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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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July 05, 2017
Strategies lawyers often use to prepare for a civil trial can drive up costs to clients and make those lawsuits more complicated and time-consuming than necessary, according to a APP law professor. In a new research paper published in the Fordham Law Review, Case…
June 09, 2017
APP School of Law’s LLM program ranked among the best in the country, according to rankings released by International Jurist. The program received an “A” rating in two categories: academics and school experience. CWRU’s LLM program offers four degrees: U.S. &…
May 26, 2017
Maxwell Mehlman, the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law and professor of bioethics, was appointed as a member of the Genomics and Society Working Group of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research. The advisory council is part of the National Human Genome Research Institute, which…
May 26, 2017
Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law and professor of political science, was selected as a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Chapter 19 roster member. He began his term April 1 and will serve through March 18, 2018. NAFTA Chapter 19 is a dispute…
April 27, 2017
Volunteer statewide legal service helps inventor protect idea for ultraviolet light-based medical treatments Protecting an idea or invention can be time-consuming and expensive, involving costly legal fees and navigating a complex patenting process. But startup companies and entrepreneurs in Ohio…
April 21, 2017
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, gave numerous speeches and wrote three articles for publication recently. His most recent articles are: “Restoring Chevron’s Domain,” 81 Missouri Law Review 983 (2016) (symposium, invited) “Is the Clean Air Act Unconstitutional?…
April 05, 2017
The Law-Medicine Center at APP School of Law, in conjunction with the American Health Lawyers Association, will do a check-up on a new concept in patient care, precision medicine. On Friday, April 7, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., the conference “Legal Challenges in…
April 01, 2017
The Office of Undergraduate Studies will host a pre-law panel discussion focused on health law Friday, April 7, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in Sears Building, Room 356. This Pre-Law Community Hour event is titled “At the Intersection of Law and Medicine.” The panelists will be: Jonathan D. Mester,…
March 14, 2017
Thanks to gains in research and admissions, Case Western Reserve’s School of Medicine maintained its top-25 position in this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s graduate school rankings. For several other programs, improvements in individual categories weren’t enough to avoid slight dips in their…
March 02, 2017
Michael Posner, former assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor under President Barack Obama, will deliver the Klatsky Endowed Lecture in Human Rights Thursday, March 9, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the School of Law’s Moot Courtroom. His lecture is titled “Making Practical…