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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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March 30, 2020
The federal government’s top environmental lawyer discussed climate change litigation, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the role of the Department of Justice in environmental policy in recent remarks at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Jeffery Bossert Clark,…
March 30, 2020
In 2019, CWRU School of Law received a $10 million gift to launch the Burke Center for Environmental Law. The size of this transformative gift instantly put CWRU on the map in the environmental law field, as recognized by the Spring 2020 issue of PreLaw magazine, which gave CWRU’s Environmental Law…
March 29, 2020
The CWRU International Criminal Court Moot Court team competed in the America round of the world-wide competition on March 14 and 15 - the first ICC competition to be held entirely online with video oral arguments due to restrictions related to the coronavirus. The team of Caroline Ford, Gloria…
March 25, 2020
Dean Jessica Berg and Professor Sharona Hoffman were quoted in an article entitled “Scarcity, Health Care Rationing and Coronavirus: The Choices Only Get Tougher” in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on March 18, 2020.
March 17, 2020
Every spring, U.S. News and World Report ranks law school specialty programs based on surveys of one designated representative at each law school in each specialty area. Case Western Reserve University School of Law had several highly ranked specialty programs this year: Our Health Law program was…
March 17, 2020
Edited at 10:54 a.m.: This article has been updated to reflect nursing school rankings. Case Western Reserve’s health-related programs kept their impressive positions in this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings—and in some cases, improved upon them. The university’s medical school…
March 11, 2020
Government should step in to curb physician burnout, Case Western Reserve University researcher says
Physician burnout is a growing
concern within the profession, but it’s also a public-health issue because of the
potential to harm patients. Now, in new published
research, a Case Western Reserve University law professor insists that
government—not just the medical profession—needs to step up to…
March 05, 2020
Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law, weighed in on the proposed National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) that would allow signatory states to allocate their electoral votes to the candidate who wins a plurality (not a majority) of the national popular vote. Read…
March 05, 2020
After competing in five rounds at the regional competition, the Jonathan M. Ault Mock Trial Team advanced to the national championship in the Texas Young Lawyers Association National Trial Competition for the second time in the past four years. Case Western Reserve hosted this year's regional…
March 04, 2020
Join the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences for a screening and discussion of “True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality” on Wednesday, March 18, from 6:15 to 8 p.m. in the Mandel School’s Noble Commons. “True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality” follows Alabama public…