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Professor Jonathan Adler’s book, Climate Liberalism, examines aspects of climate law and policy
Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law Director Jonathan H. Adler’s latest book, Climate Liberalism: Perspectives on Liberty, Property and Pollution (Palgrave), explores the intersection of climate change policy and classical liberal political theory. Adler, also the Johan Verheij Memorial…
Judge McKeown Presents the Environmental Legacy of Justice William Douglas
On April 10, the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown, a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, spoke about the environmental legacy of Justice William O. Douglas, both as a Supreme Court justice and citizen advocate for environmental conservation. Judge McKeown’s remarks drew…
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Students explore Cleveland communities to understand land-use challenges
Every community faces its own challenges—and often, the struggles are shared across boundaries. In mid-April, Case Western Reserve University School of Law students explored three Cleveland-area communities to see in person how leaders grapple with pressing land-use challenges. Local planning…
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Student Spotlight: Maryam Mahboob
2L Maryam Mahboob was recently awarded the Real Property Law Student Scholarship from the Ohio State Bar Association’s Real Property Law Section, a $2,500 award that comes with a representative seat on the Real Property Law Section Council. In this role, award recipients have the opportunity to…
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Law's Jessie Hill discusses success of abortion rights ballot initiative campaigns
The GOP’s next move to block abortion rights is tinkering with direct democracy Ms. Magazine: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, said that the success of abortion rights ballot initiative campaigns has convinced gerrymandered, anti-abortion legislatures that ballot measure…
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Burke Center Hosts Monte Mills for “Repairing Our Legacy: Native Nations, Co-Management and the Future of Federal Public Lands”
Monte Mills, the Charles I. Stone Professor of Law and director of the Native American Law Center at University of Washington School of Law, joined the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law for a discussion on the history and management of…
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New Case Western Reserve University Program Geared Toward Commercializing Innovation in Regenerative Medicine
Case Western Reserve University is launching a new program to capitalize on commercializing innovations arising from the burgeoning field of regenerative medicine.  The program, which begins in fall semester 2023, is a collaboration between the School of Medicine and School of Law. The curriculum…
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Environmental Law Clinic Co-Hosts Law Clinic in East Palestine
Nearly three months after news broke that a train had derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, students in the Environmental Law Clinic at Case Western Reserve University School of Law held a free legal clinic in East Palestine.  The clinic, in collaboration with River Valley Organizing, Community Legal…
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Student Spotlight: Sam Halpert Rodis
After completing multiple different internships and externships during his time at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 3L Sam Halpert Rodis is looking ahead to his post-graduate life as a Judge Advocate with the U.S. Army. “The most rewarding work I have done has been in connection with…
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Five New Tenured Faculty at CWRU School of Law—Including Four Hires
We are proud to announce the addition of four impactful lateral hires to our community of scholars and the promotion of Ayesha Bell Hardaway to full professor of law with tenure (all effective July 1 except Atiba Ellis, who began Jan. 1).  The most recent Heald and Sichelman study of scholarly…