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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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Exemplary student work recognized with LLEAP writing awards
Recent News
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April 17, 2023
After winning the Midwest regional in February (as well as the Best Brief Award and Best Oralist Awards), the law school’s Jessup International Law Moot Court team competed at the World Championships from April 8-15 in Washington, DC. The CWRU team (3L Sydney Warinner, 2L Elise Manchester, 2L Will B...
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April 14, 2023
Back 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 at...
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April 14, 2023
Case Western Reserve University School of Law will host a remote lecture titled “The Planned Overhaul of Israel’s Judiciary” Wednesday, April 19, from noon to 1 p.m.
Meital Pinto, a prominent Israeli scholar, will explain and analyze the legislative package that Israel's Minister of Justice introd...
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April 14, 2023
Institutions of higher education are uniquely positioned to engage in difficult dialogue. Universities are places where individuals should feel safe to discuss complex issues, while feeling heard and respected.
Provost Ben Vinson III invites members of the Case Western Reserve University community ...
April 12, 2023
From March 29 through April 2, the Ault Mock Trial Team competed in the finals of the Texas Young Lawyers Association’s National Trial Competition in San Antonio, Texas. This is the most prestigious mock trial competition in the country with only 30 out of a possible 300 teams advancing to the final...
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April 11, 2023
Case Western Reserve University law professor examines legal gray area when semi-autonomous vehicles are involved in accidents
Police officers can often identify which driver is responsible for a traffic accident.
But what about when a self-driving vehicle is involved? Which driver should be liab...
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April 10, 2023
Last summer, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf and his colleagues at the Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG) drafted model legislation to establish the Ukraine High Court for War Crimes. The project was the result of weeks of research and meetings wit...
April 07, 2023
Imagine if the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco guest taught one of your law school classes. Or a Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. Or the host of a famous law podcast? “With our faculty’s connections, at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, we regularly have promin...
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April 07, 2023
Phi Alpha Delta, Case Western Reserve University’s pre-law fraternity, will host the fifth annual Law Gala Saturday, April 15, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the Thwing Center ballroom.
Judge Dan Aaron Polster will be the keynote speaker. There also will be dinner and raffle baskets.
Attendees will have ...
April 03, 2023
As a 1L at Case Western Reserve University, Ethan Isaacson (LAW, 2021) identified a gap in the tools available to legal professionals. While working on the Journal of International Law and participating in writing courses, Isaacson and some of his classmates struggled with Bluebook citations.
“We ...