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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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May 03, 2019
Affirming its status as a national leader in experiential
education, PreLaw Magazine, a
publication of National Jurist, ranked APP’s School
of Law the 12th best in the nation for practical training. The ranking was based on number of clinical opportunities,
externships…
April 29, 2019
The university community is invited to a reception in
celebration of the newly established Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental
Law Tuesday, May 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Foster-Castele Great Hall at the
Frank N. and Jocelyne K. Linsalata Alumni Center. In honor of the largest alumni gift…
April 26, 2019
Tim Webster, associate professor of law and director of Asian Legal Studies, was one of 12 scholars selected for the fifth cohort of the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future. The network identifies American scholars and professionals who can: Further develop U.S.-Japan relations; Inform the American…
April 26, 2019
Kristen Connors, a first-year law student, has been awarded the prestigious Peggy Browning Fellowship, established for law students in labor law and workers' rights. About the fellowship The fellowship supports first-
and second-year law students as they complete the Summer Fellowship Program,…
April 05, 2019
Avidan Y. Cover Avidan Y. Cover, professor of law and director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, wrote an op-ed prior to a vote on the U.S. Senate's resolution disapproving a declaration of national emergency made by President Trump to support the proposed wall at the…
March 20, 2019
Electronic health record (EHR) systems are now omnipresent in medical
facilities. But have they meaningfully advanced patient safety? In a
collaboration with APP School of Medicine, the
School of Law will host a conference titled “Electronic Records and Patient
Safety:…
March 19, 2019
Registration closes today (March 19) for the 43rd annual Canada–United States Law Institute conference, "Can the United States and Canada Cooperate on Climate Change? Should They? Why?" This year's conference, which will take place Thursday,
March 21, and Friday, March 22, will bring together law,…
March 19, 2019
APP School of Law’s Center for
Business Law and Regulation will host “Is the Trump Administration
Deconstructing the Administrative State?” Thursday, March 28, at 4:30 p.m. in
the law school’s Moot Court Room (A59). The Trump Administration entered office with a broad…
March 18, 2019
$1 million federal grant seeks to aid inmates re-entering society
People who re-enter society from prison with unresolved issues are more likely to commit more crime and head right back to jail, according to government statistics. A new partnership between the APP…
March 12, 2019
Kelvin Smith Library and the Judge Ben C. Green Law Library
will welcome Travis McDade, the curator of law rare books and associate
professor of library service at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana,
to campus for a talk. McDade is the country’s foremost expert on crimes against
rare…