Business, Law + Politics

Last week, Makela Hayford (CWR '18), a third-year student at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, sat in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill as U.S. senators questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson—the first Black woman to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. Ha...

Year: Fourth-yearArea of Study: Bachelor of Science in Management, Master of Finance Hard work, determination, grit and innovation—for Nazar Tkachenko, that’s what it means to be a Clevelander. A Ukrainian immigrant who has lived in Cleveland most of his life, Tkachenko says he feels he’s “adopte...

With commencement just around the corner on Saturday, May 14, CWRU School of Law is featuring a few of our outstanding graduating students. What is your favorite law school memory? Professor (Leon) Gabinet would end each Federal Income Tax class by saying, "Stay off the streets and out of the bar...

Fourteen students from the Weatherhead School of Management’s Full-time MBA and Master of Finance Programs participated in a full-day company trek this spring in downtown Cleveland. During the trek, the students walked to Bank of America, KeyBank and Fund That Fl...

The Weatherhead School of Management’s part-time MBA program ranked 48th and its full-time MBA program ranked 82nd, in the newly released 2023 U.S. News & World Report rankings. Although the full-time program rank only changed by one spot from last year, the part-time program ranking decreased after...

With commencement just around the corner on Saturday, May 14, CWRU School of Law is featuring a few of our outstanding graduating students. Why did you choose CWRU School of Law? I am originally from Maryland. When I imagined going to law school, I always expected to stay there. However, when I w...

Several organizations rank law schools each year. In addition, some rank areas of specialization, where CWRU particularly excels. Law schools are also ranked on faculty scholarly impact and bar pass percentages. Here are CWRU’s latest rankings from each organization, indicating the factors that wen...

With commencement just around the corner on Saturday, May 14, CWRU School of Law is featuring a few of our outstanding graduating students. What has been your favorite course at CWRU Law? Discrimination in Employment, taught by Professor Sharona Hoffman. We got through a lot of really important s...

When Russian troops invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, alumnus Markian Silecky (LAW ‘87) watched the news in particular horror. He was in the United States, far from the country where he has lived and worked. His first instinct was to help his friends, colleagues, employees, neighbors and all Ukrainians wh...

With commencement just around the corner on Saturday, May 14, CWRU School of Law is featuring a few of our outstanding graduating students. What is your favorite memory of CWRU School of Law? My favorite memory is when I started an improv acting group where I facilitated improv exercises and scene...