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Law school is at the forefront with program on artificial intelligence
Case Western Reserve University's School of Law is in the "legal AI" Vanguard.
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Exemplary student work recognized with LLEAP writing awards
Recent News
October 17, 2014
Maxwell Mehlman, the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law, professor of bioethics and director of the Law-Medicine Center, wrote three works that recently were published.
“Super Soldiers (Part 1): What is Military Enhancement?” and “Super Soldiers (Part 2): The Ethical, Legal, and Operational Impl...
October 17, 2014
Kathryn Mercer, professor of lawyering skills in the School of Law, has presented around the world in recent months. In May, she co-presented with Law Professor Jonathan Gordon at Global Legal Skills Conference IX in Verona, Italy. The title of their talk was “A Multi-Cultural Perspective on Plagiar...
October 08, 2014
When Rebecca Sremack was a third-year student last year in Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic, the Akron native found a way to link her dedication to important causes in her hometown with the Kramer Clinic’s mission.
Sremack, who graduated last spring with a...
October 08, 2014
The Burton D. Morgan Foundation committed $679,400 to expand Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s intellectual property (IP) center, among the more than $2.5 million in grants recently approved by trustees of the Hudson, Ohio-based private foundation.
In addition, the foundation pledged ...
October 01, 2014
On Friday, Oct. 3, from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in Sears Building 356, the pre-law program in the Office of Undergraduate Studies will sponsor a discussion on the conflict between crime control and due process.
Guests are:
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Stuart Friedman,
County Prosecutor Ronni Du...
September 24, 2014
Kathryn Geisinger, a third-year law student at Case Western Reserve University, wasn’t quite sure how busy her Monday morning would be. But within the first three hours of the first-ever Juvenile Safe Surrender program in Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, there she was, working with defendants in five...
September 19, 2014
Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, recently had her work, “Citizen Science: The Law and Ethics of Public Access to Medical Big Data” accepted for publication in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal....
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September 08, 2014
Registration is still open for the 12th annual Case for Community Day, to take place Friday, Sept. 19, from noon to 4 p.m.
All members of the campus community are encouraged to take part in a variety of volunteer activities throughout Greater Cleveland.
Volunteer opportunities include:
arts and ...
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September 05, 2014
The Farm Food Program at the Case Western Reserve University Farm is accepting shareholders for the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. In a CSA, community members purchase shares in a farm and, in turn, receive farm-fresh produce.
This fall, the farm will offer a six-week, “mini” CSA pr...
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September 05, 2014
A progressive international conference in Cleveland, Ohio, this fall will explore how cutting-edge innovators and forward-thinking leaders are moving beyond traditional notions of social responsibility and sustainability to full-spectrum flourishing and profitability.
Flourish & Prosper: The Third ...