Case Western Reserve Law radio program features international law professors who inspired Blood & Treasure television series

June 21, 2022

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — It’s said that truth is sometimes more exciting than fiction. In a recent broadcast of Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s public radio program, “Talking Foreign Policy,” host Michael Scharf, dean of the law school, talked with four international lawyers whose real-life adventures helped inspire the…

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Case Western Reserve Law professor Cathy Lesser Mansfield debuts opera The Sparks Fly Upward

June 21, 2022

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Cathy Lesser Mansfield is a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. She’s also the librettist and composer of the opera The Sparks Fly Upward, which has its Cleveland premiere at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center June 9-12.

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University of Chicago Law graduates share experiences at the school

June 21, 2022

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL — After they graduate on June 4, members of the Class of 2022 will also carry with them memories of special moments, often involving classmates or professors. We have excerpted a few of their favorites below.

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University of Cincinnati Law Help Center assists local residents facing eviction

June 21, 2022

UC NEWS — It’s all about whether a landlord can evict a tenant, and if rent hasn’t been paid it’s pretty cut and dry, says Caleigh Harris, a third-year law student at the University of Cincinnati. The vast majority of tenants facing eviction in Hamilton County go through legal proceedings without a lawyer and many turn to…

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UDC Law professor Marcy L. Karin receives Fulbright Scholar award

June 21, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have selected UDC Law Professor Marcy L. Karin as the Fulbright Scotland Distinguished Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at University of Edinburgh.

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A look at the Drake Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic

June 21, 2022

AXIOS DES MOINES — A legal division at Drake University is taking steps to help some of the most underrepresented clients in the state — wrongfully convicted people.

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New Florida State University Law Public Interest Law Center podcast explores human trafficking trial advocacy

June 21, 2022

THE FLORIDA BAR — A new FSU Public Interest Law Center human trafficking podcast offers lawyers free trial advocacy advice from a trove of legal, academic, clinical, law enforcement, and other experts.

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George Washington University Law launches partnership with Justice Innovation Lab

June 21, 2022

GW LAW — Justice Innovation Lab and George Washington University Law School have launched a first-of-its-kind partnership JIL @ GW in which students work with practitioners to help solve some of the justice system’s most pressing and complex problems.

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Recent University of Georgia Law graduate Haley K. Kairab wins national mock trial competition

June 17, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Congratulations to 2022 graduate Haley K. Kairab for winning the Top Gun XIII National Mock Trial Competition. Kairab tried the case as a solo advocate, and 2022 graduate Cole M. Harper was her co-counsel/trial technician.

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Harvard Law hosts US Senator Elizabeth Warren for commencement address

June 17, 2022

HARVARD LAW TODAY — “You have got to be willing to take … risks, because in taking the risk, you change yourself and you change the world around you,” said Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator for Massachusetts, at a Harvard Law School Commencement celebration for the Classes of 2020 and 2021 today.  

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