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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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Exemplary student work recognized with LLEAP writing awards
Recent News
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July 05, 2016
Successes in trial and appeal are resulting in more innocence cases for CWRU Law’s Kramer Clinic
Now that a faculty member and students at Case Western Reserve University School of Law have had success in a high-profile innocence case, they are getting involved with more.
Recent law school graduate...
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July 01, 2016
Erik M. Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor of Law, wrote an opinion article about how many have come to believe the president has the power to change the Internal Revenue Code.
His article, titled “News flash! The president can't change the Internal Revenue Code alone,” was published in The Pla...
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June 03, 2016
Juscelino F. Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Law, has given a number of presentations around the world in the past few months.
His presentations include:
“Climate Change Mitigation and Trade Rules: The Opportunities and Limitations of Neutral Carbon Tariffs,” CWRU Law Downtown Le...
May 13, 2016
Erik M. Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor of Law, wrote an opinion piece for The Baltimore Sun, titled “Let the pols pick the nominees.”
In his article, he argued that often, the winners of the primaries are radically on the left and right, and opposed by a majority of voters.
He explained th...
May 13, 2016
Maureen Kenny, professor of lawyering skills, has recently given many presentations in the Cleveland area on human trafficking.
She gave the following talks:
“Legal Developments in Sex Trafficking Laws,” NEO Human Trafficking Symposium, Cleveland, August 2015;
“Representing the Minor and Adult S...
April 22, 2016
Matthew Rossman, professor of law, wrote an opinion piece for The Plain Dealer titled “Homeowners hardest hit by foreclosure crisis deserve 'disaster' relief.”
In his article, Rossman explains how certain communities were hit hardest by foreclosures—and never recovered.
He proposes providing relie...
April 22, 2016
Two faculty members in the School of Law landed in top 10 categories on the Social Science Research Network website for articles they've published.
Michael Scharf, co-dean of the School of Law and the Joseph C. Hostetler - BakerHostetler Professor of Law, was named in the top 10 for downloads in th...
April 13, 2016
Jordanian Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, will deliver the Klatsky Endowed Lecture in Human Rights Friday, April 15, from 5 to 6 p.m. in the School of Law Moot Courtroom.
In addition to his address, which is titled "The Road to Violence," Ze...
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April 12, 2016
International law authority examines right to use force in self-defense against threats within a nation that can’t or won’t stop terror attacks
An urgent need to respond with force to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has permanently changed the use of self-defense in international law to a...
April 08, 2016
The Law-Medicine Center and Center for Business Law & Regulation will host a conference on "Corporate Wellness Programs: Are They Hazardous to Well Being?" Friday, April 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the School of Law Moot Courtroom.
The daylong conference will examine corporate wellness programs, w...