SHARON L. DAVIES
Gregory H. Williams Chair in Civil
Rights & Civil Liberties
Michael E. Moritz College of Law
The Ohio State University
55 West 12th Avenue, Rm. 321
Columbus, Ohio 43210
614-688-3389
[email protected]
Executive Director
Kirwan Institute for the Study
of Race & Ethnicity
The Ohio State University
33 West 11th Avenue, Rm. 209A
Columbus, Ohio 43201
(614) 688-5429
[email protected]
CURRENT POSITIONS
Gregory H. Williams Chair in Civil Rights & Civil Liberties, Michael E. Moritz
College of Law, The Ohio State University
July 2013 – present. Principal Subjects: Civil Rights Law; Criminal Law; Criminal
Procedure; Evidence; Advanced Topics In Criminal Justice; Race and Law.
Executive Director, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity, The Ohio
State University
January 2012 – present.
PREVIOUS POSITIONS/EMPLOYMENT
John C. Elam/Vorys Sater Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law.
September 2011 to July 2013.
Associate Dean for Faculty, Moritz College of Law.
January 2004 through June 2006.
John C. Elam/Vorys Sater Designated Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law.
December 2002 to 2011.
Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University.
August 2002 to present.
Associate Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University.
August 1999 to August 2002.
Assistant Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University.
August 1995-August 1999.
United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, New York,
New York, Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Division
August 1990 – February 1995
Lord Day & Lord, Barrett Smith, New York, New York, Litigation Associate
Summer 1988 – August 1990
Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C., Litigation Associate
Summer 1987 – Summer 1988
Lord Day & Lord, New York, New York, Summer Associate
Summer 1986
Rheinhardt & Shachter, Newark, New Jersey, Summer Associate
Summer 1985
OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Michigan School of Law, Ann Arbor,Michigan
Visiting Professor of Law – Fall Semester 2003
Subjects: Criminal Law; Advanced Topics in Criminal Justice
St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
The University of Oxford – Ohio State University Summer Law Program
Associate Professor of Law – Summer 2001 Subject: Comparative Trial Practice
EDUCATION
Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York. J.D., May, 1987
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Notes & Comments Editor, Columbia Law Review; Member,
Black Law Students Association
University of Massachusetts at Amherst. B.A. in Political Science, 1984
Speaker of the Student Senate
AWARDS AND HONORS
The Robert M. Duncan Award, to be awarded by the American Constitution Society, Columbus
chapter (forthcoming April 10, 2014).
Named the Gregory H. Williams Chair in Civil Rights & Civil Liberties. July 1, 2013.
The Liberty Bell Award, awarded by The Columbus Bar Association. June 2013.
Awarded the Key to the City of Birmingham, Alabama for the contributions Rising Road made
to illuminating the city’s history, April 2011
Appointed to the Ohio Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, February
2013 (2 year term)
Named John C. Elam/Vorys Sater Designated Professor of Law, Michael E. Moritz College of
Law, The Ohio State University, December 2002
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Academic Leadership Fellow, Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), Academic
Leadership Program for 2001-2002
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Book Chapters
The Debate Continues--Fisher v. University of Texas, concluding chapter in three volume
anthology on Affirmative Action (Praeger Publishing) (forthcoming)
RISING ROAD, A TRUE TALE OF LOVE, RACE AND RELIGION IN AMERICA (Oxford University
Press 2011) (paperback).
RISING ROAD, A TRUE TALE OF LOVE, RACE AND RELIGION IN AMERICA (Oxford University
Press 2010) (hardcover).
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FRAUD AND ABUSE (3d. ed. West Group 2002-03) (with Timothy S.
Jost).
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FRAUD AND ABUSE (2d. ed. West Group 2001-02) (with Timothy S.
Jost).
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FRAUD AND ABUSE (West Group 1998) (with Timothy S. Jost).
Articles, Essays and Book Reviews—Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Sharon Davies, Criminal Speech, Book review of David S. Reynolds’s Mightier than the Sword
(2012).
Sharon Davies, Murdered for the Faith, Our Sunday Visitor 14-15 (June 6, 2010).
Sharon L. Davies, Katz in the Age of Hudson v. Michigan: Some Thoughts on Suppression
as a Last Resort, 41 U.C. DAVIS L. J. 1035 (2008) (with Anna Scanlon).
