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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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September 15, 2013
An article by Matthew Rossman, professor of law and co-director of the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center, was selected for publication in Brooklyn Law Review’s summer 2014 edition. The article is titled “Evaluating Trickle Down Charity – A Solution for Determining When Economic Development Aimed…
September 09, 2013
Aaron Perzanowski, associate professor of law, recently presented a paper at the Intellectual Property Scholars Conference at Cardozo Law School. His paper was titled “Reconciling Personal and Intellectual Property.” In addition, The Plain Dealer quoted Perzanowski in an article last month, titled…
September 09, 2013
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, has been active in publishing and presenting around the country. His recent article, “Learning How to Fish: Catch Shares and the Future of Fishery Conservation” (with Nathaniel Stewart), appears in UCLA Environmental Law & Policy…
September 02, 2013
Case Western Reserve University School of Law is adding an online LLM degree in international business law. The LLM is an advanced law degree program, taught entirely in English, designed for students who earned their preceding law degrees outside the United States. This new program will help…
August 28, 2013
Two-dozen of the world’s foremost counter-piracy experts will gather at an international conference at Case Western Reserve University School of Law to analyze novel, front-line legal options and challenges in the fight against maritime piracy. The law school will host “End Game! An International…
August 28, 2013
When Maxwell J. Mehlman joined the faculty of the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1984, the last science class he’d taken was a high school biology course—a fact that stands true today, even as Mehlman is one of the most renowned experts on health law and bioethics. His…
August 08, 2013
Paul Giannelli, the Albert J. Weatherhead III and Richard W. Weatherhead Professor in the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, has been selected to receive the National Italian American Bar Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Giannelli, also a Distinguished University Professor,…
August 04, 2013
Peter Gerhart, professor of law, recently published an article for the Case Western Reserve Law Review’s fracking symposium. The article, titled “Recognizing the Shared Ownership of Subsurface Resources,” was co-authored with alumnus Bobby Cheren. In addition, Gerhart recorded a podcast discussing…
August 04, 2013
As the federal government works to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as “Obamacare,” a Case Western Reserve University School of Law professor warned Congress the IRS may not be complying with the law’s provisions concerning tax credits. Professor…
August 01, 2013
Jessie Hill, associate dean for Faculty Development and Research, presented her paper, “Anatomy of the Reasonable Observer,” at the Annual Law and Religion Roundtable at Stanford University Law School in June. She also presented another paper, “The Unreasonable Critique of the Reasonable…