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“Black and Blue Symposium”
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…
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“Cryptocurrency: Managing an Effective Anti-Money Laundering Program for This Financial Transaction Technology”
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…
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School of Law’s virtual lecture: “Teaching Public Health Law and Inequality”
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…
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Students in CWRU Law School’s Community Development Clinic Lead Organizational Board Meeting
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…
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Burke Center Webinar Considers What's at Stake in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency
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…
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CWRU First Amendment Clinic Wins Case in U.S. Court of Appeals
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…
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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…