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With commencement just around the corner on Saturday, May 14, CWRU School of Law is featuring a few of our outstanding graduating students.

With commencement just around the corner on Saturday, May 14, CWRU School of Law is featuring a few of our outstanding graduating students. 

In honor of Women’s History Month, Case Western Reserve University School of Law celebrates the achievements of our distinguished alumnae, including the Hon. Sara J. Harper (CLC ‘48, LAW ‘52). During her notable career in law, Harper broke many barriers and claimed many firsts. Among them:

It’s not often that law faculty get to shape the decision of the U.S. government on an important foreign policy matter. But CWRU School of Law faculty members and a prominent alumna got to do just that on March 21, 2022, when U.S.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has abruptly transformed the world. The unprovoked and brutal military campaign has resulted in destruction of cities, widespread civilian casualties and millions of refugees. The West has responded with crippling sanctions, and Russia has answered with implied threats to use nuclear and chemical weapons.

Two books by CWRU School of Law faculty were published in the first two months of 2022—Aging with a Plan: How a Little Thought Today Can Vastly Improve Yo

Community-based news media organizations like The Cleveland Observer (TCO) provide critical news content to local communities with a focus on grassroots news gathering.

The second edition of Aging with a Plan by Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, was released in January 2022.

Can the Environmental Protection Agency take aggressive action to control greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector? This is the question facing the U.S. Supreme Court in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency.  In this one-hour webinar held on Feb.

First Amendment Clinical Fellow Sara Coulter recently argued and won a free speech case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Launching in Fall 2022, the Environmental Law Clinic at Case Western Reserve University School of Law will be an interdisciplinary clinic that addresses environmental law and policy problems on behalf of individual clients and organizations including environmental groups, nonprofits and community organizations.

(This story originally appeared in Case Western Reserve's the daily on March 1, 2022.)

The Case Western Reserve University School of Law Jessup team—composed of 3L Michael Eckhart, 2L Sydney Warinner, 1L Will Baker and 1L Elise Manchester—went on a historic run at the National Championship rounds of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition from Friday, Feb. 25, to Sunday, Feb. 27.  

Maxwell Mehlman, Distinguished University Professor, Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, was appointed bioethics reviewer for the Department of Defense Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research Program.

Congratulations to the Case Western Reserve University School of Law Jessup International Law Moot Court team, which is advancing to the national knock-out rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court on Friday, Feb. 25.