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For the third year in a row, PreLaw Magazine, a National Jurist publication, awarded Case Western Reserve School of Law an “A” ranking in business law, placing it in elite company with law schools

Ranked by Prelaw Magazine as the ninth-best law school in the nation in public interest law, Case Western Reserve School of Law has a long history of training graduates who have gone on to serve as distinguished judges, prosecutors and other elected officials in Ohio and beyond.

In 2013, Felipe Gomez was a promising engineering student at Case Western Reserve University with a big idea – increase fuel efficiency in jet engines through innovative use of plasma in the fuel injection process. 

Professor Sharona Hoffman, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, was quoted in an article entitled “Is It OK to Reveal Your Anxiety or Depression to Your Boss?” in the Wall Street Journal on September 13, 2020

On October 24, 2020, Co-Dean Michael Scharf was voted president-elect of the American Branch of the International Law Association. Established in 1873 and headquartered in London, the 4,400-member association is the preeminent international non-governmental organization involved in developing and restating international law.

For as long as he can remember, Ryan McCray was fascinated with technology. As a teenager, he served as the president of his high school’s electronics club and worked at Radio Shack before earning a bachelor’s degree in electronic media, an associate’s degree in computer programming and a master’s in business administration.

For the last decade, the law school's Fusion program has trained graduate students in law, business, engineering and science to work together as interdisciplinary teams to assess, cultivate and monetize the opportunities underlying promising new ventures in a simulated environment.

Aaron Perzanowski, associate director of the Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts, teaches copyright, trademark, and property law. His research on the intersection of intellectual and personal property explores the notion of ownership in a digital economy.

Professor Richard J. Lazarus of Harvard University discussed his new book, The Rule of Five: Making Climate Change History at the Supreme Court, in a webinar on Oct. 22, 2020. sponsored by the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law.

Considered a rising star of the legal community by the Crain's editorial team, Maya Simek, the director of the Human Trafficking Project at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, was recently selected&

In October 2020, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the formation of a Scientific Advisory Council to serve as a sounding board regarding the best ways to preserve and s

In 2018, Case Western Reserve University School of Law launched the Yemen Accountability Project (YAP), a student initiative to document and map war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Yemeni Civil War.  

Susie Ruth Powell (’73) is the recipient of 2020 Centennial Medal Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a CWRU Law graduate.  Former managing attorney and litigator with NC Legal Services and assistant professor of law at North Carolina Central, Powell is co-author of the Emmy award-winning documentary, “The Loving Story.” 

Roe Green, an arts patron and community activist, is Chief Executive Officer of the Roe Green Foundation. Her father was federal district Judge Ben C. Green (Class of 1930), one of the most distinguished graduates of the law school, who passed away in 1983.

  This spring, the law school launched the Appellate Litigation Clinic, creating a live-client experience that builds on the appellate practice curriculum offered to second and third-year students.