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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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October 21, 2021
Case Western Reserve University School of Law is pleased to announce that it has concluded agreements with Hampton University, Morehouse College (pictured with CWRU Law, above), Spelman College, Tuskegee University, University of Alaska Anchorage and Xavier University of Louisiana, which offer…
October 19, 2021
Case Western Reserve University School of Law received an "A" grade in its Criminal Law specialty In the Fall 2021 issue of preLaw magazine, improving from an A- in 2020. Altogether CWRU ranked as a top school in 11 specialty areas in 2020-2021: Practical Training (A+) (Spring 2021) Health Law…
October 18, 2021
Case Western Reserve University School of Law welcomes all alumni back to campus for Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 21–24. The Law School will be hosting a number of in-person and livestream events to bring together former classmates and faculty and celebrate our distinguished alumni. Friday, Oct 22,…
October 18, 2021
Case Western Reserve University School of Law will host the Sixth Trade Law Fall Update, both in-person and virtually, Friday, Oct. 22, from 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in Room A59 of the law school building. This year’s Fall Update will focus on “Labor, Trade, and Supply-Chain Developments- a…
October 18, 2021
A JD (juris doctor) degree can lead to a variety of careers in law and law-related fields. Additionally, there are so many concentrations and fields within law—including health law, intellectual property, finance, immigration and more. Students considering a future in law should plan to attend the…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…