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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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October 07, 2024
Getting to net zero carbon emissions will require Congress to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. If that idea has wide support (and it does), why can’t Congress muster the will to do it? David Spence, the Rex G. Baker Centennial Chair in Natural Resources Law at the University of Texas at Austin,…
October 04, 2024
On Sept. 23, the Center for Business Law welcomed Professor Saul Levmore as part of its 2024-2025 lecture series to present his thoughts on Sunk Costs and Exploding Offers. He is the William B. Graham Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Law School where he has previously…
October 04, 2024
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the School of Law for a talk titled “Equal Rights and Protections in Human Subjects Research—A Call to Action” Monday, Oct. 14, at noon in the Moot Courtroom (Gund Hall, Room A59). Leslie E. Wolf, the Ben F. Johnson Jr.…
October 02, 2024
Recently published law review notes and comments articles by CWRU law students have examined a range of important environmental law issues, including several with particular importance to northeast Ohio and the Great Lakes. These articles include: The Cost of Clarity: Closing the Floodgates on…
October 02, 2024
The School of Law will host Clare Soria, attorney at the Conservation Law Foundation, for a talk Tuesday, Oct. 8, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom (Room A59). Soria will present “Climate Litigation in New England,” discussing the Conservation Law Foundation’s climate and…
September 30, 2024
On Tuesday, Sept. 17, the Center for Business Law hosted "Securities Law in the Supreme Court," a public lecture by Adam C. Pritchard and Robert B. Thompson about their book—A History of Securities Law in the Supreme Court—which was recently published by the Oxford University Press. Pritchard is…
September 30, 2024
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the School of Law for a talk titled “The Public Benefit Corporation: Panacea or Pipe Dream?” Wednesday, Oct. 9, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom (A59). The public benefit corporation (“PBC”) is a relatively…
September 27, 2024
Trolls. Disinformation. Canceling. Conspiracy theories. If America's grasp on reality seems to be under attack, that's because it is. Epistemic warfare—the use of powerful psychological manipulations to divide, distract, and disorient our society—has come into its own in the 21st century as never…
September 26, 2024
Case Western Reserve University School of Law invites members of the campus community to a presentation titled “The First Amendment and Freedom of Expression on College Campuses” Monday, Sept. 30, at 4 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom (A59). Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law,…
September 25, 2024
On Aug. 20, CWRU School of Law launched its inaugural fully online, part-time J.D. program, welcoming 32 diverse students from 17 states across the nation. All bring a wide range of professional experiences, making this cohort uniquely qualified and dynamic. The program is specifically designed…