School Law

Charles J. Russo, is the Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Allied Professions and Adjunct Professor in the School of Law at the University of Dayton, Ohio. The 1998-1999 President of the Education Law Association and 2002 recipient of its McGhehey (Lifetime Achievement) Award, he is the author of almost 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals and the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of 32 books. He has been the editor of the Yearbook of Education Law for the Education Law Association since 1995 and has written or coauthored almost 700 publications; he is also the editor of two academic journals and serves as a member of more than a dozen editorial boards. He has spoken and taught extensively on issues in Education Law in the United States and in twenty-two other Nations on all six inhabited continents. In recognition of his work in Education Law other countries, he received an honorary Ph.D. from Potchefstroom University, now the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University, in Potchefstroom, South Africa, in May of 2004.