Law-Medicine Center

The School of Law launched its new Master and Certificates in Compliance and Risk Management Programs in the fall of 2021. These programs are designed to meet the increasing demand by businesses and government agencies for experts in state, federal, and international laws and regulations. Two of the...

In recognition of her edited book, Family Murder: Pathologies of Love and Hate (2019), Adjunct Professor Susan Hatters Friedman, MD, earned the American Psychiatric Association/American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law’s 2020 Manfred S. Guttmacher Award. The award-winning book delves into each of t...

Bailey Kadian never intended to follow so closely in her father’s footsteps. Yet she and her father, Mark Kadian (LAW ‘91), both chose Case Western Reserve University School of Law after receiving undergraduate degrees in English from the University of Michigan. “Many people think I wanted to be a ...

Professor Maxwell Mehlman, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law and a Distinguished University Professor, published the fifth edition of his acclaimed textbook, Genetics: Ethics, Law and Policy (Thompson/West, 2020). The book, co-authored with University...

Visiting Professor Katharine Van Tassel was featured as a guest on the podcast "Legal Talk Today." She spoke about a new Arizona Law that significantly expands access to telehealth services in Arizona. Listen to Professor Van Tassel’s July 5, 2021, episode, entitled “The Future of Telehealth,” onlin...

Third-year law students Naomi Gahyun Kim and Rachel Lamparelli had outstanding experiences in their capstone externships. At the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) Public Health Law Program, Kim focused on state vaccination laws and researched the constitutional and civil rights implications of p...

First-year students who were named Gerber Fellows (which includes a scholarship for each recipient) recently completed a broad range of healthcare-related projects as part of their fellowship experience. They undertook in-depth research and analysis of cutting-edge issues, culminating in project pre...

Professor Sharona Hoffman has been interviewed by numerous local, national, and international news outlets in recent weeks about vaccines, vaccines passports, mask mandates and more. The outlets include, among others, Conde Nast Traveler, Travel Weekly, Arirang TV (South Korea), VnExpress Internatio...

Visiting Professor Katharine Van Tassel presented a paper entitled “Vulnerable Populations and Vaccine Injury Compensation: The Need for Legal Reform” at a conference hosted by Harvard and Yale Law Schools. The event, which took place remotely on February 23, 2021, was entitled “The COVID-19 and the...

There no argument that artificial intelligence (AI) holds great promise for improved health care outcomes—from analyzing tumor images, to helping doctors choose among different treatment options, combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. But a husband-wife research duo from Case Western Reserve University ...