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March 25, 2024
3Ls Elizabeth Broderick and Harper Fox are spending their final semester of law school working for the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone (RSCSL) as their Capstone project. In the summer of 2023, Fox and 3L Jessica Chapman worked for the RSCSL. The Chief Prosecutor of the Residual Special…
March 22, 2024
On Tuesday, Feb. 20, the Second Chance Reentry Clinic went to trial in the Juvenile Division of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. Student interns Nathan Bly and Michaella Guyot-Polverini (pictured) defended one of the clinic’s clients who had been accused of violating a court order…
March 20, 2024
On March 15, 2024, Co-Dean Michael Scharf spoke at the Investiture for alum Philip Hadji (LAW ‘09), who was recently unanimously confirmed by the Senate as the newest judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims. The 16 member court, whose members are appointed for 15-year terms, sits in a…
March 20, 2024
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to a CWRU Entrepreneurship Skills Lab Series workshop on intellectual property Wednesday, March 27, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Sears think[box] second-floor presentation area. Maria Ianiro and Matthew Rossman, at the CWRU…
March 20, 2024
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to attend the Hack the Future event March 21–22 at the School of Law. Part of a series organized by SeedAI, this event encourages participants to explore the equitable adoption of artificial intelligence and its potential to…
March 20, 2024
Considering applying for the Case Western Reserve University Master of Science in Regenerative Medicine and Entrepreneurship program? Join representatives from CWRU's School of Medicine, School of Law and Weatherhead School of Management for a virtual information session titled “Opportunities…
March 20, 2024
Maya Angelou’s Blacks, Blues, Black! was a triumph of Civil Rights-era public affairs television, produced and aired amid nationwide uprisings in the immediate wake of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. Blacks, Blues, Black! promoted Black unity, education, liberation and culture.…
March 18, 2024
In 2020, in an ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, Case Western Reserve University School of Law began to pursue strategic partnerships with select Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Designed to encourage a greater number of under-represented minority students to…
March 15, 2024
The law school’s Black Law Student Association Mock Trial team (composed of 3L Aanya Myrie-Sylburn, 2L Yaninna Sharpley-Travis, 1L Lydia Abraham and 1L Jordyn Dawson) took first place in the 2024 National BLSA Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition, winning every round they competed in. The…
March 15, 2024
In February, the Alabama Supreme Court issued an unprecedented decision, finding frozen embryos should be treated as children under Alabama’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. Consequently, the court held, those who destroy the embryos can be held liable for wrongful death. Case Western Reserve…