international law

A native of Sierra Leone who enrolled in CWRU School of Law “because of its strong international law programs and excellent reputation,” George Shadrack Kamanda graduated from our Law School in 2022 while simultaneously earning a Master’s Degree in Public International Law from Oxford University in ...

Undergraduate students are invited to join School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf for a discussion titled “Go to Law School—Help Change the World” Friday, Feb. 9, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in Nord Hall, Room 400. During this discussion, Scharf will examine global conflicts and international laws, helping ...

When the television series Star Trek launched in 1966, it set out to chronicle the exploits of the starship USS Enterprise’s crew in the 23rd century. What the show’s creators likely didn’t anticipate was the impact Star Trek would have on popular culture for decades to follow. As the series chara...

On Feb. 14, 2022, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf traveled to The Hague to present an Amicus (friend of the court) argument on the proper application of the insanity defense before the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Today (Dec. 15, 202...

The February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the international response represented a tectonic shift in geopolitics. The School of Law will host a timely day-long symposium to examine how the Ukraine crisis and other recent events have transformed international law and international instituti...

In 2018, Case Western Reserve University School of Law launched the Yemen Accountability Project (YAP), a student initiative to document and map war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Yemeni Civil War. Following two years of research, the YAP recently reached a major milestone, publishing ...

Dean Michael Scharf was lead co-author of an Amicus Brief requested by the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda case. The legal question the International court asked Scharf and his colleagues from the Public International Law & Policy Group...

Students, faculty and staff are invited to hear Michael Scharf, co-dean of the School of Law, present a seminar titled “Ten Things You Should Know About a Career in International Law” Friday, Sept. 18, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. via Zoom. Online registration via Handshake is required for students to rece...

As Chairman of the Board of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot Court Competition, Dean Michael Scharf annually drafts the problem and bench memo for the competition, which this year included participants from 75 schools from over 50 countries. Unfortunately, the International Round of the...

Until now, the question of what laws govern the Great Lakes was not so easy to answer. Stephen J. Petras, Jr., director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center and the U.S. National Director of the Canada - United States Law Institute, is leading an effort to develop a comprehensive compe...