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Three faculty members named Distinguished University Professors
Case Western Reserve University is home to exceptional faculty scholars across a wide range of fields. They drive innovation, collaboration and creativity, inspiring their students to do the same.Each year, in recognition of the important role faculty play at our institution, the university selects…
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July 17, 2020
On July 15, CWRU Law Professor Jonathan Adler was interviewed on the Supreme Myths podcast with Georgia State University College of Law Professor Eric J. Segall, the author of Originalism as Faith and Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court is not a Court and its Justices are not Judges. Professors…
July 13, 2020
In ranking Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s International Law Program among the top 10 in the nation, PreLaw Magazine recognized the law school’s funded internships as its secret to placing so many of its graduates in the field of international law. Every summer, 30 or so Case…
July 10, 2020
CWRU Law alumna Capricia Penavic Marshall ('90) will speak at The City Club of Cleveland 's Authors in Conversation Series online forum on July 24 at 12:30 p.m. A first-generation American of Mexican and Croatian descent, Ambassador Capricia Penavic Marshall has spent two decades laying the…
July 08, 2020
Professor Hoffman was quoted in an article entitled ““Don’t Want to Wear a Mask on the Plane? Too Bad. Airlines Now Will Require It,” published in the Los Angeles Times on June 29, 2020. Professor Hoffman explained that “Airlines are private businesses and airlines have a right to have rules of…
July 01, 2020
Brian Gran, a professor in both the law school and the Department of Sociology, was recently awarded a RAPID grant from the Law and Science Program of the National Science Foundation. The project, "COVID-19 and Derogation of Human Rights," will model and assess socio-legal responses to…
June 30, 2020
Law student Henry Holmes (2021) turned a summer fellowship into a published article in an environmental law review. Holmes spent the summer after his first-year at Case Western Reserve University School of Law as a graduate fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) in Bozeman,…
June 26, 2020
Every year, Case Western Reserve University School of Law honors the achievements of distinguished alumni, faculty and prominent members of the legal community by inducting new members to the Society of Benchers – the law school’s alumni Hall of Fame. Established in 1962, the Society of Benchers…
June 25, 2020
Professor Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and director of the law school's Social Justice Law Center, was recently featured in a Parents Magazine article, "6 Black Moms on the Frontlines in the Fight Against Racism." Featuring the perspectives of black mothers who are authors,…
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…