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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, 2017
As a 24-year-old attorney—one of few African-American lawyers in his home state of Alabama in 1955—Fred Gray would meet with a department store employee over lunch and discuss her frustrations as a black woman riding the city’s segregated buses. And he'd counsel her about what she might do if asked…
February 28, 2017
The School of Law will host a lecture with Elisabeth Rosenthal, an award-winning journalist, published author and former health care professional, Monday, March 6, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the School of Law Moot Courtroom. Her lecture, “An American Sickness: How Healthcare became Big Business and…
February 27, 2017
From left: Mia Ulery , B-Buzz Chairman Wendell Fields and James Walsh A recently resurrected historic Cleveland youth baseball league is gaining legal and financial footing, thanks to the work of two APP students. Since fall, third-year law students Mia Ulery and James…
February 27, 2017
Dalindyebo Shabalala, visiting assistant professor of law, will present "How Native Americans Protect Traditional Knowledge from Misappropriation" at the next Social Justice Institute Research Lunch Series event. He will share a survey and analysis of tribal codes and how traditional knowledge and…
February 15, 2017
Judge Brian J. Corrigan will discuss “A Day in the Life of a Common Pleas Judge” at the next pre-law Community Hour event, Friday, Feb. 17, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in Sears Building, Room 356. Judge Corrigan has served on the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court since 1993. He is a graduate of…
February 07, 2017
The Stanton Foundation awarded a $112,000 grant to APP School of Law’s Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology and the Arts to support its recently launched First Amendment and the Arts (FAA) project, a new law lab offering students curriculum and experience with the…
February 07, 2017
Case involves how government handled detentions after 9/11 terror attacks Four students at the APP School of Law can now say their experiences include preparing and filing an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief for the United States Supreme Court in a civil case…
February 02, 2017
Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich named the School of Law’s Cassandra Burke Robertson one of four term-appointed commissioners on the Ohio State Council of Uniform State Laws. Burke, professor of law and the Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar, will serve on the council until June 2018. The…
January 31, 2017
The next City Club @ Happy Dog event will address President Donald Trump’s executive order "Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States." A panel discussion, titled “Understanding the Executive Order on Immigration,” will feature two local legal scholars who will talk…
January 06, 2017
Juscelino F. Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law and associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, has three forthcoming articles. He also gave numerous presentations late last year. Colares’ forthcoming articles: “Not COOL: How the Appellate…