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Applications now open for 2025–26 Social Justice Institute research funding
The Social Justice Institute at CWRU strives to examine the root causes of social injustice and develop innovative solutions by supporting creative research, scholarship, and pedagogy; social justice leaders on and off campus; and relationships within the university and into the community. As part...
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CWRU law alumnus endows trial lecture series
In the 50 years since he graduated from ӰƵ School of Law, Steve Kaufman has built a reputation as a top trial lawyer in state and federal courts across the U.S. Now, with a passion for educating future generations, Kaufman seeks to make an impact at his alma mater with ...
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Second Chance Reentry Clinic students engage with community
The Second Chance Reentry Clinic, which is funded by the Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry, spent a lot of time out in the community during the month of February. The clinic was one of several legal service providers that met with community members seeking to get their records sealed or expunged at ...
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Latest episode of “Talking Foreign Policy” radio show and podcast exposes Russian environmental war crimes.
In its war with Ukraine, Russia has targeted the environment as its most insidious means of warfare. It has blown up dams, flooded coal mines, burned down national forests, and even targeted the black sea dolphins that inhabit the waters off Ukraine’s coast. With an effort to obtain a peace agreemen...
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Tune into CWRU’s “Talking Foreign Policy” radio show Monday for a discussion on Russian environmental war crimes
In its war with Ukraine, Russia has targeted the environment as its most insidious means of warfare. It has blown up dams, flooded coal mines, burned down national forests, and even targeted the black sea dolphins that inhabit the waters off Ukraine’s coast. With an effort to obtain a peace agreemen...
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Vis Moot Court team excels at Harvard Law School Vis Pre-Moot Competition
The CWRU Vis Moot Court Team recently competed at the Harvard Law School Vis Pre-Moot Competition in preparation for the most recognized moot competition in the world, the Willem C. Vis Moot. After competing against the University of Hamburg, Bucerius Law School, the University of Turku, Aarhus Un...
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CWRU Jessup Team emerges as a top team at Nationals West, earning a berth in the World Championship Rounds in DC
The CWRU Jessup International Law Moot Court team (3L Ellie Buerk, 3L Brianna Schmidt, 3L Naomi Matthusen, 2L Patricia Taylor, and 1L Pilar Corso) recently competed against 40 other law schools in Portland, Oregon, for the privilege of representing the United States in the Jessup World Championship ...
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Jenna Chirichetti wins 2025 Dean Dunmore Moot Court Competition
Jenna Chirichetti is the champion of this year’s ӰƵ School of Law Dean Dunmore Moot Court Competition! Justice Melody Stewart, Judge Mary Jane Trapp and Jennifer Mesko served as competition judges. "This competition was an amazing opportunity to learn how to advocate fo...
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BLSA Mock Trial team wins Midwest competition, head to National Competition in March
On the heels of their 2024 national title, the Black Law Student Association Mock Trial team recently prevailed at the Midwest BLSA Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition in Chicago, Illinois. At the competition, Team Red (pictured left, from left to righ...
Meet a third-year student working at the intersection of science and the law
Often overlooked as a scientific field, third-year law student Erin Bies describes patent law as “the place where science and law intersect.” “I always knew I wanted to work in patent law because it meant two things: interacting with new science, and being a part of the adversarial process of secur...