Sharon L. Davies, Taking Hudson Seriously—The Case for Miranda-Defective Suppression,
39 TEX. TECH. L. REV. 1207 (2007).
Sharon L. Davies, The Reality of False Confessions: Lessons of the Central Park Jogger
Case, 30 N.Y.U. JOURNAL OF LAW & SOCIAL CHANGE 209 (2006).
Sharon L. Davies, Defending Mohammad, Justice on Trial, 102 MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW
1130 (2004) (book review).
Sharon L. Davies, Profiling Terror, 1 OHIO STATE CRIMINAL LAW JOURNAL 45 (2003).
Sharon L. Davies, Study Habits: Probing Modern Attempts to Assess Minority Offender
Disproportionality,@ 66 LAW AND CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 101(2003).
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Sharon L. Davies, The Penalty of Exclusion—A Price or Sanction?, 73 SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA LAW REV. 101 (2000).
Sharon L. Davies, The Jurisprudence of Willfulness: An Evolving Theory of Excusable
Ignorance, 48 DUKE LAW JOURNAL 341 (1998).
Articles, Essays and Book Reviews—Health Care Fraud and Abuse
Sharon L. Davies, The Empire Strikes Back: A Critique of the Backlash Against Fraud and
Abuse Enforcement, 51 ALABAMA LAW REVIEW 239 (Fall 1999) (with Timothy S. Jost).
Solicited contribution to symposium issue addressing Health Care Fraud: Past, Present and
Future.
Sharon L. Davies, Managed Care: Placebo or Wonder Drug for Health Care Fraud and
Abuse?, 31 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW REVIEW 373 (Winter 1997) (with Timothy S. Jost).
Solicited contribution to symposium issue addressing Managed Health Care.
Other Publications
Sharon L. Davies, Fisher v. University of Texas and the Future of Race Conscious
Admissions Practices, Drum (2013).
Sharon L. Davies, Identifying the Nature of the Penalty of Exclusion: A Price or Sanction?
(Part I), Vol.28, No. 6, SEARCH AND SEIZURE LAW REPORT 41-48 (West Group) (July 2001).
Sharon L. Davies, Identifying the Nature of the Penalty of Exclusion: A Price or Sanction?
(Part II), Vol. 28, No. 7, SEARCH AND SEIZURE LAW REPORT 48-56 (West Group) (August
2001).
Sharon L. Davies, Arraignment, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CRIME AND JUSTICE (rev. ed.)
(2001).
Sharon L. Davies, Bryan v. United States: Clarification of the Anti-Kickback Statute’s
Scienter Requirement, HEALTH LAW NEWS, Vol. XII, No. 1, at 10 (September 1998).
Sharon L. Davies, Willfulness Under the Anti-Kickback Rules—Lessons from Bryan v.
United States, THE HEALTH LAWYER, Vol. 10, No. 6 at 14-18 (July 1998).
Sharon L. Davies, Guidance on the Meaning of 'Willfulness' Looming? How Bryan Might
Affect the Hanlester Debate, THE HEALTH LAWYER, Vol. 10, No. 4 at 14-18 (March 1998).
Sharon L. Davies, The Fraud and Abuse Statute: Rationalizing or Rationalization? 15
HEALTH AFFAIRS 129 (Winter 1996) (with Professor Timothy S. Jost).
Sharon L. Davies, New Limits on Superseniority: Ignoring the Importance of Efficient Union
Operations, 86 COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW 631 (1986).
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BOARD SERVICE
Trustee, Columbus Bar Foundation Board, 2013-present.
Trustee, John Mercer Langston Bar Association Advisory Board, 2013-present.
Trustee, Columbus Research Partners Board, 2013-present.
BAR ADMISSIONS AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Admissions
New York, First Department, March 1988.
