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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 17, 2015
Robert N. Strassfeld, professor of law, and Calvin Sharpe, the Galen J. Roush Professor of Business Law and Regulation, contributed to the fourth edition of Understanding Labor Law. Strassfeld and Sharpe wrote the book with Douglas E. Ray, dean and professor of law at St. Thomas University School…
July 17, 2015
Earlier this month, Avidan Y. Cover, assistant professor of law and director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, participated in the “Happy Dog Takes on the World” discussion on the Iran Nuclear Deal. Cover and Joshua Stacher, associate professor of political science at Kent State…
July 12, 2015
First-for-Ohio program seen as attractive career option for those with engineering or science academic background
APP School of Law is launching a one-year master's in patent practice degree program this fall semester. A first of its kind in Ohio, the program is…
June 18, 2015
Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor of Law, published, “Sometimes Unguided (or Maybe Misguided) Economic Substance Guidance,” in the Journal of Taxation of Investments, Winter 2015. Jensen also made several presentations within the last six months, including: Speaking on “‘Student’…
June 05, 2015
Ruqaiijah Yearby, the Oliver C. Schroeder Jr. Distinguished Research Scholar, associate director of the Law-Medicine Center and professor of law, gave the keynote address for a Cleveland Office of Minority Health event in April. Yearby presented a talk, titled “Eradicating Injustice to Attain…
June 05, 2015
Earlier this year, Jessie Hill, the Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar and professor of law, gave multiple presentations on the topics of religion and reproductive rights. On March 3, Hill presented "Change, Dissent, and the Problem of Consent in Religious Organizations," at a faculty…
May 18, 2015
Andrew S. Pollis, associate professor of law, will present a seminar on the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage cases, titled “Getting to ‘I Do’ ” Thursday, May 21, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom. The event will be hosted by the Case Western Reserve…
May 07, 2015
Case Western Reserve’s annual Momentum event included a new twist this year: Instead of celebrating only those whose philanthropy advances the university, it also cheered individuals who inspired such generosity. Endowed professorships, one of the top priorities of the capital campaign, took…
April 10, 2015
An article published by the Case Western Reserve Law Review, "Rules, Standards, and the Reality of Obviousness," by Brenda M. Simon (65 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 25), has been judged one of the best law review articles related to intellectual property law published within the past year. It has been…
April 06, 2015
From social sciences to social work, management to medicine, and biology to biomedical engineering, research is at the heart of APP. In fact, this past fiscal year alone, researchers earned 1,623 sponsored research awards, totaling more than $311 million. Faculty across…