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Law’s Black Law Student Association Mock Trial Team earns regional championship title
Members of Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s Black Law Student Association (BLSA) Mock Trial Team recently earned first place at the Midwest Regional Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition regional championship. Those on the team were Doctor of Law (JD) candidates Jordyn Dawson…
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June 24, 2020
As Chairman of the Board of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot Court Competition, Dean Michael Scharf annually drafts the problem and bench memo for the competition, which this year included participants from 75 schools from over 50 countries. Unfortunately, the International Round of…
June 22, 2020
In response to the recent incidents of racism and police brutality, Professor Bryan Adamson, the Law School’s new Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and David and Ann Brennan Professor of Law, together with colleagues from our faculty and Seattle University Law School, organized a…
June 17, 2020
The final installment of the George Floyd Teach-In Series will be held Thursday, June 18, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. This third part of the series will compare the COVID-19 stay-home protests with the Black Lives Matter protests and discuss the intersection of the rights to free speech and to bear arms…
June 17, 2020
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…
June 11, 2020
Join Case Western Reserve University Law Professor Bryan Adamson for a continued Zoom Teach-In series with the Seattle University School of Law on topics surrounding the George Floyd killing. The George Floyd Teach-In, Part 2 will be held today (June 11) from 4 to 5:30 p.m. This week’s event will…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…