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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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September 22, 2021
It is widely recognized that publishing improves teaching. Scholarly writing enables professors to bring up-to-date information into the classroom and share their research on cutting-edge developments with their students. CWRU School of Law is happy to share the news that its faculty has once again ...
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September 20, 2021
Professor Maxwell Mehlman, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law and a Distinguished University Professor, published the fifth edition of his acclaimed textbook, Genetics: Ethics, Law and Policy (Thompson/West, 2020).
The book, co-authored with University...
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September 20, 2021
As part of Case Western Reserve University’s comprehensive financial aid program—ranked fifth in the nation by Business Insider—the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law offers scholarships to outstanding applicants in environmental law.
In less than two years, the Environmental Law Center ...
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September 20, 2021
“Razing the Bar,” CWRU School of Law’s faculty/student/alumni rock band, will kick off the 2021 Jam for Justice as the lead band Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 5 p.m., in the front yard of the Great Lakes Science Center. The in-person event features seven local lawyer rock bands, a drink, and a light dinne...
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September 20, 2021
Case Western Reserve University School of Law is the only law school with a foreign relations talk radio show. Hosted by co-dean Michael Scharf, “Talking Foreign Policy”—airing locally and streamed worldwide from WCPN 90.3 ideastream, Cleveland’s National Public Radio station—returns from a coronavi...
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September 14, 2021
Case Western Reserve University School of Law third-year student Kathryn Meyer was selected to receive the Ms. JD 2021 Public Interest Scholarship, which provides a stipend to students as they pursue careers in public interest law. Ms. JD is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the suc...
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September 10, 2021
Case Western Reserve University School of Law student George Shadrack Kamanda was recently selected for the 2021 Law Program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE).
The FASPE Law program provides a comprehensive, ethically-driven curriculum that encourages Fell...
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September 09, 2021
Case Western Reserve University School of Law students Natalie Aguilar and Lucas Allison prepared and submitted a complaint to the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and other UN Special Rapporteurs concerning the unlawful detention of a Chinese Uyghur doctor. They filed the co...
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September 08, 2021
“Razing the Bar,” Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s faculty/student/alumni rock band, will kick off the 2021 Jam for Justice as the lead band Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 5 p.m. in the front yard of the Great Lakes Science Center.
The in-person event features seven local lawyer rock bands,...
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September 07, 2021
On Wednesday, Sept. 8, the 55th anniversary of the broadcast of the first Star Trek episode, CWRU Law School Co-Dean Michael Scharf discussed current controversial issues in international law by comparing them to the interstellar law encountered by Captain Picard and the intrepid crew of the Enterpr...