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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
June 13, 2014
Maxwell Mehlman, professor of law and bioethics, co-authored “A Framework for Military Bioethics” with 2012-2013 Cowan Post-Doctoral Fellow Stephanie Corley. The Journal of Military Ethics accepted their article for publication.
Mehlman also debated on medical malpractice reform at the 2014 Medical...
June 13, 2014
Juscelino F. Colares, professor of law and associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, will present “Pleading Patterns and the Role of Litigation as a Driver of Federal Climate Change Legislation,” 54.4 Jurimetrics, with Kosta Ristovski. Their paper will be honored as one of...
June 09, 2014
The next radio broadcast of Talking Foreign Policy examines the international law implications of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, including uncertainty about what the clash of American and Russian interests means for United States foreign policy.
The program, titled "Russian Roulette," is scheduled ...
June 04, 2014
The Staff Advisory Council is accepting nominations for representatives through July 11.
Eligibility for membership on the council is defined as all regular, full or part-time, exempt and non-exempt, non-faculty employees with at least six months of service with the university. Representatives are ...
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May 22, 2014
A Case Western Reserve University student and his mentor have discovered an ancient kitten-sized predator that lived in Bolivia about 13 million years ago—one of the smallest species reported in the extinct order Sparassodonta.
Third-year undergraduate student Russell Engelman and Case Western Rese...
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May 22, 2014
Author Duffy Prendergast will be at the Barnes and Noble university bookstore Tuesday, May 27, at 1 p.m.
Prendergast’s book, Fear Itself, is described below:
Children will be the death of you.
Especially if they spike your wine with antifreeze. That is what Mathew Derrick suspects his precious yo...
May 21, 2014
Munch, the vegan-friendly eatery located on the second floor of the School of Law, will be open all summer. Hours of operation are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The café is open to all members of the campus community. Feel free to call ahead with your order: 216.231.0922.
For more informat...
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May 19, 2014
Unfettered: The quest for solitude and wide open spaces
Psychology Today: In her “Light and Shadow” blog, Julie Exline, associate professor of psychological sciences, uses a previous entry to evaluate how well she did “escaping” on her latest vacation....
May 09, 2014
On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker slammed into Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef, resulting in one of the most notorious environmental disasters in U.S. history.
As an associate for major Los Angeles law firm O’Melveny & Myers, Sharona Hoffman was assigned to work the defense on the ma...
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May 01, 2014
The 2014 Faculty Climate Survey is being released today. The survey, administered on behalf of the Office of the Provost by the Office of Institutional Research, was sent to full-time faculty who were hired before April 2013.
Survey items cover a range of topics, including satisfaction, stress, wor...