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Recognizing International Day of Women Judges with Law Alumna
For Emanuella Groves (LAW ‘81), doing what is right has always been a core principle. Throughout her childhood, Groves’ parents stressed the importance of education and hard work, driving her to graduate both high school and college in three years before beginning her law degree at Case Western…
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Alum wins international human smuggling trial
Adjunct professor Ted Parran III (LAW '13) is an Assistant United States Attorney in McAllen, Texas. McAllen is a rapidly growing border city in deep south Texas, and is a focal point for transnational criminal activity of many kinds, including human smuggling. Parran recently completed a…
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2023 Homecoming and Reunion Recap
It was a busy weekend this year at the School of Law on homecoming weekend. On Friday night, 13 new members were inducted into the Society of Benchers at their 60th induction ceremony. Established in 1962, each year the Society inducts new alumni members, as well as a faculty member and public…
Photo from the 50th reunion dinner. Top row (l-r): Doug Smock (ADL ’70) and Paul Kerson (ADL ’72; GRS ’72, political science). Bottom row (l-r): Blake Lange (CIT ’72), Wayne Gottlieb (CIT ’71) and Jon Poole (ADL ’70; GRS ’72, education; MGT ’73).
Fall/Winter 2023 Class Notes
Recent updates from alumni of Case Western Reserve University
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CWRU School of law Alum Richard Batson (LAW ‘02) appointed The Judge Advocate General of the Coast Guard
Congratulations to Case Western Reserve University School of Law alum Richard Batson (LAW ‘02), who was recently promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral and appointed to be The Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel of the U.S. Coast Guard. In this position, Admiral Batson supervises more than 200…
With recent appointments, four CWRU law alums serve as immigration law judges
CWRU’s Immigration Law program is having a big year. Renowned alumnus Austin Fragomen (LAW ‘68) recently made a $1 million gift to endow our Immigration Law Clinic and local immigration law luminary Margaret Wong, whose son Stephen Chan (LAW ‘10) is a graduate of our law school, made a $100,000…
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Fighting for human rights - Alum shares insights and wisdom from his international law career
While many of his law school peers were pursuing careers in corporate law, Andres Perez (LAW ’04) felt called to a a different path: international criminal law and human rights. This is what led him to enroll at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he availed himself of every…
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Fred Gray Awarded the 2023 ABA Medal
The American Bar Association will award the 2023 ABA Medal, the association’s highest honor, to Fred D. Gray (LAW ‘54), described by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as “the chief counsel” of the civil rights movement. Gray will accept the award at the ABA’s Annual Meeting in August. The ABA Medal…
Photo from the 50th reunion dinner. Top row (l-r): Doug Smock (ADL ’70) and Paul Kerson (ADL ’72; GRS ’72, political science). Bottom row (l-r): Blake Lange (CIT ’72), Wayne Gottlieb (CIT ’71) and Jon Poole (ADL ’70; GRS ’72, education; MGT ’73).
Spring/Summer 2023 Class Notes
Recent updates from alumni of Case Western Reserve University
Ethan Isaacson’s LegalEase Citations Recognized by ABA TECHSHOW Startup Alley
As a 1L at Case Western Reserve University, Ethan Isaacson (LAW, 2021) identified a gap in the tools available to legal professionals. While working on the Journal of International Law and participating in writing courses, Isaacson and some of his classmates struggled with Bluebook citations.  “We…