New Legal Writing Faculty Appointed

September 13, 2007

Scott Anderson and Stacey Lemming Blasko have joined the Law School as two new professors in the Legal Research and Writing program.

Professor of Legal Research and Writing Scott Anderson brings 15 years of extensive legal experience to the law school. For the past six years, he has been staff attorney at the Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission and before that served as the Commission’s juvenile coordinator. His experience also includes prosecuting adult felony crimes for the Licking County Prosecutor’s Office before being promoted to managing attorney of the juvenile and civil divisions. Anderson also brings extensive teaching experience; he was a part-time instructor teaching contemporary ethical theory and the philosophy of law at The Ohio State University and has been a seminar instructor on a variety of legal issues for state agencies and the Ohio Judicial College. Anderson has been a member of the American Philosophical Association, the Committee on Juvenile Rights in the Justice System, and the Ohio Supreme Court Workgroup on Juvenile Defendant Access to Legal Counsel.

Prior to joining Capital as Professor of Legal Research and Writing, Stacey Lemming Blasko served as judicial clerk to The Hon. Roger L. Kline of the Fourth District Court of Appeals of Ohio for 10 years. Her legal research and writing experience also includes two years as an adjunct professor in the appellate advocacy program at the Ohio State University College of Law and as a member of the Legal Writing Institute. Blasko is a member of the American Inns of Court, Franklin Inn, is a board member and president of Midtown Parents and Kids and volunteers for the Victorian Village Society.