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On June 1, 2021, United States President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

The volume of laws, regulations, standards and guidelines governing health care-related businesses has dramatically increased during the past several decades. When a health care business fails to comply, it can open itself up to lawsuits and serious financial and criminal liability.

As reported on WCPN 90.3 ideastream, Cleveland’s NPR Station, on Monday, July 19, Case Western Reserve University Associate Professor of Law Ayesha Bell Hardaway rejoined the Cleveland Police Monitoring Team as deputy monitor five weeks after

On June 30, 2021, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that he has reappointed Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professor Cassandra Burke Robertson to a three-year term as Commissioner on the Uniform Law Commission.

Visiting Professor Katharine Van Tassel was featured as a guest on the podcast "Legal Talk Today." She spoke about a new Arizona Law that significantly expands access to telehealth services in Arizona.

Every year, CWRU School of Law hosts conferences and lectures open to students, alumni and the public on a wide range of legal topics.

When the fledgling international criminal court mock trial competition foundered a decade ago, School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf co-founded the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition in The Hague with Professor Carsten Stahn, Director of the Grotius Center at Leiden University School of Law.

In a time when Cleveland, like many communities across the country, is grappling with the need for police reform, voters want to be informed on political candidates’ positions on police reform.  

After qualifying by reaching the finals of the Americas Region of the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition in March, Case Western Reserve University School of Law advanced to the World Championship Rounds of the global competition for the first time in its history.

President Biden recently declared June as National Immigrant Heritage Month, a topic about which Aleksandar Cuic, adjunct professor of law and director of the Immigration Clinic at the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center, is very familiar.

On June 8, 2021, Case Western Reserve University School of Law professors had an online discussion with a team of Thai Human Rights experts, organized by the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program and the Cleveland Council on World Affairs.

With its new JumpStart program CWRU School of Law is providing incoming 1L students the opportunity to begin their law school career a few months early.

Director of the First Amendment Clinic Andy Geronimo was quoted recently in an article about a new, interactive course offered by Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative and the Cleveland Documenters which teaches people how to access local public records.

Professor Bryan Adamson was selected as a recipient of the university’s inaugural “Think Big Leadership Award,” which will be formally presented by incoming President Eric Kaler and Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III at a ceremony on October 5.

On Sunday, May 16, Case Western Reserve University School of Law celebrated the Class of 2021 during an in-person commencement ceremony at Freiberger Field. A recording of the ceremony is available to view online.