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At Case Western Reserve University School of Law, our students, faculty, staff and alumni influence everything from health law to international law to public policy—all while learning, teaching and practicing legal education rooted in real-world impact. Discover our latest news in legal scholarship, advocacy, experiential learning, community impact and so much more.

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Case Western Reserve law and social work schools create framework to help Buckeye-Woodhill homeowners ‘untangle’ messy property titles
Establishing clear title allows residents stay in, improve their homes, contributing to neighborhood stability on Cleveland’s east side It’s a common problem in inner-city neighborhoods: An elderly parent dies, but the family home was never legally transferred to relatives. The result is one…
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Law's George Dent weighs in on proposed Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act
Ohio Senate Bill 83 will protect free speech on campus, not the reverse cleveland.com (subscription required): George Dent, emeritus professor of law, weighed in on the proposed Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act (SB 83) and the opposition and controversy that followed.
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Certificate and Master of Compliance and Risk Management program information session
Are you interested in regulatory compliance and risk management jobs in the healthcare or business finance industry? Compliance-related jobs are one of the hottest growth areas in the U.S., with the Bureau of Labor Statistics projecting an estimated 30,700 jobs opening for compliance officers and…
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2023 Celebration of Faculty
Case Western Reserve University School of Law boasts a top ranked faculty in downloads of their scholarship (Heald and Sichelman study of scholarly impact), citations to their publications (Sisk/Leiter study), and quality of teaching (Princeton Review). There is much to celebrate! The law school’s…
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Student Spotlight: Owen M. Migdal
Owen M. Migdal was just 17 years old when he finished high school in Maryland and began his undergraduate education at The University of Utah. After earning his bachelor’s degree in political science in less than two years—thanks to a rigorous course load—Migdal enrolled in law school at Case…
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Meet some of CWRU’s outstanding 2023 graduates
At Case Western Reserve University, our students excel in research, academics, athletics and in the community. This week, we will celebrate the accomplishments of about 2,500 graduates. It would be impossible to comprehensively describe all of their contributions, but we caught up with a…
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Law and Social Work Schools Create Framework to Help Buckeye-Woodhill Homeowners ‘untangle’ Messy Property Titles
It’s a common problem in inner-city neighborhoods: An elderly parent dies, but the family home was never legally transferred to relatives. The result is one form of what is known as a “tangled” title. Without a clear title—one in which ownership is clearly established—residents often encounter…
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First Amendment Clinic Defeats Motion in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas
Another win for the First Amendment Clinic! On April 20, the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas denied a Motion to Authorize Discovery into the identities of anonymous commenters criticizing the Beachwood Chief of Police Katherine McLaughlin. Chief McLaughlin and the City of Beachwood brought a…
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Medicine stays in top 25, law specialties climb in U.S. News & World Report’s postponed release of final two disciplines’ rankings
Amid intense criticism from leading law and medical schools, magazine adjusts methodologies to emphasize outcomes—and delays final figures to help ensure accuracy Case Western Reserve’s medical school slipped one notch—and the law school two—as U.S. News & World Report shared results for the…
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Law's Susan Hatters-Friedman weighs in on cases where parents murdered their children
I study parents who kill their kids. There's one thing people don't understand about these cases. HuffPost: Susan Hatters-Friedman, the Phillip Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry and an adjunct professor at the School of Law, weighed in on recent cases of parents who have murdered their…