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As graduation approaches at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, students look back on the experiences that shaped their time on campus—and ahead to the paths they’re about to begin. From discovering their academic interests to gaining hands-on experience through clinics, competitions and…
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November 11, 2016
Aaron Perzanowski, professor of law, co-wrote an op-ed describing copyright implications of Telsa's license terms for self-driving cars. He wrote the article, titled “Do you own the software that runs your Tesla?” and published in the LA Times, with Jason Schultz of New York University’s School of…
November 09, 2016
More legal representation planned for juvenile and adult sex trafficking victims A new round of state funding will allow a Case Western Reserve University School of Law effort to help victims of human trafficking, while raising public awareness about an international human-rights problem that is…
November 04, 2016
Over the course of the past few months, Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, has been actively involved in the law field. In September, he directed the “Environmental Law in the Administrative State” conference at George Mason University. While there, he also presented his…
November 04, 2016
Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, soon will publish a paper and recently spoke about the intersection of law and health care and aging. Her paper, titled “Big Data and the Americans with Disabilities Act” will be published in Hastings Law in 2017. In addition, she recently gave…
November 01, 2016
Remesh, a student-founded startup company that piloted its software at last fall’s Case Western Reserve University Innovation Summit, recently secured $1 million in angel investment to further expand its business. Remesh software integrates artificial intelligence with market research to collect,…
October 28, 2016
Paul Giannelli The White House recently released a report on forensic science, which cited six of Professor Paul Giannelli’s articles. Giannelli is a Distinguished University Professor and the Albert J. Weatherhead III and Richard W. Weatherhead Professor of Law. The President’s Council of…
October 26, 2016
Avidan Cover, associate professor of law, will discuss security law and domestic and international use of force at the next pre-law Community Hour event, Friday, Oct. 28 from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in Sears Building, Room 356. Cover is director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy. He…
October 21, 2016
Katelyn Pierce has wanted to be an attorney since she was a child. For Galen Baynes, lawyering came to mind only after he earned his bachelor’s degree. Now, as third-year law students at Case Western Reserve, they are gaining unusual real-world experience in the profession they hope to practice:…
October 12, 2016
A conference Friday, Oct. 14, at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, honors and features 1954 graduate Fred D. Gray, one of the nation’s leading civil rights lawyers. “In Honor of Fred Gray: Making Civil Rights Law from Rosa Parks to the Twenty-first Century” will offer a day-long…
September 30, 2016
More than 50 years later, questions remain about the JFK assassination. Do the conspiracy theories have validity? What if Lee Harvey Oswald lived to see his trial? On Oct. 6, Judge Burt W. Griffin, a former staff member of the Warren Commission, along with a distinguished panel of legal experts,…