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$600M settlement for East Palestine residents announced WOIO: Andrew Pollis, professor of law, discussed the $600 million class action lawsuit settlement for the people who live in East Palestine, the site of the February 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment. Pollis noted that the agreement…

People online took less than 24 hours to find a man accused of ghosting his pregnant wife. The law seems to be on their side Business Insider: Andrew Zashin, adjunct professor at the School of Law, discussed the story of the man who seemingly ghosted his family—and how it took the internet’s…

Iowa student loan borrowers sue over loss of rights Des Moines Register: Cathy Lesser Mansfield, senior instructor in law, discussed a lawsuit in Iowa, in which four plaintiffs, represented by Iowa Legal Aid, filed lawsuits against the Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corp., accusing the lender of…

Art Modell law is ripe for legal challenges, but could help Cleveland keep the Browns The Plain Dealer: Eric Chaffee, the Peter M. Gerhart Distinguished Research Scholar and associate director of the Center for Business Law, discussed a state law on the books—the so-called Art Modell law—that…

The Civil War raged and fortune-seekers hunted for gold. This era produced Arizona’s abortion ban Associated Press: Jessie Hill, associate dean for research and faculty development and the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, weighed in on Arizona’s use of a 160-year-old law, resurrected by the…

The Columbus Dispatch: Harley French Rubin, an MSW student at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, shared concerns about how the passage of Ohio House Bill 8 could endanger students by limiting their access to understanding adults who offer safe places to come…

When '23-24 Veale Faculty Fellow Shanina C Knighton PhD, RN, CIC began pursuing her doctorate in nursing in 2013, she sought evidence to support a theory: patient hand hygiene should be prioritized the same way it is for healthcare providers. In the years since, she's proven just that, emphasizing…

Jessica Chapman chose to complete her capstone requirement at the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Policy Section in Washington, D.C. Extremely active in the international law community at Case Western Reserve, Chapman moved to the nation’s capital for a semester to try out a…

New summer course! SOCI 203 Human Development: Medical and Social will be offered this summer (in June). No pre-requisites required, 3 credit hours, open to all academic majors, asynchronous (you can take it from anywhere!). If you have any questions, please contact Instructor Polina Ermoshkina…

Claire Dorsett is coming home. Dorsett, who grew up in Chardon and explored the campus of Case Western Reserve University as a high school student during summer learning programs, is returning to Northeast Ohio to lead Sears think[box]. Dorsett brings with her a wealth of experience in…