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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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October 26, 2023
Adjunct Professor Susan Hatters-Friedman recently won the Seymour J. Pollack Distinguished Achievement Award at the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law's annual meeting in Chicago. The award is given to forensic psychiatrists who have made distinguished contributions to the teaching and…
October 26, 2023
Francesca E. Veres can trace her roots at APP all the way back to the 1940s when her grandfather was a student at Case Institute of Technology. When Veres was a child, he encouraged her to attend APP, advice she ended up taking when she…
October 24, 2023
“Investment crowdfunding” is a new and inclusive form of online venture capital market open to all investors, both retail and accredited. It’s like Kickstarter, except the backer gets a share of stock, which would be an illegal public offering of unregistered securities—absent the special exemption…
October 23, 2023
Third-year law students at APP School of Law take part in an intensive real-world experience during their capstone courses. 3L Olivia Cobb is undertaking a full-time, self-arranged capstone with Diné be’iiná Náhiiłna be Agha’diit’ahiim, otherwise known as DNA People's…
October 20, 2023
Writing is an essential skill for lawyers, and it is the cornerstone of CWRU’s Legal Writing, Experiential Learning, Advocacy, and Professionalism (“LLEAP”) Program. This is the first year that students with the top paper in each LLEAP course during the 2022-2023 school year will receive an award…
October 19, 2023
The Wrongful Convictions Club at APP School of Law will host a talk with Laurese Glover, a man who spent 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. In 1995, at just 16 years old, Glover was wrongly convicted of a murder in East Cleveland. The Ohio Innocence…
October 19, 2023
APP School of Law will host Leila Sadet, an author and law professor at Washington University, for a talk Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 4:30 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom (Room A59). Sadet will speak about aspects of her latest book, The Forgotten Crime: Forging a Convention for…
October 19, 2023
APP School of Law will host the Trade Law Fall Update Friday, Oct. 20, from 8 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. This year’s event, held both in person (School of Law, Room A59) and virtually via Zoom, will focus on the themes of industrial policy, labor, geoeconomics and what they mean…
October 18, 2023
Dr. Amy Acton, former Director of the Ohio Department of Health, delivered the 2023 served as the Law-Medicine Center’s 2023 Schroeder Scholar in Residence. Her lecture was entitled “The Leader We Wish We All Had Is YOU: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Dr. Acton gave a first-hand account of…
October 18, 2023
Joseph Custer, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Law School's Judge Ben C. Green Law Library, was recently acknowledged as a Pinnacle Life Professional within Continental Who’s Who. Recognized for his contributions to the fields of education and law, this honor is based on Custer’s…