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Supreme Court Announces Summer Judicial College Courses
The Supreme Court of Ohio today announced its summer Judicial College schedule of courses for judges, magistrates, acting judges, court personnel and judicial candidates. (Read more.)

Disciplinary Cases Scheduled for July 2008
The following schedule of cases is set for hearings by the Supreme Court’s Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline in July. (Read more.)

Supreme Court Announces Appointments
The Supreme Court of Ohio today announced nine appointments and four reappointments to boards and commissions for 2008. (Read more.)

Handbook Guides Judges in Creating Mental Health Court Dockets
mental health handbookThe Supreme Court of Ohio today released a reference guide for judges considering starting mental health court dockets. (Read more.)

Supreme Court Appoints New Members to Commission on Professionalism
The Supreme Court of Ohio has appointed three new members to the Commission on Professionalism. Capital University Law School Professor Michael Distelhorst and Allen County Common Pleas Court Judge Richard K. Warren attended their first quarterly commission meeting today. (Read more.)

Victims of Attorney Theft Awarded More Than $200,000 by Clients' Security Fund
The Board of Commissioners of the Clients’ Security Fund of Ohio (CSF) awarded $208,188 to 25 victims of attorney theft at its meeting Friday, June 6, in Columbus. Nineteen former or suspended Ohio attorneys were found to have misappropriated client funds. (Read more.)

July 3, 2008

Highland County Judge Disbarred

June 18, 2008

To Establish Legal Malpractice Damages, Client Must Show Credible Amount Lost Via Lawyer's Error

All Jurors Need Not Agree on One 'Criminal Offense' That Was Purpose of Trespass to Convict for Burglary

Accumulation of Ice on Roadway is Not 'Obstruction' Under Ohio Sovereign Immunity Law

June 17, 2008

Supreme Court Affirms Death Sentence for Inmate's Role in Murder of Lucasville Prison Guard

June 12, 2008

Supreme Court Disbars, Suspends Attorneys

June 5, 2008

Ohio Law Does Not Establish a ’Protected Right’ in Autopsy Specimens

Court Holds Former Statute Requiring Reporting of ‘Suspected Child Abuse’ Requires Subjective Standard

June 4, 2008

Child Service Agency, Employee Not Liable For Handling of Case In Which Abused Child Killed

Child Service Agency Immune From Civil Suit Unless Claim Falls Within Exception In Immunity Statute

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