School of Law
At Case Western Reserve University School of Law, our students, faculty, staff and alumni influence everything from health law to international law to public policy—all while learning, teaching and practicing legal education rooted in real-world impact. Discover our latest news in legal scholarship, advocacy, experiential learning, community impact and so much more.
Hero Type
Image
5 questions with School of Law’s Carter Callender, Class of 2026
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…
In the News
Ohio Capital Journal
The National Law Journal
Recent News
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.…
March 30, 2016
The School of Law’s master’s program in patent practice is accepting applications for the 2016-2017 academic year. The program is designed to prepare students for careers as patent agents. Students must be eligible to sit for the patent bar exam, which requires an undergraduate degree in…
March 18, 2016
Jessie Hill, associate dean for academic affairs and the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, contributed to the dialogue on abortion rights through various outlets over the past few months. In a February editorial for The Daily Caller, she wrote about the burden placed on women when “Targeted…
March 17, 2016
Ruqaiijah Yearby, associate of dean of institutional diversity and inclusiveness at the School of Law, will host a panel on “Police Reform: Why Respect for Difference Matters” Wednesday, March 23, from 5 to 6 p.m. in the law schools moot courtroom (Room A59). Videotaped images of individuals being…
March 16, 2016
Case Western Reserve placed three degree programs in the nation’s top 10 in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of graduate programs released today. The university also saw its health law program stay in the top 10, and the medical school stay in the top 25. The Frances Payne Bolton…
March 11, 2016
The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law has awarded Timothy Webster, assistant professor of law, the Richard H. Buxbaum Prize for Teaching in Comparative Law. Created in 2014 to honor Professor Richard M. Buxbaum, the Jackson H. Ralston Professor of…
March 08, 2016
Case Western Reserve University School of Law will analyze state and federal human trafficking laws in a daylong symposium that also will address how to prepare for an expected rise in human trafficking during this summer’s Republic National Convention (RNC). The “Human Trafficking Law Symposium,”…