Race and Justice

On Saturday, Case Western Reserve School of Law concluded its inaugural launch of The Academy for Inclusive Leadership Development. Believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, The Academy included lawyers, business professionals and law students engaged in learning and obtaining the tools an...

CWRU’s BLSA Mock Trial team returned from the National Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition (CBMMTC) in Washington, D.C. as the second-ranked BLSA mock trial team in the nation. This latest victory comes less than one month after CWRU won first place at the Midwest Regional CBMMTC in Chicag...

CWRU’s BLSA Mock Trial Team recently won 1st place at the Midwest BLSA Regional Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition in Chicago, Illinois. Out of fifteen total teams competing, CWRU emerged victorious after facing Loyola Chicago, the University of Missouri, Saint Louis University and Clevel...

Case Western Reserve University School of Law is happy to announce that Professor Atiba R. Ellis, who recently joined the law faculty in Jan. 2023 as a tenured full professor, has been appointed the Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar. The distinguished research scholar appointments, in...

Third-year law student Magda Phillips was recently selected by the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation to serve at the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland in the fall of 2023 as a Justice for All Fellow. Her project addresses the racial wealth gap by helping Black residents of Northeast Ohio achieve financ...

CWRU School of Law is proud to present the inaugural issue of The Reporter, a collection of essays written by students at Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s Social Justice Law Center. Explaining the purpose of the new publication, Professor Ayesha Bell Hardaway, Director of the Law Sch...

On Oct. 30, the federal judge overseeing Cleveland police reform under a consent decree appointed CWRU School of Law Associate Professor Ayesha Bell Hardaway as new interim monitor to handle day-to-day management of the process. “I’ve been engaged with project since its inception in 2015, and the ...

Founded in 1980 as Cleveland’s first full-fledged African American bar association, the Norman S. Minor Bar Association holds a yearly gala to recognize trailblazers who have made significant contributions to the advancement of diverse legal professionals and advancing diversity in the legal field. ...

In the wake of the nation’s racial reckoning, new academy offers specialized courses in diversity, equity and inclusion To incorporate training on structural bias and anti-racism in the curriculum—and the workplace—the Case Western Reserve University School of Law is launching an Academy for Inclus...

His Spouse Jessica Wolfendale Receives Secondary Appointment Case Western Reserve University School of Law is proud to welcome Professor Atiba Ellis as a tenured professor of law in January 2023. Professor Ellis has taught at Howard University School of Law and West Virginia University School of ...