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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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April 01, 2022
Last week, Makela Hayford (CWR ’18), a third-year student at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, sat in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill as U.S. senators questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson—the first Black woman to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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April 01, 2022
Last week, Makela Hayford (CWR '18), a third-year student at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, sat in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill as U.S. senators questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson—the first Black woman to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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March 31, 2022
With commencement just around the corner on Saturday, May 14, CWRU School of Law is featuring a few of our outstanding graduating students.
What is your favorite law school memory?
Professor (Leon) Gabinet would end each Federal Income Tax class by saying, "Stay off the streets and out of the bar...
March 31, 2022
What can histories of modern Black media arts teach us about human expressive cultures and the importance of peaceful coexistence? How have art and media served as instruments of response to the calamities of conflict and as means to articulate strategies of resolution, reconciliation, and solidarit...
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March 31, 2022
Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, presented her research on institutional investors’ responsibility to practice gender and cultural diversity in corporate boards at the Israeli Women in Business Law Forum.
The focus of Alon-Beck’s presentation centered on an article she co-authored, “No M...
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March 29, 2022
Several organizations rank law schools each year. In addition, some rank areas of specialization, where CWRU particularly excels. Law schools are also ranked on faculty scholarly impact and bar pass percentages. Here are CWRU’s latest rankings from each organization, indicating the factors that wen...
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March 29, 2022
With commencement just around the corner on Saturday, May 14, CWRU School of Law is featuring a few of our outstanding graduating students.
Why did you choose CWRU School of Law?
I am originally from Maryland. When I imagined going to law school, I always expected to stay there. However, when I w...
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March 28, 2022
With commencement just around the corner on Saturday, May 14, CWRU School of Law is featuring a few of our outstanding graduating students.
What has been your favorite course at CWRU Law?
Discrimination in Employment, taught by Professor Sharona Hoffman. We got through a lot of really important s...
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March 28, 2022
When Russian troops invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, alumnus Markian Silecky (LAW ‘87) watched the news in particular horror. He was in the United States, far from the country where he has lived and worked. His first instinct was to help his friends, colleagues, employees, neighbors and all Ukrainians wh...
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March 27, 2022
With commencement just around the corner on Saturday, May 14, CWRU School of Law is featuring a few of our outstanding graduating students.
What is your favorite memory of CWRU School of Law?
I will always remember my very first federal trial with the First Amendment Clinic! The weeks before the ...