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Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professor Jonathan Adler was the sixth most cited professor in the field of Environmental Law from 2016-2020, according to a study released this month.   A second analysis, looking at the same time period, also identified Professor Adler as one of the…

As part of Case Western Reserve University’s comprehensive financial aid program—ranked fifth in the nation by Business Insider—the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law offers scholarships to outstanding applicants in environmental law. In less than two years, the Environmental Law Center…

American poet Robert Frost famously remarked that the road he did not take had made all the difference. For former Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professor Arnold Reitze, the road he took through Cleveland made all the difference—not only for for himself, but also for the field of…

Following the release of the most recent United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law, penned a piece calling for conservatives to take climate…

Professors Madison Condon of Boston University and Kevin Haeberle of William and Mary Law School discussed climate change, financial markets and corporate disclosure in a May 25. 2021 webinar sponsored by the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law. The webinar is available for on-demand…

Professors Matthew E. Kahn of Johns Hopkins University and Robin K. Craig of the University of Utah discussed adaptation to climate change from both a legal and economic perspective in a webinar on April 28, 2021, sponsored by the Coleman Burke Center for Environmental Law. The webinar is available…

Professors Karen Bradshaw of Arizona State University and Holly Doremus of the University of California at Berkeley discussed Professor Bradshaw’s new book Wildlife as Property Owners: A New Conception of Animal Rights in a webinar on March 1, 2021, sponsored by the Coleman P. Burke Center for…

On January 21, Jonathan H. Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law, participated in a webinar on "The Future of Environmental and Energy Policy in the Biden Administration."  Adler pointed out that the BIden…

Coleman P. Burke, a 1970 law alumnus so dedicated to the planet that he committed $10 million to launch an environmental law center here last year, died Nov. 8 at his home in New York. Known affectionately to his friends and fellow alumni as “Coley,” Burke brought an inquisitive spirit to his law…

Professor Richard J. Lazarus of Harvard University discussed his new book, The Rule of Five: Making Climate Change History at the Supreme Court, in a webinar on Oct. 22, 2020. sponsored by the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law. The webinar is available for on-demand viewing and for…