Reception Welcoming Dean Jack Guttenberg October 27

October 1, 2004

Capital University Law School will welcome Jack Guttenberg as dean of the Law School with a cocktail reception on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at the Ohio Statehouse Atrium. Brief remarks from President Ted Fredrickson, The Honorable Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, Robert Weiler and Dean Guttenberg will begin at 6:15 pm. Please R.S.V.P. by October 20 to the Law School Office of Alumni Relations and Development at 614-236-6601, or respond online.

Jack A. Guttenberg took office as dean of Capital University Law School on July 1, 2004. He comes to Capital from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, where he served as associate dean since 1997 and a professor since 1980. He teaches criminal law, legal profession, trial advocacy, law practice management and pre-trial practice.

Dean Guttenberg’s most recent scholarship and service have focused on ethics and professional responsibility. He is currently a member of the Ohio Supreme Court Task Force on Rules of Professional Conduct; counsel to the Ohio Supreme Court Rules Advisory Committee, Criminal Rules Subcommittee; and member of the OSBA Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee. He has been an expert witness in more than 30 cases on issues of professional responsibility, and he is co-author with Lloyd B. Snyder of The Law of Professional Responsibility in Ohio and 1998 Supplement.

Before entering academia, Dean Guttenberg was an assistant public defender in Ann Arbor, Michigan and was an associate at the firm Burgess and Burgess, in Detroit. He received a B.A., with honors in sociology from the University of Michigan and a J.D., magna cum laude, from Wayne State University School of Law in 1976.