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Professor Adler featured in Supreme Court Myths podcast
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…
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Change of plans: How CWRU students gained hands-on experiences despite COVID-19 disruptions
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…
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Ambassador Capricia Penavic Marshall (’90) to discuss new book in City Club conversation series
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…
Professor Sharona Hoffman Quoted in Los Angeles Times about Airplane Mask Requirements
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…
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Professor Gran awarded grant from National Science Foundation to study COVID-19 and deterioration of human rights
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…
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2L Henry Holmes to be published in upcoming Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
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,…
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Announcing the 2020 class of the Society of Benchers, CWRU Law's Hall of Fame
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…
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Professor Hardaway interviewed in Parents Magazine feature, '6 Black Moms on the Frontlines in the Fight Against Racism'
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,…
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Dean Scharf hosts Q&A with participants of the ICC Moot Court Competition
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…
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Professor Bryan Adamson organizes three-part racial justice "teach-In”
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…