Faculty Speaker's Bureau

Below are the list of our Faculty Experts and the topics they are speaking on around the country. To arrange for a faculty speaker to visit your firm, contact lawjobs@case.edu

  • Bryan Adamson

    Bryan Adamson, MA, JD

    David L. Brennan Chaired Professor of Law, School of Law

    • First Amendment Freedoms of Speech, Press, Assembly and Petition
    • Protest and Civil Rights
    • Police and Militarization
    • Journalism, Media Law and Regulation
    • Critical media analysis
    • Race, Media and Culture
  • headshot of Michael Benza

    Michael Benza, MA, JD

    Professor of Practice, School of Law
    Associate Director, Financial Integrity Institute, School of Law

    • 4th Amendment and the Resurgent Trespass Theory
    • Current State of Lethal Injection and the Death Penalty
    • Police Use of Force Issues (Brelo, Rice and Beyond)
    • The Supreme Court, the Fourth Amendment, and Modern Technology
  • Stacey Bergstrom

    Stacey Bergstrom, JD

    Assistant Professor of Lawyering Skills, School of Law

    • Legal writing and advocacy
    • Criminal law and procedure
    • Federal criminal practice
    • Grand jury investigations
    • Computer crimes
    • Sentencing law and policy
  • headshot of Jaime Bouvier

    Jaime Bouvier, JD

    Professor of Lawyering Skills

    • Leadership in the Law: What Neuroscience, Psychology, and Organizational Behavior Can Teach Us About Being A Good Leader
    • Urban Agriculture Law & Policy: Food Systems and Local Land Use Laws
  • headshot of David J. Carney

    David J. Carney, JD

    Professor of Lawyering Skills, School of Law

    • Education Law
    • Legal Writing
  • Juscelino F. Colares Headshot

    Juscelino F. Colares, JD, PhD

    Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, School of Law
    Co-Director, Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, School of Law
    Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
    Director, JD/MA Political Science Program

    • Current Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy in D.C.
    • Geopolitical Shifts, and U.S. Power and Diplomacy
    • Separation of Powers, Federalism and the Federal Courts
    • Choice-of-Law and Procedure
    • US & Global Macro: Financial Crises and Market Volatility
  • headshot of Avidan Y. Cover

    Avidan Y. Cover, JD

    Professor of Law, School of Law
    Director, Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, School of Law

    • International Law
    • Human Rights
  • Portrait of Yaron Covo

    Yaron Covo, LLM, JSD

    Assistant Professor, Law-Medicine Center, School of Law

    • Disability Law
    • Health Law
    • Contracts
    • Sports Law
  • headshot of Joseph A. Custer

    Joseph A. Custer, JD, MA, MBA

    Professor of Law, School of Law
    Director, Ben C. Green Law Library, School of Law

    • Legal Records
    • Electronic Discovery
  • Atiba Ellis

    Atiba Ellis, MA, JD

    Morris G. Shanker Professor of Law, School of Law
    Associate Dean for Enrichment and Engagement, School of Law

    • Voting Rights and Redistricting
    • Election Administration
    • Democracy and the Constitution
    • Race and the Law
    • Critical Race Theory—Distinguishing Myth from Fact
  • Ayesha Bell Hardaway

    Ayesha Bell Hardaway, JD

    Director, Social Justice Institute
    Research Coordinator, Social Justice Institute
    Professor of Law, School of Law
    Director, Social Justice Law Center, School of Law

    • Criminal Law
    • Labor, 13th Amendment and Peonage
    • Race and the Law
    • Reparations
    • Consent Decrees, Police Reform, Civil Rights
  • Jessie Hill Headshot

    Jessie Hill, JD

    Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, School of Law
    Director, Reproductive Rights Law Initiative, School of Law

    • State of Reproductive Rights in Ohio & Beyond
    • Law and Religion
  • Sharona Hoffman

    Sharona Hoffman, JD, LLM, SJD

    Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, Law-Medicine Center, School of Law
    Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Co-Director, The Law-Medicine Center, School of Law

    • Employment Discrimination
    • Health Law
    • Health Information Technology
    • Artificial Intelligence and the Law
    • Public Health Emergencies
    • Cognitive Decline and the Law
    • Elder Law
  • headshot of Daniel A. Jaffe

    Daniel A. Jaffe, JD

    Professor of Lawyering Skills, School of Law
    Co-Director Legal Writing, Leadership, Experiential Learning, Advocacy, and Professionalism, LLEAP, School of Law

    • Public School Legal Issues
    • Public Sector Labor Relations
    • Public Meetings and Records
  • Becca Kendis

