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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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August 09, 2019
When Jaime Bouvier decided to try aerial circus acts nine
years ago, she wasn’t particularly good at it. In fact, she said it was a place
for her to be bad at something she enjoyed doing. And, she noted, it helped give her a new perspective into
her law students. She had only recently stepped…
August 06, 2019
CWRU team will provide policy recommendations for balancing safety, innovation While federal and professional regulatory systems monitor genetic-editing experiments in university and corporate labs, most research conducted outside of these settings lacks formal oversight. Now, two Case Western…
July 19, 2019
Andrew Geronimo, director of the IP Venture Clinic, wrote a guest column in reaction to a recent letter House Speaker Larry Householder wrote that resulted in the cancellation of an LGBT event for teens at an Ohio public library. Geronimo's piece, "Memo to Larry Householder - the First Amendment…
July 19, 2019
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, explained Chevron USA v. Natural Resources Defense Council and its continued impact today. Adler's piece, "What's wrong with 'Chevron' deference is Congress," appeared in the National Review.
June 07, 2019
Michael P. Scharf, co-dean of the School of Law and the Joseph C. Hostetler – BakerHostetler Professor of Law, hosted an installment of his quarterly public radio show, “Talking Foreign Policy.” During the show, Scharf moderated a panel of experts on the topic of “Untangling the Yemen…
June 07, 2019
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host a talk with
Michael P. Scharf, co-dean of the School of Law and the Joseph C. Hostetler –
BakerHostetler Professor of Law, titled “Syrian Use of Chemical Weapons and the
Changing Law of Humanitarian Intervention.” Scharf’s talk will be held Friday,…
May 17, 2019
This Sunday, May 19, approximately 2,000 Case Western
Reserve University students will take part in commencement ceremonies, beginning
with the university-wide
convocation at 9:30 a.m. in the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic
Center and followed by diploma
ceremonies throughout the…
May 17, 2019
B. Jessie Hill, associate dean for academic affairs and the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, wrote an op-ed for The Guardian about the uncertain future of Roe v. Wade. Her article was titled "Could abortion become illegal in America? All signs point to yes." In her piece, Hill detailed how…
May 17, 2019
Juscelino F. Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law and professor of political science, penned an article on why he believes criticism of President Donald Trump’s intended nominee for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Stephen Moore, is misplaced. In his USA Today piece,…
May 15, 2019
When
Brian Gran began his career in academia nearly 20 years ago, “collaboration”
wasn’t as common a term or practice as it is today. But
his areas of expertise—law and society, human rights and health policy—couldn’t
fit into a single discipline if they were to be taught effectively, Gran…