b"JOANN M. SAHL CURRICULUM VITAE\nPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE\nOctober 2008 \xe2\x80\x93 Present\nAssociate Clinical Professor of Law\nAssistant Director, Legal Clinic\nDirector, Civil Litigation Clinic and Reentry Clinics\n\nDirector, Reentry Clinics\nClemency Project\nThe Clemency Project prepares pardon petitions to the Ohio governor.\nThe clinic assists ex-offenders who are ineligible to their convictions\nsealed by the court. The clinic is staffed by volunteer law students.\nCQE Clinic\nThe CQE Clinic is a walk-in clinic staffed by volunteer law students. It\nassists ex-offenders with the online application for a Certificate of\nQualification for Employment. The clinic collaborates with the Summit\nCounty Common Pleas Court and the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation\nand Correction.\nExpungement Clinic (April 2013 to Present)\nThe Expungement clinic is managed by an adjunct faculty member. I\nsupervise the adjunct faculty member. The clinic assists ex-offenders with\ncourt sealings of their criminal convictions. The clinic is staffed by\nvolunteer law students.\nHuman Trafficking\nThe Human Trafficking clinic assists victims of human trafficking with\nexpungement of their convictions. The clinic is staffed by volunteer law\nstudents.\n\xe2\x80\xa2\n\nReentry Clinic Recognition\n2015 AALS Innovative and Outstanding Program\n(http://www.aals.org/home/innovative-and-other-outstandingprograms/)\n2014 National Jurist Magazine, Top 15 Innovative Clinic\n(http://www.nationaljurist.com/content/most-innovative-clinics)\n\n1\n\n\x0cDirector, Civil Litigation Clinic. The clinic assists low-income clients with housing\nissues. The clinic is a multidisciplinary clinic staffed by law students and social\nwork students. The clinic is a collaborative effort with the local legal aid\norganization.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Civil Litigation Clinic Recognition\n2010 Community Legal Aid Volunteer Law Firm of the Year\n\nCommunity and Pro Bono Publico Service Coordinator\nCo-coordinate a program that requires all law students to complete, for graduation,\n30 hours of pro bono and community service. I assist law students with obtaining\ncommunity service and pro bono placements. I also coordinate the annual law\nschool community service event - Akron Law Cares.\n\nSite Supervisor, Law and Leadership Institute\nSupervise a statewide pipeline program that encourages minority and\ndisadvantaged students to attend law school. Approximately 70 high school\nstudents attend the Akron Law and Leadership program.\n\nMarch 1999 \xe2\x80\x93 October 2008\nStaff Attorney, Housing Unit\nCommunity Legal Aid Services, Inc.\nRepresented clients in housing cases and expungement\ncases. Representation included appearances at court and before\nadministrative agencies. Conducted community presentations on a variety of\nlegal topics.\nMajor Projects:\nAkron Municipal Court Project: Worked collaboratively\nwith Akron Municipal Court judges and personnel to\nestablish a bi-weekly clinic directed to attendees who\nhad been sued for credit card debt or for eviction.\nClemency Project: Began a project in an eight-county\nregion to assist low-income clients with seeking a\npardon from the governor of Ohio.\n\n2\n\n\x0cFinancial Information and Legal Education (FILE):\nDeveloped a financial literacy power point and\npresentation aimed at low-income people who face\nimpediments to self-sufficiency. Sought and achieved a\ngrant from the city of Akron to support the program.\nSocial Welfare Practitioner Training: Organized and\npresented a landlord-tenant training for all social\nwelfare practitioners in eight-county region. Purpose of\npresentation was to educate social welfare practitioners\non landlord-tenant issues faced by their clients.\nOctober 1996August 1998\n\nStaff Attorney, Housing Unit\nThe Legal Aid Society of Columbus\nRepresented clients who were facing eviction or\nforeclosure in Municipal and Common Pleas courts.\n\nOctober 1995October 1996\n\nContract Work\nDenver, Colorado\nPrepared projects on a contract basis. Projects\nincluded a capital appeal to the California Supreme\nCourt; a capital state habeas to the California Supreme\nCourt; a double murder appeal to the Colorado Court of\nAppeals; death penalty motions\xe2\x80\x99 practice for Colorado\ntrial court; a capital habeas brief to the Sixth Circuit\nCourt of Appeals; and briefs to Ohio Appellate Courts.