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Ann Brennan makes $2.5 million gift to support law students in honor of late husband, alumnus David L. Brennan
Just days after revealing the first gift to a scholarship campaign in recognition of outgoing President Barbara R. Snyder, Case Western Reserve has announced its second: $2.5 million to support law students. Ann Brennan, wife of the late David L. Brennan, a 1958 alumnus of the university’s School…
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Special events taking place across campus preceding the first 2020 presidential debate
Editor’s Note: With the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic set to hold the first presidential debate next week (Tuesday, Sept. 29), The Daily will feature a number of debate-related articles in the days leading up to the event. On Tuesday, Sept. 29, the…
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Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine celebrates 30th anniversary
In 2020 Health Matrix:  Journal of Law-Medicine published its 30th volume.  Ranked 3rd among all specialty journals in the fields of health, medicine, psychology and psychiatry law, it stands out as a prominent resource for health law scholars. In the early 1980s, a group of graduate and…
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A familiar environment: CWRU School of Law alum Nagusky Returns to Teach climate law course
This past spring, Case Western Reserve University School of Law welcomed Beth Nagusky (‘82) back to teach an elective course on climate law for first-year students. Professor Nagusky graduated from the School of Law in 1982 and moved to Maine soon after, pursuing a diverse career in environmental…
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Professor Jonathan Entin, former clerk for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, reflects on her legacy
On September 18, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg succumbed to her long battle with cancer.  The country lost a towering jurist and is about to enter into a contentious process of selecting her replacement. Case Western Reserve University Emeritus Law Professor Jonathan Entin, who…
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Professor Mehlman coauthors journal article on compulsory immunization and the law
For more than a decade, vaccinations have come under increased scrutiny, with social media influencers and public figures claiming unproven and often scientifically refuted evidence that vaccines carry serious medical risk.  As voluntary public participation in vaccinations has dipped below…
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CWRU Law Dean offers summer Pandemic Law course to incoming law students
Many entering first-year law students were planning to travel or work during the summer before beginning law school. For most, such plans had to be shelved when the coronavirus struck.  The pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we live, with travel restrictions, business closures, social…
CWRU health law professors featured in media coverage on the coronavirus pandemic
Ranked 30th in the nation in scholarly impact and ninth in health law, the Case Western Reserve University School of Law faculty are regularly cited by media outlets seeking legal analysis of the day’s most pressing health law topics. Now, as the coronavirus impacts nearly every aspect of our…
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Professor Jonathan Adler coauthors amicus brief in upcoming challenge to Affordable Care Act
In 2020, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in yet another Affordable Care Act (ACA) case. California v. Texas is the seventh ACA case to reach One First Street and the second case in which plaintiffs argued that the individual mandate is unconstitutional and as a consequence, the entire ACA…
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Ann Brennan makes $2.5 million gift to support law students in honor of late husband, alumnus David L. Brennan
Ann and David Brennan (in front) with their children (left to right) Nancy, Beth, Jay and Kathleen Just days after revealing the first gift to a scholarship campaign in recognition of outgoing President Barbara R. Snyder, Case Western Reserve has announced its second: $2.5 million to support law…