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The Association of American Law Schools inaugural Pro Bono Honor Roll acknowledges and highlights the pro bono work of individuals engaging in, expanding, and/or supporting their law school community in providing pro bono legal services.  For the purposes of this award, pro bono is defined as work…

Researchers expect anything from water vaporization to creating ice or light in project funded by U.S. Navy, Air Force Sometime next summer, on the second floor of a research building on the Case Western Reserve University campus, scientists hope to record something the world has never witnessed:…

Veale Institute executive director Michael Goldberg spoke with Spectrum News 1 about how the long-term effects of household debt is unclear. “The economy tends to be cyclical. I think there’s some fear that we may be heading into recession, there are other economists who think that we’re sort of…

The Supreme Court of Ohio recently cited the scholarship of CWRU School of Law Professor Jonathan H. Adler in a decision holding that Ohio courts need not defer to state administrative agency interpretations of state law. The Court’s opinion in TWISM Enterprises, L.L.C. v. State Board of…

“Our Earthshot Moment: Net Positive OD for the Creation of a World of Full Spectrum Flourishing,” written by Weatherhead School of Management’s David Cooperrider, along with alumna Lindsey Godwin (GRS ’08, organizational behavior), has been chosen as one of the 18 best OD Review articles of all…

On Jan. 17, 13 students will begin their JD program under the university’s “Spring Start” option. This program allows students to begin their coursework in the spring semester and puts them on track to graduate three years later in December, or two-and-a-half years later in May with the students…

The ten students who recently completed their semesters in the Appellate Litigation Clinic have taken us to new heights. Between Aug. and Dec. 2022, this team of stalwart advocates took on seven new appeals—six criminal and one civil—in four different Ohio appellate courts across the state and in…

Professor Jessie Hill and CWRU Reproductive Rights Fellow Becca Kendis (LAW '19, MSASS '19) were honored by the ACLU of Ohio for their advocacy of reproductive rights in Ohio. Both Hill and Kendis are on the litigation team challenging Ohio's 6-week abortion ban, which is currently blocked by the…

Seventy percent of change management projects fail. This is a statistic Aldine Bell has read on paper and one she’s seen play out over and over again. “As someone who has watched this happen across three different organizations and industries,” Bell says, “I was like, ‘What's going on here? What…

Case Western Reserve University School of Law alumnus Martin Gruenberg (LAW '79) was sworn in as Chairman of the FDIC Board of Directors on Jan. 5, 2023.  Gruenberg has been a member of the FDIC Board since Aug. 2005, serving as Vice Chairman from 2005-2011 and Chairman from 2012-2017. He joined…