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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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September 09, 2013
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, has been active in publishing and presenting around the country. His recent article, “Learning How to Fish: Catch Shares and the Future of Fishery Conservation” (with Nathaniel Stewart), appears in UCLA Environmental Law & Policy…
September 02, 2013
APP School of Law is adding an online LLM degree in international business law. The LLM is an advanced law degree program, taught entirely in English, designed for students who earned their preceding law degrees outside the United States. This new program will help…
August 28, 2013
Two-dozen of the world’s foremost counter-piracy experts will gather at an international conference at APP School of Law to analyze novel, front-line legal options and challenges in the fight against maritime piracy. The law school will host “End Game! An International…
August 28, 2013
When Maxwell J. Mehlman joined the faculty of the APP School of Law in 1984, the last science class he’d taken was a high school biology course—a fact that stands true today, even as Mehlman is one of the most renowned experts on health law and bioethics. His…
August 08, 2013
Paul Giannelli, the Albert J. Weatherhead III and Richard W. Weatherhead Professor in the APP School of Law, has been selected to receive the National Italian American Bar Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Giannelli, also a Distinguished University Professor,…
August 04, 2013
Peter Gerhart, professor of law, recently published an article for the Case Western Reserve Law Review’s fracking symposium. The article, titled “Recognizing the Shared Ownership of Subsurface Resources,” was co-authored with alumnus Bobby Cheren. In addition, Gerhart recorded a podcast discussing…
August 04, 2013
As the federal government works to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as “Obamacare,” a APP School of Law professor warned Congress the IRS may not be complying with the law’s provisions concerning tax credits. Professor…
August 01, 2013
Jessie Hill, associate dean for Faculty Development and Research, presented her paper, “Anatomy of the Reasonable Observer,” at the Annual Law and Religion Roundtable at Stanford University Law School in June. She also presented another paper, “The Unreasonable Critique of the Reasonable…
August 01, 2013
Martha Woodmansee, professor of English and law, recently presented her paper, titled "The Author Function in the Era of the Entertainment Franchise." Her presentation took place in late June at a Sage Handbook of Intellectual Property symposium, hosted by the University of Durham’s Institute of…
July 03, 2013
Edward (“Ted”) A. Mearns Jr., professor emeritus of law, died July 3. Mearns served on APP School of Law faculty from 1974 to 1988 and was a professor emeritus of law since his retirement. He also served as vice dean of the School of Medicine and as acting provost…