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Announcement

The Honorable Eileen A. Gallagher Elected Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth District.

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Advocacy Seminar

The Court’s 2024 Advanced Appellate Advocacy Seminar was held on November 22, 2024. Find excerpts and materials from the event.

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Moot Court Competition

The Eighth District Court of Appeals hosted CWRU School of Law Dean Dunmore Intramural Moot Court Competition.

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NEWS

The Court and Cleveland State University College of Law Continue Oral Argument Tradition

Sep 23, 2024, 15:02 by User Not Found
The Court continued it’s From Courtroom to Classroom program with a visit to Cleveland State University College of Law on Friday, August 18, 2024. An audience of nearly 200 law students attended an oral argument that capped off the school’s orientation week. The hearing was unique in that it was one of the few events that the law school’s incoming remote students appeared in person to attend.

Judge Michelle J. Sheehan, Judge Eileen A. Gallagher and Judge Mary J. Boyle on the judge's bench

Pictured above from left to right: Judge Michelle J. Sheehan, Judge Eileen A. Gallagher and Judge Mary J. Boyle

Judge Eileen A. Gallagher, Judge Michelle J. Sheehan, and Judge Mary J. Boyle presided over a criminal appeal that allowed Cleveland State law students a first-hand peek into the appellate process. 
 
Following the oral argument, Cleveland State College of Law Associate Dean Carolyn Broering-Jacobs and Cleveland Marshall College of Law Professor Doron Kalir moderated a question and answer period between the students and the attorneys on the case before the judges concluded the program by answering questions from the students and sharing their own personal paths in the legal profession.