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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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April 11, 2022
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the campus organization Local Inspirational Figures Talk (LIFT) for an event Friday, April 15, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. via Zoom. In this talk, CWRU law student Chad Weisman will discuss how he surmounted his struggle with…
April 07, 2022
One sure sign of spring is the Case Western Reserve University School of Law Dean Dunmore Moot Court Competition, an intramural appellate-advocacy tournament in which students in our Appellate Practice class compete in an NCAA bracket-style competition judged by faculty members, judges and…
April 06, 2022
The NCAA tournament wasn’t the only “March madness” last week. While Duke, UNC, Kansas and Villanova were fighting it out at the Superdome, the mock trial team from Case Western Reserve University School of Law made it to the final four at the national championship of the 47th annual National Trial…
April 06, 2022
David Abbott Case Western Reserve University School of Law will host a lecture on regionalism and the role it could play in the context of Cleveland’s challenges Tuesday, April 19, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. As Cleveland pursues its decades-long reinvention, regionalism has become a frequent and…
April 01, 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? In short—its international law programs and reputation. What are you working on right now? I am currently…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…