Faculty in the News
As experts in their fields, our faculty members are regularly consulted for analysis and opinion by the media. Many faculty members are interviewed for local television and newspaper articles, and several comment frequently in national publications such as The New York Times and USA Today.
2025
Why Trump Evaded the Key Question of His Citizenship Order at the Supreme Court
July 2, 2025
14th Amendment expert weighs in on Supreme Court’s ruling on nationwide injunctions
June 27, 2025
Listen, MAGA: Presidents Rarely Defy the Courts
June 23, 2025
Local expert reacts to SCOTUS birthright citizenship hearing
May 15, 2025
Discussing the movement to abolish birthright citizenship in Ohio
May 15, 2025
US Must Fix Rules Sending ‘Gang Members’ to El Salvador Prison
May 8, 2025
Some in Latino community worried about ICE raids as Cinco de Mayo approaches
Apr. 30, 2025
Examining Birthright Citizenship's ties to Ohio
Apr. 23, 2025
Trump's Union Rebuke Tests Nat'l Security Exception's Scope
Apr. 2, 2025
Trump targets lawyers in ‘chilling’ attempt to silence critics
Mar. 17, 2025
Trump's orders targeting law firms raise constitutional concerns, experts say
Mar. 10, 2025
Zepf Center, UT College of Law Confront Student Burnout
Feb. 19, 2025
Firing Apolitical Federal Prosecutors Over Politics Hurts Us All
Feb. 14, 2025
Trump's Day One Orders Echo Colonial-Era 'White Man's Burden'
Jan. 24, 2025
Why did Cleveland and the Browns file separate lawsuits in different courts?
Jan. 23, 2025
Interim Dean Rebecca Zietlow Explains the Citizenship Clause of the U.S. Constitution
Jan. 21, 2025
2024
Professor Evan Zoldan Discusses Toxic Blooms on Lake Erie 10 Years After 'Do Not Drink'
Order in Toledo
Aug. 2, 2024
Clinical Professor Eugenio Mollo Jr. Discusses the Rise in Immigrants from Venezuela
July 27, 2024
Senior Associate Dean Geoff Rapp Discusses Whistle Blowing Problems Related to Artificial
Intelligence
June 6, 2024
Delineating Presidential Immunity: From Crack Cocaine to Foreign Hit Squads, Hypothetical
Scenarios Illuminate the Debate
April 30, 2024
Professor Lee Strang Comments on Votes by Ohio Supreme Court Justice
March 18, 2024
Professor Lee Strang Discusses the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons
Act in Relation to a Legal Dispute
February 10, 2024
Professor Bryan Lammon discusses a revised opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals
in Reuters
January 17, 2024
2023
Professor Lee Strang Discusses Ohio's Issue 1 in The Blade (Additional articles by Townhall and Real Clear Politics)
October 28, 2023
Joseph Slater, Distinguished University Professor, Discusses the Influence of the
UAW's Strike on Other Labor Unions
October 19, 2023
Professor Evan Zoldan Provides Insight to Energy Wire on the Mountain Valley Pipeiline
Delay
October 19, 2023
Professor Bryan Lammon Discusses a Series of Rulings from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals
October 9, 2023
Dean Rebecca Zietlow Weighs in on the Proposed Language of Ohio's Proposed Abortion
Amendment
September 24, 2023
Professor Llew Gibbons comments to IPWatchdog on the Court’s ruling in Warhol
September 18, 2023
Dean Rebecca Zietlow Provides Insight to The Blade on Ohio's Proposed Abortion Amendment
September 17, 2023
Professor Joe Slater Comments on Labor Shortages and Strikes
August 21, 2023
Professor Evan Zoldan Provided Expert Inisght Into the Challenge of a Law that Fast-Tracks
the Mountain Valley Pipeline (Additional story in the Daily Caller)
July 7, 2023
Dean Rebecca Zietlow Interviewed with 13abc on the Supreme Court Ruling that Halted Student Loan Forgiveness
June 30, 2023
Professor Eugenio Mollo Quoted on Benefits of Toledo Law's Immigrant Justice Clinic
June 20, 2023
Dean Rebecca Zietlow Published an Article in Jurist About The History of Juneteenth
June 19, 2023
Professor Eric Chaffee Quoted in the Washington Post on JPMorgan Settlement with Epstein's
Victims
June 12, 2023
Associate Dean Rebecca Zietlow Discusses the Legal Impact of Former President Trump's
Indictment on His Candidacy for President (additional story)
June 12, 2023
Professor Emeritus Ken Kilbert Quoted in The Blade Regarding State Ruling on Ohio's
Wetlands
June 3, 2023
Assistant Professor Eugenio Mollo Interviewed by PBS to Discuss Title 42 and its Impact
