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February 20, 2022
Dean Verna Williams of the University of Cincinnati College of Law discusses plans by President Joe Biden to pick a Black woman for the next U.S. Supreme Court justice.
February 20, 2022
Dean Verna Williams of the University of Cincinnati College of Law discusses plans by President Joe Biden to pick a Black woman for the next U.S. Supreme Court justice.
February 22, 2022
USA Today reports the White House is poised to triple the number of Black women appellate judges, from four when Biden took office, to at least 13. UC College of Law Dean Verna Williams weighs in on the significance of diversifying the federal bench.
February 22, 2022
Verna Williams, Dean and Nippert Professor of Law, at the UC College of Law , spoke to Local 12 News for its Black History Makers series. Williams is the first Black dean of the university's law school.
February 25, 2022
Lorain County judge throws out conviction of Nancy Smith, an Ohio Innocence Project client wrongfully accused of sexually abusing children. Smith finally has here name cleared after a 27-year-old legal battle.
March 14, 2022
Jennifer Bard, PhD, professor in UC’s Colleges of Law and Medicine, spoke with USA Today about efforts in state legislatures to offer protections for physicians who prescribe ivermectin to treat COVID-19.
March 14, 2022
Isaiah Andrews, an 84-year-old Cleveland man and Ohio Innocence Project client, was found wrongfully convicted of murder by an Ohio court. The designation allows Andrews to seek damages from the state of Ohio after spending 45 years wrongfully imprisoned a crime he did not commit. OIP attorneys helped to free Andrews and allow him to clear his name.
November 3, 2022
Jenn Dye, PhD, director of the Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender and Social Justice, spoke with Local 12 News about the impact the U.S. Supreme Court Dobbs’ ruling may have on midterm elections.
November 17, 2022
The Cincinnati Business Courier reports the University of Cincinnati is celebrating its largest enrollment in history at the start of 2022-2023 fall semester, a count just shy of 48,000. The milestone bucks a national trend that showed undergraduate enrollment dipped 1.1% last fall and graduate enrollment was down 1%, according to a report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
May 9, 2022
Jenn Dye, PhD, Theodore M. Berry Director of the Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice, in the UC College of Law, discussed future access to abortion with journalist Mariel Carbone of WCPO-TV in Cincinnati.
May 25, 2022
Marjorie Aaron, professor of practice and director of the Center for Practice in the UC College of Law, spoke with the Lawyerist Podcast on Legal News Network for a segment about delivering bad news to clients.