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At Case Western Reserve University School of Law, our students, faculty, staff and alumni influence everything from health law to international law to public policy—all while learning, teaching and practicing legal education rooted in real-world impact. Discover our latest news in legal scholarship, advocacy, experiential learning, community impact and so much more.
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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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April 21, 2017
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, gave numerous speeches and wrote three articles for publication recently.
His most recent articles are:
“Restoring Chevron’s Domain,” 81 Missouri Law Review 983 (2016) (symposium, invited)
“Is the Clean Air Act Unconstitutional? Coer...
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April 05, 2017
The Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, in conjunction with the American Health Lawyers Association, will do a check-up on a new concept in patient care, precision medicine.
On Friday, April 7, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., the conference “Legal Challenges in Precision...
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April 01, 2017
The Office of Undergraduate Studies will host a pre-law panel discussion focused on health law Friday, April 7, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in Sears Building, Room 356.
This Pre-Law Community Hour event is titled “At the Intersection of Law and Medicine.”
The panelists will be:
Jonathan D. Mester, par...
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March 14, 2017
Thanks to gains in research and admissions, Case Western Reserve’s School of Medicine maintained its top-25 position in this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s graduate school rankings. For several other programs, improvements in individual categories weren’t enough to avoid slight dips in their over...
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March 02, 2017
Michael Posner, former assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor under President Barack Obama, will deliver the Klatsky Endowed Lecture in Human Rights Thursday, March 9, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the School of Law’s Moot Courtroom.
His lecture is titled “Making Practical ...
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March 01, 2017
As a 24-year-old attorney—one of few African-American lawyers in his home state of Alabama in 1955—Fred Gray would meet with a department store employee over lunch and discuss her frustrations as a black woman riding the city’s segregated buses. And he'd counsel her about what she might do if asked ...
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February 28, 2017
The School of Law will host a lecture with Elisabeth Rosenthal, an award-winning journalist, published author and former health care professional, Monday, March 6, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the School of Law Moot Courtroom.
Her lecture, “An American Sickness: How Healthcare became Big Business and ...
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February 27, 2017
From left: Mia Ulery , B-Buzz Chairman Wendell Fields and James Walsh
A recently resurrected historic Cleveland youth baseball league is gaining legal and financial footing, thanks to the work of two Case Western Reserve University students.
Since fall, third-year law students Mia Ulery and James ...
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February 27, 2017
Dalindyebo Shabalala, visiting assistant professor of law, will present "How Native Americans Protect Traditional Knowledge from Misappropriation" at the next Social Justice Institute Research Lunch Series event.
He will share a survey and analysis of tribal codes and how traditional knowledge and ...
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February 15, 2017
Judge Brian J. Corrigan will discuss “A Day in the Life of a Common Pleas Judge” at the next pre-law Community Hour event, Friday, Feb. 17, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in Sears Building, Room 356.
Judge Corrigan has served on the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court since 1993. He is a graduate of Cleveland...