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Law school is at the forefront with program on artificial intelligence
Case Western Reserve University's School of Law is in the "legal AI" Vanguard.
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Meet a researcher working on untangling housing titles
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Exemplary student work recognized with LLEAP writing awards
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Recent News
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June 03, 2020
We write as co-deans of the law school. Last Monday, we watched with horror as George Floyd, unarmed and handcuffed, pled for his life.
"I can't breathe."
Floyd, a black man, had his life extinguished by the knee of a white Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, while three other officers watc...
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June 03, 2020
On Thursday, June 4, Case Western Reserve University School of Law will co-host a one-hour live-streaming event, "The George Floyd Teach-In," with Seattle University School of Law.
Streamed live from 4 to 5 p.m., the teach-in will feature an online conversation with criminal law experts, including ...
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June 01, 2020
On May 21, a study examining eight years of abortion access in Ohio was released by the Ohio Policy Evaluation Network, or OPEN, which includes scientists from Ohio State, the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Case Western Reserve University.
Jessie Hill, CWRU professor o...
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May 29, 2020
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 dista...
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May 28, 2020
Until now, the question of what laws govern the Great Lakes was not so easy to answer.
Stephen J. Petras, Jr., director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center and the U.S. National Director of the Canada - United States Law Institute, is leading an effort to develop a comprehensive compe...
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May 28, 2020
Professor Sharona Hoffman, Co-Director of the Law-Medicine Center, recently published an article entitled “Specialty Drugs and the Health Care Cost Crisis,” co-authored with Professor Isaac Buck.
The paper focuses on specialty drugs, which are generally high-cost drugs that require special handlin...
May 27, 2020
Brian Gran, a professor in both the Law School and the Department of Sociology, has been selected as a National Academy of Sciences Jefferson Science Fellow by the U.S. Department of State. During his year-long fellowship at the State Department, Gran will focus on children’s and human rights. Rea...
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May 22, 2020
Jonathan L. Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science in the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote a piece about Supreme Court appointments during presidential election years.
The piece features an in-depth discussion of the case of John Hessin C...
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May 20, 2020
Sometimes Lightning does strike twice!
For the second time in three years, a Case Western Reserve University School of Law student (rising 2L Elizabeth Finazzo) won the AccessLex grand prize – a $40,000 scholarship to defray the cost of her second year of law school. The prize is designed to enco...
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May 17, 2020
On May 17, members of the CWRU Class of 2020 and their friends and families are invited to gather together online as the Case Western Reserve University leadership recognizes them and confers their CWRU degrees.
The virtual commencement videos will be available for viewing online on Sunday, May 17,...