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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, 2018
The School of Law’s student chapter of the Federalist Society and the Institute for Humane Studies will host a talk with David Randall, director of research for the National Association of Scholars. Randall will present “Teaching History for Liberty” Monday, April 2, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Tinkham…
March 30, 2018
Ted Steinberg, the Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History and professor of law, discussed recent legislation passed by the Ohio House of Representatives in December and now before the Ohio Senate. The piece, written for cleveland.com and titled “Ohio resolution labeling campus…
March 30, 2018
Ruqaiijah Yearby, associate dean of institutional diversity and inclusiveness at the School of Law, wrote a piece concerning the legality and effectiveness of requiring those receiving help from the Medicaid program to work. Yearby authored the article, titled “Medicaid Work Requirements: Are They…
March 30, 2018
Maureen Guirguis Kenny, co-founder and co-director of the Human Trafficking Law Clinic at the School of Law, wrote an article for Fortune titled “Why the New Sex-Trafficking Law Is a Promising, But Limited, First Step.” The piece examines the newly instated Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA)…
March 23, 2018
The Office of Undergraduate Studies will host Judge Kathleen Sutula for a talk titled “A Day in the Life of a Common Pleas Judge” today (March 23) from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in Sears Building, Room 356. Judge Sutula, of Cuyahoga County's Court of Common Pleas, will discuss her career and judicial duties…
March 23, 2018
Add one more entry into Case Western Reserve’s list of efforts that U.S. News & World Report rates among the nation’s top 10. Along with degree programs in nursing and social work that achieved lofty positions in the rankings released this week, the law school’s Health Law specialty moved up…
March 07, 2018
Join the School of Law Thursday, March 8, from 9:30 to 10 a.m. in the school’s Moot Court Room (A59) for a breakfast presentation with executives from the Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The presentation, which includes complimentary bagels and coffee for…
March 06, 2018
The Case Western Reserve School of Law Student Chapter of the Federalist Society will host Justice Pat DeWine of the Ohio Supreme Court for “Perspectives from the Bench” today (March 6) at noon in the School of Law’s Moot Courtroom (A59). DeWine will speak on the role of the judiciary and his…
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…
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…