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April, 2004
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| Mark Godsey '93: On the Rise in Academia |
 With articles published in scholarly journals at Harvard, Duke, Georgetown, Fordham, and Ohio State, and awards for law teaching and superior performance as an assistant U.S. attorney, Mark Godsey is one of the nation's rising stars in criminal law. His groundbreaking work as faculty director of the University of Cincinnati's Center for Law and Justice and the Ohio Innocence Project is putting students at the epicenter of a movement that uses state-of-the-art science and technology to exonerate and free innocent inmates. (learn more) |
| Thomas Montgomery '80: Congressional Liaison for U.S. Exports Worldwide |
 Thomas
Montgomery '80 has a disease. He is not ashamed of it. He
accepts it and readily discusses it. "Potomac Fever,"
he says, is a common affliction and one he has embraced throughout
his 20-plus year career. After a variety of positions in both
Ohio and Washington D.C., the most recent strain of the fever
has Tom back inside the beltway again, now serving as the
senior vice president of congressional affairs for the Export-Import
Bank of the United States (Ex-Im). (learn
more) |
| Kathy Ransier '74 Honored as YWCA Woman of Achievement |
 Kathy Ransier '74 has been selected as one of six area
women to receive Woman of Achievement honors by the YWCA of
Columbus on April 14. Established in 1986, the YWCA Women
of Achievement program increases community awareness, understanding,
and appreciation of how women contribute to both the economic
and social health of the community. (learn
more) |
| Equality at the Core of Professor Marc Spindelman's Academic Agenda |
 Professor Marc Spindelman's arrival at the Moritz College
of Law in the summer of 2001 was the latest step in an intense
and remarkably varied journey over the past 10 years. Before
arriving here, he clerked for the Sixth Circuit, held fellowships
at Harvard and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, taught
at Michigan and Georgetown law schools, and practiced corporate
law in New York City. James J. Brudney, Newton D. Baker/Baker
and Hostetler Chair in Law, shares his insights about his
colleague and friend. (learn
more) |
| An Advocate without Borders: Sal Cicero '98 |
 A man who has lived on both sides of the Rio Grande, Sal
Cicero (right with Mexican President Vicente Fox) knows firsthand
what it's like to be a stranger in a strange land. His
parents' activism planted the seeds for his life's
work: protecting the rights of immigrants in both the U.S.
and in Mexico. Whether working for the Mexican Consulate in
Chicago, or at his current post in the Mexican government,
his passion for helping others has definitely not been lost
in translation. (learn
more) |
| Judges' Day Brings Jurists to College |
 The Honorable David A. Nelson of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court
of Appeals (right with Dean Rogers) was just one of the more
than 70 jurists and law clerks participating in the College's
third annual Judges' Day. Featured speakers included
General John Altenburg, Jr. (ret.) who will head the U.S.
military tribunal process and FBI agent Colleen Rowley, one
of Time Magazine's 2002 Persons of the Year.
The Hon. James L. Graham '62 was honored with the William
K. Thomas Distinguished Jurist Award. (learn
more) |
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