Events & Lectures

Expand your knowledge with Case Western Reserve's online and in-person events. We offer a variety of lectures and conferences, many of which are offered for CLE credit. Take a look at our upcoming schedule, or browse our past events.

CLE credit is available for in-person events only, unless otherwise specified. 

September 2026

Wednesday
9
September
2026
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Picture of Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton
The Three Faces of American Constitutional Law

Jeffrey S. Sutton

Chief Judge 

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

1 Hour of CLE credit has been approved
Thursday
10
September
2026
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Reproductive Rights Law Initiative, Ohio Women’s Alliance

Legal Challenges to Ohio’s Reproductive Freedom Amendment

Ainslee S. Johnson-Brown,
Cofounder, Ohioans Against Extremism

Margaret Light-Scotece,
Staff Attorney and Lecturer, Reproductive Rights Law Initiative

CLE Credit Unavailable
Wednesday
16
September
2026
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
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Reforming the Entire Fairness Standard in Corporate Law

Robert T. Miller

Chair, Antonin Scalia Law School

George Mason University

1 Hour of CLE credit has been approved
Thursday
17
September
2026
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
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Making Your Life Count in a Challenging World: A Fireside Chat with Jim Bildner, Class of '79 School of Law and Author of A Matter of Hope

Jim Bildner

CEO of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

1.75 Hours of CLE credit has been approved
Friday
18
September
2026
9:00 am - 3:15 pm
Picture of George Gund Hall - CWRU School of Law
Tuesday
22
September
2026
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
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The Activism Gap

Yaron Nili

Professor, Duke Law School

1.0 Hour of CLE credit has been approved
Wednesday
30
September
2026
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
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Trial Attorney Mark Lanier to open  the 2026-2027 Kaufman Lecture Series held at the Linsalata Alumni Center

Kaufman Anatomy of Trial Lecture Series presents Mark Lanier on "The Art of Storytelling"

Mark Lanier

Civil Trial Attorney

2 Hours of CLE credit has been approved

October 2026

1 -
2
October
2026
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Co-Sponsored by the American Branch of the International Law Association, the Robert H. Jackson Center, and the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center.

 

An image of the Robert Jackson Center 25th anniversary logo
An image of the International Law Association logo
International Law Weekend Midwest: The legacy of Nuremberg: An International Conference Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Judgment 6 Hours of CLE credit has been approved
Tuesday
13
October
2026
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
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What Matters in Corporate and Securities Scholarship?

Andrew Jennings

Emory Law School

1 Hour of CLE credit has been approved
Thursday
22
October
2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Headshot of Gabriel Scheffler
Affordable Care Act Retrenchment

Gabriel Scheffler
Professor of Law
University of Miami School of Law

1 Hour of CLE credit has been approved

November 2026

Thursday
5
November
2026
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
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The Law-Medicine Center

What is a ‘serious’ genetic condition and why it ethically matters?

Vardit Ravitsky

President and CEO 

The Hastings Center for Bioethics

1 Hour of CLE credit has been approved