2023 in review: School of Law in the media

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In what has become commonplace, faculty members at the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University are often the first contact for journalists trying to make sense of a news story. 

From divisive politics to armed conflicts around the world, and from abortion law to the fallout from the train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, the expertise and insight of the faculty were at the forefront of the stories making headlines nationally and internationally this year. 

In fact, law school faculty were placed in more than 750 media stories in 2023 alone. 

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Look back at some of the highlights of the CWRU School of Law in the media—keep in mind this is just a fraction of the media mentions—from the past year.

Winter

Did the train derailment in East Palestine affect its water supply? Experts say more testing is needed.

ABC News: Miranda Leppla, director of the Environmental Law Clinic at the School of Law

Could Republican George Santos face consequences for lying?

BBC News: Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science

Memphis beating video puts spotlight on first police account

Associated Press: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute

This Tool Could Protect Artists From A.I.-Generated Art That Steals Their Style

New York Times: Raymond Ku, the Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar and professor at the School of Law

China's Window Of Opportunity For An Invasion Of Taiwan Is Closing

International Business Times: Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law and a professor of political science

Junk Fee Prevention Act: Price Transparency Might Benefit Small Businesses

Inc. Magazine: Cathy Mansfield, senior instructor in law

Ohio Abortion-Rights Coalition Begins Push for Constitutional Amendment

Wall Street Journal: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law

Ukrainian children taken to Russia brings back fear, memories of a similar Nazi effort

USA Today: Michael Scharf, co-dean of the School of Law

How Republicans pass abortion bans most Americans don’t want

The Guardian: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law

Reason 'Greedy' Woman Asked for Her Parents' Entire Inheritance Cheered

Newsweek: Joan Burda, adjunct professor of law

Spring

Supreme Court weighs Biden's student debt cancellation plan

CBS NewsJonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law

Salesforce CEO asks if tech execs should 'unleash' their inner Elon Musk. Experts say that's an awful idea.

Business Insider: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law

Five women sue Texas over the emergency medical exemption in the state's six weeks abortion ban

CNN, The Lead With Jake Tapper: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law

The GOP’s Next Move to Block Abortion Rights Is Tinkering With Direct Democracy

Ms. Magazine: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law

What Really Happens When You Fail a Postpartum Depression Screening

Parents Magazine: Susan Hatters-Friedman, the Phillip Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry and an adjunct professor at the School of Law

A Single Judge Shouldn’t Have This Kind of National Power

The Atlantic: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law

Fox News Defamation Trial Today: Here’s What To Watch For

Forbes: Andrew Geronimo, director of the First Amendment Clinic

Abortion providers rush to make backup plans as Supreme Court decides whether to keep limits on mifepristone

CNBC: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law

Laws passed to gut Obamacare are now being used to protect abortion rights

Los Angeles Times: Becca Kendis, reproductive rights fellow at the School of Law

Norfolk Southern Judge’s Frank Demeanor Demands Lawyers’ Focus 

Bloomberg: Avidan Cover, professor of law and director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy at the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, and Andrew Geronimo, director of the First Amendment Clinic

Summer

California jury finds Tesla Autopilot did not fail in crash case

NBC News: Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko-Baker Hostetler Professor of Law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics

Why more and more Americans are painting their lawns

Fast Company: Ted Steinberg, the Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History and professor of law 

At Its Height In The '90s, 'Jerry Springer' Exploited Black, Trans And Poor Experiences

Huffington Post: Bryan Adamson, the David L. Brennan Professor of Law

Courts have long seen K-9 dogs as impartial. Now police bodycams hold them accountable

NPR: Lewis Katz, the John C. Hutchins Professor of Law Emeritus

16 Montana kids are suing the state over climate change. Here’s what to know about the trial

Time Magazine: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law

The next wave of abortion rights ballot measures looks different from the last

Vox: Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science,

Election disinformation campaigns targeted voters of color in 2020. Experts expect 2024 to be worse

Associated Press: Atiba Ellis, the Laura B. Chisholm Distinguished Research Scholar and professor of law

The Supreme Court’s continuing march to the right

CNN: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law

Hunter Biden plea: Could first son claim artist to meet court-ordered work requirement?

Washington Examiner: Mike Benza, professor of practice, and Kevin McMunigal, professor of law 

Fall

Changing a nation and the cost of progress

PBS News: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute

The Most Popular Digital Abortion Clinics, Ranked by Data Privacy

Wired: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center

The tricky legal question at the center of the Trump mug shot cash grab

MSNBC: Elizabeth Rosenblatt,  the Oliver C. Schroeder Jr. Distinguished Research Scholar and associate director of the Spangenberg Center for Law

EPA smog plan takes hold — with a big asterisk

Politico: Victor Flatt, the Coleman P. Burke Chair in Environmental Law and associate director of the Burke Center for Environmental Law

No, Ohio’s new abortion-rights measure doesn’t allow for ‘financial’ exemptions to restrictions

Associated Press: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law

Ivanka Trump testimony: Why 'I don't recall' is a common legal strategy

BBC News: Eric Chaffee, the Peter M. Gerhart Distinguished Research Scholar and associate director of the Center for Business Law

What ISIS can teach us about drone warfare in Ukraine

World Affairs, NPR: Shannon French, the Inamori Professor in Ethics, director of the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence and professor of law

Could SCOTUS outlaw wealth taxes?

NPR: Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law

What is the means test in bankruptcy?

Business Insider: Matthew Salerno, assistant professor at the School of Law

Why extended warranties aren’t necessary

Washington Post: Cathy Mansfield, senior instructor in law