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Law’s Black Law Student Association Mock Trial Team earns regional championship title
Members of Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s Black Law Student Association (BLSA) Mock Trial Team recently earned first place at the Midwest Regional Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition regional championship. Those on the team were Doctor of Law (JD) candidates Jordyn Dawson…
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September 21, 2022
Students enrolled in the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic during the academic year receive their JD degrees in May, but the work of the clinic continues over the summer. During the summer of 2022, the clinic hired eight law clerks, including spring start and rising 2L and 3L students. Students were…
September 20, 2022
The Federalist Society will host a discussion titled “A State Constitutional Debate: Is the Right to Abortion Protected by the Ohio Constitution?” Thursday, Sept. 22, from 5 to 6 p.m. in Gund Hall, Room A59. Attorney Phillip D. Williamson and Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law,…
September 19, 2022
The CWRU Health Law Clinic hit the ground running with the first of seven Social Security Appeal Hearings it has scheduled for this semester.
Melanie Fuenmayor, a 3L enrolled in the clinic, started working on her case before the school year began to prepare to be the first chair at the hearing.…
September 19, 2022
In the wake of the nation’s racial reckoning, new academy offers specialized courses in diversity, equity and inclusion To incorporate training on structural bias and anti-racism in the curriculum—and the workplace—the Case Western Reserve University School of Law is launching an Academy for…
September 16, 2022
This summer, students from Case Western Reserve University School of Law finished in first place of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s summer softball league. After losing only twice during the regular season and once in the playoffs, the team won three straight games to secure the…
September 16, 2022
The Federalist Society will host a talk with Ilan Wurman, associate professor in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Tuesday, Sept. 20, at noon in Room 157 of the School of Law. In a talk titled, “The Second Founding: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment,”…
September 14, 2022
In the wake of the nation’s racial reckoning, new academy offers specialized courses in diversity, equity and inclusion To incorporate training on structural bias and anti-racism in the curriculum—and the workplace—the Case Western Reserve University School of Law is launching an Academy for…
September 12, 2022
His Spouse Jessica Wolfendale Receives Secondary Appointment Case Western Reserve University School of Law is proud to welcome Professor Atiba Ellis as a tenured professor of law in January 2023. Professor Ellis has taught at Howard University School of Law and West Virginia University School of…
September 09, 2022
Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, was cited in a presentation to the Securities and Exchange Commission, regarding its rules for acquisition companies, shell companies and projections. Read the comments. (PDF)
September 09, 2022
Last spring, the Supreme Court curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector in West Virginia v. EPA. Additional lawsuits filed by state attorneys general and conservative groups challenge a wide swath of the Biden…