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The Case Western Reserve University Ault Mock Trial teams swept the top three spots at the Case Classic Mock Trial Competition, held Nov. 13–14 at the School of Law.

UPDATE (Nov. 23): This story was written for Case Law-Med magazine in October 2021. Subsequent to its original publication, on Nov.

Delanté Spencer Thomas, director of JD Advantage Advising and Outreach at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, has been named to Crain's Cleveland Business 2021 Forty Under 40.

President Joe Biden has nominated Marisa Darden, an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, as the next U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. If confirmed, Darden will be the first Black woman to hold this position.

The Shaker Schools Alumni Hall of Fame has added two members of the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Law community to its distinguished ranks: Ayesha Bell Hardaway (LAW ‘04) and Mark Davies Griffin (LAW ‘94).

On Nov. 2, 2021, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Law alumnus Justin Bibb was elected as the 58th mayor of Cleveland, replacing retiring four-term mayor Frank Jackson. It marks the first time that Bibb, 34, will hold public office.

When the Boston Red Sox hired Bianca Smith (LAW ’17, MGT ’17) this year as a Minor League coach, she made history as the first Black woman coach in professional baseball. For the double alumna, hitting the upper echelons of a sport she’s longed to coach started with a shot from Case Western Reserve.

When a group of Case Western Reserve University students representing “Team LEAF” won first place in the ideaLabs competition for best new venture ideas in April 2021, they turned to the

In October, Case Western Reserve University School of Law First Amendment Clinic students Makela Hayford, Ginger Pinkerton and Nathan Venesky, along with First Amendment Fellow Sara Coulter, completed a 3½-day bench trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in Youngstown before the Honorable Judge Benita Y.

Students in the School of Law’s Appellate Litigation Clinic have amassed an impressive record of victories for their clients in the two years the Clinic has been up and running. And they’re helping to shape Ohio law in the process.

On Friday, Oct. 29, at 10 a.m., Fred Gray (LAW '54), a prominent civil rights attorney, preacher and activist, returns to Case Western Reserve University School of Law to share details of his career's pursuit for racial justice.

The Milton and Charlotte Kramer Law Clinic at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law was rededicated as part of homecoming weekend on Saturday, Oct. 23. The law school also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the clinical program.

Case Western Reserve University School of Law is pleased to announce that it has concluded agreements with Hampton University, Morehouse College (pictured with CWRU Law, above), Spelman College, Tuskegee University, University of Alaska Anchorage and Xavier University of Louisiana, which offer graduating students from those schools special incen

Case Western Reserve University School of Law received an "A" grade in its Criminal Law specialty In the

Case Western Reserve University School of Law welcomes all alumni back to campus for Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 21–24. The Law School will be hosting a number of in-person and livestream events to bring together former classmates and faculty and celebrate our distinguished alumni.