Affiliations
Member, Ohio State Board of Trustees Working Group on Diversity & Inclusion, 2012
Member, American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Planning Committee, 2012
Member, Association of American Law Schools, Committee on Sections and Annual
Meeting, January 2007–2010
Member, Association of American Law Schools, Special Committee on Open Source
Programs, January 2007–2008
Chair, Association of American Law Schools, Section on Criminal Justice, January 2005–
2006
Chair-Elect, Association of American Law Schools, Section on Criminal Justice, Jan. 2004–
2005
Secretary, AALS Section on Criminal Justice, Jan. 2003–2004
Chair, AALS Planning Committee for Criminal Justice Workshop, January 2005–June
2006
Member, American Bar Association, 1995–present
Executive Committee, Association of American Law Schools Section on Criminal Justice,
1995–present
Member, AALS Committee on Professional Development, three year appointment, 1999–
2002
Member, AALS Evidence Planning Committee, 2000–2002
Member, AALS Trust and Estates Planning Committee, 1999–2001
Chair, Columbus Bar Association Task Force on Racial Profiling, 2000–2001
Member, The American Bar Association Health Law Section, 1997
Member, Ohio Women in Legal Education, 1995–present
Member, New York State Bar Association, 1987–present
Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1987–present
Member, Association of American Law Schools Section on Minority Groups, 1995–present
Member, Franklin County Inns of Court, Columbus, Ohio, 1998–present
PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Opening Panel, Diversity in Higher Education Post-Fisher, University of Texas School of
Law, Austin, Texas. March 28, 2014.
Presentation, Lessons from Brain Science—Implicit Bias and School Discipline Policy,
Albert Shanker Institute, Washington, D.C. March 25, 2014.
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Moderator, Brown v. Board of Education after 60 Years, American Constitution Society,
Columbus Chapter, February 26, 2014.
Panelist, Hate Crimes in the Heartland, The National Underground Railroad Freedom
Center, Cincinnati, Ohio February 24, 2014.
Presentation, Laying the Groundwork to Reduce Disparities in Infant Mortality, Greater
Columbus Infant Mortality Task Force, Columbus, Ohio. February 14, 2014.
Presentation, Unconscious Bias—Lessons from Brain Science for the Criminal Justice
System, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Civil Rights Symposium, Columbus Bar
Association, January 30, 2014.
Key Note Convocation Address, Building Bridges through Peaceful Action, Martin Luther
King Day, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. January 20, 2014.
Moderator, Facilitated Discussion following Film Premiere of the Kirwan Institute’s A
Reading of the Letter from Birmingham Jail, King Arts Complex, Columbus, Ohio,
November 3, 2013.
Presentation, Central Ohio Diversity Consortium, Protecting Diversity & Inclusion Work in
the Era of Colorblind Ideology, Columbus, Ohio, November 1, 2013.
Speaker, Dedication of Portrait of Hon. Robert M. Duncan, Ohio Supreme Court, October
10, 2013.
Panelist, Advancing the Interests of African American Males, United Way Central Ohio,
Columbus, Ohio, October 8, 2013.
A Special Conversation with bell hooks, The George Zimmerman Verdict, Moritz College of
Law, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, October4, 2013.
Presentation, Ohio Department of Administrative Services, Equal Employment
Opportunity Division, Understanding Implicit Bias Research and Its Implications,
Columbus, Ohio, October 4, 2013.
Keynote, National Action Council for Minority Engineers Partner Institutions 2013
Continuum Meeting, Understanding the Threats of Fisher v. University of Texas for
Diversity in the STEM Fields, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2013.
Moderator, After the SCOTUS Decision in Fisher v. University of Texas, The Ohio State
University Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, September 20, 2013.
National Webinar for The 2025 Network, Stand Your Ground Laws, September 17, 2013.
Presentation, The 1857 Escape of Samuel Green Jr., Underground Railroad Conference,
Cambridge, MD, June 1, 2013.
Workshop Presentation, The 1854 Flight of Samuel Green Jr., Harriet Tubman
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Underground Railroad Conference, Cambridge, MD, June 1, 2013.
Presentation, Diversity Management at U.S. Universities to a Delegation of Presidents of
Leading Universities in Germany hosted by The Ohio State University, May 9, 2013.
Moderator, The Education Equation: Neighborhoods’ Impact on Children, Columbus
Metropolitan Luncheon Panel Discussion, May 15, 2013.
Panelist, Race in the Mind, Lessons from Cognitive Science about Unconscious Racial Bias,
W. K. Kellogg Foundation America Healing conference, Ashville, N.C. April 24, 2013.
Presentation, President and Provost’s Leadership Institute Workshop, The Women’s Place
on Lessons from Cognitive Science about Unconscious Bias, March 29, 2013.
