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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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May 31, 2024
The APP School of Law community mourns the passing of retired law professor Calvin Sharpe, who died May 12, 2024 in Arizona after a long illness. Sharpe was the Galen J. Roush Professor Emeritus of Law; before holding the Roush Chair, he was the John Deaver…
May 30, 2024
President Eric W. Kaler and Provost Joy K. Ward have announced that Paul Rose, associate dean for strategic initiatives at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, will begin as dean of APP School of Law July 1, pending Board of Trustees approval next…
May 30, 2024
President Eric W. Kaler and Provost Joy K. Ward have announced that Paul Rose, associate dean for strategic initiatives at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, will begin as dean of APP School of Law July 1, pending Board of Trustees approval next…
May 28, 2024
This spring, the Center for Business Law hosted the Norman A. Sugarman Tax Lecture. This year’s honoree and lecturer was Michael J. Graetz, who is the Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School and the Columbia Alumni Professor Emeritus of Tax Law at Columbia Law…
May 24, 2024
This August, the world will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions on the Law of War. In conflict after conflict, they have successfully limited the savagery of warfare. But is there a need to update the Geneva Conventions in light of 21st century developments relating to…
May 23, 2024
Corey Whetzel will begin his fellowship at the American Pharmacist Association (APhA) shortly after graduation. The APhA is the largest association of pharmacists in the United States, and its mission is to advance the pharmacy profession. Only four individuals were selected for the 2024–2025 APhA…
May 23, 2024
On March 1, 2024, the Law-Medicine Center hosted its annual national conference, which was devoted to the topic of Cognitive Decline and the Law this year. The conference provided a comprehensive overview of a large number of challenges associated with cognitive decline and approaches to addressing…
May 22, 2024
On May 15, 2024, CWRU School of Law held its tenth annual Celebration of Faculty. Co-Dean Michael Scharf kicked things off by summarizing some of the things the faculty can be particularly proud of this year. “Our faculty is ranked #36 in scholarly impact by the Sisk study, measured by citations…
May 21, 2024
Make them ‘smart,’ say researchers at APP School of Law A new study from APP School of Law seeks to help settle a long-standing debate about how to design incentives to spark economic development in distressed places. It finds that “smart”…
May 20, 2024
Saturday, May 18, was the perfect spring day in Cleveland for APP School of Law graduates to celebrate their commencement. In the 132nd year of the venerable law school, 151 JDs, 42 foreign LLMs, 20 Master students and 21 SJDs from 27 states and 13 countries walked…