\n\nAugust 1993May 1995\n\nChief Appellate Counsel\nDeath Penalty Section\nOhio Public Defender Commission\nSupervised eleven attorneys involved in litigating\ncapital cases on direct appeal and in the state postconviction process in the Ohio courts. Represented\nclients before the Ohio Courts of Appeals and the Ohio\nSupreme Court. Also represented clients in the\nFederal District Court, the Sixth Circuit Court of\nAppeals, and the United States Supreme Court.\nProvided legal assistance to attorneys throughout Ohio\ninvolved in capital trials and appeals. Recruited,\ninterviewed, hired, and trained new employees for the\nDeath Penalty Section.\n\nOctober 1992-\n\nSupervisor\n3\n\n\x0cAugust 1993\n\nDeath Penalty Section\nOhio Public Defender Commission\nSupervised on an interim basis a staff of thirty-seven\nattorneys, mitigation specialists, criminal investigators\nand support personnel involved in representing clients\nconvicted of capital crimes. Provided legal assistance\nto trial and appellate attorneys representing capital\nclients throughout Ohio and elsewhere. Represented\nclients in state direct appeals process and state postconviction.\n\nMarch 1990 October 1992\n\nChief Appellate Counsel\nDeath Penalty Section\nOhio Public Defender Commission\nSupervised eight attorneys and two law clerks involved\nin direct appeals of capital cases in Ohio courts.\nRepresented clients before the Ohio Courts of Appeals,\nOhio Supreme Court and the United States Supreme\nCourt. Provided legal assistance to attorneys\nthroughout Ohio involved in capital appeals. Recruited,\ninterviewed, hired, and trained new employees for the\nDeath Penalty Section.\n\nNovember 1986 March 1990\n\nAssistant State Public Defender\nOhio Public Defender Commission\nRepresented clients in state direct appeals and in state\npost-conviction cases. Reviewed transcripts, identified\nissues, prepared strategy and drafted motions,\nappellate briefs and post-conviction petitions.\n\nSeptember 1986 December 1986\n\nAdjunct Professor\nUniversity of Akron School of Law\nInstructed approximately thirty students in\nLegal research, analysis and writing in Basic\nLegal Communications. Taught approximately\ntwenty students\xe2\x80\x99 appellate brief writing and oral\nargument skills in Intermediate Legal\nCommunications.\n\n4\n\n\x0cNOTABLE CASES\n\xe2\x80\xa2\n\nUNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW\nState v. Boykin, 138 Ohio St.3d 97\n(2013)\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2\n\nCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID SERVICES, INC.\nCoker v. Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority\nSummit App. No. 20350, (July 5, 2001)\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2\n\nOHIO PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION\nUnited States Supreme Court\n\nSuccessfully briefed and argued Ohio v. Huertas,\n498 U.S. 336 (1991) - resulted in State's appeal\nbeing dismissed as improvidently allowed.\nOhio Supreme Court\nState v. Jeffrey Lundgren, 73 Ohio St. 3d 474\n(1995)\nState v. Derrick Evans, 63 Ohio St. 3d 231 (1992)\nState v. Von Clark Davis, 63 Ohio St. 3d 44 (1992)\nState v. Reginald Jells, 53 Ohio St. 3d 22 (1990)\nState v. Ediberto Huertas, 51 Ohio St. 3d 22\n(1990), certiorari granted 498 U.S. 807 (1990),\ncertiorari dismissed 498 U.S. 336 (1991)\nState v. Arthur Tyler, 50 Ohio St. 3d 24 (1990)\nState v. Joseph Murphy, 49 Ohio St. 3d 293 (1990)\nState v. David Brewer, 48 Ohio St. 3d 50 (1990)\nOther Reported Decisions\nState v. Clifford Williams, 73 Ohio St. 3d 153\n(1995)\nState v. Jose Loza, 71 Ohio St. 3d 61 (1994)\nState v. Charles Lorraine, 66 Ohio St. 3d 414\n(1993)\nState v. Joseph Murphy, 65 Ohio St. 3d 554 (1992)\nState v. William Wickline, 50 Ohio St. 3d 114\n(1990)\n5\n\n\x0cState v. Rhett DePew, 38 Ohio St. 3d 275 (1989)\n\nEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND\nAugust 1983 June 1986\n\nThe University of Akron School of Law\nDegree: Juris Doctor (1986)\n\nSeptember 1979 June 1983\n\nThe Ohio State University\nDegree: Bachelor of Arts\nMajor: Political Science\n\nSUBJECTS TAUGHT\nClinical Seminar I (Externships)\nCivil Litigation Clinic\nSocial Justice Lawyering\nBasic Legal Communications (Adjunct)\nIntermediate Legal Communications (Adjunct)\n\nPUBLICATIONS\nBattling Collateral Consequences: The Long Road to Redemption\nCriminal Law Bulletin, Vol. 49, No. 3, 2013, p. 383\nNot Eligible for Expungement? Executive Clemency May Be Option\nLaw You Can Use Column\nOhio State Bar Foundation\nAvailable\nhttp://www.ohiobar.org/Members/Pages/LawYouCanUseDetail.aspx?itemID=514\nUnderstanding How Criminal Records Are Sealed\nLaw You Can Use Column\nOhio State Bar Foundation\nAvailable\nhttps://www.ohiobar.org/ForPublic/Resources/LawYouCanUse/Pages/UnderstandingHow-Criminal-Records-Are-Sealed.aspx .