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February, 2003
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| Brian Sandoval '89 Sworn in as Nevada Attorney General |
 Winning more than 58 percent of the vote, Brian Sandoval
'89 was sworn in as Nevada's attorney general in January 2003.
He immediately announced the filing of a lawsuit challenging the federal
government's Yucca Mountain Project to create a nuclear waste
repository in Nevada. A two-term state assemblyman and former
chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission, Sandoval is the
first Hispanic person in Nevada history to win statewide office. (Learn more) |
| Experts Convene at Moritz to Address the Future of Social Security and Private Retirement Plans |
 Sacrosanct or ripe for reform, Social Security is at the
heart of a national debate about retirement security, and
the Moritz College of Law is taking a leading role in informing
the discussion. On April 11, the Ohio State Law Journal's
2003 interdisciplinary symposium will bring key public officials,
academics, lawyers, and researchers together for a thoughtful
exchange on the merits of competing approaches to assuring
adequate funding for Social Security and private retirement
plans.Open to all alumni, the symposium will include CLE credit, and features speakers from Harvard University, University of Michigan, the Brookings Institution, AARP's Public Policy Group, and a key drafter of a proposal to reform Social Security. Be a part of the conversation by attending Public Policy for Retirement Security in the 21st Century. The symposium is co-sponsored by the Michael E. Moritz College of Law's Center for Law, Policy, and Social Science, and The John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy. (Learn more and register today) |
| Ohio Workplace Fairness Fund Honors Retiring Lou Jacobs |
 Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Andy Douglas will be
among those roasting and toasting Professor Louis A. Jacobs on
Friday, February 28 in Columbus. Lou, who is retiring from the
Moritz College of Law at the end of the school year, is being
honored for his distinguished career as a legal educator, pro
bono advocate, and private practitioner. Appropriately,
proceeds from the event will benefit the Ohio Workplace
Fairness Fund, an organization that, like Lou, is dedicated to
expanding and protecting workplace rights. (Learn more) |
| Karen J. Sarjeant '75: A Lifetime Committed to Equal Access |
 She possesses the bearing of a lawyer who has done good and
done it exceedingly well. For more than 28 years, Karen Jones
Sarjeant '75 has been an effective advocate for equal access
to the law. Rising from a public service lawyer to program
administrator responsible for the dissemination of approximately
$283 million in federal funding to legal services providers
nationwide, she has been guided by a single commitment - justice
for the underserved, and disenfranchised people and communities.
(Learn more) |
| Alan C. Michaels Named Edwin M. Cooperman Designated Professor of Law |
 The newest holder of the Edwin M. Cooperman Designated Professorship
is much like Josiah Bartlett, both the real one who signed
the Declaration of Independence and the fictionalized one
who signs on each week as President on The West Wing.
Like the Continental Congress member, Alan hails from the
Northeast, albeit the Bronx, is well educated -- A.B. magna
cum laude, Harvard, and James Kent Scholar at Columbia
University School of Law, and has judicial experience by way
of clerkships with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun
and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Judge Wilfred
Feinberg. Although his similarities with the prime time President
are less concrete, they are more revealing of his character.
(Learn more) |
| Call for Nominations: Alumni Awards Tell Powerful Stories That Honor Us All |
 Few high school
dropouts go on to become college presidents, but armed with
a law degree from Ohio State, the 2001 Outstanding Alumnus
Award winner John W. Garland '74 did just that. Armed
with her Moritz law degree, 2002 Public Service Award winner
and Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton '78
won national recognition from the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services for adoption advocacy.
Their stories confirm the power of a Moritz College of
Law education to make a difference in the lives of individuals
and the people they serve.Alumni know firsthand the quality of our program, students, and faculty. Others learn about the caliber of our program most persuasively through the stories of our graduates and their accomplishments - best told by fellow alumni. Participate in the nomination process for the Moritz Law and OSU Alumni Association award programs by March 11. |
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