Kevin D. Hill

Professor of Law

Office: Tilton Hall #186
Tel: 419-772-2227
Fax: 419-772-3514
Email: k-hill@onu.edu

Biography:

Professor Kevin Hill joined the College of Law in 1985. Prior to joining the faculty, he was a teaching assistant to former Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg, clerk to federal Judge William O. Bertelsman, and teaching fellow at the Temple University School of Law as well as a private practitioner. Professor Hill has published numerous articles on environmental law and has drafted a set of model jury instructions for use in federal court. Hill's teaching interests include Civil Procedure I & II, Toxicological Liability, Evidence, Federal Courts, Environmental Law, Complex Litigation, Business Associations, Trial Advocacy, Conflicts of Law, and Administrative Law. He has been recognized with the Student Bar Association Award for Teaching Excellence (1986-87), (1987-88), (1990-91) and the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Classroom Teaching (1992-93) (1996-97).

Publications:


ARTICLES

Science and Law: A Broken Conversation (in progress)

Smog, Science and the E.P.A., 25 No. Ky. L. Rev. 1 (1997).

Ozone, Eco-Terrorists, and Rush Limbaugh: Science and Pseudo-Science in Environmental Decisionmaking, 3 OHIO N. U. ENVIRONMENTAL L. J. 1 (1995).

Galileo's Revenge: Junk Science in the Courtroom, 2 OHIO N.U. J. OF PHARM. & LAW 71 (1993).

The Endangered Species Act: What Do We Mean by Species?, 20 B.C. ENVTL. AFF. L. REV. 239 (1993).

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species at Fifteen, 13 LOY. L.A. INT'L. & COMP. L.J. 221 (1990).

Judicial Activism, WRIT (Ohio N. Univ. Law Alumni Ass'n, College of Law, Ada, Ohio) Fall 1988, at 9.

Legal Conflicts in Special Education: How Competing Paradigms in the Education for All Handicapped Children Act Create Litigation, 64 U. DET. L. REV. 130 (1987).

Whistleblower: A Study of Alternative Remedies, 4 TEMP. ENVTL. L. & TECH. J. 50 (1985).

BOOK

SIXTH CIRCUIT CRIMINAL PATTERN JURY INSTRUCTIONS (1991).

BOOK CHAPTERS

Three Annotations in Law and Literature: An Annotated Bibliography of Law-Related works, Gemmette, ed. (1998).

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINES

Judicial Activism, WRIT (Ohio N. Univ. Law Alumni Ass'n, College of Law, Ada, Ohio) Fall 1988, at 9.

Legal Conflicts in Special Education, OHIO N.U. MONOGRAPH No. 30. (Ohio N. Univ., Ada, Ohio), 1986.

CLE

A Review of Civil Procedure Basics, Hancock County Bar Association, April 1994.

Clerical Liability, W. Central Ohio Methodist Minister's Continuing Education, March 1986.

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Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law 525 S. Main Street, Ada, OH 45810
Phone: 419.772.3051 (Dean's Office)   Admissions: 419.772.2211