Business, Law + Politics

In February, Cathy Hwang presented "Purpose and Nonprofit Enterprise" as part of the Center for Business Law faculty speaker series at the School of Law. Hwang is a professor of law at the University of Virginia School of Law. She teaches, researches and writes about mergers and acquisitions,…

Legendary professor inspires gift for entrepreneurship

Gary Von Lehmden’s path to an MBA wasn’t fast or easy, but it was transformative. As a young professional, he worked at the former Union Commerce Bank (now part of Huntington Bank) in downtown Cleveland, where employees could earn full tuition reimbursement—if they maintained straight…

$5 million from Stanton Foundation to expand reach of First Amendment Clinic

Students step up in the wake of disaster

CWRU School of Law recently held its eleventh celebration of faculty, an annual event to recognize the achievements and contributions of faculty members during the previous school year. The celebration included the presentation of endowed chairs to two faculty members, Eric Chaffee and Betsy…

New alumna reflects on support through her CWRU journey

Jessie Hill's article "Recentering the Pregnant Body: Moving Beyond the Medicalized Framework in Abortion Advocacy," is forthcoming in the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender. Hill argues that abortion rights advocates have long treated abortion as primarily a medical issue, while minimizing its…

Case Western Reserve University's School of Law is in the "legal AI" Vanguard.

In March, the Journal of Law, Technology and the Internet (JOLTI) and the Compliance, Risk Management and Financial Integrity Institute hosted the symposium "Exploring the AI Frontier: The Business World, Artificial Intelligence and the Law". This symposium explored the intersection of artificial…