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Mariah Dick joins Law-Medicine Center as Cowen Fellow
In Fall 2019, Mariah Dick (‘19) joined the CWRU Law-Medicine Center as the Dean Lindsey Cowen Research Fellow, assisting faculty with cutting-edge research at the intersection of law, medicine and ethics. Dick earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science in 2012 and a law degree from...
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CWRU Law’s Scholarly Commons Surpasses 2.85 million downloads
As of Sept. 1, 2020, CWRU Law School's Scholarly Commons has had over 2.85 million downloads worldwide. Launched five years ago, Scholarly Commons features 12 electronic collections ranging from faculty publications and student-edited journals to multidisciplinary journals, including the recently ad...
CWRU Law faculty members to offer seminar examining race, law and society
Starting this fall, CWRU Law is offering a one-credit elective, “Race, Law and Society,” in response to recent anti-Black violence that has illuminated existing structural and institutional racism. “Earlier this year, we pledged to integrate race and justice into our curriculum as just one step in ...
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Second-year law student examines long-term impacts of COVID-19 on special education
Schools around the country are now in session, though they’re offering a patchwork of different learning models amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Bailey Kadian, a second-year student at the School of Law, is taking a look at what the long-term impacts of these approaches are, especially for students who r...
Couple Pursues Weatherhead Graduate Degrees Together Beginning This Fall
The year 2020 has been challenging on so many levels. For some, pursuing higher education is a milestone that had to be put on hold due to travel restrictions, health scares, lack of funds or other complications that have stemmed from the global pandemic. For Aidevomhe and Adeola Omokhudu, however,...
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Artist pursues dual degree studying intersection of intellectual property law and visual arts
Just one year removed from graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in painting and drawing, Sydney Slacas did not wait long to make an impression. Competing against 300 other entrants in the Artisphere art, music and culture festival in South Carolina, the just-turned-alum of the South ...
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Clare Shin selected for Ms. JD fellowship, becoming first Ohio law student to receive award
While earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, Clare Keonha Shin had her sights set on a career in law. But it was her work as a fashion model that pointed her in the direction of intellectual property law. “I was always fascinated with the idea that a brand, a mark, a symbol, a trait can have ...
Clinic students gain valuable legal experience at summer externships
Lauren Ammerman I spent the summer working in the housing unit at Neighborhood Legal Services Program (NLSP) in Washington, D.C. NLSP is a civil legal services organization that represents low-income residents in the District of Columbia. Our aim this summer was...
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Remembering Deborah Turner-Johnson (1957-2020)
Deborah Turner-Johnson, a dedicated law school faculty support staff member for 13 years, passed away on August 19, 2020. She was 63. A website to post remembrances is available here. There, colleagues remarked about her smile, hearty laugh, wonderful stories and the fact that she touched "many ...