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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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September 27, 2021
David Abbott receives Humanitarian Award and named CWRU School of Law's first Dean's Distinguished Jurist in Residence As he retires as president of the George Gund Foundation at the end of the year, David Abbott will step into a new role in 2022 as the inaugural Distinguished Jurist in Residence…
September 26, 2021
Bailey Kadian never intended to follow so closely in her father’s footsteps. Yet she and her father, Mark Kadian (LAW ‘91), both chose Case Western Reserve University School of Law after receiving undergraduate degrees in English from the University of Michigan. “Many people think I wanted to be a…
September 24, 2021
A new book by Professor Juscelino Colares, Restructuring Trade Agreements, has been published by Wolters Kluwer. Using the European Union-Turkey trade relationship as a primary case study, the book provides a practical framework for identifying trade agreements that are ripe for renegotiation and…
September 24, 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”—streamed worldwide from WCPN 90.3 ideastream, Cleveland’s National Public Radio station—recently returned from a coronavirus…
September 24, 2021
By all accounts, second-year law student George Brazier never met a stranger. His gregarious personality and positive outlook were apparent whether he was socializing with friends or answering a professor’s question in class. Outside the lecture hall, Brazier often could be found in the Black Law…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…