Business, Law + Politics

When Darren Wang first stepped foot on Case Western Reserve University’s campus, he planned to major in finance and computer science. That changed when he attended an introductory accounting course with Assistant Professor of Accountancy Heidi Blakeway-Phillips. “I fell in love with accounting…

It’s a common problem in inner-city neighborhoods: An elderly parent dies, but the family home was never legally transferred to relatives. The result is one form of what is known as a “tangled” title. Without a clear title—one in which ownership is clearly established—residents often encounter…

Another win for the First Amendment Clinic! On April 20, the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas denied a Motion to Authorize Discovery into the identities of anonymous commenters criticizing the Beachwood Chief of Police Katherine McLaughlin. Chief McLaughlin and the City of Beachwood brought a…

If you asked Timothy Kasprzak 13 years ago if he ever saw himself pursuing an administrative or entrepreneurial path in his career, his answer surely would have been “no.” At the time, Kasprzak moved to Cleveland with a medical background to work as an associate professor of radiology at The…

On April 10, the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown, a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, spoke about the environmental legacy of Justice William O. Douglas, both as a Supreme Court justice and citizen advocate for environmental conservation. Judge McKeown’s remarks drew…

Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law Director Jonathan H. Adler’s latest book, Climate Liberalism: Perspectives on Liberty, Property and Pollution (Palgrave), explores the intersection of climate change policy and classical liberal political theory. Adler, also the Johan Verheij Memorial…

Satya K. Morar Area of study: Integrated Master of Healthcare Management Majors: Economics and evolutionary biology  Minors: Chemistry and biology Why did you choose this area of study?  I chose the Integrated Master of Healthcare Management and the major in…

Fourth-year economics majors, Andy Deneris and Jordan Perrott, took home first place in the social sciences category for their research presented at the spring 2023 Intersections: SOURCE Poster Session at Case Western Reserve University.  At Intersections, undergraduate students display their…

Every community faces its own challenges—and often, the struggles are shared across boundaries. In mid-April, Case Western Reserve University School of Law students explored three Cleveland-area communities to see in person how leaders grapple with pressing land-use challenges. Local planning…

When Joe Bement began the Master of Engineering and Management program at Case Western Reserve University last May, he hoped to build upon his lifelong passion for engineering—but he didn’t expect it to take him across the world. Flash forward to March, and Bement was spending his spring break in…