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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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February 25, 2022
Matthew Salerno, assistant professor at the School of Law, was elected to the 2022 Executive Committee of the New Law Professors Section of the Association of American Law Schools. Learn more about the Association of American Law Schools.
February 22, 2022
Congratulations to the Case Western Reserve University School of Law Jessup International Law Moot Court team, which is advancing to the national knock-out rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court on Friday, Feb. 25. The team secured its spot in the national elimination rounds…
February 22, 2022
Maxwell Mehlman, Distinguished University Professor, 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…
February 18, 2022
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 serving as a visiting scholar at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Department of Bioethics in Washington, D.C., during her spring semester…
February 18, 2022
Cleveland Magazine recently released its list of “CLE 500: Leaders, Doers, Visionaries & Idea Generators who Help Shape the City.” Included on the list were two members of the Case Western Reserve University community. Manoj Malhotra, dean of the Weatherhead School of Management, was selected…
February 18, 2022
The School of Law is celebrating the success of its mock trial teams, which are advancing to national competitions following victories at the regional level. The law school’s Jonathan M. Ault Mock Trial Program is sending two teams to the national championship of the National Trial Competition in…
February 17, 2022
New rankings in the Winter 2022 preLaw magazine place Case Western Reserve University’s School of Law as among the top schools in the nation for Trial Advocacy and International Law, with both receiving an "A+" grade. The top ranking in Trial Advocacy is based on the strength of the law school’s…
February 15, 2022
The Black Law Student Association (BLSA) at Case Western Reserve University School of Law is advancing two teams to the 2022 National BLSA Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition in Memphis, TN, in March, following outstanding performances at the Midwest qualifying rounds, which took place in…
February 14, 2022
Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko-BakerHostetler Professor of Law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, is one of the top 15 scholars in the field of Professional Responsibility based on citations from 2016–2020,…
February 11, 2022
Case Western Reserve University School of Law recently received two $50,000 grants from the Ohio State Bar Foundation (OSBF) through its Racial Justice Initiative. The OSBF initiative supports projects that identify, address and challenge systemic racism, which impedes the pursuit of justice and…