Central States Law Schools Association 2012 Annual Conference
October 19 & 20, 2012
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Cleveland, Ohio
Friday, October 19
2:00 pm Conference Registration and Refreshments (Atrium)
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Presentations (attend one of the following sets of presentations)
International(Room 206) / Contractual Rights, the Judiciary, and the Individual
(Room 207) / Environmental I
(Room 208)
Milena Sterio, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law: The United States’ Use of Drones in the War on Terror: The (Il)legality of Targeting Killings Under International Law / Missy Lonegrass, Louisiana State University: Judge as Enforcer in the New Contract Formalism / Kalyani Robbins, University of Akron: The Biodiversity Paradigm Shift: Adapting the Endangered Species Act to Climate Change
Tim Webster, Case Western Reserve: China’s Compliance Record in the WTO / Eric Zacks, Wayne State University: Contract Design: Shame, Regret, and Conformity / Abigail Salisbury, University of Pittsburgh: Everything Old is New Again: Reselling Vintage Fur Items Made from Endangered Species
Ying Chen, Indiana University, The Role of Trade Rules in the War Against World Hunger / James Wilson, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, The Individual and the Pursuit of Happiness
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Panel Discussion in Moot Court Room
“Integrating Scholarship, Teaching, and Experiential Learning: Innovative Ideas”
Panelists: Prof. Carolyn Broering-Jacobs, Director of Legal Writing, C-M Law; Prof. Pamela Daiker-Middaugh, Clinical Professor, C-M Law; Prof. Carole Heyward, Clinical Director, C-M Law
Moderator: Prof. Mark Sundahl, Associate Dean for Administration, C-M Law
5:15 pm – 5:45 pm Break
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Cocktail Party at the Cleveland Botanical Garden
(11030 East Boulevard Cleveland, OH 44106)
(transportation provided to the Botanical Garden and to the hotel)
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Deborah Geier, C-M Law
Saturday, October 20
8:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast (Atrium)
8:30 am - 10:00 am Presentations (attend one of the following sets of presentations)
Criminal I(Room 205) / Intellectual Property & Copyright Law
(Room 206) / Constitutional I
(Room 207)
Ken Levy, Louisiana State University, Revenge-ism and the Limits of Retributivism / Eric Johnson, University of North Dakota: Intellectual Property and Behavioral Economics / Douglas McKechnie, Appalachian School of Law: Facebook is Off-Limits? Criminalizing Bidirectional Communication via the Internet is Prior Restraint 2.0
Laurent Sacharoff, University of Arkansas: Constitutional Trespass / Deidre Keller, Claude W. Pettit College of Law, The Use of Copyrighted Works in Campaigns: What Can Mitt Romney Teach US About the First Amendment and Fair Use / Stefan Padfield, University of Akron: Rehabilitating Concession Theory
Jonathan Witmer-Rich, Cleveland Marshall College of Law: Covert, Delayed Notice Searches: A Constitutional and Policy Failure- And a Solution / Yolanda King, Northern Illinois University: The Challenges “Facing” Copyright Protection for Tattoos / Lee Strang, University of Toledo: Public Meaning Originalism and Computer-Assisted Research Techniques
10:00 am -10:15 am Break with Refreshments (Atrium)
10:15 am - 12:15 pm Presentations (attend one of the following sets of presentations)
Criminal II(Room 205) / Tax Law
(Room 206) / Constitutional II
(Room 207)
Sarah Jane Forman, University of Detroit – Mercy: The Young and the Hopeless: The Adultification of Low-Income Youth Through the Criminal Justice System / Lea Krivinskas Shepard, Loyola University – Chicago: The Role of Immutability and Involuntariness in Consumer Bankruptcy Law / Alex Glashausser, Washburn University, The Federalists’ Jurisdictional Appeasement of Congress
Jelani Jefferson Exum, University of Toledo: Forget Sentencing Equality: Lessons from the Cracked Cocaine Debate / Kristen Barnes, University of Akron: Deficiency Judgments and Anti-Deficiency Legislation / Cassandra Robertson, Case Western Reserve: A Constitutional Right to Appeal
