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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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
September 03, 2021
A special traveling exhibit commemorating the 19th Amendment is on display in the Judge Ben C. Green Law Library through Saturday, Sept. 11. The exhibit, "100 Years After the 19th Amendment: Their Legacy, and Our Future,” celebrates women’s suffrage, tells the story of the battle for ratification…
September 03, 2021
A traveling exhibit commemorating the 19th Amendment is on display in the Judge Ben C. Green Law Library through Saturday, Sept. 11, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The exhibit, “100 Years After the 19th Amendment: Their Legacy, and Our Future,” tells the story of the battle for ratification and…
August 31, 2021
American poet Robert Frost famously remarked that the road he did not take had made all the difference. For former Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professor Arnold Reitze, the road he took through Cleveland made all the difference—not only for for himself, but also for the field of…
August 30, 2021
Case Western Reserve University School of Law is pleased to welcome an exceptional group of students to campus, including 146 members of the fall 2021 entering JD class, plus 15 spring start students who began their studies in January. This year’s 1L entering JD class has a median LSAT of 160…
August 27, 2021
Case Western Reserve University School of Law students Reece Disney and Jessica Foo helped coordinate and draft amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs to the United States Supreme Court in a civil case involving efforts to obtain information about the brutal interrogation tactics the United…