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Recent News
June 05, 2015
Ruqaiijah Yearby, the Oliver C. Schroeder Jr. Distinguished Research Scholar, associate director of the Law-Medicine Center and professor of law, gave the keynote address for a Cleveland Office of Minority Health event in April. Yearby presented a talk, titled “Eradicating Injustice to Attain Health...
June 05, 2015
Earlier this year, Jessie Hill, the Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar and professor of law, gave multiple presentations on the topics of religion and reproductive rights.
On March 3, Hill presented "Change, Dissent, and the Problem of Consent in Religious Organizations," at a faculty ...
May 18, 2015
Andrew S. Pollis, associate professor of law, will present a seminar on the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage cases, titled “Getting to ‘I Do’ ” Thursday, May 21, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom.
The event will be hosted by the Case Western Reserve Univer...
May 07, 2015
Case Western Reserve’s annual Momentum event included a new twist this year: Instead of celebrating only those whose philanthropy advances the university, it also cheered individuals who inspired such generosity.
Endowed professorships, one of the top priorities of the capital campaign, took center...
April 10, 2015
An article published by the Case Western Reserve Law Review, "Rules, Standards, and the Reality of Obviousness," by Brenda M. Simon (65 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 25), has been judged one of the best law review articles related to intellectual property law published within the past year. It has been selec...
April 06, 2015
From social sciences to social work, management to medicine, and biology to biomedical engineering, research is at the heart of Case Western Reserve University. In fact, this past fiscal year alone, researchers earned 1,623 sponsored research awards, totaling more than $311 million.
Faculty across ...
March 26, 2015
The man who helped bring Harry Potter to the multiplex will offer insights about the drama that is life when Case Western Reserve University holds commencement exercises Sunday, May 17.
Retired Warner Bros. Chairman and CEO Barry Meyer (LAW ’67) will share lessons learned over 42 years at the globa...
March 26, 2015
When three third-year students at Case Western Reserve University School of Law were offered an unexpected chance to use their spring break getting real-time immigration law experience where it matters most, they quickly agreed.
Harrison Blythe, JoAnna Gavigan and Madeline Jack spent the week at th...
March 20, 2015
The School of Law’s Jessup International Law Moot Court Team recently celebrated a victory at regionals in Chicago for the seventh time in 10 years.
Team members Tyler Kimberly, Betsy Krupar, Noah Goldberg, Stephen Perrott, and Eric Connon, and their coach, Conor McLauglin, an alum and associate at...
March 18, 2015
The School of Law will host the annual Canada-United States Law Institute Conference Thursday, March 19, and Friday, March 20, this year on the topic “The Digital Border,” on
“The Digital Border” is a topic of increasing importance. This conference will bring together law and policy experts from bo...