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5 questions with School of Law’s Carter Callender, Class of 2026
As graduation approaches at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, students look back on the experiences that shaped their time on campus—and ahead to the paths they’re about to begin. From discovering their academic interests to gaining hands-on experience through clinics, competitions and…
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March 15, 2022
Case Western Reserve University’s School of Law will host “Black and Blue Symposium” Friday, March 18, from 8:30 am to 5 p.m. in the school's Moot Courtroom, Room A59. Symposium presenters will explore a variety of topics, including the historical role of racism in American policing, Indian…
March 15, 2022
New technology has emerged to the forefront of payment processing, bringing new challenges for anti-money laundering professionals, law enforcement and supervisory agencies. With traditional banks taking a backseat to business-to-business and peer-to-peer transaction settlement, at least one…
March 14, 2022
Join Case Western Reserve University School of Law's virtual lecture, "Teaching Public Health Law and Inequality," Wednesday, March 23, at noon. The lecture will describe the basic outline of a new course—"Public Health Law and Inequality"—that considers the effect of public health law and…
March 11, 2022
Community-based news media organizations like The Cleveland Observer (TCO) provide critical news content to local communities with a focus on grassroots news gathering. The students enrolled in the Community Development Clinic (CDC) at Case Western Reserve University School of Law have worked…
March 07, 2022
Can the Environmental Protection Agency take aggressive action to control greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector? This is the question facing the U.S. Supreme Court in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. In this one-hour webinar held on Feb. 24, 2022, “Climate Change Returns…
March 07, 2022
First Amendment Clinical Fellow Sara Coulter recently argued and won a free speech case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Her client, Michael Wood, wore a shirt bearing the words “F*ck the Police” to the county fair. According to Wood, the defendant police officers ordered him to…
March 04, 2022
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…
March 02, 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…
March 01, 2022
(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…
March 01, 2022
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…