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5 questions with School of Law’s Carter Callender, Class of 2026
As graduation approaches at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, students look back on the experiences that shaped their time on campus—and ahead to the paths they’re about to begin. From discovering their academic interests to gaining hands-on experience through clinics, competitions and…
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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
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…
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…