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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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November 01, 2021
In October, Case Western Reserve University School of Law First Amendment Clinic students Makela Hayford, Ginger Pinkerton and Nathan Venesky, along with First Amendment Fellow Sara Coulter, completed a 3½-day bench trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in…
November 01, 2021
Students considering a future in law should plan to attend the event, “Pandemic Policy: Who Makes the Rules,” Friday, Nov. 5, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in Sears Library Building, Room 333. At this seminar, Dean Jessica Berg will address her specialty: health law. She also will talk about the…
October 29, 2021
Students in the School of Law’s Appellate Litigation Clinic have amassed an impressive record of victories for their clients in the two years the Clinic has been up and running. And they’re helping to shape Ohio law in the process. Twenty-one students have now briefed and argued eleven cases—ten…
October 29, 2021
Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke professor emeritus of law, discussed the parameters defining income in an article published by the Wall Street Journal (subscription required). In Jensen’s essay “Does the Constitution Let Congress Pass a Wealth Tax?”, he explored the historic meaning of income…
October 29, 2021
Craig Nard, the Galen J. Roush Professor of Law and director of the Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts, School of Law, wrote an opinion piece for Cleveland.com detailing the outdated nature of wild-card team selection in Major League Baseball. In his article, “There is too much…
October 27, 2021
On Friday, Oct. 29, at 10 a.m., Fred Gray (LAW '54), a prominent civil rights attorney, preacher and activist, returns to Case Western Reserve University School of Law to share details of his career's pursuit for racial justice. Born Dec. 14, 1930, and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, Gray left to…
October 26, 2021
Join the Research Scholars Program Oct. 29 for this presentation on writing scientifically, writing scholarship and fellowship applications, and giving elevator pitches. The event will take place over Zoom from 6-8 p.m. Attendees will hear from Professor Radhika Atit of the biology department on…
October 26, 2021
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the passage of two significant federal statutes. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act sought to recalibrate the relationship between state and federal courts by limiting the scope of federal habeas corpus review of state criminal convictions and…
October 26, 2021
The application deadline for a spring start at Case Western Reserve University School of Law has been extended to Monday, Nov. 15. The law school accepts GRE as well as LSAT scores. Spring start offers the opportunity to start in January with all the benefits of a fall start, including…
October 25, 2021
The Milton and Charlotte Kramer Law Clinic at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law was rededicated as part of homecoming weekend on Saturday, Oct. 23. The law school also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the clinical program. Through a $500,000 endowment gift, the Milton A. Kramer…