Presentation, Ohio Attorney General’s Office, African American Employee Network, Martin
Luther King, Jr.: What Dreams Would he Fight for Now?, February 26, 2013.
A Conversation with Geoffrey Canada, Archie Griffin Ballroom, The Ohio State University,
February 13, 2013.
Keynote Presentation, Education as the New Civil Rights Frontier, The Implications of
Fisher v. University of Texas for Dr. Martin Luther King’s Dreams for Equality in America,
MLK Symposium Columbus Bar Association, January 30, 2013
Closing Plenary Speaker, “Dismantling Barriers to Institutional Racism in the 21st
Century,” National Black Caucus of State Legislators 36th Annual Legislative Conference,
Washington, D.C., December 8, 2012.
Panelist, Supreme Court Roundtable, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio, November 13, 2012.
Keynote Speaker, “Race in the Mind—Lessons from Cognitive Science about Unconscious
Racial Bias,” YWCA Great Lakes Alliance Region, Columbus, Ohio, October 4, 2012.
Presenter, “Unconscious Bias and the Criminal Justice System,” Ohio Court of Appeals
Judges Association (OCAJA) Annual Fall Conference, Columbus, Ohio, September 12, 2012.
Presenter, “Why do we Celebrate Diversity,” Moritz College of Law, Orientation, Columbus,
Ohio, August 15, 2012.
Panelist, “Current State of Black Communities in America,” National Conference of State
Legislatures, Joint Caucus Meeting of the NAPACSL, NBCSL, NCNACSL, NHCSL, New
Orleans, June 2, 2012.
Keynote Speaker, “Structural Racialization and Implicit Bias,” National Conference of
State Legislatures, Joint Caucus Meeting of the NAPACSL, NBCSL, NCNACSL, NHCSL,
New Orleans, June 1, 2012.
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Moderator, Opening Plenary, “Framing Brown and Mendez in Contemporary Context,
Policy Progress and Prospects,” National Conference for School Diversity, Washington, D.C.
May 18, 2012.
Presenter, “The Significance of Fisher v. Texas to Diversity in Higher Education,” John
Mercer Langston Bar Association, Columbus, Ohio, June 20, 2012.
Moderator, “Trayvon Martin, Shaima Alawadi, and Racial Profiling,” a forum sponsored by
the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Moritz College of Law, BLSA, LLSA, SBA, APLSA,
MELSA, and SPEAK, April 11, 2012.
Panelist, “Diversity in the Criminal Justice System,” a forum sponsored by APLSA, Moritz
College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, April 12, 2012.
Presenter, The 1857 Prosecution of Rev. Samuel Green,,Moritz College of Law 2011
Summer Brown Bag Series, Columbus, Ohio, August 3, 2011.
Interview, EWTN Live, Rising Road, Birmingham, Alabama, July 20, 2011.
Presenter, The 1857 Prosecution of Rev. Samuel Green, Harriet Tubman/Underground
Railroad Annual Conference, Cambridge, Maryland, June 4, 2011.
Speaker, John C. Elam Award Ceremony, Upper Arlington, Ohio, May 22, 2011.
Panelist, Writing about History, South Carolina Book Festival, Columbia, SC., May 15,
2011.
Public interview of Pulitzer-prize winner, James B. Stewart, Columbus Museum of Art,
Columbus, Ohio, May 5, 2011.
Author address, Birmingham Bar Association, Birmingham, Alabama, April 5, 2011.
Author address, John Carroll High School, Birmingham, Alabama, April 5, 2011.
Author talk, Rising Road, Bexley Public Library, Bexley, Ohio, March 9, 2011.
OSU Read Aloud, OSU Library, Columbus, Ohio, January 27, 2011.
Presenter, Rising Road, Gathering of Clergy, Newman Center, The Ohio State University,
Nov. 5, 2010.
Presenter, Rising Road, Unitarian Church, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 4, 2010.
Presenter, The Case against Willis Lago, OSU African American & African Studies,
Community Extension Center, Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 19, 2010.
Keynote Speaker, Rising Road, St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Birmingham, Oct. 17, 2010.
Cordell Hull Lecture of 2011, Cumberland Law School, Birmingham, Alabama, Oct. 14,
2010.
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Keynote Speaker, Ohio Center for Law Related Education, 20th Annual Conference, Sept.
27, 2010.
