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At Case Western Reserve University School of Law, our students, faculty, staff and alumni influence everything from health law to international law to public policy—all while learning, teaching and practicing legal education rooted in real-world impact. Discover our latest news in legal scholarship, advocacy, experiential learning, community impact and so much more.
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Law school is at the forefront with program on artificial intelligence
Case Western Reserve University's School of Law is in the "legal AI" Vanguard.
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Meet a researcher working on untangling housing titles
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Exemplary student work recognized with LLEAP writing awards
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October 15, 2021
Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professor Sharona Hoffman was the ninth most cited professor in the field of Health Law from 2016-2020 (tied with three other scholars), according to a study released this month.
Hoffman is the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, professor of bioethics in t...
October 15, 2021
Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professors Jonathan Adler and Sharona Hoffman are among the top-10 most cited professors in their respective fields.
Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Law School’s Coleman P. Burke...
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October 13, 2021
This year, we celebrate 11 new members to the Society of Benchers, the law school’s Hall of Fame. Established in 1962, the Society of Benchers inducts new members on the basis of extraordinary achievement and dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession, as voted on by their peers.
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October 12, 2021
On Friday, April 8, 2022, the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law will sponsor “The Clean Water Act at 50,” a day-long interdisciplinary symposium that will explore the successes, failures and remaining challenges of the Clean Water Act.
In 1972, responding to widespread and growing conce...
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October 11, 2021
In 1990, just as Case Western Reserve University School of Law was establishing its Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Professor Lewis Katz approached then-Dean Peter Gerhart with a plan: a graduate legal studies program that would bring approximately 15 international students to Cleveland.
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October 08, 2021
When Jodi Littman Tomaszewski (CWR ’95, LAW ’99) died unexpectedly in June, her friends and colleagues were shocked— and spurred to action in her memory. In weeks, nearly 500 former classmates, colleagues, friends and family members contributed more than $100,000 to support a scholarship at Case Wes...
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October 06, 2021
Third-year Case Western Reserve University School of Law student Andy Rumschlag is this year’s winner of the Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition, a national legal writing competition sponsored by the Mercer University School of Law and the American Bar Association Commission on Disabil...
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October 04, 2021
Trade Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law is more than a course taught by one of the nation’s leading experts. It’s more than the preeminent Trade Law Fall Update, the practitioner-focused conference held annually at the Law School. And it’s more than the opportunity for funded exte...
October 02, 2021
The Milton and Charlotte Kramer Law Clinic welcomed the follow four fellows to our ranks since January 2021. Pictured, from left: Jessica Edelstein, Health Law Clinic; Hannah Christ, Second Chance Reentry Clinic; Marie Magner Human Trafficking Law Project; and Sarah Coulter, First Amendment Clinic....
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October 02, 2021
The School of Law launched its new Master and Certificates in Compliance and Risk Management Programs in the fall of 2021. These programs are designed to meet the increasing demand by businesses and government agencies for experts in state, federal, and international laws and regulations. Two of the...