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In a trend accelerated by the coronavirus, the law is increasingly technology-driven, from the way lawyers prepare cases to the way courts try them. 

In early February, the Case Western Reserve University School of Law Ault Mock Trial Team placed second out of 32 teams from across the country in the 13th annual Costello National Criminal Law Trial Advocacy Competition hosted by George Mason University School of Law.  The CWRU team was also named best prosecution team in the competition.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Frank Dallet (LAW ‘94) delighted the students in the Case Western Reserve University School of Law Appellate Litigation Clinic when she joined a Zoom seminar session on Feb. 10.

In a recent verdict from the Washington Court of Appeals, Professor Bryan Adamson (LAW ‘90) won a groundbreaking victory for re-entry rights of formerly incarcerated citizens that will help curb unjust debt collection practices in the state of Washington.

The Case Western Reserve University School of Law Black Law Student Association (BLSA) Mock Trial team was victorious in the Midwest Regional Rounds of the prestigious Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition from February 3-5, 2021, which was held online.  

Peter Gerhart, longtime professor and former dean of the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, passed away on February 7, 2021, after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He is survived by his wife Ann, his children and grandchildren. 

While working as a visiting professional at The Hague in 2019, third-year law student Laura Graham was a participant in one of the most controversial cases to come before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in recent years.

For the fourth year in a row, the international law program at Case Western Reserve University received an A+ 

As the 2021 graduating class prepares to begin their legal careers, Case Western Reserve University School of Law is proud to announce that six soon-to-be alumni will begin work as federal judicial clerks in the fall. 

Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko—BakerHostetler Professor of Law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics has been appointed by the Supreme Court of Ohio to its Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure.

On January 21, Jonathan H. Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law, participated in a webinar on "The Future of Environmental and Energy Policy in the Biden Administration." 

Visiting Professor Katharine Van Tassel and Professor Sharona Hoffman, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, were published on Jan. 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine with co-author Carmel Shachar, executive director of Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center. 

For nearly 130 years, each incoming first-year law student at Case Western Reserve University began their legal education in the fall.

George Kamanda, a third-year law student at Case Western Reserve University, recently published his third book, "Citizenship Reimagined: The Case for Responsible Whole Citizenry in Sierra Leone (Palmetto Publishing, Oct. 2020)."   

A Case Western Reserve University law professor, whose research inspired a legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act in the U.S. Supreme Court, has secured another place in the history books.