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Law’s Doug Smits receives Skadden Fellowship
Doug Smits, third-year student at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, was recently awarded the Skadden Fellowship. This prestigious two-year program, which is given to 20-25 recipients annually, provides funding for pursuing public interest projects related to civil legal issues. …
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November 15, 2013
Case Western Reserve University announced the appointment of two of its renowned scholars—one in health law and the other in international law—as acting deans for the School of Law, effective immediately. Jessica Berg, professor of law, bioethics and public health, and Michael Scharf, associate…
November 12, 2013
The Environmental Law Society will host a screening of the award-winning documentary, Bidder 70, the story of one university student's act of civil disobedience to protect the American wilderness from oil and gas exploitation. In 2008, Tim DeChristopher placed a bid on 14 parcels (22,500 acres) of…
November 08, 2013
Case Western Reserve University School of Law earned top honors in Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s 2013 Public Service Mock Trial Competition. The competition, which took place at the Franklin County Courthouse, was designed to provide a valuable learning opportunity for Ohio law school…
October 21, 2013
The Case Western Reserve University chapter of the American Constitution Society will host former Ohio Attorney General and CWRU alumnus Jim Petro on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Petro recently became the second statewide-elected Republican official in Ohio (after U.S. Senator Rob Portman) to support…
October 21, 2013
The law school will honor the late Edward A. Mearns Jr., a faculty member for nearly 25 years, with a memorial service Tuesday, Oct. 22. Several of his former colleagues and students will offer tributes to the late emeritus professor, who passed away July 3. The Case Western Reserve Law Review will…
October 11, 2013
Last month, David Kocan, visiting assistant professor of law, presented his working article on the sovereignty implications of Canada-U.S. Shiprider at the “Canada-U.S. Defense Relations Conference,” at George Mason University's School of Public Policy. In addition, he co-led the first general…
October 07, 2013
Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), will speak on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at noon at the School of Law. FIRE's mission is to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, legal…
September 25, 2013
International law usually develops gradually—a process known as crystallization—but sometimes transformative change, known as a “Grotian Moment," causes rules and doctrines to emerge surprisingly quickly. Michael P. Scharf’s new book, Customary International Law in Times of Fundamental Change:…
September 19, 2013
Munch, a vegetarian specialty kitchen located on the second floor of the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, will now be open on Saturdays, beginning Sept. 21. The new Saturday hours will be 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
September 15, 2013
Cassandra Robertson’s paper, "Plame Affair," was published in the second edition of the Encyclopedia of White Collar & Corporate Crime. The entry looks at the events surrounding the exposure of Central Intelligence Agency agent Valerie Plame. Robertson’s article can be read online, but a…