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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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,"…
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…
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…
April 05, 2016
This year’s ACES + Distinguished lecturer will be Mary Romero, professor of justice studies and social inquiry at Arizona State University. She will participate in three panel discussions April 7-8.
"So You Want to be an Academic?"
Thursday, April 7
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tinkham Veale University…
April 01, 2016
Canada and the United States enjoy a long relationship built on cooperation and collaboration. But there are also disagreements, as an upcoming conference will explore. “Cooperation and Conflict: International Trade, Investment, and Cross Border Disputes,” the 2016 conference of the Canada-U.S.…