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Professor Sharona Hoffman was recently asked by the local chapter of Wellesley Club, an organization which promotes literacy, to organize a book talk for Shipped, a debut novel receiving positive reviews.

Visiting Professor Katharine Van Tassel presented a paper entitled “Vulnerable Populations and Vaccine Injury Compensation: The Need for Legal Reform” at a conference hosted by Harvard and Yale Law Schools.

Case Western Reserve University School of Law reached the finals of the Americas and Caribbean Round of the International Criminal Court Moot Court competition, held remotely from March 13–14.

Last year, Case Western Reserve University School of Law launched a new Appellate Litigation Clinic, which recently completed a marathon month of oral arguments in four criminal appeals.

In the Winter 2021 issue of Prelaw Magazine, Case Western Reserve University School of Law was awarded a top rating in public policy law that placed the school among the 20 highest in the nation.

The Case Western Reserve University School of Law First Amendment Clinic filed a lawsuit on behalf of Cleveland Scene and one of its freelance reporters alleging that the Cleveland Police Department has been wrongfully withholding use-of-force reports subject to multiple public records requests over several mont

Professors Karen Bradshaw of Arizona State University and Holly Doremus of the University of California at Berkeley discussed Professor Bradshaw’s new book Wildlife as Property Owners: A New Conception of Animal Rights in a webinar on March 1, 2021, sponsored by the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law.

The Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s faculty is ranked 30th in the country in scholarly impact, based on citations to their articles.

Congratulations to the Case Western Reserve University School of Law Jessup International Law Moot Court team, which competed last weekend in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court U.S. Regional Competition.

Case Western Reserve University School of Law has received funding commitments of over $1 million from the Stanton Foundation to establish a First Amendment Clinic and First Amendment Clinic Fellowship in the school’s Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center.

Several organizations rank law schools each year. Collectively, these organizations rank CWRU in a range from 56th to 72nd best law school in the nation (out of 204). In addition, some rank specialty programs, where CWRU particularly excels.

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.