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Three faculty members named Distinguished University Professors
Case Western Reserve University is home to exceptional faculty scholars across a wide range of fields. They drive innovation, collaboration and creativity, inspiring their students to do the same.Each year, in recognition of the important role faculty play at our institution, the university selects…
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March 30, 2021
On March 30, 2021, U.S. News and World Report issued its Law School rankings for 2022. Case Western Reserve University School of Law improved four places in the overall ranking and eight places in the International Law ranking. This year, the law school’s overall ranking was #72 (out of the 193…
March 30, 2021
Case Western Reserve’s health-related graduate and professional programs continued their prominence in this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings, with eight specialty programs among the top 15 in the nation, and our medical school still in the top 25. The Frances Payne Bolton School of…
March 28, 2021
Building upon Co-Dean Michael Scharf’s concept of “Grotian Moments” (paradigm shifts and tipping points in international law), as set out in his two recent books published by Cambridge University Press, the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg convened an international workshop on March 26-27, 2021,…
March 26, 2021
In a recent verdict from the Washington Court of Appeals, Professor Bryan Adamson (LAW ‘90) won a groundbreaking victory for re-entry rights of formerly incarcerated citizens that will help curb unjust debt collection practices in the state of Washington. Before rejoining Case Western Reserve…
March 25, 2021
Professor Sharona Hoffman was recently asked by the local chapter of Wellesley Club, an organization which promotes literacy, to organize a book talk for Shipped, a debut novel receiving positive reviews. When Hoffman corresponded with the author, Angie Hockman, she learned the writer is a graduate…
March 19, 2021
Visiting Professor Katharine Van Tassel presented a paper entitled “Vulnerable Populations and Vaccine Injury Compensation: The Need for Legal Reform” at a conference hosted by Harvard and Yale Law Schools. The event, which took place remotely on February 23, 2021, was entitled “The COVID-19 and…
March 19, 2021
Case Western Reserve University School of Law reached the finals of the Americas and Caribbean Round of the International Criminal Court Moot Court competition, held remotely from March 13–14. Based on the strength of its briefs and oral arguments in the preliminary and elimination rounds, the CWRU…
March 12, 2021
Katharine Van Tassel, visiting professor of law, and Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, co-authored an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine about how vaccine-related adverse events would especially burden low-income people. Ordinarily, it takes scientists…
March 12, 2021
There no argument that artificial intelligence (AI) holds great promise for improved health care outcomes—from analyzing tumor images, to helping doctors choose among different treatment options, combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. But a husband-wife research duo from Case Western Reserve University…
March 12, 2021
Last year, Case Western Reserve University School of Law launched a new Appellate Litigation Clinic, which recently completed a marathon month of oral arguments in four criminal appeals. The cases began last year, when students Chelsea Fletcher, Vito Giannola, Amanda Hudson, Renee Monzon, Emily…