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May 26, 2017
Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law and professor of political science, was selected as a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Chapter 19 roster member. He began his term April 1 and will serve through March 18, 2018. NAFTA Chapter 19 is a dispute…
April 27, 2017
Volunteer statewide legal service helps inventor protect idea for ultraviolet light-based medical treatments Protecting an idea or invention can be time-consuming and expensive, involving costly legal fees and navigating a complex patenting process. But startup companies and entrepreneurs in Ohio…
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?…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…