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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…
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…
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…
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…
March 11, 2015
Today, sports and law combine once more when Peter A. Carfagna, adjunct professor in the School of Law and Distinguished Visiting Practitioner, resumes “Representing the Professional Athlete.” This is the second offering of Carfagna’s massive open online course (MOOC), which is produced in…
March 10, 2015
Thanks to significant improvements in admissions selectivity and other factors, Case Western Reserve’s School of Law posted a five-point gain in this spring’s U.S. News & World Report rankings, to No. 59—the largest increase of any of the university programs assessed in 2015. “Credit for this…
March 10, 2015
The Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity will host a Power of Diversity lecture featuring Jessie Hill, associate dean of faculty development, research professor of law and the Laura Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar. Hill will present "Reproductive Rights or Reproductive…
February 06, 2015
Cassandra Burke Robertson, professor of law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics, now serves as chair of the Appellate Litigation Subcommittee for the American Bar Association. The subcommittee is part of the Civil Rights Litigation Committee within the ABA’s Section of Litigation.
February 06, 2015
Andrew Pollis, associate professor of law, was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure. His term began Jan. 1.