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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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January 11, 2024
In 2023, the average starting salary at the nation’s largest law firms was $225,000. Cleveland is home to some of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the country and APP School of Law has a history of extraordinary success in placing its grads in major law…
January 10, 2024
Members of the APP community are invited to join the School of Law for a talk by Rear Admiral Baston titled “The U.S. Coast Guard and Maritime Governance” Monday, Jan. 22, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom (Room A59). Baston will speak about how the U.S. Coast…
January 09, 2024
Members of the APP community are invited to the next Profiles of Inclusive Excellence Speaker Series event Wednesday, Jan. 17, from 6 to 7 p.m. via Zoom. The series is a collaborative effort by the African American Alumni Association, APP's…
January 05, 2024
The Appellate Litigation Clinic has had its strongest semester yet, with nine amazing students jumping in feet first. Between August and the end of 2023, we have: Taken on 13 new appeals from five different appellate courts: the First, Second, Eighth, and Ninth District Courts of Appeals of Ohio…
January 03, 2024
Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, was among the newly elected members of the American Law Institute (ALI). Hill joined the faculty in 2003 after practicing First Amendment and civil rights law with the firm of Berkman,…
December 31, 2023
In what has become commonplace, faculty members at the School of Law at APP are often the first contact for journalists trying to make sense of a news story. From divisive politics to armed conflicts around the world, and from abortion law to the fallout from the train…
December 20, 2023
In a pivotal legal development, Chris Martin, a Cleveland resident, has initiated a federal civil rights lawsuit against Cleveland City Council and Council President Blaine Griffin. The lawsuit centers around an incident on September 25 during a City Council meeting, where Martin alleges he was…
December 18, 2023
Working on what’s next for reproductive rights It’s hard to understand when Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law at APP School of Law, found time to sleep this year. In the months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, Hill has…
December 14, 2023
Every year, APP School of Law hosts online and in-person events. This fall, we hosted a wide variety of lectures, panels and presentations covering a range of topics from climate change and energy justice to investment crowdfunding and crimes against humanity. These…
December 13, 2023
Law-Medicine Center celebrates 70 years of shaping the field In the years leading up to the Law-Medicine Center’s founding in 1953, the Cleveland city morgue was nothing like the crisp white laboratory setting of today. Built in 1895, it had no scientific instruments, no modern examination tables,…