Moritz College of Law - Alumni Relations: This Month @ Moritz (March, 2009)

Issue 77: March, 2009
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Justice Ginsburg Highlights Symposium Season

The Ohio State Law Journal is proud to announce that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is expected to visit Moritz April 10 for the journal’s 2009 symposium, “The Jurisprudence of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Discussion of Fifteen Years on the U.S. Supreme Court.” As a litigator, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was known as a pioneer of women's rights, “the Thurgood Marshall of gender equality law,” according to President Clinton, who nominated her to the Court.

The symposium, which will feature a number of the country's foremost legal scholars, will consider Justice Ginsburg's impact on various substantive areas of law and American jurisprudence, more generally. Topics to be discussed will include constitutional law, civil and criminal procedure, statutory interpretation, and labor and employment law. To register and read more, visit this link.

Read about other upcoming symposiums and lectures

Porter ’05 Sits on Capital University Board

Andre Porter ’05 is one of the youngest members on the board of trustees at Capital University in Columbus. The position is one that Porter said he was surprised to receive and honored to accept.

“I am absolutely fortunate and blessed to be where I am today,” he said. “If opportunities exist for me to utilize my skills in order to make a positive contribution to the community, I take them because I believe that I have a responsibility to do so.”

Porter, currently an attorney at Schottenstein Zox & Dunn, graduated from Capital University in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. During his time at Capital he was student body president and served on the presidential search committee. After graduation, he served on Capital’s alumni advisory board. (Read More)

Students, Employers Continue to Expand Annual Forum

More than 200 Moritz students attended the 10th annual Public Interest and Government Opportunity Forum, which was held in February at the Barrister Club. The forum was started in 2000 as a way to expose students to the variety of options in the public interest sector. In its first year, the forum welcomed 18 employers to Drinko Hall, where they collected resumes and discussed careers in an informal setting. This year, 34 employers attended the two-day event. Sixteen employers conducted formal, scheduled interviews and the others welcomed resumes and discussions with students.

The growing event was well received by students and employers. “I have had great success at the Opportunity Forums over the past two years,” said Becky Guzman ’01, who attended the forum on behalf of the Franklin County Public Defender’s office. “Not only do I meet capable and accomplished law students, but I am thrilled to be able to offer a job to people who are truly interested in helping the indigent.”

Kovach ’85: Vice President of Toledo’s Libbey Inc.

Susan Kovach ’85 did not go to law school expecting to practice law. “I decided to go to law school because I wanted to learn the analytical process it teaches,” she said.

Kovach said that those skills continue to show their value each day in her current job. She is vice president, general counsel, and secretary for Libbey Inc. in Toledo. Libbey is the country’s leading and the world’s second largest manufacturer of glass tableware. The Toledo-based company has been continuously doing business for the past 120 years. It has operations in five countries: U.S., Mexico, Portugal, The Netherlands, and China. It distributes to over 100 companies in foodservice, retail, industrial, and business-to-business channels. (Read More)

PILF Auction March 12

This year's Public Interest Law Foundation Auction & Gala will take place on March 12, 2009, starting at 5 PM. It will be at the Event Place, 1550 N. High Street, in the South Campus Gateway. Doors open at 5 p.m. Please mark your calendars now to attend this great charitable event!

The annual auction raises money to fund public interest fellowships. This year, PILF welcomes honorary guest Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Moyer ’64.

Student Profile: 2L Bitzenhofer Sketched Meeks’ Portrait for Library

For the past few months amongst the rows of prestigious oil paintings hanging in the library of deans past and current, hung the caricature that 2L Bob Bitzenhofer rendered of Professor Emeritus James Meeks. “He has a good face to draw a cartoon for,” Bitzenhofer said.

It all started during Bitzenhofer’s first semester at Moritz when he got together with his study group in one of the library study rooms. During a break from studying, he took advantage of the white board and markers that were provided and drew a cartoon of another one of his professors. “It became a thing I did for a couple of my professors,” he said. (Read More)

Moritz 'On the Record'

Ever pick up the Sunday paper and read a quote by one of your former professors? Check out where Moritz professors were mentioned in the last month. (Read more)

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