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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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March 29, 2024
Building upon the book, Constitutional Contagion, COVID, the Courts and Public Health, this talk by Wendy E. Parmet will review the shift from deference to indifference during the pandemic and discuss its post-pandemic spillover, including in challenges to the authority of the FDA and EPA and…
March 27, 2024
The Wrongful Convictions Club will host a discussion with Amy Sailor, wife of exoneree Ru-El Sailor, and Chareale Miller, daughter of exoneree Chris Miller. As integral figures in the lives of exonerees, they will share their unique perspectives and experiences within the wrongful conviction…
March 27, 2024
The Social Justice Institute's R & R (Research and Refreshment) lecture series will return to explore what it means to engage in social justice-related research. These talks feature campus and community leaders discussing how social justice is central to their work. The next installment will…
March 25, 2024
3Ls Elizabeth Broderick and Harper Fox are spending their final semester of law school working for the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone (RSCSL) as their Capstone project. In the summer of 2023, Fox and 3L Jessica Chapman worked for the RSCSL. The Chief Prosecutor of the Residual Special…
March 22, 2024
On Tuesday, Feb. 20, the Second Chance Reentry Clinic went to trial in the Juvenile Division of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. Student interns Nathan Bly and Michaella Guyot-Polverini (pictured) defended one of the clinic’s clients who had been accused of violating a court order…
March 20, 2024
On March 15, 2024, Co-Dean Michael Scharf spoke at the Investiture for alum Philip Hadji (LAW ‘09), who was recently unanimously confirmed by the Senate as the newest judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims. The 16 member court, whose members are appointed for 15-year terms, sits in a…
March 20, 2024
Members of the APP community are invited to a CWRU Entrepreneurship Skills Lab Series workshop on intellectual property Wednesday, March 27, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Sears think[box] second-floor presentation area. Maria Ianiro and Matthew Rossman, at the CWRU…
March 20, 2024
Members of the APP community are invited to attend the Hack the Future event March 21–22 at the School of Law. Part of a series organized by SeedAI, this event encourages participants to explore the equitable adoption of artificial intelligence and its potential to…
March 20, 2024
Considering applying for the APP Master of Science in Regenerative Medicine and Entrepreneurship program? Join representatives from CWRU's School of Medicine, School of Law and Weatherhead School of Management for a virtual information session titled “Opportunities…
March 20, 2024
Maya Angelou’s Blacks, Blues, Black! was a triumph of Civil Rights-era public affairs television, produced and aired amid nationwide uprisings in the immediate wake of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. Blacks, Blues, Black! promoted Black unity, education, liberation and culture.…