C|M|LAW Launches First Space Law Center at a U.S. Law School
The rapid growth of the private space industry has increased the demand for space lawyers trained in the complex international and domestic aspects of space law and policy. Cleveland-Marshall College of Law is addressing this need for lawyers trained in space law by launching the
Global Space Law Center (GSLC), the first law school research center in the United States dedicated exclusively to the study of the law of outer space.
The Center was founded with the goal of training the next generation of space lawyers, to promote the development of law for the peaceful use of outer space, and to facilitate the growth of the commercial space industry.
C|M|LAW Professor Mark J. Sundahl will serve as director of the Global Space Law Center. Sundahl, the Charles R. Emrick Jr.- Calfee, Halter & Griswold Professor of Law, is a leading international space lawyer who has lectured around the world on space law. He currently serves as the chair of the International Space Policy Working Group of the FAA's
Commercial Space Transportation Committee (the COMSTAC) which advises the FAA on new space regulations. He is also an advisor to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Between 2006 and 2009, he served as the Executive Secretary of the International Institute of Space Law.
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Professor Candice Hoke
has announced her retirement from C|M|LAW after 30 years as a law professor, including the past 23 years at Cleveland-Marshall. Hoke is stepping away to concentrate on developing more robust cybersecurity and privacy practices, including improving election cybersecurity in advance of the 2018 elections.
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Professor Stephen Lazarus has been selected as one of the recipients of CSU's Golden Apple Award. The Golden Apple Award is an initiative sponsored by CSU's Young Alumni Council to recognize the outstanding contributions of dedicated faculty and staff. Recipients are nominated by alumni who graduated in the past decade.
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C|M|LAW hosted the American Society of International Law - Midwest Interest Group Workshop September 15-16. Professor Jonathan Witmer-Rich and Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio presented papers during the workshop.
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Friday, October 6 | 8:00 a.m. | 5 free CLE & CEU hours pending
Free registration required
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Professor Jonathan Witmer-Rich appeared on WEWS-TV Cleveland and was quoted by several news sources on the shooting of an armed robber at a Cleveland Taco Bell.
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Professor Chris Sagers spoke with Bloomberg about a decision by the European Court of Justice in the European Commission's long-running monopolization case against Intel.
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Alumnus
Dan Myers '11, founding member of Myers Law, LLC, shared knowledge on the skills needed to succeed as a litigator with current C|M|LAW students at an Office of Career Planning talk,
Law Student to Litigator: Building the Skills for Success
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The 2017-2018 School Year Begins a New Era for C|M|LAW
Dean Lee Fisher
welcomed first-year students for the first time as the official Dean of C|M|LAW in August. In this, its 120th year, Dean Fisher sees a bright future for a historic institution. Founded in 1897 as the Cleveland Law School, the institution merged with The John Marshall Law School (founded in 1917) in 1947 to become what we now know as the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law or more fondly, C|M|LAW. The entering students include 108 first-year JD students, eight Masters of Legal Studies students, one LL.M. student, and three transfer students. Five students are from out of state, up from three students last year.
In a time of declining law school applications, Dean Fisher is proud of the 108-strong first year entering class, the first increase in the first year class size in many years. While many law schools have been pressured to lower their standards for admission in order to make the finances work, Dean Fisher supports the decision made by
former Dean Craig Boise to purposely downsize the class to maintain the quality of the students. The size of the class could be much larger if not for consideration about the quality of students. "Is it ethical to take a student's tuition money when you know, based on statistics, that their chance of passing the Bar is not good?," said Dean Fisher. While Dean Fisher has the same view with regard to holding the line on the quality of the incoming class as his predecessor, he recognizes that holding the line poses serious financial challenges because it means admitting fewer students, at least for now.
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All Saturday CLEs are 3.0 credit hours and run from 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. with registration starting at 8:30, unless noted.
Paid registration required: $75 general admission | $65 CMLAA members
October 14, 2017
Organizers: Kevin M. Butler, Law Director, City of Lakewood and City of Brooklyn; Lisa-Gold Scott, Assistant Director of Law, City of Shaker Heights
October 21, 2017
Organizer: Michelle Paris, Judge, Bedford Municipal Court
October 28, 2017 (video replay December 2)
Organizer: James P. Sammon, Director, Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter
November 4, 2017
Organizer: Ian N. Friedman, Esquire
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