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5 questions with School of Law’s Carter Callender, Class of 2026
As graduation approaches at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, students look back on the experiences that shaped their time on campus—and ahead to the paths they’re about to begin. From discovering their academic interests to gaining hands-on experience through clinics, competitions and…
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August 06, 2024
For nearly a decade, CWRU School of Law has been working with the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (CMBA) on an exciting project – the Cleveland Legal Collaborative. Former deans Berg and Scharf consulted with CMBA leaders to help design an incubator for recent law graduates interested in a…
August 02, 2024
Rising 3L Jonathan Kronert is no stranger to working overseas. Before law school, he lived in Thailand for two and half years, spending some of that period teaching English to high school students in the southern city of Suratpittaya. This summer, he returned to the country to extern at the Bangkok…
July 29, 2024
As part of the formal cooperative relationship between Case Western Reserve University School of Law and the Saudi Board of Grievances, the administrative branch of the judicial system of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Robert N. Rapp, visiting assistant professor and the Louis C. Greenwood Lecturer…
July 25, 2024
Rising second-year law student Ben Buckley is spending his summer making an impact in his home state of South Carolina as a summer law clerk for the South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense Capital Trials Division. He is hoping to lay the groundwork for his future career in criminal…
July 23, 2024
The Coleman P. Burke Environmental Law Center hosted its first junior environmental law scholar conference on May 21, 2024. This marks an expansion of the Burke Center’s commitment to fostering new academic voices in environmental, natural resources and climate law, and leveraging the knowledge of…
July 19, 2024
In 2023, in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of “waters of the United States” covered by the federal Clean Water Act. On June 11-12, 2024, the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law co-sponsored, “Sackett…
July 17, 2024
A recent study from the Urban Development Lab sheds light on how economic development incentives are performing in places like Cleveland. It finds that “smart” incentives—those selectively awarded, monitored and capable of adaptation—yield greater community impact. A group of CWRU Law students…
July 11, 2024
Jonathan Zion Brown’s interest in entertainment law began early in life, buoyed by a stint as a team attendant to both the Washington Wizards (NBA) and the Washington Mystics (WNBA) in 2019. As soon as he got to the School of Law, Brown sought out classroom and experiential opportunities that…
July 09, 2024
This spring semester was extremely successful for the four law students and two social work students enrolled in the Human Trafficking Clinic and Human Trafficking Practicum at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Successes for our clients included: Numerous record sealings in…
July 03, 2024
On Feb. 15, the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law hosted renowned climate law scholar Rob Verchick for a talk on his new book, The Octopus in the Parking Garage: A Call for Climate Resilience. Verchick is the Gauthier-St. Martin Eminent Scholar Chair in Environmental Law and faculty…