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After interning at the Cambodia Tribunal and American Red Cross, 3L Kathryn Meyer wins National Public Interest Law Scholarship
ӰƵ School of Law third-year student Kathryn Meyer was selected to receive the Ms. JD 2021 Public Interest Scholarship, which provides a stipend to students as they pursue careers in public interest law. Ms. JD is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the…
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Law Students Advocate to the UN on Behalf of Wrongfully Detained Uyghur Doctor
ӰƵ School of Law students Natalie Aguilar and Lucas Allison prepared and submitted a complaint to the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and other UN Special Rapporteurs concerning the unlawful detention of a Chinese Uyghur doctor. They filed the…
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CWRU Law Event Looks at International Law Through Star Trek Lens
On Wednesday, Sept. 8, the 55th anniversary of the broadcast of the first Star Trek episode, CWRU Law School Co-Dean Michael Scharf discussed current controversial issues in international law by comparing them to the interstellar law encountered by Captain Picard and the intrepid crew of the…
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CWRU Law Students File Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Prevent U.S. From Keeping Secret Post-9/11 CIA Torture Program Details
ӰƵ School of Law students Reece Disney and Jessica Foo helped coordinate and draft amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs to the United States Supreme Court in a civil case involving efforts to obtain information about the brutal interrogation tactics the United…
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Making an Impact on Immigration
On June 1, 2021, United States President Joseph R. Biden Jr. issued a proclamation declaring June National Immigrant Heritage Month, encouraging reflection on the stories of “courageous families who ventured here—be it centuries ago, or just this year—from every part of the world to seek new…
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Three Decades of Progress
The Frederick K. Cox International Law Center marks its 30th anniversary this year. In honor of the occasion, we’re taking a look back at some of the remarkable accomplishments of our past three decades. 1991: A multimillion-dollar gift from the Gund Foundation endows the Cox International Law…
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Dean Scharf Receives International Bar Association Leadership Award
When the fledgling international criminal court mock trial competition foundered a decade ago, School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf co-founded the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition in The Hague with Professor Carsten Stahn, Director of the Grotius Center at Leiden University…
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CWRU’s International Criminal Court Moot Court Team Advances to Quarterfinals of the World Championship Rounds and Wins Best Brief Honors
After qualifying by reaching the finals of the Americas Region of the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition in March, ӰƵ School of Law advanced to the World Championship Rounds of the global competition for the first time in its history. The event,…
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CWRU International Law Leaders Meet with Thai Human Rights Experts
On June 8, 2021, ӰƵ School of Law professors had an online discussion with a team of Thai Human Rights experts, organized by the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program and the Cleveland Council on World Affairs. Participating from Case…
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Outstanding Performances by Seven CWRU Moot Court and Mock Trial teams
For an elite-sized law school, ӰƵ School of Law is unusual in the number of highly successful moot court and mock trial teams it fields each year. Reflecting the school’s recent 6th best in the nation ranking in practical training, this has been an extraordinary year…