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Max Mehlman and co-authors recently published an article in the Journal of Law and Biosciences entitled “Governing Nonconventional Genetic Experimentation.”  In 2019, Mehlman received a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH to examine

“Please take a moment and look around. This is your first network.”  Each semester, this is how Matthew Salerno starts his LLEAP 3 Transactions course. This spring semester, two guest speakers were kind enough to help demonstrate what he means.

On May 20, Case Western Reserve University School of Law marked the 131st year since its founding with a Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2023. The graduating class consisted of 120 JDs, 84 Master students and 18 SJDs from 25 States and 11 countries.

At the recent annual celebration of faculty, Sharona Hoffman was awarded the 2023 Case Western Reserve University School of Law Distinguished Research Award.

This spring, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for international crimes in Ukraine.  This was a historic moment.  It’s the first time a major world leader has been indicted by the International Criminal Court.  How will this affect the course of world events? 

Following remarks by Michele Connell, the Global Managing Partner of Squire Patten Boggs, the international law faculty gathered to present eight outstanding student leaders with the 2023 Case Global Service Awards. The 2023 student award winners were:

Jessie Hill was given the Champion for Women Award by the Cuyahoga Democratic Women’s Caucus for her advocacy and litigation in the area of reproductive rights. For several years, Hill has been involved in legal challenges to laws restricting access to abortion in Ohio.

U.S. News and World Report, which belatedly issued its controversial 2023 law school rankings in May, is one of several organizations that publish annual law school rankings.

Owen M. Migdal was just 17 years old when he finished high school in Maryland and began his undergraduate education at The University of Utah.

Case Western Reserve University School of Law boasts a top ranked faculty in downloads of their scholarship (Heald and Sichelman study of scholarly impact), citations to their publications (Sisk/Leiter s

It’s a common problem in inner-city neighborhoods: An elderly parent dies, but the family home was never legally transferred to relatives.

Another win for the First Amendment Clinic! On April 20, the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas denied a Motion to Authorize Discovery into the identities of anonymous commenters criticizing the Beachwood Chief of Police Katherine McLaughlin.

Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law Director Jonathan H. Adler’s latest book, Climate Liberalism: Perspectives on Liberty, Property and Pollution (Palgrave), explores the intersection of climate change policy and classical liberal political theory.

On April 10, the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown, a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, spoke about the environmental legacy of Justice William O. Douglas, both as a Supreme Court justice and citizen advocate for environmental conservation.

Every community faces its own challenges—and often, the struggles are shared across boundaries. In mid-April, Case Western Reserve University School of Law students explored three Cleveland-area communities to see in person how leaders grapple with pressing land-use challenges.