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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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February 05, 2016
Case Western Reserve graduate Jeff Rice (LAW ’75) will be wearing number 44 when he takes the field Sunday for Super Bowl 50. But don’t look for him to be making plays—he’ll be watching them. The Lyndhurst native is one of seven officials the National Football League named to work the field of…
January 29, 2016
Robert Rapp, adjunct professor of law, presented at the 2015 Longbow Research Compliance Conference in Cleveland last month. His lecture was titled "An Analyst Perspective on Tippee Liability for Insider Trading under the Federal Securities Laws in the Wake of U.S. v. Newman."
January 26, 2016
A new mural in Case Western Reserve’s School of Law melds landmarks across Cleveland on a single canvas teeming with color. But the 4-by-9-foot artwork does more than exhibit regional pride in the atrium of George Gund Hall. Given by the law school’s class of 2015 and crafted by Cleveland School…
January 15, 2016
Health disparities scholar Ruqaiijah A. Yearby starts new role this month
APP School of Law's first tenured female African-American professor has been named as the school’s inaugural Associate Dean of Institutional Diversity and Inclusiveness. Ruqaiijah A. Yearby, who…
January 15, 2016
Jessie Hill, associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Law and Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, was part of a team of law professors to put forth an amicus brief supporting the petitioners in Whole Woman's Health v. Cole, a U.S. Supreme Court case that is said to be the most…
January 14, 2016
Starting next fall semester, a new concurrent degree program will allow APP law students to complete their third year in China, while simultaneously earning an LLM (Master of Laws) degree in Chinese Law at Zhejiang University - Guanghua Law School and a JD from CWRU…
January 11, 2016
APP School of Law, with a grant from the Ohio Attorney General's Office, will launch a human trafficking law clinic in which students, under faculty supervision, will represent victims of human trafficking and sexual assault. Professors Judith Lipton and Maureen Kenny…
January 08, 2016
In an initiative to make its faculty expertise available to a wider audience, APP School of Law has introduced a new video podcast series and speakers’ bureau. The video podcast series, “Faculty View from CWRU,” features brief expert commentaries on cutting-edge legal…
December 23, 2015
Brian K. Gran, associate professor of sociology and law, was invited to serve on the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (NCLS), a 14-member joint committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Bar Association. The NCLS is a joint effort on the part…
December 04, 2015
Dalindyebo Shabalala, visiting assistant professor of law, recently presented on his papers. He was a presenter and commenter at the 2014 Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights on "The impact on advertising and marketing practices on the enjoyment of cultural rights" Nov.…