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Writing is an essential skill for lawyers, and it is the cornerstone of CWRU’s Legal Writing, Experiential Learning, Advocacy, and Professionalism (“LLEAP�) Program.

Joseph Custer, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Law School's Judge Ben C. Green Law Library, was recently acknowledged as a Pinnacle Life Professional within Continental Who’s Who.

The law school’s Legal Writing, Leadership, Experiential Education, Advocacy and Professionalism (“LLEAP�) program offers students an experiential component taught by adjunct professors who are practicing attorneys.

Dr. Amy Acton, former Director of the Ohio Department of Health, delivered the 2023 served as the Law-Medicine Center’s 2023 Schroeder Scholar in Residence. Her lecture was entitled “The Leader We Wish We All Had Is YOU: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic.� Dr.

The Ben C. Green Law Library was gifted the Judge Charles R. Richey papers in the late 1990s. The gift had a twenty-five-year moratorium placed on his papers, which was lifted during the pandemic. The law library is now organizing the documents and digitizing the most essential case files.

Overcoming political polarization will be necessary to enact meaningful policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the risk of climate change. This was the message the University of Colorado’s Professor Matthew Burgess presented in his lecture “Depolarizing Climate Change in the United States� on Oct. 4 at the law school.

Master of Laws (LLM) and Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) students enrolled in the school of law recently took a day trip to the oldest state park in the U.S.—Niagara Falls. 

The Honorable Shalanda H. Baker, director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the U.S. Department of Energy, joined the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law for a conversation on her work promoting and overseeing the federal government’s energy justice initiatives. 

In September, the Coleman P.

Q&A with Cassandra Robertson, Faculty Director of the Program The Online Part-Time JD program (accepting applications now for fall 2024 start) is under the direction of Cassandra Robertson, John Deaver Drinko - BakerHostetler Professor of Law, who has developed expertise in online learning.

The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association podcast, My BarStory, recently interviewed Case Western Reserve University School of Law Co-Deans Jessica Berg and Michael Scharf for the latest episode of their series about Northeast Ohio's most distinguished legal leaders.

On Sept. 27, Jessie Hill argued a case entitled Preterm-Cleveland v. David Yost before the Ohio Supreme Court. Hill represents abortion providers challenging the law, together with the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and the law firm Wilmer Hale.

Sharona Hoffman and her co-author, Andy Podgurski (Case Western Reserve University School of Engineering), have published an article entitled “The Patient’s Voice: Legal Implications of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures.� The Article, which appears in the Yale Journal of Health, Policy, Law and Ethics, discusses the benefits and ri

On Sept. 28-29, two dozen of the foremost experts in climate change and international law gathered at Woodland Hall at the Cleveland Botanical Garden to debate how to respond to the increasing threat of global climate change.

On Sept. 27, Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, argued in front of the Ohio Supreme Court in Preterm v. Yost, a case involving the constitutionality of Ohio's six-week abortion ban.