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HeinOnLine has produced a ranking of the top 250 legal scholars and CWRU emeritus Law Professor Paul Giannelli came in at 137, three spots ahead of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The ranking counts citations in both law review articles and court cases.

The results of the Ohio February Bar exam have been announced and for the fifth time in the past six administrations of the exam, CWRU was the top Ohio law school among all takers.    

Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and director of the law school’s Social Justice Law Center, has been named co-director of the Social Justice Institute (SJI) at Case Western Reserve University.

Clare Shin, a second-year law student studying to become an intellectual property lawyer with a focus on the fashion and entertainment industries, is devoting her summer to giving back to the community.

CWRU Emeritus Law Professor Sidney Picker Jr., passed away on April 28. He is survived by his wife, Jane Picker, emeritus professor of Cleveland Marshall Law School.  

As the coronavirus impacts nearly every aspect of our lives and raises new legal and ethical questions about the responsibilities of individuals and government, our professors have been featured in multiple media outlets exploring the legal and ethical issues of the nation’s response to the pandemic.

Law firms, government agencies, international organizations and non-governmental organizations are either moving to a remote internship experience or canceling internships for the summer of 2020 altogether. In response to the disruption, the leaders of CWRU’s Case Global program worked together to create an alternative arrangement for students who lost their summer placements, inviting them to work remotely for the summer as research fellows for one of the law school's Case Global centers, institutes and affiliated organizations.

Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professor Juscelino Colares has been re-appointed for the sixth time to serve on the U.S. Roster of NAFTA Chapter 19 Trade arbitrators.  Colares is the Schott-van den Eynden professor of business law and co-director of the law school’s Cox International Law Center.

The interdisciplinary conference examined the effectiveness of 50 years of environmental law in addressing persistent environmental threats to human health, the ability of regulatory structures and institutions to safeguard human health from environmental threats and what new approaches are necessary to ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to live in safe and healthy communities.

Every Spring, the law school hosts the Dean Dunmore Moot Court Competition, an intramural appellate advocacy tournament where second-and-third year students compete in an NCAA bracket-style competition judged by faculty members, local judges and experienced practitioners.

The Spring 2020 issue of Prelaw magazine, a publication of National Jurist, has ranked CWRU Law School ninth in the nation in Practical Training, up from 12 in 2019.  

The federal government’s top environmental lawyer discussed climate change litigation, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the role of the Department of Justice in environmental policy in recent remarks at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

In 2019, CWRU School of Law received a $10 million gift to launch the Burke Center for Environmental Law.

The CWRU International Criminal Court Moot Court team competed in the America round of the world-wide competition on March 14 and 15 - the first ICC competition to be held entirely online with video oral arguments due to restrictions related to the coronavirus.

Dean Jessica Berg and Professor Sharona Hoffman were quoted in an article entitled “Scarcity, Health Care Rationing and Coronavirus: The Choices Only Get Tougher” in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on March 18, 2020.