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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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August 15, 2014
Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) presented Juscelino Colares, professor of law and associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, with an award for one of the three best articles of the year at SEALS conference Aug. 2 in Amelia Island, Fla. The paper, titled…
August 08, 2014
Ruqaiijah Yearby, professor of law and associate director of the Law-Medicine Center, recently presented on health and race at APP and in San Francisco, Calif. She served as a panelist and moderator at the School of Law on the topic of “Sick and Tired of Being Sick and…
August 08, 2014
Matthew Rossman, professor of law and co-director of the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center, published and presented on trickle-down charity this year. On Jan. 23, he presented his article "Evaluating Trickle Down Charity" at a faculty workshop at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He also…
August 06, 2014
President, Provost cite significant gains of 2013-2014, school community’s desire to maintain momentum APP announced today that Interim Deans Jessica Berg and Michael Scharf will continue to lead the School of Law through at least the 2014-2015 academic year. Since…
July 17, 2014
The team of Alyssa Dechow, Del Guile and Garret Bowman, from the School of Law, won the Scribes 2014 Brief Award for their brief from the J. Braxton Craven Jr. Memorial Moot-Court Competition. The winners were invited to attend and be recognized at the Scribes Annual Meeting during the American…
July 08, 2014
Case Western Reserve and Professor Raymond Ku are pleased to announce that they have resolved their differences in a manner that will conclude Professor Ku’s litigation against the university and its former law-school dean. Ku has been a tenured professor at Case Western Reserve’s law school since…
July 08, 2014
The APP School of Law is a partner in Ohio’s Law and Leadership Institute. The Law and Leadership Institute, LLC (LLI) is a statewide initiative, in collaboration with the legal community, that inspires and prepares students from underserved communities for…
June 30, 2014
The Staff Advisory Council is accepting nominations for representatives through July 11. All regular, full- or part-time, exempt and non-exempt, non-faculty employees with at least six months of service with the university are eligible to serve on the council. Representatives are elected for…
June 13, 2014
Timothy Webster, assistant professor of law and director of East Asian Legal Studies, gave faculty workshops at Washington University at St. Louis and St. Louis University in March. He also spoke on China’s environmental problems and possible legal solutions to the Environmental Law Students…
June 13, 2014
Maxwell Mehlman, professor of law and bioethics, co-authored “A Framework for Military Bioethics” with 2012-2013 Cowan Post-Doctoral Fellow Stephanie Corley. The Journal of Military Ethics accepted their article for publication. Mehlman also debated on medical malpractice reform at the 2014…