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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…
March 01, 2022
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…
March 01, 2022
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…
February 28, 2022
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,…
February 25, 2022
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…
February 25, 2022
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…