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Professor Mehlman coauthors journal article on compulsory immunization and the law
For more than a decade, vaccinations have come under increased scrutiny, with social media influencers and public figures claiming unproven and often scientifically refuted evidence that vaccines carry serious medical risk. As voluntary public participation in vaccinations has dipped below critica...
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CWRU Law Dean offers summer Pandemic Law course to incoming law students
Many entering first-year law students were planning to travel or work during the summer before beginning law school. For most, such plans had to be shelved when the coronavirus struck. The pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we live, with travel restrictions, business closures, social dista...
CWRU health law professors featured in media coverage on the coronavirus pandemic
Ranked 30th in the nation in scholarly impact and ninth in health law, the Case Western Reserve University School of Law faculty are regularly cited by media outlets seeking legal analysis of the day’s most pressing health law topics. Now, as the coronavirus impacts nearly every aspect of our lives...
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Professor Jonathan Adler coauthors amicus brief in upcoming challenge to Affordable Care Act
In 2020, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in yet another Affordable Care Act (ACA) case. California v. Texas is the seventh ACA case to reach One First Street and the second case in which plaintiffs argued that the individual mandate is unconstitutional and as a consequence, the entire ACA sho...
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Ann Brennan makes $2.5 million gift to support law students in honor of late husband, alumnus David L. Brennan
Ann and David Brennan (in front) with their children (left to right) Nancy, Beth, Jay and Kathleen 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 st...
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Visiting Professor Katharine Van Tassel contributes testimony to assist work of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
From the 1918 flu, Hurricane Katrina, to the H1N1 pandemic, history teaches that the poor and communities of color shoulder the greatest burden of disease, death, and loss both during and after public health disasters. It is quickly becoming clear that the COVID-19 pandemic is no different, with rac...
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“The 2020 Election and the Future of U.S. Health Care”
Just hours ahead of the first presidential debate, Case Western Reserve University faculty experts in law, medicine, business and political science will examine one of the most significant factors in the coming election: the future of health care in the United States. Titled “The 2020 Election and ...
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CWRU law band to perform at Legal Aid Society’s Jam for Justice fundraiser
Long-time members of the Case Western Reserve community may have seen them play iconic campus hangouts like the Barking Spider, Euclid Tavern or Cosmic Dave’s Rock Club. Others could have caught their 2018 show at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But for anyone who has not seen Razing the Bar, the la...
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Professor Jessie Hill takes leading role in legal fight for reproductive rights in Ohio
Nearly 50 years have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade. The passage of time, however, has not diminished the legal and political fights over its future. With a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court and the Trump administration’s success in adding more conservati...
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Saliha Moore studying intersection of law and bioethics in CWRU dual degree program
After graduating from Colgate University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental studies, Salhia Moore’s career path was driven by a desire to make a meaningful impact on the world. Over the next three years, Moore held jobs hoping to help her navigate her way towards her true passion, tra...