    Becca Kendis

    Staff Attorney/Lecturer, Center for Reproductive Law, School of Law

    • Reproductive Rights
    • Social Work and the Law
    • Human Trafficking
  • headshot of Charles Korsmo

    Charles Korsmo, JD

    Schott - Van Den Eynden Professor of Business Organizations, School of Law

    • Corporate Law
    • M&A
    • Corporate Finance
    • Torts
    • Stockholder Litigation
    • Stockholder Appraisal
  • headshot of Juliet P. Kostritsky

    Juliet P. Kostritsky, JD

    Everett D. & Eugenia S. McCurdy Professor of Contract Law, School of Law
    Co-Director, Center for Business Law, School of Law

    • Contracts
    • Biopharma Alliance Agreements
  • James Madigan

    James P. Madigan, JD

    Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Law

    • Commercial litigation (contract and tort)
  • headshot of Maxwell J. Mehlman

    Maxwell J. Mehlman, JD

    Distinguished University Professor
    Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law, School of Law
    Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Co-Director, Law-Medicine Center, School of Law

    • Military Bioethics
    • Promoting Trust Between Patients and Health Care Providers
    • The Promise and Peril of Genetic Engineering
    • What’s Wrong with Doping in Sports?
    • Performance Enhancement and the Law
    • Medical Malpractice Myths
    • Governance of DIY Gene Editing
  • headshot of Kathryn S. Mercer

    Kathryn S. Mercer, JD, PhD

    Professor of Lawyering Skills, School of Law

    • Child Welfare
    • Dispute Resolution
    • Ethics in Negotiation
    • Oral Advocacy
    • Mediation
    • Persuasive Brief Writing
  • headshot of Dale A. Nance

    Dale A. Nance, JD, MA

    Albert J. Weatherhead III and Richard W. Weatherhead Professor of Law, School of Law

    • Probability and Burdens of Proof
    • Keynesian Weight and the Burden of Production
    • Substance, Procedure, and Choice of Law
  • Craig Nard Headshot

    Craig A. Nard, JD, LLM, SJD

    Galen J. Roush Professor of Law, School of Law
    Director, Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts, School of Law

    • Patent Law and Policy
    • International Intellectual Property Law
    • Law and Innovation
  • Andrew S. Pollis Headshot

    Andrew S. Pollis, JD

    Professor of Law, School of Law
    Director, Appellate Litigation Clinic, Milton and Charlotte Kramer Law Clinic, School of Law

    • Appellate Jurisdiction (Ohio and Federal)
    • Standards of Appellate Review
    • Anders "No Merit" Briefs in Criminal Appeals
    • The Death of Inference: How Courts Have Eroded the Jury’s Power to Draw Inferences from Circumstantial Evidence, and What We Should Do About It
    • Trying the Trial: Why Jurors Should Be Permitted to Hear Evidence of Litigation Misconduct
    • Understanding Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b) – and Why It’s Time to Get Rid of It
    • How the Appellate System Can Combat Implicit Bias in Criminal Convictions
    • Practical Refreshers on the Rules of Evidence
  • Cassandra Burke Robertson headshot

    Cassandra Burke Robertson, JD, MA, MPA

    John Deaver Drinko - BakerHostetler Professor of Law, School of Law
    Director, Center for Professional Ethics, School of Law

    • Denaturalization and Nationality
    • Personal Jurisdiction and Civil Procedure
    • Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics
    • Third-Party Litigation Financing
    • Transnational Litigation
    • Autonomous Vehicles
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    Matthew Rossman, JD

    Professor of Law, School of Law
    Director, Community Development Clinic, Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center, School of Law
    2023-24 Norman A. Sugarman Lecturer in Residence, School of Law

    • Housing Market and Economic Development Tax Incentives
    • Community Development
    • Nonprofit Law/Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations
    • Transactional Law
  • headshot of Matthew Salerno

    Matthew A. Salerno, JD

    Associate Professor of Lawyering Skills, School of Law
    Co-Director Legal Writing, Leadership, Experiential Learning, Advocacy, and Professionalism, LLEAP, School of Law

    • Corporate Restructuring
    • Bankruptcy and Insolvency
    • Contract Drafting
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Corporate Counseling
  • Maya Simek

    Maya Simek, LISW-S, MSW

    Director, Human Trafficking Project, Milton and Charlotte Kramer Law Clinic, School of Law

    • Human Trafficking
    • LGBTQ Issues
    • Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Engagement and Collaborations
    • Social Work and the Law
    • HIV and the Law