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BLSA Mock Trial team places Second at National Championship
APP School of Law’s Black Law Student Association (BLSA) Mock Trial team program reached a new milestone at the 2025 Constance Baker Motley National Mock Trial Competition. For the first time in this program's history, two teams advanced to the national stage, an…
Elizabeth Clayborne
Solving an ER Problem at Home: How a CWRU Entrepreneur Turned a Simple Idea into a Life-Changing Startup
Elizabeth Clayborne, PhD (MED '11) is the CEO and founder of NasaClip, a consumer health products startup focused on treating nosebleeds. NasaClip’s flagship product, the NasaClip, uses a miniature clamp and 2 sponges that can be medicated for an effective and easy to use at-home nosebleed…
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Exploring the world and the law: a CWRU Law student’s journey
As she approaches graduation this May, Maya Kapur reflects on her transformative time at the School of Law. Her academic journey has been enriched not only by her coursework and involvement in various student organizations, but also by a study abroad experience that expanded her legal perspective…
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School of Law earns highest rated environmental law program in the state of Ohio
The APP School of Law again has the highest rated environmental law program in the state of Ohio, according to the just-released 2025 US News & World Report law school rankings. In the latest rankings, the environmental law program’s ranking moved up six spots, from…
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In Memory of Bob Sopko
If you were at the Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition this week, you may have seen our video tribute honoring the memory of Bob Sopko. For those who couldn’t be there—or who want to remember him again—we’re sharing it here, too. Bob was the heart and soul of our entrepreneurial community: a…
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Register for Entrepreneurship Courses in Fall 2025!
Registration for Fall 2025 is underway and we are excited to highlight a few opportunities to take courses in entrepreneurship topics from our colleagues around campus! Check out our full list of courses in entrepreneurship: Undergraduate Courses Graduate Courses Digital…
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Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition!
On April 8, the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship hosted the 2025 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition at the Sears think[box]. As usual, this year's finalists were quite an impressive group. Thank you to all of our judges and participants, and to all of our attendees and cheerleaders. We were…
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CWRU School of Law specialty programs ranked highly by U.S. News
The new 2025-26 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools listing include the rankings for 13 specialty programs at 196 law schools, with APP School of Law earning top rankings in multiple areas of concentration. The law school has achieved impressive…
Dr. Yaron Covo
Dr. Yaron Covo to join Law-Medicine faculty
The Law-Medicine Center is delighted to announce that Yaron Covo will be joining APP as an assistant professor on the tenure track. Covo earned an LLB from Tel Aviv University Law School (2014), and LLM and JSD degrees from Columbia Law School (2019 and 2023). He is…
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Law School hosts national forum for medical students
The Law-Medicine Center hosted a two-day conference on February 21-22, 2025, entitled “Starting a Career in Medicine - Threats to Healthy Doctor-Patient Relationships. A National Forum for Medical Students.” At the conference, medical and legal experts described the challenges that physicians…