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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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May 13, 2021
On Sunday, May 16, Case Western Reserve University School of Law will celebrate the Class of 2021 during an in-person commencement ceremony at Freiberger Field. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the university cannot accommodate guests at this year’s event, however, friends and families are invited to…
May 12, 2021
Grace Saalman, a third-year law student at Case Western Reserve University, was recognized by The National Jurist for her pro bono work as a student. The magazine’s coverage is part of its ongoing effort to “profile students who’ve gone above and beyond.” That’s the case with Saalman, a Columbus…
May 10, 2021
At CWRU, students have an opportunity to publish articles in three Law Journals: Case Western Reserve Law Review, Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law and Health Matrix. In addition, faculty work with students to help them place their seminar papers and independent study scholarship in…
May 07, 2021
Students in Case Western Reserve’s Appellate Litigation Clinic capped off their semester with two major filings: a 60-page brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in a habeas case and a petition asking the Supreme Court of Ohio to hear a case involving Ohio’s…
May 07, 2021
George S. Kamanda, a third-year law student at Case Western Reserve University, was named the recipient of the 2021 Wong Moss Outstanding Alumni Award by his undergraduate alma mater, Delaware County Community College. He has been asked to deliver the commencement keynote address for the college’s…
May 04, 2021
Case Western Reserve University Law Black 3L Students marked their impending graduation with their first ever Sankofa Celebration. Held Wednesday, April 28, in-person on the lawn next to the Law School and livestreamed, the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) Inaugural Sankofa event was an…
April 30, 2021
For nearly a decade, Professor Aleksandar Cuic and his students in the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Immigration Law Clinic have been on the frontlines of the battle for human rights in America’s immigration courts. On April 20, they scored a major victory. A client from Trinidad & Tobago…
April 30, 2021
In a piece published by Wall Street Journal, Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law, discussed the Supreme Court case New York Times v. Sullivan and its impact on public debate in America. His piece is titled “Permissive libel law lets democracy down.” Read the article.
April 30, 2021
Richard K. Gordon, director of the Financial Integrity Institute and professor of law, wrote a piece published in The New York Times about the war in Afghanistan. Gordon noted the significance of George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq, and how the decision impacted the United States’ involvement…
April 28, 2021
Professors Matthew E. Kahn of Johns Hopkins University and Robin K. Craig of the University of Utah discussed adaptation to climate change from both a legal and economic perspective in a webinar on April 28, 2021, sponsored by the Coleman Burke Center for Environmental Law. The webinar is available…