Janet Moore, University of Cincinnati: Dangerous Hope: Oppositional Politics in Criminal Law and Procedure / Kara Bruce, University of Toledo: The Debtor Class: Actual and Illusory Impediment to Consumer Class Actions in Bankruptcy / Michelle Slack, University of Memphis: Presumed Doubt: The Constitutional Avoidance Canon in the Face of Presumption of Constitutionality
David Pimentel, Ohio Northern University: Criminal Child Neglect and the “Free Range Kid”: Is Overprotective Parent the New Standard of Care / Samuel Brunson, Loyola University – Chicago: Form-Over-Substance, the IRS, and Commodity Mutual Funds / Joe Custer, St. Louis University: Ideological Voting Applied to the School Desegregation Cases in the Federal Courts of Appeals from the 1960s and 1970s
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch in Room 60
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Presentations (attend one of the following sets of presentations)
Criminal III(Room 205) / Tax Law II
(Room 206) / International Human Rights Law
(Room 207)
JoAnne Sweeny, Brandeis School of Law: The Unexpected Impact of Criminal Fornication Laws in the Modern Age / Danshera Cords, University of Albany: Collaborative Spaces: What Tax Can Learn About Developing Regulations / David Kocan, Case Western Reserve: TITLE
Gregory Gilchrist, University of Toledo: The Expressive Failure of Corporate Prosecutions / Brian Frye, University of Kentucky: Solving Charity Failures / Gregory Gordon, University of North Dakota: Hate Speech and Persecution: A Contextual Approach
Todd Haugh, Chicago-Kent College of Law: Can the CEO Learn from the Condemned: The Application of Capital Mitigation Strategies to White Collar Cases / Debbie Kearns, University of Albany: For Treasury Charity Starts at Home: Treasury’s New Interpretation of the Fiduciary Income Tax Charitable Deductions / Gwendolyn Majette, Cleveland Marshall College of Law: Global Health Law Norms and the PPACA Framework for Eliminating Health Care Disparities
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Break with refreshments in Atrium and informal mentoring session Room 208
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Presentations (attend one of the following sets of presentations)
Immigration Law(Room 205) / Legal Research
(Room 206) / Private International Law
(Room 207)
Kit Johnson, Oklahoma University: Theories of Immigration Law / Patrick Meyer, University of Detroit-Mercy: Law Firm Legal Research Requirements for New Attorneys: Implications on Law School Curricular Development / Eric Chaffee, University of Dayton: Transnational Anti-Corruption Regulation and Stable Global Financial Markets
David Koelsch, University of Detroit – Mercy: Embracing Mercy: How Comprehensive Immigration Reform Can Use Rehabilitation to Fairly and Efficiently Address Immigration and Criminal Violations / Beth Williams, Louisiana State University: The State of the State: Government Publication of Primary Laws in the Digital Age / Alexandra Harrington, University of Albany: The Governance Code: Industry-based Codes of Conduct and Certifications of Responsible Practice as Forms of Global Governance
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Presentations (attend one of the following sets of presentations
Family Law(Room 205) / Environmental II
(Room 206) / Private International Law CONT
(Room 207)
Browne Lewis, Cleveland Marshall College of Law: Arrogance, Avarice, and Anguish: Addressing the Ethical and Legal Consequences of Posthumous Reproduction / Scott Shepard, John Marshall Law School: Using Emissions Caps as Models for Constraining Dead-Weight Costs of Regulations / Dennis Hirsch, Capital University: Dutch Treat? Collaborative Dutch Privacy Regulation and the Lesson it Holds for US Privacy Law
Tracy Thomas, University of Akron: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and The Feminist Foundations of Family Law / Sarah Morath, University of Akron: A Mild Winter: The Status of Environmental Preliminary Injunctions / Mark Sundahl, Cleveland Marshal College of Law: The Nature of International Law: Lessons from Outer Space
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Business Meeting in Room 208
7:00 pm Dinner at The Blue Point Grille restaurant
(700 West St. Clair Avenue Cleveland, OH 44113)
(transportation from restaurant to hotel provided)