Law-Medicine Center

On March 1, 2024, the Law-Medicine Center hosted its annual national conference, which was devoted to the topic of Cognitive Decline and the Law this year. The conference provided a comprehensive overview of a large number of challenges associated with cognitive decline and approaches to addressing…

On April 21, 2024, students and faculty gathered at a local restaurant to celebrate the publication of volume 34 of Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine and all of the student editors’ hard work. Health Matrix is currently ranked #3 among 57 journals worldwide that are included in the category of…

The Reproductive Rights Law Initiative (RRLI) at Case Western Reserve University School of Law aims to preserve, protect and expand access to abortion and reproductive health care in Ohio and throughout the Midwest. Directed by Associate Dean Jessie Hill, the RRLI provides legal support to abortion…

As the American population ages, a growing number of people will suffer cognitive decline. Cognitive decline may affect individuals’ ability to work, drive, obtain medical care, manage their finances and engage in other activities of daily living. As cognitive decline becomes more prevalent in…

Professors Sharona Hoffman and Cassandra Robertson co-authored a piece entitled “Balancing Autonomy and Public Safety: A Call for Medical and Regulatory Oversight of Drivers with Cognitive Decline.” The article appeared in Health Affairs Forefront on Jan. 2, 2024. The piece argues that state…

The Reproductive Rights Law Initiative (RRLI) at Case Western Reserve University School of Law has recently hired two staff attorneys/lecturers to help advance its mission of preserving and expanding Ohioans’ legal access to abortion and reproductive health care. They join the RRLI’s faculty…

Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, was among the newly elected members of the American Law Institute (ALI). Hill joined the faculty in 2003 after practicing First Amendment and civil rights law with the firm of Berkman,…

Working on what’s next for reproductive rights It’s hard to understand when Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, found time to sleep this year. In the months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, Hill has…

Every year, Case Western Reserve University School of Law hosts online and in-person events. This fall, we hosted a wide variety of lectures, panels and presentations covering a range of topics from climate change and energy justice to investment crowdfunding and crimes against humanity. These…

Law-Medicine Center celebrates 70 years of shaping the field In the years leading up to the Law-Medicine Center’s founding in 1953, the Cleveland city morgue was nothing like the crisp white laboratory setting of today. Built in 1895, it had no scientific instruments, no modern examination tables,…