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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 01, 2019
Michael Scharf, co-dean of the School of Law, director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center and the Joseph C. Hostetler - BakerHostetler Professor of Law, gave a presentation to the United Nations on why international law must quickly develop to cover new war crimes and forms of…
February 26, 2019
Aaron Perzanowski Copyright law is meant to encourage creativity and the advancement of cultural and scientific progress. It is vitally important to innovation, creativity and scholarship. APP community members are invited to join Aaron Perzanowski, professor of law at…
February 15, 2019
Erik M. Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law, assessed 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s proposed national wealth tax in an op-ed for City Journal. The article, titled “Warren’s Folly,” illustrates the ways in which Warren’s proposed tax—on wealth, not income—may be…
February 11, 2019
Post-Graduate Planning & Experiential Education will host a lecture with Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko - BakerHostetler Professor of Law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics. She will present “(Un)Civil Denaturalization and the Immigration Crackdown.” The…
February 07, 2019
APP students and employees who are interested in furthering their education are encouraged to attend an informational session on the School of Law’s Master of Arts in Financial Integrity. The information session will be held Monday, Feb. 11, at noon at the School of…
January 14, 2019
Join APP’s Health and Human Trafficking Law Clinic and Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution (S.O.A.P.) for an informational session about human trafficking. Two sessions will be held in January, which is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. The sessions will be…
January 04, 2019
In an op-ed for USA Today, Juscelino F. Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law and professor of political science, cited reasons why the United States’ strong economy is likely slowing. His article was titled “Hey, Fed, the economy is slowing down.” Colares wrote about why…
December 11, 2018
Jonathan Entin, professor emeritus of law, has been named CWRU’s newest conciliation counselor, effective Dec. 1. Entin has been a member of the School of Law faculty since 1984 and also held a secondary appointment in the political science department. He has taught courses on constitutional law,…
December 10, 2018
Oberlin man patents ion-propelled aircraft with help from the Ohio Patent Pro Bono Program and CWRU's IP Venture Clinic
Many experts agree the future of flight will rely on zero-emission and/or renewable energy technology. That is, aircraft will be propelled by ions—electrically charged…
December 06, 2018
The Myanmar military’s mass murders of the Rohingya minority should be labeled genocide, according to the human-rights law firm co-founded by Case Western Reserve’s School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf. The military in Myanmar, a nation in Southeast Asia where Buddhism is the main religion, has…