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Recent News

Milton and Charlotte Kramer Law Clinic Welcomes Four New Fellows
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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School of Law Launches Master and Certificates in Compliance and Risk Management
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…
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3L Student with Passion for Gaming Lands "Dream Job" with West Coast Company
Layla Maurer, a third-year law student at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, has been an enthusiastic gamer since playing her first arcade games and Atari and Nintendo consoles. While the demands of law school occupy most of her days, she still finds time to unwind by gaming with her…
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Adjunct Professor Earns Top Health Law Award
In recognition of her edited book, Family Murder: Pathologies of Love and Hate (2019), Adjunct Professor Susan Hatters Friedman, MD, earned the American Psychiatric Association/American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law’s 2020 Manfred S. Guttmacher Award. The award-winning book delves into each of…
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First Amendment Clinic Students Argue Religious Accomodations Case in U.S. District Court
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…
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CWRU Law a Top Producer of “Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars”
The School of Law at Case Western Reserve University is among the top law schools that produce the most “Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars,” according to an article in this month’s National Jurist magazine.   The magazine reports that 13.5 percent of CWRU Law alumni have been named Super Lawyers or…
CWRU’s Jonathan Adler is #6 Most Cited Professor in Environmental Law
Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professor Jonathan Adler was the sixth most cited professor in the field of Environmental Law from 2016-2020, according to a study released this month.   A second analysis, looking at the same time period, also identified Professor Adler as one of the…
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Recognizing, honoring distinguished jurists
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…
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3L Health Matrix Editor Discovers Talent for Litigation
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…
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Professor Colares co-authors new book on restructuring trade agreements
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…