Panelist, Childress Lecture Panel Discussion, St. Louis Univ. Law, St. Louis, Missouri,
Sept. 24, 2010.
Keynote Speaker, Thurber House Summer Literary Picnic, Columbus, Ohio, August 11,
2010.
Keynote Speaker, Birmingham Public Library @ Night, Birmingham, Alabama, June 22,
2010.
Speaker, American Board of Trial Advocates Ohio Chapter, Rising Road, April 22, 2010.
Presenter, Alabama Book Festival, Montgomery, Alabama, Rising Road, April 17, 2010.
Panelist on Identity and Intersectionality in Honor of the Appointment of Justice Sonia
Sotomayor, Southeast/Southwest People of Color Legal Conference, Columbia, S.C., March
27, 2010.
Presenter, Howard University College of Law, Washington, D.C., Rising Road, April 12,
2010.
Presenter, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Rising Road, Feb. 2, 2010.
Presenter, University of Notre Dame School of Law, Rising Road, Jan. 29, 2010.
Presenter, Federal Bar Association, Columbus, Ohio, Rising Road, Jan. 27, 2010.
Dean Alfange, Jr. Lecture in American Constitutionalism, University of Massachusetts, Oct.
8, 2009.
Moderator, panel, 2009 Symposium on “The Jurisprudence of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A
Discussion of Fifteen Years on the U.S. Supreme Court,” Moritz College of Law, Columbus,
Ohio, April 10, 2009.
Panelist, Leadership in the Academy, 2009 AALS Annual Meeting, January 2009.
Keynote Speaker, The Reality of False Confessions: Lessons of the Central Park Jogger
Case, 5th Annual Criminal Justice Forum, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, April 29,
2004.
Invited Panelist, False Confessions, 2004 AALS Annual Meeting, Co-sponsored by Criminal
Justice and Evidence Sections.
Invited Speaker, Opening Roundtable Discussion on Militarisms and Other “Isms”: A
Critical Discussion of Current Affairs,@ Eighth Annual LatCrit Conference, Cleveland,
Ohio, May 1, 2003.
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Invited Speaker, Ethnic Profiling after September 11, 2001, 16th International Conference,
The International Society for the Reform of the Criminal Law, Charleston, South Carolina,
December 10, 2002.
Invited Panelist, Racial Profiling Community Forum, sponsored by Columbus City Council
Member Kevin Boyce and the Columbus Urban League, Columbus, Ohio, August 29, 2001.
Invited Panelist, Developments in Ohio Rules of Evidence, sponsored by Professional
Education Systems, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, October 20, 2000.
Invited Panelist, Developments in Ohio Rules of Evidence, sponsored by Professional
Education Systems, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, September 30, 1999.
Invited Speaker, Health Care Fraud and Abuse, 20th Annual Health Law Teacher's
Conference, sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and the Center
for Health Law Studies of the St. Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, June
3, 1999.
Invited Speaker, Health Care Fraud and Abuse, 19th Annual Health Law Teacher's
Conference, sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and the Health
Law and Policy Institute of the University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, June
1998.
Invited Commentator, 9th Annual Midwestern People of Color Legal Scholarship
Conference; Commented on a paper regarding incarceration rates of African American
males presented by Law Professor Robin Magee, March 27, 1998.
Keynote Speaker, Fraud and Abuse in Managed Care, 1997 Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
Training Conference, sponsored by the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control
Units, Cleveland, Ohio, July 20, 1997.
Invited Speaker, Recent Developments in Criminal Procedure, Ohio Municipal Attorney's
Association, 1996 Municipal Law Institute, July 12, 1996.
Invited Speaker, Medicaid and Medicare Fraud—The Imposition of the Criminal Sanction,
Conference on Fraud in Life and Health Insurance, sponsored by the Ohio Department of
Insurance, November 16, 1995.
