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Law school is at the forefront with program on artificial intelligence
Case Western Reserve University's School of Law is in the "legal AI" Vanguard.
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Meet a researcher working on untangling housing titles
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Exemplary student work recognized with LLEAP writing awards
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February 02, 2021
For the fourth year in a row, the international law program at Case Western Reserve University received an A+ in the latest edition of National Jurist's PreLaw Magazine—a rating achieved by only 10 law schools this year.
After highlighting the program's $4 million endowment as one of the largest in...
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February 01, 2021
As the 2021 graduating class prepares to begin their legal careers, Case Western Reserve University School of Law is proud to announce that six soon-to-be alumni will begin work as federal judicial clerks in the fall.
Grace Saalman, Christine Scherer, Paul Willison, Jesse Wynn, Dillon Brown and Me...
January 29, 2021
Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko—BakerHostetler Professor of Law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics has been appointed by the Supreme Court of Ohio to its Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure.
The Supreme Court of Ohio is responsible for prescribing rul...
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January 29, 2021
Professor Bryan Adamson, the associate dean for diversity and inclusion at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, was selected as the Institutional Advocate of the Year by the Western Region Black Law Students Association (WRBLSA).
Adamson, a 1990 graduate of CWRU School of Law, is the awa...
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January 26, 2021
On January 21, Jonathan H. Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law, participated in a webinar on "The Future of Environmental and Energy Policy in the Biden Administration."
Adler pointed out that the BIden Administration...
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January 22, 2021
Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science, weighed in on what led to pollsters being off in predictions for the 2020 election.
Entin’s piece, published on cleveland.com and titled “Shakespeare and those inaccurate polls,” called upon r...
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January 22, 2021
Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, co-wrote an opinion article titled “During the pandemic, some rights are more equal than others” on cleveland.com. She worked with Caroline Mala Corbin, professor of University of Miami School of Law in Florida, on the piece.
In the article, the...
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January 22, 2021
Clockwise from top-left: Michael Gerhardt, Joy R. Bostic, Justin Buchler and Bryan Adamson
Members of the university community are invited to “A Less Perfect Union,” a panel discussion on insurrection, impeachment, race and the future of America, Monday, Jan. 25, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Case Wes...
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January 21, 2021
Visiting Professor Katharine Van Tassel and Professor Sharona Hoffman, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, were published on Jan. 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine with co-author Carmel Shachar, executive director of Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center.
The article, “Covid-19 Vacci...
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January 21, 2021
For nearly 130 years, each incoming first-year law student at Case Western Reserve University began their legal education in the fall. Following a series of administrative reforms to increase flexibility in accommodating and recruiting students, the law school welcomed an inaugural spring class that...