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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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September 30, 2020
This spring, the law school launched the Appellate Litigation Clinic, creating a live-client experience that builds on the appellate practice curriculum offered to second and third-year students.
In the time since the clinic launched, students working under the supervision and guidance of Professor...
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September 29, 2020
Join the School of Law for “2020 Elections: Challenges to Access, Opportunities for Engagement,” a Zoom discussion on the latest legal issues surrounding the 2020 elections and the right to vote. The discussion will be held Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 7 to 8 p.m.
The event will feature discussions o...
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September 29, 2020
The CWRU School of Law will host a webinar titled “Universal Immunization Against COVID: What Law and Society Can Do” via Zoom Thursday, Oct. 1, at noon. The webinar will feature:
Michael Lederman, professor of medicine at CWRU School of Medicine; Maxwell J. Mehlman, director of the Law-Medicine C...
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September 27, 2020
On September 26, 2020, President Trump nominated 7th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals Judge and former Notre Dame Law Professor Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
You can learn about Judge Barrett’s judicial philosophy by watching her September 2019 Sumner Canar...
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September 24, 2020
Dean Michael Scharf was lead co-author of an Amicus Brief requested by the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda case.
The legal question the International court asked Scharf and his colleagues from the Public International Law & Policy Group...
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September 23, 2020
Just days after revealing the first gift to a scholarship campaign in recognition of outgoing President Barbara R. Snyder, Case Western Reserve has announced its second: $2.5 million to support law students.
Ann Brennan, wife of the late David L. Brennan, a 1958 alumnus of the university’s School o...
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September 23, 2020
Editor’s Note: With the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic set to hold the first presidential debate next week (Tuesday, Sept. 29), The Daily will feature a number of debate-related articles in the days leading up to the event.
On Tuesday, Sept. 29, the ...
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September 22, 2020
In 2020 Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine published its 30th volume. Ranked 3rd among all specialty journals in the fields of health, medicine, psychology and psychiatry law, it stands out as a prominent resource for health law scholars.
In the early 1980s, a group of graduate and profession...
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September 21, 2020
On September 18, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg succumbed to her long battle with cancer. The country lost a towering jurist and is about to enter into a contentious process of selecting her replacement. Case Western Reserve University Emeritus Law Professor Jonathan Entin, who ser...
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September 21, 2020
This past spring, Case Western Reserve University School of Law welcomed Beth Nagusky (‘82) back to teach an elective course on climate law for first-year students.
Professor Nagusky graduated from the School of Law in 1982 and moved to Maine soon after, pursuing a diverse career in environmental l...