Cleveland State University EngagedScholarship@CSU Law Notes Law Publications 2000 2000 Vol. 8 No. 1 Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/ lawpublications_lawnotes Part of the Law Commons How does access to this work benefit oy u? Let us know! Recommended Citation Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, "2000 Vol. 8 No. 1" (2000). Law Notes. 39. https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/lawpublications_lawnotes/39 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Publications at EngagedScholarship@CSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Law Notes by an authorized administrator of EngagedScholarship@CSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Vo lume 8 • Issue 1 Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association News REMEMBER THE LADIES Our Remarkable First 100 Women Graduates Who We Are We are one of the premier court reporting agencies in the industry. 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They are both excellent Judges and most worthy of this prestigious honor. I Ii.ope that you plan to support this event to be held on May 25th at the Renaissance Hotel. The Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Student Scholarship Program was established in 1990 to assist outstanding Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students who have completed their first year. Funded by the Life Members of the Association, the Program awards a maximum of ten scholarships of up to $500 annually. The following are some of the criteria the Committee con­ siders in the selection process: scholastic achievement in law school; participation in law school' organizations/activities; participation in community activities/organizations; unique life experiences; financial need and employment. Recently, the scholarship Committee con- , vened and selected ten exceptional recipients. The above are two examples of the rewarding activities of the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association. My term is drawing to an end. It has been a privilege to serve the Association. I would like to thank all of you who gave your time and effort in support of our mission. Remember,. those of you not yet involved, it is never too late to join, participate and enjoy.· ~~lm~OMV'Laura Ann Williams Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association News-Spring 2000 On the cover: Cleveland-Marshall College of Law celebrates the law school's first women graduates. Clockwise from top: Eleanor Farina N 0 T E S '25, Anna Maher '23, Ohio Appellate Court fudge John f. CONTENTS Sullivan swears in Genevieve Cline 3 '21, Ethel Kest Rippner '25, Frances Dean's Column M. Smith '23; center: Leona Marie 4 Esch '24. CMLAA Honors Justice Sweeney and Judge Perk 12 Background picture: Mary Grossman '12 National Advisory Council 14 Life Members Cover artist: William Szilagyi 18 CMLAA Honors its Life Members and Mentors 20 Visiting Scholar Gordon S. 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The CMLAA Board of Trustees is dedicated to 50 serving the alumni, students, faculty and staff Library Titles of Interest of the College of Law. For comments and suggestions, please feel free 53 to contact the Law Alumni Office Alumni Happenings at 216-687-2368. Law Notes, issued by the Cleveland-Marshall 59 Law Alumni Association, 1801 Euclid Avenue, Faculty and Staff Happenings Cleveland, Ohio 44l15 Spring 2000 1 ..... I I I I ~ SEPTEMBER I I: I I I == Graduating .........,..___ Classes I Ending in ~I Dean's Column Practical Legal Education by Dean Steven H. Steinglass n the days before the creation of the residents of Northeast Ohio. ment officials to develop a model law schools, the traditional man­ Through this clinic, with the guid­ zoning ordinance to protect the qual­ ner of preparing for the legal ance of Assistant Director Ken ity of the Chagrin River from harmful I profession was to "read law" in Kowalski and clinical faculty mem­ spillage and development projects the office of a veteran practitioner. In ber Gordon Beggs, students represent menacing the quality of river water. many ways this apprenticeship tradi­ clients alleging employment discrimi­ Students emerge from the Clinic with tion survives in clinical legal educa­ nation based on race, national origin, a greater understanding of the fragili­ tion, externships, and other pro­ exercise of First Amendment guaran­ ty of the earth as well as with an abil­ grams that remove students from the tees, age, religion, color, protected ity to use their legal training to pro­ classroom and place them in a num­ tect the environment. ber of real-world settings. There, Professor Stephen R. Lazarus under the supervision of faculty and supervises students in the Fair practicing attorneys, Cleveland­ Housing Clinic in their work for Marshall students "practice" law. Housing Advocates, Inc., a public The Strategic Plan commits the interest law firm that seeks to resolve law school to providing students landlord-tenant disputes and other with a rigorous professional educa­ housing law matters. As with all clin­ tion. In addition to recent curricular ical education, students' involvement changes that expand and strengthen with clients is personal and immedi­ the Legal Writing and Research ate, and, because the clients are gen­ Program, that add more skills and erally unable to afford private legal simulation courses, and that provide counsel, our students are sensitized to the opportunity for more drafting the needs of a vulnerable segment of and critical review in first-year cours­ our community. es, the Plan provides students with Under the direction of Professor more real world experience. This col­ Alan Weinstein, who has joint umn focuses on practical legal educa­ appointments at Cleveland-Marshall tion and describes some of the set­ and at the Maxine Goodman Levin tings in which our students learn the College of Urban Affairs of Cleveland law while also learning the impor­ State University, the Law & Public tance of serving the community. immigration status, and physical or Policy Clinic provides students with mental disability. Recently, students an exceptional clinical experience. Real-World Law: the Clinics have begun to provide representation This Clinic, which is an extension of in cases involving pension and bene­ the Law & Public Policy Program, Many Cleveland-Marshall graduates fit claims, overtime compensation, functions like a "think tank," and stu­ today are grateful for the insights and workers' compensation retalia­ dents perform research and policy they gained and the skills they devel­ tion. analysis for citizens groups, non-prof­ oped as students in the law school's In 1991 Professor David it agencies, and state and local gov­ five clinics: the Employment Law Barnhizer founded the law school's ernments. Students have worked Clinic, the Fair Housing Clinic, the Environmental Law Clinic, and under directly on a study of "ethics in gov­ Environmental Law Clinic, the Law the direction of David and co-director ernment" legislation in other states, & Public Policy Clinic, and the Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson, made recommendations for the Ohio Community Advocacy Clinic. Of students provide legal support on Ethics Commission, and analyzed these, the oldest is the Employment environmental issues to private citi­ minority set-aside programs for local Law Clinic. Founded in 1972 by zens, organizations, legislators, and governments.