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Cox International Law Center files amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court
On Jan. 24, the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law filed an amicus brief in a U.S. Supreme Court case about how to interpret the Hague Convention on Child Abduction. The brief was co-authored by Co-Dean Michael Scharf, Associate Dean Avidan…
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CWRU Law's Environmental Law Clinic Opens Its Doors in Fall 2022
Launching in Fall 2022, the Environmental Law Clinic at Case Western Reserve University School of Law will be an interdisciplinary clinic that addresses environmental law and policy problems on behalf of individual clients and organizations including environmental groups, nonprofits and community…
Law Alumnus Justin Bibb, Mayor of Cleveland, to Deliver Law School Commencement Address
(This story originally appeared in Case Western Reserve's the daily on March 1, 2022.) Justin Bibb, a double alumnus (LAW '18; MGT '18) who won a landslide victory last fall to become Cleveland’s 58th mayor, will deliver Case Western Reserve University’s commencement address Sunday, May 15, at the…
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Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb (LAW '18; MGT '18) named university commencement speaker
Double alumnus also will address law graduates at their diploma ceremony Justin Bibb, a double alumnus who won a landslide victory last fall to become Cleveland’s 58th mayor, will deliver Case Western Reserve University’s commencement address Sunday, May 15, at the Veale Convocation, Recreation…
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Sumner Canary Memorial Lecture: The Honorable Neomi Rao
The School of Law will host Judge Neomi Rao for the Sumner Canary Memorial Lecture Thursday, March 3, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in George Gund Hall’s Moot Courtroom. Judge Rao was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in March 2019. She graduated from…
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“Critical Race Theory: What is it?”
The Office of Post-Graduate Planning and Experiential Education invites members of the Case Western Reserve University community to hear a talk by Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute. Hardaway will present "Critical Race Theory: What is…
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CWRU Jessup Team Advances to the National Final Four
The Case Western Reserve University School of Law Jessup team—composed of 3L Michael Eckhart, 2L Sydney Warinner, 1L Will Baker and 1L Elise Manchester—went on a historic run at the National Championship rounds of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition from Friday, Feb. 25, to Sunday,…
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Take note of upcoming law school deadlines
Interested in applying to Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s JD program? There are several upcoming deadlines to keep in mind as you prepare your application: Tuesday, March 1: Priority application deadlineFriday, April 1: Regular application deadline Get more information on how to…
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Law’s Maxwell Mehlman appointed bioethics reviewer for Department of Defense Research Program
Maxwell Mehlman, Distinguished University Professor, the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, was appointed bioethics reviewer for the Department of Defense Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health…
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Law’s Sharona Hoffman serving as visiting scholar with National Institutes of Health Department of Bioethics
Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, is a visiting scholar at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Department of Bioethics in Washington, D.C., during her spring semester sabbatical. As a…