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Cathy Hwang presents on benefit corporations at the School of Law
In February, Cathy Hwang presented "Purpose and Nonprofit Enterprise" as part of the Center for Business Law faculty speaker series at the School of Law. Hwang is a professor of law at the University of Virginia School of Law. She teaches, researches and writes about mergers and acquisitions,…
Laura McNally, director of CWRU’s Milton and Charlotte Kramer Law Clinic, and Andrew Geronimo, director of the Dr. Frank Stanton First Amendment Clinic
Empowering free speech
$5 million from Stanton Foundation to expand reach of First Amendment Clinic
Victor Flatt and Maggie Kaniecki
Living the mission
Students step up in the wake of disaster
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Law school celebrates faculty achievements and contributions
CWRU School of Law recently held its eleventh celebration of faculty, an annual event to recognize the achievements and contributions of faculty members during the previous school year. The celebration included the presentation of endowed chairs to two faculty members, Eric Chaffee and Betsy…
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Jessie Hill to Publish in Harvard Journal of Law and Gender
Jessie Hill's article "Recentering the Pregnant Body: Moving Beyond the Medicalized Framework in Abortion Advocacy," is forthcoming in the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender. Hill argues that abortion rights advocates have long treated abortion as primarily a medical issue, while minimizing its…
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Law school is at the forefront with program on artificial intelligence
Case Western Reserve University's School of Law is in the "legal AI" Vanguard.
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JOLTI and the Compliance Institute host a symposium on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and the business world
In March, the Journal of Law, Technology and the Internet (JOLTI) and the Compliance, Risk Management and Financial Integrity Institute hosted the symposium "Exploring the AI Frontier: The Business World, Artificial Intelligence and the Law". This symposium explored the intersection of artificial…
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CWRU School of Law establishes spring break in the Hague program
CWRU School of Law is pleased to announce the establishment of a spring break in the Hague program, recently approved by the faculty. The 2-credit program, to be run by professors Michael Scharf and Laura McNally, will provide 20 students and alumni the opportunity to spend a week in the Hague,…
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CWRU Entrepreneur Mark Gorski Leads the Charge in Athlete Data Innovation
Recently, we had the opportunity to talk with Mark Gorski (LAW ‘07), who is the co-founder and CEO of Sports Data Labs (SDL) as well as an adjunct professor at the CWRU School of Law. Mark’s longstanding interest in sports and experiences as a college athlete led him to pursuing a path in sports…
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Graduating Student Spotlight: Thomas Lipker
When Thomas Lipker stepped into his role as Graduate Student Council (GSC) president, he brought with him six years of experience on the Case Western Reserve University campus, first as an undergraduate student studying economics and music, and then as a law student. In his capacity leading the…