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Donald Lampert, who taught Workers Compensation as an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law for 28 years, passed away on August 10, 2020 from a hemorrhagic stroke.  He is survived by his wife, Patty and his son, Charles. 

On July 23, 2020, Visiting Professor Katharine Van Tassel testified before the Ohio Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights as an invited panelist. The hearings were entitled Civil Rights and Equity in the Delivery of Medical and Public Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ohio.

Ikechukwu Ekeke ('16), a fellow in the law school's Milton A.

Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and director of the law school's Social Justice Law Center, was recently quoted in a New York Times article examining how collective bargaining agreements for officers provide protections that stand in the way of accountability.

On July 15, CWRU Law Professor Jonathan Adler was interviewed on the Supreme Myths podcast with Georgia State University College of Law Professor Eric J. Segall, the author of Originalism as Faith and Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court is not a Court and its Justices are not Judges.

CWRU Law alumna Capricia Penavic Marshall ('90) will speak at The City Club of Cleveland 's Authors in Conversation Series online forum on July 24 at 12:30 p.m.

Every year, Case Western Reserve University School of Law honors the achievements of distinguished alumni, faculty and prominent members of the legal community by inducting new members to the Society of Benchers – the law school’s alumni Hall of Fame. 

Brian Gran, a professor in both the law school and the Department of Sociology, was recently awarded a RAPID grant from the Law and Science Program of the National Science Foundation.

Law student Henry Holmes (2021) turned a summer fellowship into a published article in an environmental law review. Holmes spent the summer after his first-year at Case Western Reserve University School of Law as a graduate fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) in Bozeman, Montana.

Every year, Case Western Reserve University School of Law honors the achievements of distinguished alumni, faculty and prominent members of the legal community by inducting new members to the Society of Benchers – the law school’s alumni Hall of Fame. 

Professor Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and director of the law school's Social Justice Law Center, was recently featured in a Parents Magazine article, "6 Black Moms on the Frontlines in the Fight Against Racism."

As Chairman of the Board of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot Court Competition, Dean Michael Scharf annually drafts the problem and bench memo for the competition, which this year included participants from 75 schools from over 50 countries. 

In response to the recent incidents of racism and police brutality, Professor Bryan Adamson, the Law School’s new Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and David and Ann Brennan Professor of Law, together with colleagues from our faculty and Seattle University Law School, organized a three-part “teach In” on racial justice in June.

We write as co-deans of the law school. Last Monday, we watched with horror as George Floyd, unarmed and handcuffed, pled for his life.

"I can't breathe."