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For a law professor, being cited by the U.S. Supreme Court is the pinnacle of success. Professor Emeritus Erik Jensen's Northwestern University Law Review article on the 16th Amendment was cited by Justice Clarence Thomas in his dissent in Health & Hospital Corp of Marion County v. Talevski (2023).

Olivia Kuenzi was recently selected for the Ms. JD 2023-2024 3L Fellowship cohort, which promotes mentoring and professional development for future female attorneys.

The American Bar Association will award the 2023 ABA Medal, the association’s highest honor, to Fred D. Gray (LAW ‘54), described by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as “the chief counsel” of the civil rights movement. Gray will accept the award at the ABA’s Annual Meeting in August.

Jonathan Adler and his co-author, Jacob James Rich, recently published an article entitled “Uneducating Americans on Vaping.” The article was the cover story of the Cato Institute’s summer 2023 issue of Regulation Magazine.

Over 11,000 children dead or injured, 13 million in need of humanitarian assistance, 9.2 million without access to drinking water, 2 million out of school, 3,904 recruited to fight, and the Traumatization of War -- this is the reality of children living through Yemen’s civil war.  

Case Western Reserve University law faculty are national and international leaders in legal scholarship and research. The Scholarly Commons contains their writings in law reviews, books, journals and other publications. It is a service of The Judge Ben C. Green Law Library.

In May, the Cleveland Council on World Affairs welcomed a group of professionals from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka on a program called the Professional Fellows Program for Governance and Society. One of these fellows, Urooj Shafi from Pakistan, was placed in an academic fellowship at Center for Business Law.

The faculty of Case Western Reserve University School of Law is well known for their significant scholarly contributions to the field of law.  Their work has recently been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court, the International Criminal Court, and the U.S. Congress.

In the summer of 2021, Case Western Reserve University School of Law launched the JumpStart program, an eight week summer experience designed to help students excel in law school and beyond. Two years later, the program welcomed the incoming class of 2026 to campus on Friday, June 16. 

Max Mehlman and co-authors recently published an article in the Journal of Law and Biosciences entitled “Governing Nonconventional Genetic Experimentation.”  In 2019, Mehlman received a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH to exa

“Please take a moment and look around. This is your first network.”  Each semester, this is how Matthew Salerno starts his LLEAP 3 Transactions course. This spring semester, two guest speakers were kind enough to help demonstrate what he means.

On May 20, Case Western Reserve University School of Law marked the 131st year since its founding with a Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2023. The graduating class consisted of 120 JDs, 84 Master students and 18 SJDs from 25 States and 11 countries.

This spring, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for international crimes in Ukraine.  This was a historic moment.  It’s the first time a major world leader has been indicted by the International Criminal Court.  How will this affect the course of world events? 

At the recent annual celebration of faculty, Sharona Hoffman was awarded the 2023 Case Western Reserve University School of Law Distinguished Research Award.

Following remarks by Michele Connell, the Global Managing Partner of Squire Patten Boggs, the international law faculty gathered to present eight outstanding student leaders with the 2023 Case Global Service Awards. The 2023 student award winners were: