Cox International Law Center

Second-year law student Frankie Collins recently traveled to Athens, Greece, to attend a week-long summer law school program. She shared some reflections from the trip. What was the purpose of the program? “The focus was on International Investment Arbitration and it was organized by the Athens…

Last fall, Case Western Reserve University School of Law students Reece Disney and Jessica Foo helped coordinate and draft amicus curiae briefs to the Supreme Court of the United States in a civil case involving efforts to obtain information about the brutal interrogation tactics the United States…

Michael Scharf, Case Western Reserve University School of Law co-dean, leading panel to present legislation for war crimes court in Ukraine Following numerous atrocities in Ukraine, a team of international law experts is offering a proposal for a special court in Ukraine to investigate and…

While most of the world is focused on war crimes committed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the conflict in Yemen continues to be the site of some of the worst atrocities and suffering on the planet. Case Western Reserve University School of Law is playing a unique role in documenting those…

On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Golan v. Saada, a case about how to interpret the Hague Convention on Child Abduction in which the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law filed an amicus brief. The brief was…

It’s said that truth is sometimes more exciting than fiction. In a recent broadcast of Case Western Reserve University School of Law's public radio program, "Talking Foreign Policy," host Michael Scharf, dean of the law school, talked with four international lawyers whose real-life adventures…

On Saturday, May 14, the School of Law honored 13 students with Case Global Service Awards. The students were recognized for their extraordinary contributions to the School of Law’s top-ranked international law program.   The student honorees included the editors of the Case Western Reserve Journal…

CWRU School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf presents amicus argument at ICC. Case Western Reserve University School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf presented an amicus argument before the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on February 14. Scharf was asked…

It’s not often that a lawyer literally gets to save a life. But three Case Western Reserve University School of Law students did just that this semester in the school’s Immigration Clinic. Thanks to the students’ impressive litigation skills, a torture victim will not be forced to return to his…

The Vis International Arbitration Moot Court Team at Case Western Reserve School of Law has just completed a history making season, after competing at the 29th Vis International Arbitration Moot Court competition held virtually this past week. For the first time in the law school’s history, the Vis…