
School of Law
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Law school is at the forefront with program on artificial intelligence
ӰƵ's School of Law is in the "legal AI" Vanguard.

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Meet a researcher working on untangling housing titles

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Exemplary student work recognized with LLEAP writing awards
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October 02, 2024
Recently published law review notes and comments articles by CWRU law students have examined a range of important environmental law issues, including several with particular importance to northeast Ohio and the Great Lakes. These articles include:
The Cost of Clarity: Closing the Floodgates on WOTU...

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October 02, 2024
The School of Law will host Clare Soria, attorney at the Conservation Law Foundation, for a talk Tuesday, Oct. 8, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom (Room A59).
Soria will present “Climate Litigation in New England,” discussing the Conservation Law Foundation’s climate and environmental e...
September 30, 2024
On Tuesday, Sept. 17, the Center for Business Law hosted "Securities Law in the Supreme Court," a public lecture by Adam C. Pritchard and Robert B. Thompson about their book—A History of Securities Law in the Supreme Court—which was recently published by the Oxford University Press. Pritchard is the...

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September 30, 2024
Members of the ӰƵ community are invited to join the School of Law for a talk titled “The Public Benefit Corporation: Panacea or Pipe Dream?” Wednesday, Oct. 9, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom (A59).
The public benefit corporation (“PBC”) is a relatively new...

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September 27, 2024
Trolls. Disinformation. Canceling. Conspiracy theories. If America's grasp on reality seems to be under attack, that's because it is. Epistemic warfare—the use of powerful psychological manipulations to divide, distract, and disorient our society—has come into its own in the 21st century as never be...

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September 26, 2024
ӰƵ School of Law invites members of the campus community to a presentation titled “The First Amendment and Freedom of Expression on College Campuses” Monday, Sept. 30, at 4 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom (A59).
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, an...
September 25, 2024
On Aug. 20, CWRU School of Law launched its inaugural fully online, part-time J.D. program, welcoming 32 diverse students from 17 states across the nation. All bring a wide range of professional experiences, making this cohort uniquely qualified and dynamic.
The program is specifically designed for...

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September 23, 2024
CWRU Law alum Duncan Gaswaga (LAW ‘13) was elected in July 2024 as a Judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights. Like the European Court of Human Rights in France and the Inter-American Court for Human Rights in Costa Rica, the Africa Court in Tanzania serves as the supreme human rights ...
September 20, 2024
In fall 2024, Lucas Katz (LAW ’24) joined the CWRU Law-Medicine Center as the new Cowen Fellow.
Katz grew up in Alaska and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and East Asian Studies from Columbia University in 2020. He earned a law degree from ӰƵ’s School of Law in ...

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September 20, 2024
Physicians have played a surprisingly prominent role in the current “infodemic” of false and misleading medical claims. Examples include certain physicians publicly discrediting vaccination and others promoting ineffective COVID-19 treatments, such as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.
The School ...