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APP School of Law hosts historic signing of ‘Tanisha’s Law,’ advancing Cleveland’s mental health crisis response
APP School of Law served as the backdrop for a major shift in Cleveland’s public safety and mental health strategy as Mayor Justin M. Bibb (LAW ’18) signed “Tanisha’s Law,” landmark legislation creating a new civilian-led response to mental health crisis calls. The…
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April 13, 2020
APP School of Law Professor Juscelino Colares has been re-appointed for the sixth time to serve on the U.S. Roster of NAFTA Chapter 19 Trade arbitrators. Colares is the Schott-van den Eynden professor of business law and co-director of the law school’s Cox International…
April 08, 2020
The Master of Law is a program for people looking to break into the legal field, or preparing for law school. In this one-year, 30-credit program, you will gain relevant legal training to enhance your career and increase employability. With no GRE or LSAT required, this degree is open to students…
April 08, 2020
The School of Law now offers a one-year LLM program designed for trained lawyers looking to gain education and experience in a specific area of law. This degree is ideal for lawyers who are looking to shift into a new field, restart their career or augment their JD degree. Choose from…
April 08, 2020
Each spring, the law school hosts the Dean Dunmore Moot Court Competition, an intramural appellate advocacy tournament where second- and third- year students compete in an NCAA bracket-style competition judged by faculty members, local judges and experienced practitioners. This year, just eight…
April 07, 2020
On March 27, the Law-Medicine Center hosted its annual conference, “Environmental Health and the Law,” co-sponsored by the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law and the Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health. The interdisciplinary conference examined the effectiveness of 50…
April 05, 2020
Every Spring, the law school hosts the Dean Dunmore Moot Court Competition, an intramural appellate advocacy tournament where second-and-third year students compete in an NCAA bracket-style competition judged by faculty members, local judges and experienced practitioners. This year, just eight…
April 02, 2020
Along the walkway to APP School of Law, a banner reads, “A national leader in experiential education.” Confirming that status, the Spring 2020 issue of Prelaw magazine, a publication of National Jurist, has ranked CWRU Law School ninth in the nation in Practical…
March 30, 2020
The federal government’s top environmental lawyer discussed climate change litigation, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the role of the Department of Justice in environmental policy in recent remarks at the APP School of Law. Jeffery Bossert Clark,…
March 30, 2020
In 2019, CWRU School of Law received a $10 million gift to launch the Burke Center for Environmental Law. The size of this transformative gift instantly put CWRU on the map in the environmental law field, as recognized by the Spring 2020 issue of PreLaw magazine, which gave CWRU’s Environmental Law…
March 29, 2020
APP International Criminal Court Moot Court team competed in the America round of the world-wide competition on March 14 and 15 - the first ICC competition to be held entirely online with video oral arguments due to restrictions related to the coronavirus. The team of Caroline Ford, Gloria…