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Years before Evergreen Cooperatives became nationally known for employee ownership and building wealth in low-income Cleveland neighborhoods, Matthew Rossman and his law students were at the table with the founders, discussing legal issues at the heart of Evergreen’s formation. “Right away, the…

Patrick Conroy, Yang Gu and Alexa Shook, 2022 graduates of the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University, successfully persuaded the State of Ohio to grant property tax exemption to The Edna House for Women for its newly expanded campus in Cleveland’s Detroit Shoreway neighborhood. The…

In April, third-year Health Law Clinic students Ester Khaykin and Naomi Tellez gave a presentation on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for Children to the pediatric medical providers of the Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP) Community Health Centers. In their presentation, Khaykin and Tellez…

In April, the Health Law Clinic at Case Western Reserve University School of Law hosted its first Pop-up Wills Clinic, helping more than 30 community members obtain wills, power of attorney and other important legal documents. The clinic provided students with the unique opportunity to combine…

Community-based news media organizations like The Cleveland Observer (TCO) provide critical news content to local communities with a focus on grassroots news gathering. The students enrolled in the Community Development Clinic (CDC) at Case Western Reserve University School of Law have worked…

First Amendment Clinical Fellow Sara Coulter recently argued and won a free speech case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Her client, Michael Wood, wore a shirt bearing the words “F*ck the Police” to the county fair. According to Wood, the defendant police officers ordered him to…

Launching in Fall 2022, the Environmental Law Clinic at Case Western Reserve University School of Law will be an interdisciplinary clinic that addresses environmental law and policy problems on behalf of individual clients and organizations including environmental groups, nonprofits and community…

Maggie Kinkopf never considered a legal career until her senior year in college, while listening to the third season of Serial, a podcast that critically examined Cuyahoga County’s criminal justice system. “I remember thinking, ‘This is a way I could contribute to making a real positive change,’ ”…

January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. To develop a better understanding of human trafficking—which the U.S. Department of Homeland Security describes as involving the use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act—The Daily reached…

It’s an adage among real estate lawyers that when preparing for a transaction, it’s best to “walk the property.” Examining the property firsthand opens the lawyer’s eyes to the property’s unique features and any potential challenges that may arise when carrying out the transaction.   Recently, a…