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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
Recent News
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March 01, 2018
The Diversity Committee at the School of Law, in conjunction with the Women’s Law Association, will host a panel discussion titled “#MeToo: Perspectives on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.” The event will take place Tuesday, March 6, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at George Gund Hall, Room A29.
The disc...
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February 22, 2018
After the Trump Administration released its most recent list of judicial nominees, Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, assessed what the motivation for several appointees could be.
Adler argues that three particular...
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January 29, 2018
The Office of Undergraduate Studies’ next pre-law community hour will feature Professor David Forte of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University. Forte will speak on issues of national security in his talk, titled “Adversaries Near and Far: What is America's future?”
The event...
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January 19, 2018
Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko-BakerHostetler Professor of Law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics, was recently appointed to the Study Committee on Garnishment of Wages in Bank Accounts by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC). The committee will examine the circumstanc...
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January 12, 2018
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, wrote a piece for The Volokh Conspiracy titled “Can Land Uninhabitable by an Endangered Species Nonetheless Be 'Critical Habitat' Under the Endangered Species Act?”
In his piece, ...
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January 12, 2018
Prior to the passage of the tax bill, Matthew Rossman, professor of law, wrote an op-ed on cleveland.com about why cutting back the individual deduction for state and local income taxes could harm cities like Cleveland.
In his piece, titled “Cutback of state and local tax deductions in GOP tax bill...
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January 09, 2018
Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, is among 45 newly elected members of the prestigious American Law Institute (ALI).
The 90-year-old institute comprises exceptional judges, lawyers and legal academics internationally.
"It is a...
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December 14, 2017
Jim McElhaney, the Joseph C. Hostetler Professor Emeritus of Trial Practice and Advocacy, passed away Oct. 20. In his nearly 25 years at Case Western Reserve (1978-2002), McElhaney was known as a leading educator of trial litigation.
At Case Western Reserve University, McElhaney became one of the f...
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December 08, 2017
Richard Gordon, the director of the Financial Integrity Institute and associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, wrote a piece for The New York Times about the concealment of Paul Manafort’s money laundering and its greater implications.
In the op-ed, titled “Manafort Is t...
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December 08, 2017
In a piece for The Weekly Standard, Jonathan Adler discussed the judicial history of Alabama judge and candidate for the U.S. Senate Roy Moore.
Adler, who is the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, detailed Moore’s past removals from t...