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At Case Western Reserve University School of Law, our students, faculty, staff and alumni influence everything from health law to international law to public policy—all while learning, teaching and practicing legal education rooted in real-world impact. Discover our latest news in legal scholarship, advocacy, experiential learning, community impact and so much more.
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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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January 04, 2021
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant to Case Western Reserve University to examine instances of governments suspending human rights in the name of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
The project will aim to raise awareness of human rights violations ...
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January 04, 2021
Join the School of Law Thursday, Jan. 6, from 4 to 6 p.m. for a virtual open house. Faculty and current students will discuss the school's curriculum and collaborative learning environment. Prospective students and their families also will learn about the admissions and financial aid process.
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December 30, 2020
Professor Maxwell Mehlman, Co-Director of the Law-Medicine Center, published the fifth edition of his textbook, Genetics: Ethics, Law and Policy. The book, co-authored with Professors Mark Rothstein and Sonia Sutter, is published by Thompson/West. It is the first and only law school textbook on the...
December 22, 2020
Professor Cathy Lesser Mansfield, senior instructor in law and executive director of the Master of Arts in Financial Integrity Program, was among 41 newly elected members of the American Law Institute (ALI).
Mansfield joined the Case Western Reserve School of Law faculty in July, 2019. Previously, ...
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December 21, 2020
During a massive statewide crackdown on human trafficking last month, Anjali Kanwar and several of her classmates at Case Western Reserve University played critical roles that didn’t make the national headlines.
While law-enforcement agencies rounded up alleged human traffickers as part of the swee...
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December 18, 2020
The October 2020 Ohio Bar Results indicate that Case Western Reserve University’s law graduates performed the best out of the nine Ohio law schools on the recent Ohio Bar exam for first-time takers. Case Western Reserve School of Law graduates had a 94% Bar pass rate (59 out of 63), which is the hig...
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December 17, 2020
Every year, our law school faculty is regularly featured in news stories about the law. Leading experts in their fields, they are frequently interviewed for broadcast and print stories, in outlets ranging from The New York Times and Washington Post to CNN and FOX.
This year, we've chosen a selectio...
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December 17, 2020
Emily Peters, a third-year student at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, was selected as this year’s recipient of The Marvin and Sue Sicherman Excellence in Bankruptcy Award.
The annual award is given to one student from Case Western Reserve and one student from Cleveland State Univ...
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December 17, 2020
Congratulations to second-year law student Haley Walker for being accepted to the Marquette Benefits and Social Welfare Law Review for publication in June 2021 with her article, "School to Prison Pipeline: Why early intervention programs aren't properly serving our mentally ill youth and the current...
December 16, 2020
Professor Sharona Hoffman, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, recently published the article, “Artificial Intelligence and Discrimination in Health Care,” in the Yale Journal of Health Policy Law and Ethics.
In the article, Hoffman argues that "algorithmic discrimination in medicine can violat...