College of Law

Professors Robert Salem and Lee Strang Appointed to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ Ohio Advisory Committee

December 7, 2016

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights recently appointed two professors from The University of Toledo College of Law to its Ohio Advisory Committee.  Robert Salem, a clinical professor of law, was appointed to his second term on the committee.  Lee J. Strang, the John W. Stoepler Professor of Law and Values, was appointed to his first term.  Both professors will serve for four years.

The state advisory committees are comprised of volunteers knowledgeable about civil rights issues at the state and local levels.  According to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, committee members undertake “fact-finding, investigative, and information dissemination functions.”  Potential committee members must be nominated and are appointed by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. 

Reports issued by state advisory committees have included fair housing in Ohio, human trafficking in Texas, immigration and civil rights in Georgia, voting rights in Kentucky, and police militarization in Nevada, among many other important civil rights issues.

“I am delighted that Professors Strang and Salem have been appointed to the Committee, said Dean D. Benjamin Barros.”  “This is a great example of the experience and expertise that College of Law faculty bring to bear on crucially important issues.”

Salem has been a member of the Toledo Law faculty since 1994.  He directs Toledo Law’s Civil Advocacy Clinic, which represents low-income clients in areas such as civil rights, political asylum, consumer protection, housing, probate, and family law. 

Strang has served on the Toledo Law faculty since 2008.  He teaches courses in Constitutional Law, Ohio Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Administrative Law, and Property Law.  He is also a prolific scholar in the fields of constitutional law and interpretation, property law, and religion and the First Amendment.

 

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