http://law.case.edu News en-us Tuesday, March 01, 2011 20 http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=850&content_id=57 The graduates who took the July 2010 Ohio bar examination achieved significant success. First time test takers received a 92% passage rate, and the overall pass rate for all test takers was 91%, the highest in the state. 10/29/2010 general http://www.stthomas.edu/law/library/scholarlyimpact/ In a recent academic study by the University of St. Thomas School of Law, our faculty ranked 38th in scholarly productivity. The publication, written by four legal scholars, explored the scholarly impact of faculty at all ABA-accredited law schools and ranked the top 70. It was titled "Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties: Extending the Leiter Rankings to the Top 70." 9/13/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=858&content_id=57 President and Chief Executive Officer of Zimmer Holdings, David Dvorak, recently came back to the law school to engage with current students and to share his professional experiences, tips for success and to provide energy and inspiration to second and third year students in a Business Associations class. 9/10/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=854&content_id=57 The class of 2013 comes to the School of Law with the strongest credentials of any class in at least the last 15 years. The median LSAT for the class is 2 points higher than the prior year and the median undergraduate GPA is up from 3.47 to 3.50. In addition, we celebrate the diversity of the class, including 22% students of color and 3% international students. 8/23/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=811&content_id=57 Diane Faulkner's lawn was always causing her trouble. This Jacksonville, Fla., resident traveled frequently, and in her absence, her thirsty, fussy grass would go brown or otherwise run afoul of her neighborhood association's rules. 8/20/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=810&content_id=57 Cuyahoga County Recorder Lillian Greene "seeks to thwart the will of the people" by challenging a charter government that voters overwhelming approved last fall, county lawyers argue in a new court filing. 8/18/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=809&content_id=57 Electronic health record systems could give rise to increased liability for healthcare providers, according to professors from Case Western Reserve University. "Risks to patient safety can arise from software bugs, computer shutdowns and user errors," says Sharona Hoffman, professor of law and bioethics and co-director of Case Western Reserve's Law-Medicine Center. 8/17/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=806&content_id=57 Case Western Reserve Law Student Jacqueline Greene, who is interning during the fall semester in the Office of the Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and alumnus Nathan Quick, who is a member of the prosecution team, were shown in a video in the courtroom during the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. They were present as Supermodel Naomi Campbell testified about receiving diamonds. 8/13/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=808&content_id=57 "Killing Fields" trials continue in Cambodia through help from Northeast Ohio Case Western Reserve University law professor assisted with tribunal bringing Khmer Rouge to justice 8/13/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=807&content_id=57 Gordon correctly disputes the views of two guests claiming that all persons born in the U.S. became citizens. He says, "Citizenship is not granted at birth to the children of foreign diplomats in the United States. They are not subject to U.S. jurisdiction." The topic of the NPR program is "The Debate Over Immigration and Birthright Citizenship." 8/13/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=804&content_id=57 Classical Music Critic Donald Rosenberg has lost his case against his employer, the Plain Dealer, and the Cleveland Orchestra. Rosenberg sued after he was reassigned from his regular beat covering the Cleveland Orchestra to covering less prominent musical groups. 8/11/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=805&content_id=57 Setting a precedent that may prompt some companies to take a hard look at their own workplace environment, the California Supreme Court has ruled that alleged comments ridiculing an employee's age may be admitted as evidence in a discrimination lawsuit against Google. 8/11/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=798&content_id=57 Computers at a major Midwest hospital chain went awry on June 29, posting some doctors' orders to the wrong medical charts in a few cases and possibly putting patients in harm's way. 8/6/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=797&content_id=57 When Florida Hospital and United Healthcare started their public wrangling over a new contract this summer, each side pointed to the other company's profits. 8/6/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=800&content_id=57 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will visit Cleveland next month for private events with students and community leaders, as well as one public event taking place Sept. 10. 8/6/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=801&content_id=57 WASHINGTON - Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts. 8/6/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=799&content_id=57 For decades, conservative think tanks and many GOP lawmakers have urged the federal government to address environmental problems by unleashing the power of the market, instead of relying on "command-and-control" regulation. 8/6/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=796&content_id=57 Professor Michael Scharf with the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center weighs in on the verdict and sentencing of Kaing Guek Eav, the chief jailer in the Cambodian "Killing Fields." 7/28/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=795&content_id=57 Law students continue to face difficulty in their quest to find employment in their field while still in school unless they're willing to work for free, Northeast Ohio law schools are reporting. Kelli Curtis, assistant dean for career services at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, said in an e-mailed statement that the school "supports students who secure unpaid opportunities by offering a variety of summer fellowships." Many she listed are focused on specific work, such as fellowships for human rights or environmental law. 7/21/2010 general http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx?id=793&content_id=57 Supreme Court Justices Maureen O'Connor and Judith Ann Lanzinger spoke to Cleveland students involved in a program aimed at helping improve diversity in the legal profession on Monday. The Law and Leadership Institute takes promising students in grades nine through eleven and grooms them to be future legal professionals by offering them a chance to study law during the summer. 7/20/2010 general