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CWRU School of Law to host the ASIL’s Midyear Meeting
The American Society of International Law’s Midyear Meeting will be held Sept. 25–27, in Cleveland at Jones Day law firm, the Botanical Gardens, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and ӰƵ School of Law. “With the radical changes to American Foreign Policy in the past eight ...
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New clinic offering expands access to justice in copyright disputes
ӰƵ School of Law will be adding a new dimension to the Intellectual Property Venture Clinic by partnering with the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) in the U.S. Copyright Office, the first U.S. small claims tribunal for copyright disputes. Through the CCB’s Pro Bono Assistan...
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Jonathan Adler continues commitment to Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law
Although Jonathan Adler has moved from ӰƵ School of Law to become the Cabell Research Professor and Tazewell Taylor Professor of Law at William & Mary Law School, he will continue to be involved at the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law. The Burke Center, whi...
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Catching up with an alumna working in American Samoa
Madeline McDaniel (LAW ’24) was deeply involved in extracurriculars during her time at ӰƵ School of Law: a member of the Student Intellectual Property Law Association; the ICC Moot Court team; the managing editor for the Journal of International Law; and a legal intern i...
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Interning with intention: Inside CWRU students’ summer internships
This summer, ӰƵ students are stepping far beyond the classroom—into hospitals and research labs, startups and advocacy organizations, engineering firms and art studios. What unites their experiences is not ambition, but intention. From designing solutions for healthcar...
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Meet a researcher working on untangling housing titles
Laura McNally Associate Dean for Experiential Education, School of Law Director, Milton and Charlotte Kramer Law Clinic, School of Law Area of Focus: poverty law, disability rights, children’s rights, health law and interdisciplinary education. Laura McNally wants a better way to talk about est...
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Giving back: Meet five students spending their summer at the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
With a mission to secure justice, equity and access to opportunity for and with people who have low incomes, the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland provides legal representation to the community. Five law students are working as summer associates at the Legal Aid Society, cultivating their passion for l...
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Professor Sharona Hoffman speaks at Harvard Law School
Professor Sharona Hoffman participated in a writer’s workshop at Harvard Law School on June 9, 2025. Her talk was entitled “Addressing the Challenges of Cognitive Decline in the Physician Workforce.” The workshop’s subject was “Law, Health Care, and the Aging Brain and Body.” The conference organiz...
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Law School mourns the passing of an alumni luminary
The ӰƵ School of Law community mourns the passing of the Honorable Sara J. Harper (LAW '52), who died on July 8, 2025, at the age of 98. She was a trailblazer in every sense. As Judge Harper once recounted, "People would tell me, 'Oh you can't do that.' So, I did it anyw...
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JOLTI and the Compliance Institute host a symposium on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and the business world
On March 28, the Journal of Law, Technology and the Internet (JOLTI) and the Compliance, Risk Management and Financial Integrity Institute hosted a symposium on "Exploring the AI Frontier: The Business World, Artificial Intelligence, and the Law." This symposium explored the intersection of artifici...