on Immigration
May 26, 2023
Professor Bryan Lammon Quoted in Law360 on Overtime Claims at Versace Mansion (Subscription required)
May 23, 2023
Professor Eric Chaffee Quoted in The Blade on Northwest Ohio's $72M Ponzi Scheme
May 15, 2023
Associate Dean Rebecca Zietlow Discusses the 14th Ammendement in Regards to the Debt
Limit with Fox
May 12, 2023
Associate Dean Rebecca Zietlow and Professor Lee Strang Quoted in The Blade on a Senate
Bill to Create an Institute of American Constitutional Thought and Leadership (Additional Blade Editorial)
May 7, 2023
Professor Evan Zoldan Writes About Disney's Retaliation Suit in Bloomberg Law
May 5, 2023
Associate Dean Rebecca Zietlow Argues 14th Amendment as Answer to Debt Crisis with
Jurist (Additional Stories with Time, The Hill, and Fox)
May 4, 2023
Associate Dean Rebecca Zietlow Discussed Legal Challenges Surrounding Abortion Drug
with 13abc
April 21, 2023
Professor Lee Strang Quoted in the Dayton Daily News on a Proposed Change to the Ohio
Constitution
April 16, 2023
Professor Joe Slater Interviewed with 13abc on Right-to-Work Repeal in Michigan
April 5, 2023
Associate Dean Rebecca Zietlow Explained the Origins of Non-Compete Clauses and Recent
Court Challenges
March 19, 2023
Associate Dean Rebecca Zietlow Constitutional Rights and School Dress Codes with 13abc
Feb. 1, 2023
2022
Professor Joe Slater Quoted in Real Clear Investigations on Illinois Labor Unions
Dec. 8, 2022
Professor Ken Kilbert Discussed the 22nd Annual Great Lakes Water Conference with
NBC 24
Oct. 28, 2022
Professor Gregory Gilchrist Quoted by Yahoo! Finance on Corporate Fines
Aug. 27, 2022
Dean Barros was Interviewed by The Bar Examiner to Provide Insight on the State of
Legal Education, Advice for Prospective Law Students, and More
Summer 2022 (Vol. 91, No.2)
Professor Joe Slater Discussed Employer Public Comments and Labor Law Violations in
Bloomberg Law
June 14, 2022
Professor Lee Strang Provided Insight on Potential Changes in Local Government Flag
Flying Policies
May 30, 2022
Professor Ken Kilbert Discussed the Lake Erie Bill of Rights
May 9, 2022
Professor Lee Strang Quoted by Reuters Regarding Laws on the Ability to Travel Across
State Lines
May 9, 2022
Associate Dean Rebecca Zietlow and Professor Lee Strang Provide Insight on Possible
Future of Abortion in Ohio (Additional story on 13abc)
May 3, 2022
Professor Lee Strang Discussed Leak of Draft Opinion of the Supreme Court Voting to
Overturn Abortion Rights (Additional stories on WTOL 11 and NBC 24)
May 2, 2022
Professor Geoff Rapp Offered Insight on Allegations Against the Washington Commanders
April 20, 2022
Associate Dean Rebecca Zietlow Provided Insight on the Cannon Lecture on Reproductive
Rights
April 13, 2022
Professor Lee Strang Interviewed with The Federalist Society with a Conversation on
Natural Law
April 12, 2022
Professor Lee Strang Interview by 13abc on the Senate Confirmation Hearing of Supreme
Court Nominee
March 28, 2022
Professor Greg Gilchrist Quoted by Yahoo Finance on Theranos Leaders Allegedly Defrauding
Investors with False Claims
March 23, 2022
Professor Evan Zoldan Discussed a Controversial Methodology that may be Debated Before
the U.S. Supreme Court
March 22, 2022
Associate Dean Rebecca Zietlow was Interviewed by 13abc on the First Black Woman Nominated
to the U.S Supreme Court
March 22, 2022
Professor Joe Slater Discussed the National Labor Relations Board's Worker Classification
Test in Bloomberg Law
Feb. 22, 2022
Professor Nicole Buonocore Porter Quote in Forbes on Employment Discrimination
Feb. 11, 2022
Professor Nicole Buonocore Porter Discussed Employment Discrimination in Bloomberg
Law
Feb. 11, 2022
Professor Lee Strang was Quoted by the Washington Examiner on President's Power to
Grant Pardons
Feb. 2, 2022
Professor Rebecca Zietlow Name Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Jan. 1, 2022
2021
Professor Shelley Cavalieri was Quoted by Eye on Ohio on Land Bank Decisions
Dec. 27, 2021
Professor Ken Kilbert Interviewed with WTOL 11 on Great Lakes Water Conference (Additional stories posted in The Blade and Farm and Dairy)
Nov. 5, 2021
Senior Associate Dean Geoff Rapp quoted by Roll Call on Internal Investigations at
Private Entities.
