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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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March 25, 2020
Dean Jessica Berg and Professor Sharona Hoffman were quoted in an article entitled “Scarcity, Health Care Rationing and Coronavirus: The Choices Only Get Tougher” in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on March 18, 2020.
March 17, 2020
Every spring, U.S. News and World Report ranks law school specialty programs based on surveys of one designated representative at each law school in each specialty area. APP School of Law had several highly ranked specialty programs this year: Our Health Law program was…
March 17, 2020
Edited at 10:54 a.m.: This article has been updated to reflect nursing school rankings. Case Western Reserve’s health-related programs kept their impressive positions in this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings—and in some cases, improved upon them. The university’s medical school…
March 11, 2020
Physician burnout is a growing
concern within the profession, but it’s also a public-health issue because of the
potential to harm patients. Now, in new published
research, a APP law professor insists that
government—not just the medical profession—needs to step up to…
March 05, 2020
Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law, weighed in on the proposed National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) that would allow signatory states to allocate their electoral votes to the candidate who wins a plurality (not a majority) of the national popular vote. Read…
March 05, 2020
After competing in five rounds at the regional competition, the Jonathan M. Ault Mock Trial Team advanced to the national championship in the Texas Young Lawyers Association National Trial Competition for the second time in the past four years. Case Western Reserve hosted this year's regional…
March 04, 2020
Join the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences for a screening and discussion of “True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality” on Wednesday, March 18, from 6:15 to 8 p.m. in the Mandel School’s Noble Commons. “True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality” follows Alabama public…
March 02, 2020
Last summer, third-year law student Kristina Aiad-Toss spent two months in El Salvador interning for International Partners in Mission (IPM), a non-profit that engages in community development projects abroad to help women and children in 66 countries. El Salvador is currently in the process of…
February 27, 2020
On February 25, 2020, the Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law hosted its first-ever alumni reunion at the Butcher and Brewer tavern in Cleveland. Nearly a hundred alumni and student editors gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Journal and hear remarks by its founder,…
February 20, 2020
On February 15, the CWRU Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team received the highest average score of the 10 competing teams in the EODID Athens Vis Pre-Moot competition. The team was represented by 3Ls Teresa Azzam and Kathleen Burke. This semester, the team will also compete in…