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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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October 27, 2020
Roe Green is an arts patron, community activist and philanthropist. She’s also known as a great friend to the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University.
Green, chief executive officer of the Roe Green Foundation, is donating $500,000 to renovate and reconceptualize the student center at the ...
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October 27, 2020
Join the Case Western Reserve University School of Law for the George A. Leet Business Law Symposium, "Equity Holdings in the Three Index Funds: Anti-Competitive Effects, Fiduciary Duties and Environmental, Social and Governance Issues," sponsored by the Center for Business Law.
The symposium will ...
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October 27, 2020
The Alumni Association of Case Western Reserve University continues "Spartans Step Up," a series of webcasts focusing on CWRU’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ninth installment debuts at 9:30 a.m. ET/6:30 a.m. PT, Thursday, Oct. 29. This installment, titled "COVID's Impact on the Judiciary" ...
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October 26, 2020
On October 24, 2020, Co-Dean Michael Scharf was voted president-elect of the American Branch of the International Law Association. Established in 1873 and headquartered in London, the 4,400-member association is the preeminent international non-governmental organization involved in developing and re...
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October 26, 2020
For as long as he can remember, Ryan McCray was fascinated with technology. As a teenager, he served as the president of his high school’s electronics club and worked at Radio Shack before earning a bachelor’s degree in electronic media, an associate’s degree in computer programming and a master’s i...
October 26, 2020
For the last decade, the law school's Fusion program has trained graduate students in law, business, engineering and science to work together as interdisciplinary teams to assess, cultivate and monetize the opportunities underlying promising new ventures in a simulated environment.
Each year, the p...
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October 26, 2020
Aaron Perzanowski, associate director of the Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts, teaches copyright, trademark, and property law. His research on the intersection of intellectual and personal property explores the notion of ownership in a digital economy. And his work on IP and social ...
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October 23, 2020
In 2018, Case Western Reserve University School of Law launched the Yemen Accountability Project (YAP), a student initiative to document and map war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Yemeni Civil War.
Following two years of research, the YAP recently reached a major milestone, publishing i...
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October 22, 2020
Professor Richard J. Lazarus of Harvard University discussed his new book, The Rule of Five: Making Climate Change History at the Supreme Court, in a webinar on Oct. 22, 2020. sponsored by the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law. The webinar is available for on-demand viewing and for onlin...
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October 20, 2020
Considered a rising star of the legal community by the Crain's editorial team, Maya Simek, the director of the Human Trafficking Project at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, was recently selected to the Crain’s Cleveland Business “40 Under Forty."
This year’s honorees ranged from pr...