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Student Summer Experiences: Tosin Orisadipe
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…
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Get to know Black business owners and entrepreneurs from CWRU: Week 2
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…
Following the reasoning of CWRU Amicus Brief, Supreme Court of the United States allows that discovery on detainee abuse might be permitted despite finding state secrets privilege applies
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…
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Law’s Anat Alon-Beck weighs in on Twitter-Elon Musk saga
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!”
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Get to know Black business owners and entrepreneurs from CWRU: Week 1
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…
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Student Summer Experiences: Heavenly Aguilar
Heavenly Aguilar, a rising 2L student with a focus on Public Interest Law, is working as an intern for the Honorable Judge Michelle J. Sheehan of Ohio’s 8th District Court of Appeals this summer. We asked her to share some reflections from her experience. What do you hope to gain from this…
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Holding Russian war criminals accountable
Michael Scharf, Case Western Reserve University School of Law co-dean, leading panel to present legislation for war crimes court in Ukraine Following numerous atrocities in Ukraine, a team of international law experts is offering a proposal for a special court in Ukraine to investigate and…
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Holding Russian war criminals accountable
Michael Scharf, Case Western Reserve University School of Law co-dean, leading panel to present legislation for war crimes court in Ukraine Following numerous atrocities in Ukraine, a team of international law experts is offering a proposal for a special court in Ukraine to investigate and…
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Jonathan Adler provides analysis of Supreme Court's ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency
Professor Jonathan H. Adler provided analysis and insight on television, radio and in print after the Supreme Court curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.  Adler, the inaugural Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and founding director of…
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CWRU Law School's Yemen Accountability Project Enters its Fifth Year of Documenting Atrocities
While most of the world is focused on war crimes committed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the conflict in Yemen continues to be the site of some of the worst atrocities and suffering on the planet. Case Western Reserve University School of Law is playing a unique role in documenting those…