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Bruce Comly French

Title:

Director of Clinical Programs and Professor of Law

Office:

Tilton Hall #198

Phone #:

419-772-2226

Fax #:

419-772-3514

Email:

b-french@onu.edu

Biography:

Professor French had been legislative counsel for the Council of the District of Columbia prior to joing the faculty. He has lectured at Catholic University and the University of Maryland College of Law. Professor French writes frequently on labor relations, legislative drafting and interpretation, and environmental matters. In addition to teaching and research, he has served as a member of the Allen County Bar Certified Grievance Committee, as chair of the section on Uniform State Laws of the Ohio State Bar Association, as a trustee for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Northern District of Ohio, and on the ABA Criminal Justice Section Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure and Evidence. He engages in occasional employment discrimination and civil rights litigation.

Education:

J.D., Antioch College of Law
B.A., M.A., American University

Teaching Interests:

Constitutional Law
Civil Procedure
Evidence
Labor Law
Criminal Procedure

Course materials:

Criminal Procedure Exam Summer 2008

Civil Procedure II 1992

Faculty Activities

Articles:

Selective Strict Scrutiny - A New Way to Use Suspect Classifications,21 BUFFALO JOURNAL OF PUBLIC INTEREST LAW 89 (2002-2003)

Neighbors Win Pollution Reduction Agreement with BP/Amoco,23 OHIO CITIZEN ACTION NEWS, No. 1,3 (1999)

Several Approaches for Bankruptcy Trustees to Avoid CERCLA Liability, 10 NAB TALK 4 (1994).

A Monograph Concerning Sobriety Checkpoints--Proposed Guidelines and Their Implementation, ABA Criminal Justice Section (1994).

Legislative Adventure (1993) (unpublished manuscript, on file with author).

More Effective Citizen Participation in Environmental Decision- Making, 24 U. TOL. L. REV. 389 (1993).

The Impact of Limited Enforcement of Law School Student Honor Codes (pts. 1 & 2), 62 BAR EXAMINER, Feb. 1993, at 19, 62 BAR EXAMINER, May 1993, at 41.

A Road Map to Achieve Enhanced Cultural Diversity in Legal Education Employment Decisions, 19 N.C. CENT. L.J. 219 (1991).

It's Not Too Late to Improve the Ohio Public Employee Bargaining Act, 13 OHIO N.U. L. REV. 603 (1986).

What Is Bargainable During Negotiations Under the District of Columbia Personnel Act?, 37 LAB. L.J. 6 (1986).

Can Home Rule in the District of Columbia Survive the Chadha Decision?, 33 CATH. U. L. REV. 811 (1984).

Legislative Drafting Manual, 25 HOW. L.J. 731 (1982).

Teaching About Legislation and the Legislative Process, 31 J. LEGAL EDUC. 604 (1982).

The View of Justice Rehnquist Concerning the Proper Role of the States in National Labor Relations Policy, 17 TULSA L.J. 76 (1981).

Broadened Concepts of Standing in the Local District of Columbia Courts, 23 HOW. L.J. 255 (1980).

Public Sector Labor Relations in the District of Columbia, 28 CATH. U. L. REV. 753 (1979).

D.C.'s New Lobbying Law-Toward an Open Government, 1 DISTRICT LAW., Mar. 1977, at 27.

The Frontiers of the Federal Mandamus Statute, 21 VILL. L. REV. 637 (1976).

WILLIAM P. STATSKY, LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING AND ANALYSIS (John F. O'Connell & Bruce Comly French eds., 2d ed. 1984).

Neighbors Win Pollution Reduction Agreement With BP/Amoco, 23 Ohio Citizen Action Newsletter 1 (1999).

Several Approaches for Bankruptcy Trustees to Avoid CERCLA Liability, 10 Nab Talk 4 (1994).

A Monograph Concerning Sobriety Checkpoints - Proposed Guidelines and Their Implementation, ABA Crim. Jus. Section (1994).

The Impact of Limited Enforcement of Law School Student Honor Codes (pts. 1 & 2), 62 Bar Examiner, Feb. 1993, at 19, 62 Bar Examiner, May 1993, at 41.

D.C.'s New Lobbying Law-Toward an Open Government, 1 District Law., Mar. 1977, at 27.

Presentations:

Presentation, Basic Consumer Bankruptcy, Ohio CLE Institute, Columbus, Ohio, June, 1997.

Presentation, Outer Limits of Bankruptcy Procedure, Ohio CLE Institute, Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio, September, 1996.

Presenter, The Legal Rights of African Americans in the United States, University of the Orange Free State and the University of Transkei, Republic of South Africa, August, 1996.

Presenter, Pre-Bankruptcy Planning, Ohio Continuing Legal Education Institute, Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio, September, 1996.

Moderator, Resolution of Common Ethical Issues, American Inn of Court, Ada, Ohio, September 1995.

Practical Points for Local Attorney, American Inn of Court, Ada, Ohio, April 1995.

Environmental Issues Affecting Bankruptcy Trustees, U.S. Trustee's Annual Program, Cleveland, Ohio, June 1994.

Speaker, Bankruptcy Law, Ohio Continuing Legal Education Institute, Fall 1993.

Speaker, Ethics and Sexual Harassment, Ohio Northern University, October 1992.

Speaker, Bankruptcy for the General Practitioner, Allen County Bar Association, Lima, Ohio, September 1992.

Speaker, Public Sector Labor Relations, Domestic Relations, Local Legislative Procedure, Rights of the Mentally Retarded, 1979-1983.

Legislative Adventure (1993) (unpublished manuscript, on file with author).

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