News - Capital University Law School

May 2023

Gilles TN

Professor Susan Gilles, the John E. Sullivan Professor of Law, was featured by NBC4 WCMH-TV in a news report, "Columbus superintendent applications being kept confidential, despite public records law."  Professor Gilles addressed the Columbus City School Board's search for a new superintendent and whether Ohio's public records laws pertain to the candidates' applications and other materials.


Mark Brown

Professor Mark R. Brown, the Newton D. Baker/Baker and Hostetler Chair of Law, authored, A Critical and Historical Analysis of Ohio’s Post-Millennium Regression to Major-Party Monopoly Regression to Major-Party Monopoly, recently published in Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, a law review publication from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.


April 2023

Molina TN

Professor Melinda Molina was the keynote speaker for the Hispanic Legislative Visit Day hosted by the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission. Her remarks, "Juan, Miguel, Milagros, Olga, Manuel: Why Latinx Representation Matters," weaved in themes from a poem by Pedro Pietri called a “Puerto Rican Obituary.”


Kobil, Dan

Professor Dan Kobil was featured in an April 17 Dispatch article, "What would an Ohio abortion amendment mean for parental consent?" regarding the Ohio Constitution abortion amendment proposal.


Smith Brad TN

Bradley A. Smith, the Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Professor of Law, has been prolifically discussing the prosecution of former U.S. President Donald Trump.


Barnhart TN

Professor Rob Barnhart was interviewed on April 10 by NBC4 for “The road ahead for former Columbus vice officer on second murder trial.”


Gilles TN

Susan Gilles, the John E. Sullivan Professor of Law, was featured by NBC4 WCMH-TV in a news report about former OSU and NFL quarterback, Dwayne Haskins, and the lawsuit filed by his widow. Professor Gilles addressed how comparative fault may play a role in the lawsuit.


March 2023

Kobil, Dan

Professor Dan Kobil was featured by NBC4 WCMH-TV in a news report about misleading statements made in an advertisement by an anti-abortion group concerning a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution. Professor Kobil asserts that the proposed amendment would not impact parental consent as children do not have the same constitutional rights as adults.


Smith Brad TN

Bradley A. Smith, the Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Professor of Law, was on a panel at the Federalist Society National Student Symposium at the University of Texas on March 3, “Unique Aspects of American Democracy: Structural Bugs or Features.”


September 2022

Mark Brown

Mark Brown, the Newton D. Baker/Baker & Hostetler Chair & Professor, was a guest columnist for cleveland.com on “How Ohio Stacks the System Against Independent and Minor-Party Candidates.”


August 2022

Smith Brad TN

Bradley Smith, the Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Professor of Law, has been appointed to the Ohio State Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Each State Advisory Committee is composed of citizen volunteers familiar with local and state civil rights issues. The members assist the Commission with its fact-finding, investigative, and information dissemination functions. Professor Smith, a leading national expert in election law, also has experience in employment discrimination and immigration law.  Smith joins longtime member Mark Strasser, Trustees Professor of Law at Capital, on the 12-member Committee.