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�ǿմ�ý Adjunct Professor Steve Anway is one of five global winners of this year’s Law360 MVP Award in International Arbitration. The MVP Award honors attorneys that have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals. 

Max Mehlman, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, is co-principal investigator on a project recently awarded a four-year $1.6 million grant by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dean Jessica Berg, an expert on informed consent, is a co-investigator.

The Feb. 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the international response has ushered in the most dangerous period since the height of the Cold War. Just this week, Russia mobilized 300,000 troops, organized a sham referendum on independence in occupied Ukrainian territory and threatened the use of nuclear weapons.  

For nearly thirty years, �ǿմ�ý School of Law’s Federal Judicial Externship program has provided the opportunity for hundreds of students to extern with federal judges in the summer after their first year of law school.

Third-year law student Emma Geesaman won first place in the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law for her paper, “The Ownership of Fossils Found on Private Property: Are They Part of the Mineral Estate or the Surface Estate?” The paper, which centers around the ownership rights of dinosaur fossils fo

Students enrolled in the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic during the academic year receive their JD degrees in May, but the work of the clinic continues over the summer. During the summer of 2022, the clinic hired eight law clerks, including spring start and rising 2L and 3L students.

The �ǿմ�ý Health Law Clinic hit the ground running with the first of seven Social Security Appeal Hearings it has scheduled for this semester.  

This summer, students from �ǿմ�ý School of Law finished in first place of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s summer softball league. After losing only twice during the regular season and once in the playoffs, the team won three straight games to secure the championship.

In the wake of the nation’s racial reckoning, new academy offers specialized courses in diversity, equity and inclusion To incorporate training on structural bias and anti-racism in the curriculum—and the workplace—the �ǿմ�ý School of Law is launching an

His Spouse Jessica Wolfendale Receives Secondary Appointment   �ǿմ�ý School of Law is proud to welcome Professor Atiba Ellis as a tenured professor of law in January 2023.

Second-year law student Harper Fox traveled to London, England, over the summer for an externship with the International Bar Association. What was the best part of your experience?

Second-year law student Frankie Collins recently traveled to Athens, Greece, to attend a week-long summer law school program. She shared some reflections from the trip. What was the purpose of the program?

A chaired professorship is the highest honor awarded in legal academia. At its meeting on Aug. 18, 2022, the university’s Board of Trustees voted to appoint Professor Charles R. Korsmo as the inaugural recipient of the Morris G. Shanker Chaired Professorship of Law.

A chaired professorship is the highest honor awarded in legal academia. At its meeting on Aug. 18, 2022, the university’s Board of Trustees voted to appoint Professor Raymond Shi Ray Ku to the John Homer Kapp Chaired Professorship of Law.

Professor Sharona Hoffman recently published an article entitled “Physicians and Cognitive Decline: A Challenge for State Medical Boards” in the Journal of Medical Regulation.