A book on sexuality and faith receives top honors

07/03/07

A book on sexuality and faith receives top honors

A book titled Sexuality and the U.S. Catholic Church has bagged the first prize in the Catholic Press Association's (CPA) Gender Issues category. Edited by Lisa Sowle Cahill, T. Frank Kennedy, S.J., and BC Law Dean John Garvey, the book is one of the two brought out by Boston College's Church in the 21st Century initiative. With eyebrow-raising scandals on clerical abuses being unearthed, the Catholic Church has come under the microscope. It is being condemned for being neither too oppressive nor too easy-going on sexuality aspects. In Sexuality and the U.S. Catholic Church, the writers have tried to bring to the fore the work of top Catholic theologians, writers, and scholars on Catholic tradition, the contemporary challenges the Catholic Church has been facing day in and day out, and the measures that could be adopted to counter them.

Martin H. Belsky is the new Dean at Akron's School of Law
Former dean and present faculty at the University of Tulsa College of Law, Martin H. Belsky has been named as the new dean of the School of Law at The University of Akron, effective January 2008. With four decades of experience both in the academic as well as in the legal field, Belsky began his legal career in 1969 as a prosecutor, while in 1982 he donned the mantle of a law guru at the University of Florida in capacity of an associate professor of law and director of the multi-disciplinary Center for Governmental Responsibility. Belsky, a well-known orator and scholar, is involved in numerous conferences on varied issues ranging from criminal and civil justice, ethics, international law, the United States Supreme Court to environmental law, and religious understanding. He has authored numerous articles and books on the administration of justice, civil rights, constitutional law, privacy, criminal law, and international law, among many others.

New Family Violence Clinic at Chapman Law School
This fall, the Chapman University School of Law is going to open a Family Violence Clinic. The Law School's new initiative will help low-income families of Orange County to address the issue of domestic violence. Under the guidance of clinic director Marisa Cianciarulo, a veteran immigration lawyer, students of the clinic will offer free counseling on family law to both documented and undocumented residents in the county. Cianciarulo said that the clinic was created to help domestic violence survivors overcome their "unique challenges." This clinic is the third major clinic of its kind run at the Chapman law school. The program will also maintain the tradition of offering free legal assistance to underprivileged populations.

Second Fulbright Scholar grant to Professor Louise McKinney
Louise McKinney, professor of law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, has received the Fulbright Scholar grant for the second time. As a Fulbright Scholar awardee, Professor McKinney will work with the University of Botswana's Law faculty in Gaborone in Southern Africa to develop the university's clinical legal education program. The 10-month award is for the academic year 2007-2008, beginning August 2007. The Fulbright Scholar Program facilitates the travel of nearly 800 U.S. faculty and professionals across the globe.


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