\n\n6\n\n\x0cPRESENTATIONS\nOctober 2015\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cSummit County Response to Human Trafficking:\nExpungement\xe2\x80\x9d\nSummit Collaborative Against Human Trafficking\n\nSeptember 2015\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cFirst, The Basics\xe2\x80\x9d\nHousing Policy Summit: Rethinking Reentry\n\xe2\x80\x9cRemedies to Help Those With Criminal Convictions:\nSealing\xe2\x80\x99s, CQEs and Pardons\xe2\x80\x9d\nSummit on Making Northeast Ohio Communities\nSafer\n\nJuly 2015\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cCQEs\xe2\x80\x9d\nOhio Ex-offender Reentry Coalition Meeting\n\nJune 2015\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cReentry: Giving Deserving Citizens a Second\nChance\xe2\x80\x9d\nKenyon College John W. Adams Summer Scholars\nProgram in Socio-legal Studies: Race, Crime and\nSocial Justice\n\nNovember 2014\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cEverything You Need to Know about CQEs\xe2\x80\x9d\nMaking Northeast Ohio Communities Safer Summit\nOhio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction\n\nJune 2014\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cClemency and CQEs\xe2\x80\x9d\nOriana House\n\xe2\x80\x9cOhio Reentry Remedies\xe2\x80\x9d\nFederal Court Reentry Program (Judge Lioi)\n\nApril 2014\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cWhat We Can Learn about Clemency From\nThe States\xe2\x80\x9d\nPanel Presentation given at Mercy in the Criminal\nJustice System, Clemency and Post-Conviction\nStrategies Conference\nNew York University Law School\xe2\x80\x99s Center on the\nAdministration of Criminal Law\xe2\x80\x99s 6th Annual\nConference\n\nMarch 2014\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cCertificates of Qualification for Employment\xe2\x80\x9d\n\n7\n\n\x0cBrenda Burnham Unruh Life Skills/Employment\nReadiness program\n\xe2\x80\x9cLandlord/Tenant Rights and Responsibilities\xe2\x80\x9d\nProject Learn\nJanuary 2014\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cExpungment, Clemency and Certificates of\nQualification for Employment\xe2\x80\x9d\nSummit County Reentry Network Resource Meeting\n\nNovember 2013\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cCertificate of Qualification for Employment\xe2\x80\x9d\nSummit County Reentry Network Job Developer\nTraining\n\nJuly 2013\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cFinancial Literacy\xe2\x80\x9d\nCommunity Legal Aid Services, Inc.\n\nJune 2013\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cCQE Training for Providers\xe2\x80\x9d\nSummit County Reentry Network\n\xe2\x80\x9cCQE Update\xe2\x80\x9d\nSummit County Reentry Network\n\nApril 2013\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cLandlord-Tenant Rights and Responsibilities\xe2\x80\x9d Panel\nBarberton Municipal Court\n\nMarch 2013\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cSB 337, HB 86, and the Civil Impacts of Criminal\nConvictions: What Defense Attorneys, Prosecutors\nand Judges Need to Know\xe2\x80\x9d\nCommunity Legal Aid Services CLE\n\nFebruary 2013\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cPro Bono Issues in Law School\xe2\x80\x9d\nCleveland Bar Association\n\nOctober 2012\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cCollaborations\xe2\x80\x9d\nNAPBPro Virtual Conference\n\nSeptember 2012\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cReentry Issues in Our Community\xe2\x80\x9d\nLeadership Akron N.E.X.T. Class\n\nJune 2012\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cExpungement/Clemency\xe2\x80\x9d\nHeart-to-Heart Ministries\n\nMay 2012\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cPro Bono Issues\xe2\x80\x9d\nSouth Street Neighborhood Watch Meeting\n8\n\n\x0cMarch 2012\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cExpungements/Clemency\xe2\x80\x9d\nSocial Work CEU\nCatholic Charities\n\nFebruary 2012\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cPardon Issues\xe2\x80\x9d\nAkron Bar Association, Municipal