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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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November 20, 2023
September was the hottest month in recorded history. Last summer, smoke from Canadian forest fires blanketed the United States. Maui ignited. Libya was flooded by rains of biblical dimensions. Sea levels rose as glaciers and ice sheets melted at an accelerating rate. The world’s great rivers and…
November 17, 2023
APP School of Law has expanded its Financial Integrity Institute (est. 2015) and renamed it the Compliance, Risk Management and Financial Integrity Institute. The expanded Institute will focus on the academic study of a wide-range of compliance and risk management…
November 16, 2023
September was the hottest month in recorded history. Last summer, smoke from Canadian forest fires blanketed the United States. Maui ignited. Libya was flooded by rains of biblical dimensions. Sea levels rose as glaciers and ice sheets melted at an accelerating rate. The world’s great rivers and…
November 15, 2023
Every year, APP School of Law honors the achievements of distinguished alumni, faculty and prominent members of the legal community by inducting new members to the Society of Benchers – the law school’s Hall of Fame. Established in 1962, each year the Society inducts…
November 13, 2023
This article originally appeared in the fall issue of In Brief, the Law School’s alumni magazine. As November 14 is the ten year anniversary of their joint appointment, we are republishing it here. Deans Jessica Berg and Michael Scharf have made impressive impacts on the School of Law—and set a…
November 10, 2023
In his role as President of the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA), CWRU School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf chaired the opening plenary panel and presided over International Law Weekend on Oct. 19-21. Held at the New York Bar Association and Fordham Law School,…
November 10, 2023
Adjunct professor Ted Parran III (LAW '13) is an Assistant United States Attorney in McAllen, Texas. McAllen is a rapidly growing border city in deep south Texas, and is a focal point for transnational criminal activity of many kinds, including human smuggling. Parran recently completed a…
November 10, 2023
The Global Ethical Leaders Society will host a panel discussion titled “Intersections in Clinical Ethics: Nursing, Law and Liability?” Monday, Nov. 13, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom A. The speakers will be: Georgina Morley, a nurse ethicist and director of…
November 09, 2023
From Nov. 3-5, the Ault Mock Trial Team competed in the White Collar Crime Invitational Tournament hosted by Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. This competition is invitation-only and focuses on white collar criminal cases. This was the team's first time competing at the…
November 07, 2023
APP School of Law Co-Deans Jessica Berg and Michael Scharf have been selected as the recipients of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation’s 2024 Richard W. Pogue Award for Leadership and Engagement. This award was first presented to Dick Pogue in 2015 in recognition…