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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 30, 2018
Maureen Guirguis Kenny, co-founder and co-director of the Human Trafficking Law Clinic at the School of Law, wrote an article for Fortune titled “Why the New Sex-Trafficking Law Is a Promising, But Limited, First Step.” The piece examines the newly instated Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA)…
March 23, 2018
The Office of Undergraduate Studies will host Judge Kathleen Sutula for a talk titled “A Day in the Life of a Common Pleas Judge” today (March 23) from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in Sears Building, Room 356. Judge Sutula, of Cuyahoga County's Court of Common Pleas, will discuss her career and judicial duties…
March 23, 2018
Add one more entry into Case Western Reserve’s list of efforts that U.S. News & World Report rates among the nation’s top 10. Along with degree programs in nursing and social work that achieved lofty positions in the rankings released this week, the law school’s Health Law specialty moved up…
March 07, 2018
Join the School of Law Thursday, March 8, from 9:30 to 10 a.m. in the school’s Moot Court Room (A59) for a breakfast presentation with executives from the Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The presentation, which includes complimentary bagels and coffee for…
March 06, 2018
The Case Western Reserve School of Law Student Chapter of the Federalist Society will host Justice Pat DeWine of the Ohio Supreme Court for “Perspectives from the Bench” today (March 6) at noon in the School of Law’s Moot Courtroom (A59). DeWine will speak on the role of the judiciary and his…
March 01, 2018
The Diversity Committee at the School of Law, in conjunction with the Women’s Law Association, will host a panel discussion titled “#MeToo: Perspectives on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.” The event will take place Tuesday, March 6, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at George Gund Hall, Room A29. The…
February 22, 2018
After the Trump Administration released its most recent list of judicial nominees, Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, assessed what the motivation for several appointees could be. Adler argues that three…
January 29, 2018
The Office of Undergraduate Studies’ next pre-law community hour will feature Professor David Forte of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University. Forte will speak on issues of national security in his talk, titled “Adversaries Near and Far: What is America's future?” The…
January 19, 2018
Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko-BakerHostetler Professor of Law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics, was recently appointed to the Study Committee on Garnishment of Wages in Bank Accounts by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC). The committee will examine the…
January 12, 2018
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, wrote a piece for The Volokh Conspiracy titled “Can Land Uninhabitable by an Endangered Species Nonetheless Be 'Critical Habitat' Under the Endangered Species Act?” In his piece,…