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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 08, 2021
Post-Graduate Planning and Experiential Education will host a talk with Jesse Hill, associate dean for research and faculty development and the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, Friday, March 12, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. Hill will present “Reproductive Rights and the Future of Roe v.…
March 05, 2021
In the Winter 2021 issue of Prelaw Magazine, Case Western Reserve University School of Law was awarded a top rating in public policy law that placed the school among the 20 highest in the nation. Public policy law is one of the 10 specialty areas in which PreLaw Magazine has awarded Case Western…
March 05, 2021
Kyle Jorstad, a recent graduate of the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, had a piece published in the Journal of Medical Artificial Intelligence. The article, titled “Intersection of artificial intelligence and medicine: tort liability in the technological age,” analyzes the…
March 05, 2021
Aaron Perzanowski, professor at the School of Law, co-authored an article titled “Abandoning Copyright” with Dave Fagundes of the University of Houston Law Center. The piece was published in the William and Mary Law Review. For nearly 200 years, U.S. copyright law has assumed that owners may…
March 03, 2021
The Case Western Reserve University School of Law First Amendment Clinic filed a lawsuit on behalf of Cleveland Scene and one of its freelance reporters alleging that the Cleveland Police Department has been wrongfully withholding use-of-force reports subject to multiple public records requests…
March 01, 2021
Professors Karen Bradshaw of Arizona State University and Holly Doremus of the University of California at Berkeley discussed Professor Bradshaw’s new book Wildlife as Property Owners: A New Conception of Animal Rights in a webinar on March 1, 2021, sponsored by the Coleman P. Burke Center for…
March 01, 2021
The Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s faculty is ranked 30th in the country in scholarly impact, based on citations to their articles. In addition to the quantity and quality of their scholarship, part of the reason for the ranking may be due to the ease of accessibility of their…
February 25, 2021
Congratulations to the Case Western Reserve University School of Law Jessup International Law Moot Court team, which competed last weekend in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court U.S. Regional Competition. Because of the virtual format due to the pandemic, this year there were three…
February 24, 2021
Case Western Reserve University School of Law has received funding commitments of over $1 million from the Stanton Foundation to establish a First Amendment Clinic and First Amendment Clinic Fellowship in the school’s Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center. With these commitments, the Stanton…
February 22, 2021
Several organizations rank law schools each year. Collectively, these organizations rank CWRU in a range from 56th to 72nd best law school in the nation (out of 204). In addition, some rank specialty programs, where CWRU particularly excels. Here are CWRU’s latest rankings from each organization,…