Business, Law + Politics

This spring, the Center for Business Law hosted the Norman A. Sugarman Tax Lecture. This year’s honoree and lecturer was Michael J. Graetz, who is the Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School and the Columbia Alumni Professor Emeritus of Tax Law at Columbia Law School.…

This August, the world will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions on the Law of War. In conflict after conflict, they have successfully limited the savagery of warfare. But is there a need to update the Geneva Conventions in light of 21st century developments relating to…

On March 1, 2024, the Law-Medicine Center hosted its annual national conference, which was devoted to the topic of Cognitive Decline and the Law this year. The conference provided a comprehensive overview of a large number of challenges associated with cognitive decline and approaches to addressing…

Corey Whetzel will begin his fellowship at the American Pharmacist Association (APhA) shortly after graduation. The APhA is the largest association of pharmacists in the United States, and its mission is to advance the pharmacy profession. Only four individuals were selected for the 2024–2025 APhA…

On May 15, 2024, CWRU School of Law held its tenth annual Celebration of Faculty. Co-Dean Michael Scharf kicked things off by summarizing some of the things the faculty can be particularly proud of this year. “Our faculty is ranked #36 in scholarly impact by the Sisk study, measured by citations…

Make them ‘smart,’ say researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Law A new study from Case Western Reserve University School of Law seeks to help settle a long-standing debate about how to design incentives to spark economic development in distressed places. It finds that “smart”…

Saturday, May 18, was the perfect spring day in Cleveland for Case Western Reserve University School of Law graduates to celebrate their commencement. In the 132nd year of the venerable law school, 151 JDs, 42 foreign LLMs, 20 Master students and 21 SJDs from 27 states and 13 countries walked…

Jonathan Adler joined Erwin Chemerinsky for a discussion about the Supreme Court, past and present, at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law on April 23. Adler and Chemerinsky shared contrasting perspectives on the Court’s recent decisions, its approach to precedent and how the…

When she first started law school, Heavenly Aguilar encountered the type of imposter syndrome many new students find familiar. But now, as she prepares to graduate with her JD this month, she has one key piece of advice for incoming law students: “You belong here. You are smart enough…

As the keynote speaker of the annual Canada-U.S. Law Institute (CUSLi) Conference on April 18, co-dean Michael Scharf traced Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s historic contributions to International Human Rights. In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of…