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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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Meet a researcher working on untangling housing titles
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Exemplary student work recognized with LLEAP writing awards
Recent News
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August 26, 2022
Exactly 102 years ago today, Congress certified the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution to ensure voting rights for women—though full electoral equality for women of color didn't come until decades later. After decades of activism by suffragists to achieve this right, many thought the i...
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August 25, 2022
Ex-Twitter security chief's whistleblower complaint is a 'godsend' for Elon Musk
Yahoo Finance: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, discussed the “amazing” timing of a witness who can strengthen Elon Musk’s case against Twitter. “Musk’s lawyers will try to use (a whistleblower) to show fr...
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August 24, 2022
A chaired professorship is the highest honor awarded in legal academia. At its meeting on Aug. 18, 2022, the university’s Board of Trustees voted to appoint Professor Charles R. Korsmo as the inaugural recipient of the Morris G. Shanker Chaired Professorship of Law.
This new Chaired Professorship i...
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August 22, 2022
A chaired professorship is the highest honor awarded in legal academia. At its meeting on Aug. 18, 2022, the university’s Board of Trustees voted to appoint Professor Raymond Shi Ray Ku to the John Homer Kapp Chaired Professorship of Law.
“Thanks to the generosity of alums and friends, CWRU School ...
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August 18, 2022
Professor Sharona Hoffman recently published an article entitled “Physicians and Cognitive Decline: A Challenge for State Medical Boards” in the Journal of Medical Regulation. The article develops recommendations for state medical boards to establish late career testing programs to identify older he...
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August 18, 2022
The Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law is excited to welcome Professor Victor B. Flatt as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow and a Visiting Professor of Law for the 2022-2023 school year. Professor Flatt is a nationally recognized expert on en...
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August 15, 2022
As an extern for the Cuyahoga County Office of the Public Defender, Tosin Orisadipe, a rising third-year law student at CWRU School of Law, has been writing motions and memoranda, talking to clients and attending court hearings. He shared some reflections from his experience.
What do you hope to ga...
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August 11, 2022
August is National Black Business Month, a time that celebrates and promotes the support of Black-owned businesses in the United States. In honor of this month, The Daily sat down with several Case Western Reserve University students, alumni, faculty and staff members who double as business owners a...
August 08, 2022
Last fall, Case Western Reserve University School of Law students Reece Disney and Jessica Foo helped coordinate and draft amicus curiae briefs to the Supreme Court of the United States in a civil case involving efforts to obtain information about the brutal interrogation tactics the United States e...
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August 05, 2022
Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, weighed in on the Twitter-Elon Musk acquisition—of which the latter withdrew—in a recent op-ed published by Forbes.
Alon-Beck weighed in on the legal saga that will ensue and the issues at hand.
Read the piece, titled “Let The Games Begin!”...