.

 

Spring 2012

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.