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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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October 20, 2020
Join the Federalist Society Wednesday, Oct. 21, at noon to listen in on a debate on the legality of Israeli efforts to annex parts of the West Bank. The debate will be between Eugene Kontorovich of the Antonin Scalia Law School and CWRU's own Avidan Cover, associate dean at the School of Law.
Co-de...
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October 12, 2020
Richard Lazarus will lecture about his book, The Rule of Five, which tells the gripping inside story of how an unlikely team of lawyers and climate activists overcame conservative opposition—and their own divisions—to win what is considered the most important environmental case ever brought before t...
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October 07, 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 ...
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October 06, 2020
Join the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship Thursday, Oct. 8, at 1:30 p.m. via Zoom for a seminar discussion titled "Hough Community Development." This event will be led by:
Ayesha Hardaway, assistant professor of law at CWRU; Basheer Jones, councilman, Cleveland Ward 7; Joyce Huang, vice presid...
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October 06, 2020
The CWRU Cox International Law Center, the Social Justice Institute and International Partners in Mission (IPM) will co-sponsor a panel discussion titled "Planting the Seeds of Violence: How U.S. Involvement in El Salvador Led to Today’s Migration Crisis" Monday, Oct. 12, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. ET. The...
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October 06, 2020
Looking to pivot your career? Case Western Reserve University School of Law now offers a spring start option for the Juris Doctor (JD) program. Apply by Dec. 1 to be considered for the first spring 2021 cohort. For added flexibility, the program now is accepting GRE scores for application considerat...
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October 05, 2020
Susie Ruth Powell (’73) is the recipient of 2020 Centennial Medal Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a CWRU Law graduate. Former managing attorney and litigator with NC Legal Services and assistant professor of law at North Carolina Central, Powell is co-author of the Emmy award-winning documen...
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October 05, 2020
Students, faculty and staff are invited to hear Ohio Supreme Court Justice Michael P. Donnelly present a seminar titled “My Journey in the Field of Law” Friday, Oct. 9, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. via Zoom.
The Office of Post-Graduate Planning and Experiential Education and the Department of Political Sci...
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October 02, 2020
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join Terri Mester, professor of English, for an upcoming course offered through the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program.
Legal themes in literature reflect our fascination with a justice system that sometimes does not appear to be...
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October 01, 2020
Roe Green, an arts patron and community activist, is Chief Executive Officer of the Roe Green Foundation. Her father was federal district Judge Ben C. Green (Class of 1930), one of the most distinguished graduates of the law school, who passed away in 1983. In 1999, the Green family established the ...