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Texas man spends 13 years in prison for murder he didn't commit KYTX: Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, said that minorities are disproportionately represented on death row. “Most critically, it's the race of the victim that is most determinative of who ends up on death row or not,” he said.

Black History Month in Ohio: Honoring May Hinton Wykle WKYC: May Hinton Wykle, dean emerita of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, was featured for her lifetime accomplishments in nursing and commitment to minority representation in the field.

Girls in STEM: Saluting International Women and Girls in Science Day WKYC: Lydia Kisley, the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor of Physics, was recognized for her role in the STEM field, marking International Women and Girls in Science Day.

Cleveland working to promote convenient access to healthy foods in neighborhoods The Land: Morgan Taggart, director of the Healthy Food Access Initiatives at the university’s Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, discussed initiatives that seek to help Cleveland residents gain…

Local professor who just returned from Ukraine addresses invasion impacting his family Fox 8 Cleveland: Roman Sheremeta, associate professor of economics, discussed his experience fleeing his native Ukraine as Russian troops poured across the border, as well as his concerns for his family members…

Do crime apps and viral videos stop bystanders from helping? BBC News: Kevin McMunigal, professor of law, said he believes the U.S. approach to Good Samaritan laws—or laws that can't mandate that people help—means in many cases, people may film instead.

What is affirmative action? Biden’s Supreme Court nomination promise raises question USA Today: Robert Solomon, vice president for the Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, said persistent attacks on affirmative action, over time, have made it less impactful.

With commencement just around the corner on Saturday, May 14, CWRU School of Law is featuring a few of our outstanding graduating students.  Why did you choose CWRU School of Law? In short—its international law programs and reputation.  What are you working on right now? I am currently…

Last week, Makela Hayford (CWR ’18), a third-year student at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, sat in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill as U.S. senators questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson—the first Black woman to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme…

The Freedman Fellows Program supports and funds full-time, board-appointed, tenured or tenure-track faculty, and clinical research faculty, at the rank of Assistant Professor with planning and developing digital scholarship projects and instruction. Freedman Fellows partner with the Freedman Center…