Cox International Law Center

The new arrivals to the Law School had an unforgettable welcome on August 28 when Andrew Cayley presented the first major lecture of the 2024-2025 academic year. The occasion was the annual Klatsky Endowed Distinguished Lecture in Human Rights Law. The Klatsky Lecture was created in 2001 by CWRU alu...

Conventional wisdom says that foreign policy doesn’t matter in U.S. Presidential elections. But this election is shaping up to be different. In the August 26, 2024 broadcast (9 a.m. and 9 p.m.) of CWRU School of Law's “Talking Foreign Policy” radio show, host Michael Scharf will discuss how foreign ...

This August, the world will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions on the Law of War. In conflict after conflict, they have successfully limited the savagery of warfare. But is there a need to update the Geneva Conventions in light of 21st century developments relating to autonomo...

As the keynote speaker of the annual Canada-U.S. Law Institute (CUSLi) Conference on April 18, co-dean Michael Scharf traced Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s historic contributions to International Human Rights. In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Hu...

Jessica Chapman chose to complete her capstone requirement at the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Policy Section in Washington, D.C. Extremely active in the international law community at Case Western Reserve, Chapman moved to the nation’s capital for a semester to try out a different...

One of Case Western Reserve University School of Law's most distinguished graduates, François-Philippe Champagne (LAW '94), participated in an informal fireside chat with Dean Michael Scharf in the Law School Moot Courtroom on March 6, 2024. With a faux fireplace projected on the screen behind them,...

3Ls Elizabeth Broderick and Harper Fox are spending their final semester of law school working for the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone (RSCSL) as their Capstone project. In the summer of 2023, Fox and 3L Jessica Chapman worked for the RSCSL. The Chief Prosecutor of the Residual Special Cour...

Almost exactly two years ago, on Feb. 24, 2022, Russia launched a massive invasion of neighboring Ukraine. The international community responded with military aid and sanctions. The U.N. expelled Russia from the Human Rights Council and the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for R...

On Jan. 22, Case Western Reserve University School of Law hosted Rear Admiral and Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel of the U.S. Coast Guard, Richard Batson (LAW ‘02) for a lecture on the U.S. Coast Guard and Maritime Governance. Rear Admiral Batson spoke to a packed room about how the U.S. C...

Every year, Case Western Reserve University School of Law hosts online and in-person events. This fall, we hosted a wide variety of lectures, panels and presentations covering a range of topics from climate change and energy justice to investment crowdfunding and crimes against humanity. These event...