SERVICE
University Committees
Member, Advisory Oversight Committee to Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and
Ethnicity, 2002–2012
Search Committee, Director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity,
August 2001 to April 2002
Search Committee, Dean, Moritz College of Law, April 2001–July 2001
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Law School Committees
Diversity & Inclusion Committee, 2012- present
Appointments Committee, 2011-12
Administration Committee, 2009-2010
Promotion & Tenure Committee, 2006
Academic Affairs Committees, 2005, 2004
Appointments Committee, 2005, 2004, 2001-02, 1996-97
Long Range Planning Committee, 2004
Committee on Minority Affairs and Affirmative Action, 1996-97, 1998; Chair, 1999, 2000
College Investigation Committee, 1999-2001
Honor Council, Advisor to Prosecutor, 1999-2000
Admissions Committee, 1997-1998, 1995-1996
Other
Faculty Advisor, Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03
Faculty Advisor, Criminal Law Moot Court Team, 1999–2000
Co-Faculty Advisor, Criminal Law Moot Court team, 1998–99
Co-Faculty Advisor, to the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Law Caucus (GLBLC), 1997–98
SERVICE OUTSIDE THE MICHAEL E. MORITZ COLLEGE OF LAW
Member, Ohio Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2013 – present
Member, Selection Committee U.S. Magistrate Judge, Columbus, Ohio, 2009
Member, American Association of Law Schools, Committee on Sections and Annual Meeting
(appointed by President of AALS for a three-year term) 2007–2010
Chair, Criminal Justice Section, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), 2005–06
Chairperson-Elect, Criminal Justice Section, Association of American Law Schools (AALS),
2004–05
Secretary, Criminal Justice Section, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), 2003–04
Chairperson, Columbus Bar Association Task Force on Racial Profiling, 2000–2001
Member, American Association of Law Schools, Committee on Professional Development;
Appointed by President of AALS for a three-year term, 1999–2002
Member, American Association of Law Schools, Evidence Planning Committee, 2000–2002
Member, AALS Trust and Estates Planning Committee, 1999–2001
RADIO AND TELEVISION CONTRIBUTIONS
Guest Commentator, Channel 4, The Trayvon Martin verdict, July 15, 2013
EWTN Live interview, Rising Road, July 20, 2011
Panelist, Sixth Annual Statewide Tribute to Rosa Parks, WOSU@COSI Studios, Columbus,
Ohio (concerning Penick v. Brd. of Education, the desegregation order of the Hon. Robert
Duncan), November 30, 2010
Press Conference, Rising Road, Chancery Office for the Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile,
Mobile, Alabama, May 4, 2010
Third Annual Forum on the Law Lecture, The Ohio Supreme Court, Rising Road, April 27,
2010
Writer’s Talk, WCBE, The Ohio Channel, On Writing Rising Road, March 12, 2010
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Guest Commentator, CourtTV Radio, false confessions & the JonBenet Ramsey arrest,
August 25, 2006
Guest Commentator, WAQY, false confessions & the JonBenet Ramsey arrest, Aug. 21,
2006
Guest Commentator, WGST, false confessions & the JonBenet Ramsey arrest, WGST, Aug.
21, 2006
Guest Commentator, Fox News, false confessions & the JonBenet Ramsey arrest, Aug. 19,
2006
Guest Commentator, CKGL, false confessions & the JonBenet Ramsey arrest, Aug. 18, 2006
Guest Commentator, CFUN, false confessions & the JonBenet Ramsey arrest, Aug. 18,
2006
Guest Commentator, WAZO, 107.1 FM, racial profiling, April 15, 2001
Guest Commentator, WOSU, United States v. Dickerson, July 22, 1999
Guest Commentator, WTVN News Radio, 610 AM, Columbus, Ohio; discussing the House
Judiciary Committee hearings concerning allegations of criminal conduct respecting the
President of the United States, October 11, 1998
Guest Commentator, WTVN News Radio; disclosure of grand jury materials collected by
Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr to Congress and the public, September 21, 1998
Guest Commentator, WTVN News Radio, constitutional basis for impeachment or censure
of the President of the United States in connection with the Monica Lewinsky scandal,
September 20, 1998
Guest Commentator, WTVN News Radio, the role of the grand jury, February 22, 1998
Guest Commentator, WTVN News Radio, discussing the Unabomber trial, January 11,
1998
Guest Commentator, WTVN News Radio, the Terry Nichols trial, December 28, 1997
Guest Commentator, WTVN News Radio, the Louisa Woodward (British Nanny) trial,
November 16, 1997
Guest Commentator, WTVN News Radio, Megan’s Laws, July 13, 1997
Guest Commentator, WTVN News Radio, the trial of Timothy McVeigh: April 20, 1997,
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