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Law’s Doug Smits receives Skadden Fellowship
Doug Smits, third-year student at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, was recently awarded the Skadden Fellowship. This prestigious two-year program, which is given to 20-25 recipients annually, provides funding for pursuing public interest projects related to civil legal issues. …
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September 14, 2016
Lawrence Douglas The School of Law will host a guest lecture by Amherst College Professor Lawrence Douglas, whose book, The Right Wrong Man: John Demjanjuk & the Last Great Nazi War Crimes Trial, was recently published by Princeton University Press. The lecture, held Tuesday, Sept. 20 from…
September 09, 2016
International law has regulated art preservation and transfer for decades, but action by terrorists to wipe out religious and cultural assets has magnified the issue. Case Western Reserve University School of Law will host a full-day conference titled “The Art of International Law” Sept. 16. The…
September 07, 2016
The School of Law will host the annual Constitution Day program, with this year's theme of "Marijuana Legalization and Federalism," Monday, Sept. 19, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom. Law professors Brannon Denning and Jonathan Adler will discuss significant questions regarding marijuana…
August 25, 2016
Two men sat on stools in a ballroom at Tinkham Veale University Center earlier this week, passing a microphone back and forth as they fielded questions from 160 students entering their first year at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. It was Day One of orientation, and the “1L’s,”…
August 19, 2016
Erik M. Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law, penned an op-ed for The Plain Dealer, in which he explained the benefits of the Electoral College. In his article, titled “Is the Electoral College Exhibit A for 'rigged elections' - or a way to avoid Bush-Gore on steroids?” he…
August 19, 2016
In Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History, he wrote a chapter about John Quincy Adams. The book was edited by Duquesne University President Ken Gormley and published by New York University Press in May. He also wrote a chapter titled “Use of Foreign Law by the U.S. Supreme Court” in The…
August 01, 2016
Case Western Reserve School of Law Professor Jonathan Adler and business law experts examine U.S. Supreme Court’s record on business cases At first glance, the new book Business and the Roberts Court (Oxford University Press) is a valuable read for lawyers practicing business law, and for the…
July 15, 2016
U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman appointed Jessie Hill, associate dean for academic affairs and the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, to help nominate a candidate to fill the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Hill will act as part of a bipartisan…
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…
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…