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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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January 20, 2020
Professor Max Mehlman, director of the Law-Medicine Center, recently co-authored an article in the Pathogens and Immunity journal with Dr. Michael Lederman, titled, “Compulsory Immunization Protects Against Infection: What Law and Society Can Do.” The article examines potential legal remedies to…
January 16, 2020
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, penned a piece about impeachment proceedings. Published in New York Daily News, Adler gave his thoughts on President Donald Trump’s conduct as it relates to impeachment. Adler explained how impeachment is a serious process, and that…
January 16, 2020
Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, wrote a piece about a visit by Hester M. Peirce, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) commissioner and a 1993 APP alumna, to Cleveland last month. In the piece, published in Forbes, Alon-Beck recalled Peirce’s…
January 16, 2020
Juscelino F. Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law, wrote an opinion piece in USA Today discussing the trade negotiations between the United States and foreign entities. In his article, Colares acknowledged President Donald Trump’s successful renegotiating of the agreement…
January 16, 2020
The upcoming broadcast of "Talking Foreign Policy," hosted by CWRU School of Law's Dean Michael Scharf, will take on the Iran crisis. The program will be broadcast on Jan. 30 at 9 a.m. and again at 9 p.m. in Cleveland on WCPN 90.3 FM. The program will also be available online at:…
January 10, 2020
When Laura Graham applied last year to serve as a student officer with the Yemen Accountability Project at APP School of Law, she wasn’t planning to lead the effort. But that’s exactly what James Johnson, director of the Henry T. King, Jr. War Crimes Research Office,…
January 08, 2020
In 2013, Felipe Gomez was a promising engineering student at APP with a big idea – increase fuel efficiency in jet engines through innovative use of plasma in the fuel injection process. Leveraging the considerable university assets available to assist student…
December 13, 2019
Every year, Forbes selects an elite group of high-achieving undergraduate and graduate students from across the nation to obtain a scholarship to attend its celebrated Forbes Under 30 Summit. Among the invited students was a third-year School of Law student Justin Hill, president of the law…
November 15, 2019
Avidan Y. Cover, professor of law, and first-year law students Alicia Mallo and Leah Rothfel co-wrote an opinion piece published on cincinnati.com describing why the Supreme Court should not hold the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program unlawful. The article, titled "Deporting…
November 11, 2019
As students meticulously plan their schedules during course registration for spring semester, which begins today for undergraduates, there are a number of unexpected and interesting classes that may catch their attention. No matter the area of study, students can choose courses across a wide…