Harwell G. Davis Professor of Constitutional Law and Director, Center for Children, Law and Ethics
Cumberland School of Law
239F Robinson Hall
Joined faculty in 1987
- Publications
- Bepress (Publications by Prof. Smolin) [Link broken as of 1/19/2021]
- Center for Children, Law and Ethics
Teaching & Research Interests: Bioethics & Biotechnology; Intellectual Property; International Human Rights; Children's Issues; Family & Juvenile Law; Constitutional law; Estates and Trusts; Criminal Law
Expert in Bioethics and Biotechnology Issues; Reproductive Constitutional Issues; International Children's Issues (adoption, children's rights, child labor, child trafficking, Rushton Distinguished Lecture Series); Family & Juvenile Law; Law and Religion
Clerk, Senior Judge George Edwards, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1986-87
Testified before legislative committees in the U.S. Congress and five states on constitutional issues.
Degrees and Certifications
- J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law, 1986. Order of the Coif
- B.A., New College of the University of South Florida, applied psychology, 1980