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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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January 07, 2021
Congratulations to Professor Bryan Adamson, the associate dean for diversity and inclusion at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, for his recent selection as the Institutional Advocate of the Year by the Western Region Black Law Students Association (WRBLSA). …
January 06, 2021
Bianca Smith, a Case Western Reserve double alumna who served as the Director of Baseball Operations from 2013-17, was hired by the Boston Red Sox as a minor league coach, becoming the first Black woman to coach in professional baseball. "CWRU was such a huge part of my coaching development," said…
January 05, 2021
Professor Jessie Hill, Judge Ben C. Green professor of law and associate dean for research and faculty development, co-authored an op-ed, “During the Pandemic, Some Rights are More Equal than Others: Caroline Mala Corbin and Jessie Hill.” Published in Cleveland.com on Dec. 6, 2020, the article…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…