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Certificate and Master of Compliance and Risk Management information session
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community and others are invited to join the School of Law for a virtual information session on the Certificate and Master of Compliance and Risk Management (CRM) Program. Are you interested in regulatory compliance and risk management jobs in the…
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Supreme Court follows reasoning of CWRU amicus brief in landmark decision interpreting the Hague Convention on Child Abduction
On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Golan v. Saada, a case about how to interpret the Hague Convention on Child Abduction in which the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law filed an amicus brief.  The brief was…
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Supreme Court Follows Reasoning of CWRU Amicus Brief in Landmark Case Interpreting the Hague Convention on Child Abduction
On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Golan v. Saada, a case about how to interpret the Hague Convention on Child Abduction in which the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law filed an amicus brief. The brief was…
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CWRU School of Law Celebrates Achievements of LGBTQIA+ Students with Lavender Law Graduation Ceremony
The School of Law at Case Western Reserve University recently honored its LGBTQIA+ students with its first Lavender Graduation ceremony, celebrating the achievements of our graduating LGBTQIA+ students and their allies and showing appreciation for their contributions to the law school community.…
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Commencement 2022 Recording Now Available
On Saturday, May 14, Case Western Reserve University School of Law celebrated the Class of 2022 during a commencement ceremony at Severance Music Center. A recording of the event is available to view online. Cleveland Mayor Justin M. Bibb, a 2018 dual School of Law and Weatherhead School of…
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Community Development Clinic Students Obtain Property Tax Exemption for Nonprofit that Assists Women with Recovery from Addiction
Patrick Conroy, Yang Gu and Alexa Shook, 2022 graduates of the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University, successfully persuaded the State of Ohio to grant property tax exemption to The Edna House for Women for its newly expanded campus in Cleveland’s Detroit Shoreway neighborhood. The…
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Law’s Juscelino Colares co-authors book Restructuring Trade Agreements
Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law and a professor of political science, recently published a book he co-authored Restructuring Trade Deals. Colares said that to avoid trade-bargain erosion, countries involved in large-scale, bilateral or regional trade…
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CWRU School of Law's Cathy Lesser Mansfield Chronicles History, Hope and Kindness in her opera The Sparks Fly Upward
Cathy Lesser Mansfield is a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. She’s also the librettist and composer of the opera The Sparks Fly Upward, which has its Cleveland premiere at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center June 9-12. …
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CWRU Law Faculty Publications and Placements, 2021–2022
CWRU School of Law faculty members regularly publish books, book chapters, journal articles and briefs. Here are some of the most recent to appear. Bryan Adamson “Tribute to Professor Peter M. Gerhart,” 72 Case Western Reserve Law Review 267 (2021). Jonathan H. Adler “A Progressive Defense of…
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Certificate and Master of Compliance and Risk Management 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 United States, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics projecting an estimated 30,700 jobs opening for compliance…