Court\nCommittee Meeting\n\nJanuary 2012\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cExpungements and Clemency\xe2\x80\x9d\nSummit County Reentry Network Meeting\n\nDecember 2011\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cResidential Evictions\xe2\x80\x9d\nAkron Bar Association CLE\n\nNovember 2011\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cUniversity of Akron Clemency Program\xe2\x80\x9d\nRecovery Zone Radio\n\xe2\x80\x9cI Finally Listened: Birth of the Clemency\nProject\xe2\x80\x9d\nMidwest Clinician\xe2\x80\x99s Conference\n\nOctober 2011\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cGetting Ohio Back to Work\xe2\x80\x9d\nCommunity Legal Aid Services CLE\n\xe2\x80\x9cUniversity of Akron Legal Clinics\xe2\x80\x9d\nTarry House\n\nJune 2011\n\nGraduation Speaker\nAkron Early College National Honor Society\n\nDecember 2010\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cProfessionalism\xe2\x80\x9d\nNew Lawyer Training CLE\n\nOctober 2010\n\nConducted credit repair/credit report\npresentation for Work Experience Program\nat Summit County Department of Job and\nFamily Services\n\nJuly 2010\n\nConducted financial literacy presentation for summer\nlaw clerks/fellows at Community Legal Aid Services,\n\nDecember 2009\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cProfessionalism\xe2\x80\x9d\nNew Lawyer Training CLE\n\nJune 2009\n\nConducted financial literacy presentation for summer\nlaw clerks/fellows at Community Legal Aid Services\n9\n\n\x0cMay 2009\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cTips for Appellate Practice\xe2\x80\x9d\nOhio State Legal Services/SEOLS CLE\nPresentation on Judicial System\nBath Elementary School\n\nJanuary 2009\n\nConducted training for Community Legal Aid Services\nAdministrative Law Team on challenging the use of\nhearsay evidence in administrative proceedings.\n\nNovember 2008\n\nConducted a credit report/credit repair presentation\nfor employees of Akron Metropolitan Housing\nAuthority\n\nMay 16, 2008\n\nRadio Interview for OSBA \xe2\x80\x9cLaw You Can Use\xe2\x80\x9d\n(discussing clemency process)\n\nJanuary 25, 2008\n\nRadio Interview for OSBA \xe2\x80\x9cLaw You Can Use\xe2\x80\x9d\n(discussing expungement process)\n\n2003- 2008\n\nConducted bi-weekly presentations at the Akron\nMetropolitan Housing Authority. Presentations\ncovered housing issues and were directed to tenants\nwho are moving with housing authority assistance.\nConducted several presentations per year at the\nPortage County Metropolitan Housing Authority. The\npresentations covered credit issues and were directed\nat the participants in the home ownership program\n\xe2\x80\x9cLaw Office Communication: Attorney, Client,\nParalegal and Staff \xe2\x80\x9c\nOSBA Annual Convention CLE\nRadio Interview on Vince Curry Show, 1350 AM\n(discussing landlord-tenant issues)\n\xe2\x80\x9cOhio Landlord-Tenant Law for Social Welfare\nPractitioners\xe2\x80\x9d\n\xe2\x80\x9cEvictions and Landlord/Tenant Law in Ohio\xe2\x80\x9d\nNational Business Institute CLE\n\xe2\x80\x9cLandlord-Tenant Update\xe2\x80\x9d\nAkron Bar Association CLE\n\n10\n\n\x0cMAJOR PROJECTS\n2015:\nStatewide CQE Training Project (Project funded by grant from Ohio State\nBar Foundation)\nHousing Summit: Rethinking Reentry (Summit of Ohio Public Housing\nAuthorities to discuss reentry issues)\n\nPROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES\nChair, Ohio Supreme Court Rule 20 Commission on the Appointment of Counsel for\nIndigent Defendants in Capital Cases\nAkron Bar Association\nFormer Member, Board of Trustees\nCommittee Memberships: Diversity, Municipal Courts and Pro Bono\nAkron Bar Foundation\nBoard of Governors\nOhio State Bar Association\nSummit County Reentry Network\n\nSCHOOL OF LAW ACTIVITIES\nCoach, American Bar Association Moot Court Competition\nAcademic and Disciplinary Committee\nCommunity Services Committee\nSelf-Study Committee\nUNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES\nInternal Review Board\nAWARDS\n2015 Akron Bar Association Liberty Bell Award\n2014 University of Akron Law Alumni Association Faculty Practical Publication Award\n\n11\n\n\x0cMEDIA COVERAGE\nDecember 19 2015: Appeared on TCT Public Reports Program\nJanuary 2015:\n\nhttp://www.wksu.org/news/story/41756\n\nApril 2014:\n\nhttp://www.wksu.org/news/story/38799\n\nJanuary 2014:\nhttp://www.ohio.com/news/local/ex-offenders-improving-jobprospects-1.461850\n\n12"