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CWRU School of Law's Summer JumpStart Program Gives Students Tools to Build Academic Success
As a first-generation law student, Christine Love said she had no idea what law school would be like apart from what she had seen on TV. Now a second-year student at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Love credits the school’s JumpStart program for helping her be successful. “It helped…
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Case Western Reserve names interim deans to lead Weatherhead School of Management
Nationally renowned Weatherhead professor J.B. Silvers, investment executive and alumnus Andrew Medvedev start Sept. 1 Case Western Reserve University President Eric W. Kaler and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today that they have named longtime faculty leader J.B. Silvers and alumnus and…
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CWRU Law Student Articles Selected for Publication in Hastings, Dayton and Iowa Law Journals and the Journal of the Legal Writing Institute
Case Western Reserve University School of Law hosts five journals that publish scholarly articles from leading academics and practitioners and select Notes from student editors. In addition, our students are encouraged to submit papers they write for seminars and supervised research to outside…
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EPA’s Cisar Highlights Agency’s Water Quality Priorities at Burke Center’s Symposium on “The Clean Water Act at 50”
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Elizabeth Cisar, senior policy advisor in the Office of Water, discussed the opportunities and challenges facing the EPA as it seeks to enhance and improve the nation's water quality. Cisar made her remarks, “A View from the EPA,” at the interdisciplinary…
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A Cooperative Arrangement: CWRU Law Students Advise Initiative That’s a Model for Urban Economic Development
Years before Evergreen Cooperatives became nationally known for employee ownership and building wealth in low-income Cleveland neighborhoods, Matthew Rossman and his law students were at the table with the founders, discussing legal issues at the heart of Evergreen’s formation. “Right away, the…
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The Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law at Three Years
The Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law celebrated its third anniversary by marking its tremendous progress toward making the Case Western Reserve University School of Law a national presence in environmental law research and education.  In just three years, the Burke Center…
The 2022 Flourish Prize Honorees
We are excited to announce the honorees for the 2022 Flourish Prizes. These 17 honorees were chosen from a total of 685 AIM2Flourish stories that were submitted in 2021 and vetted by our professors, story editors, and a distinguished jury of Fowler Center partners and previous Flourish Prize…
Faculty Feature: Lakshmi Balasubramanyan, assistant professor of banking and finance
Born and raised in Singapore, Lakshmi Balasubramanyan received her Bachelor and Master of Arts in Economics degrees from the National University of Singapore. In 2003, she moved to the United States and enrolled at Penn State University, where she graduated with her Master of Science in Finance and…
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Supreme Court Follows Reasoning of CWRU Amicus Brief in Landmark Case Interpreting the Hague Convention on Child Abduction
On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Golan v. Saada, a case about how to interpret the Hague Convention on Child Abduction in which the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law filed an amicus brief. The brief was…
The Middle-Market Challenge for Growth
The Middle-Market Challenge for Growth Middle-market companies enjoy a uniquely advantageous position: They are small and agile enough to quickly innovate while simultaneously have the nimble resources to effectively support growth. Why then, do some find themselves stalled, unsure of how best to…