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Every year Princeton Review ranks law schools on various criteria, including the quality of teaching. In 2023, Case Western Reserve University School of Law ranked as the 26th best law school in this category. 

This weekend (Feb. 10-12, 2023), the Case Western Reserve University School of Law Jessup International Law Moot Court team, 3L Sydney Warinner (Captain), 2Ls William Baker and Elise Manchester, and 1Ls Brianna Schmidt and Ellen Buerk, emerged victorious at the regional competition in Chicago.  

Every year Princeton Review ranks law schools on various criteria, including the strength of academic experience.

In January, the Yemen Accountability Project (YAP), a student-led initiative affiliated with the Global Accountability Network and hosted at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, published its third white paper, "C

Jessica Ice (LAW ‘20), an associate at Squire Patton Boggs, recently supported a $4.2 billion project to support redevelopment at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

As an undergraduate student at Kalamazoo College, second-year law student Emily Worline founded her own 501(c)(3) nonprofit called Refugee Outreach Collective (ROC). Driven by her work in refugee camps in Greece, Emily was motivated to make changes at home. 

On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp, the battle against antisemitism is more important than ever. 

Ten years ago, Coursera asked CWRU Law Professor Michael Scharf to establish a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in his area of expertise, International Criminal Law.

The Association of American Law Schools inaugural Pro Bono Honor Roll acknowledges and highlights the pro bono work of individuals engaging in, expanding, and/or supporting their law school community in providing pro bono legal services. 

The Supreme Court of Ohio recently cited the scholarship of CWRU School of Law Professor Jonathan H. Adler in a decision holding that Ohio courts need not defer to state administrative agency interpretations of state law.

On Jan. 17, 13 students will begin their JD program under the university’s “Spring Start” option. This program allows students to begin their coursework in the spring semester and puts them on track to graduate three years later in December, or two-and-a-half years later in May with the students who started the preceding fall. 

The ten students who recently completed their semesters in the Appellate Litigation Clinic have taken us to new heights. Between Aug. and Dec. 2022, this team of stalwart advocates took on seven new appeals—six criminal and one civil—in four different Ohio appellate courts across the state and in the federal Sixth Circuit. 

Professor Jessie Hill and CWRU Reproductive Rights Fellow Becca Kendis (LAW '19, MSASS '19) were honored by the ACLU of Ohio for their advocacy of reproductive rights in Ohio. Both Hill and Kendis are on the litigation team challenging Ohio's 6-week abortion ban, which is currently blocked by the courts.

Case Western Reserve University School of Law alumnus Martin Gruenberg (LAW '79) was sworn in as Chairman of the FDIC Board of Directors on Jan. 5, 2023. 

A third year law student at Case Western Reserve University, Matthew McDonald has been performing live music in the Cleveland area for over a decade. Blending 60’s pop music with art-rock, industrial, electronic and new age sounds, his current band Regas-McDonald has released two albums and is currently recording their third.