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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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September 26, 2018
Post-Graduate Planning and Experiential Education will host Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, for a talk titled “A View from the Death House: An Inside Look at Capital Punishment and Executions” Friday, Sept. 28, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in Sears Library Building, Room 333. At the School of…
September 24, 2018
With a $10 million gift to Case Western Reserve University, philanthropist Roe Green will support the next phase of renovations at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple – Tifereth Israel. Roe Green In honor of Green’s gift, the world-class performance space planned for…
September 14, 2018
Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect a new air time. Tune into WCPN 90.3 FM Monday, Sept. 17, from 9 to 10 p.m. to hear School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf on the next installment of “Talking Foreign Policy.” “Talking Foreign Policy” is produced by Case Western Reserve…
September 11, 2018
Case Western Reserve University’s annual Constitution Day Program will be held Monday, Sept. 17, from 4 to 5:30 in the School of Law’s Moot Courtroom. During the event, Raymond Ku, professor of law at CWRU, and William Snyder, teaching professor at Syracuse University’s College of Law, will…
August 24, 2018
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, is the eighth most-cited public law scholar—excluding constitutional law—in the U.S., according to research conducted by University of Chicago law professor Brian Leiter. Adler…
August 17, 2018
Juscelino F. Colares, the Schott-van Eynden Professor of Business Law and professor of political science, gave a talk titled “The new trade wars—timely shake-up or recipe for trouble?” for the City Club of Cleveland earlier this month. The Greater Cleveland International Lawyers Group, an…
August 14, 2018
Jonathan H. Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, is among 34 newly elected members of the prestigious American Law Institute (ALI). The 90-year-old institute comprises…
August 10, 2018
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, wrote three op-eds discussing current legal issues. In “The science charade,” Adler suggests that the Endangered Species Act cannot be bolstered by more, better scientific…
July 27, 2018
Recent turnover on the United States Supreme Court has positioned Case Western Reserve University Law Professor Jonathan Adler as a frequent commentator for major media outlets. In the past few weeks, Adler has provided his insight on CNN and for The New York Times, The Associated Press, USA Today…
July 16, 2018
In a piece for The New York Times, Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, weighed in on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s record on administrative law cases for the United States Court of Appeals for the District…