Nov. 3, 2021
Professors Joe Slater and Lee Strang Quoted by The Blade on Religious Exemptions to
Vaccine
Oct. 3, 2021
Professor Joe Slater Quoted by Bloomberg Law on Supreme Court's Upcoming Term and
Union Fee Disputes
Sept. 28, 2021
Professor Greg Gilchrist Quoted by Yahoo Finance on Key Jury Questions in Elizabeth
Holmes Fraud Trial
Sept. 21, 2021
Professor Llew Gibbons Participated in IPWatchdog Live Panel on the Impact of Google v. Oracle
Sept. 14, 2021
Professor Greg Gilchrist Quoted by Yahoo Finance on COVID Playing a Role in Elizabeth
Holmes Fraud Trial
Sept. 10, 2021
Professor Shelley Cavalieri Serves on UToledo Health Equity Research Center Board
Sept. 10, 2021
Professor Evan Zolden Quoted by Ohio News Time on If Health Orders Can Be Enforced
by Law
Sept. 10, 2021
Professor Greg Gilchrist Quoted by Yahoo Finance on Abuse Defense in Elizabeth Holmes
Fraud Trial
Sept. 4, 2021
Law Dean Survey Featured in Reuters Creates Historical Record of Pandemic's Impact
on Legal Education
Aug. 31, 2021
Professor Joe Slater Appointed to Federal Labor Panel by President Joe Biden
Aug. 30, 2021
Professor Nicole Buonocore Porter Published Op-Ed in The Hill on Andrew Cuomo's Resignation
Aug. 24, 2021
Professor Joe Slater Quoted by Bloomberg Law on National Labor Relations Board's Powers
Aug. 24, 2021
Professor Rebecca Zietlow Interviewed by 13abc on Cities Requiring COVID-19 Vaccine
for Government Workers
July 29, 2021
Professor Lee Strang Interviewed by WTOL 11 on Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
July 13, 2021
Professor Eric Chaffee Featured on WTOL 11 on Conservatorship in the Free Britney
Movement
July 2, 2021
Professor Joe Slater Quoted by Law360 on Missouri Supreme Court Ruling on Public Unions (subscription required)
June 18, 2021
Four Law Faculty Members Receive UToledo Creative and Scholarly Activity Award
June 8, 2021
Senior Associate Dean Geoff Rapp Quoted by Law360 on CDA Immunity from State Law for
Internet and Social Media Companies (subscription required)
June 1, 2021
Professor Eric Chaffee Quoted by Bloomberg on Future of NRA
May 12, 2021
Professor Eric Chaffee Receives University's Outstanding Teaching Award
May 10, 2021
Professor Joe Slater Interviewed by The Blade on Amazon Labor Issues
April 18, 2021
Professor Joe Slater Quoted by NPR's Marketplace on Amazon Unionization
March 17, 2021
Professors Nicole Buonocore Porter and Rebecca Zietlow Named UToledo Distinguished
University Professors
March 11, 2021
Senior Associate Dean Geoff Rapp Interviewed by abc13 on Calls for Jeep to Rename
Cherokee SUV
Feb. 23, 2021
Professor Eric Chaffee Quoted by BBC News Mundo on Pump-and-Dump Schemes
Feb. 16, 2021
Professor Eric Chaffee Named American Bar Foundation Fellow
Feb. 2, 2021
Professor Eric Chaffee Quoted by CNBC on GameStop Stock Price Hike (Jan. 28) and The Blade on Lessons for Traders Following SEC Inquiry (Feb. 2)
Feb. 2, 2021
Professor Eric Chaffee Elected to The American Law Institute
Jan. 19, 2021
Professor Joe Slater Quoted by Forbes on COVID Vaccination Incentives in the Workplace
Jan. 16, 2021