Cox International Law Center
March 10, 2023
In February, the Case Western Vis Team participated in the annual Vis pre-moot competition hosted by Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Fourteen teams from seven different law schools competed against one another. Case Western’s team of Jim FitzGibbon (1L) and Nathaniel Sommers (1L) were…
February 16, 2023
Broadcast out of Cleveland's NPR Station, on Feb. 21, CWRU Law School's "Talking Foreign Policy" provided an expert analysis of the Afghanistan debacle. Since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, the situation there has gone from bad to worse. Today, 20 million Afghans are starving…
February 13, 2023
This weekend (Feb. 10-12, 2023), the Case Western Reserve University School of Law Jessup International Law Moot Court team, 3L Sydney Warinner (Captain), 2Ls William Baker and Elise Manchester, and 1Ls Brianna Schmidt and Ellen Buerk, emerged victorious at the regional competition in Chicago.…
February 06, 2023
In January, the Yemen Accountability Project (YAP), a student-led initiative affiliated with the Global Accountability Network and hosted at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, published its third white paper, "Cultural Property: Building the Case for Prosecuting the Destruction of…
January 25, 2023
Ten years ago, Coursera asked CWRU Law Professor Michael Scharf to establish a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in his area of expertise, International Criminal Law. Coursera had just been established, and Scharf was one of its first online instructors. His Introduction to International Criminal…
November 14, 2022
On Nov. 8, Co-Dean Michael Scharf was honored at Denver University School of Law, which bestowed on him the annual Cox Price International Human Rights Award. Scharf and Professor Ved Nanda, founder of DU’s Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law, then engaged in a discussion of…
October 19, 2022
Oct. 24 broadcast/podcast will examine challenges of prosecuting Russian leaders for war crimes. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shocked the conscience of humanity. Daily reports of Russian atrocities appear in the news. Worldwide, the cries for accountability are rising. But are Vladimir Putin…
October 07, 2022
At a ceremony at International Law Weekend Midwest on Sept. 30, Dean Michael Scharf and his co-authors, Dr. Paul Williams and Professor Milena Sterio, received the Association Internationale De Droit Pénal (AIDP) 2022 Book of the Year Award for “The Syrian Conflict's Impact on International Law”…
September 28, 2022
The Feb. 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the international response has ushered in the most dangerous period since the height of the Cold War. Just this week, Russia mobilized 300,000 troops, organized a sham referendum on independence in occupied Ukrainian territory and threatened the use of…
August 29, 2022
Second-year law student Harper Fox traveled to London, England, over the summer for an externship with the International Bar Association. What was the best part of your experience? “I really enjoyed working to provide Ukrainian attorneys with webinars and materials so they would be in compliance…