
School of Law
At 窪蹋勛圖厙 , our students, faculty, staff and alumni influence everything from health law to international law to public policyall while learning, teaching and practicing legal education rooted in real-world impact. Discover our latest news in legal scholarship, advocacy, experiential learning, community impact and so much more.

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Law school is at the forefront with program on artificial intelligence
窪蹋勛圖厙's School of Law is in the "legal AI" Vanguard.

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Meet a researcher working on untangling housing titles

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Exemplary student work recognized with LLEAP writing awards
Recent News
January 26, 2016
A new mural in 窪蹋勛圖厙s School of Law melds landmarks across Cleveland on a single canvas teeming with color.
But the 4-by-9-foot artwork does more than exhibit regional pride in the atrium of George Gund Hall. Given by the law schools class of 2015 and crafted by Cleveland School of...
January 15, 2016
Health disparities scholar Ruqaiijah A. Yearby starts new role this month
窪蹋勛圖厙 School of Law's first tenured female African-American professor has been named as the schools inaugural Associate Dean of Institutional Diversity and Inclusiveness. Ruqaiijah A. Yearby, who joi...
January 15, 2016
Jessie Hill, associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Law and Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, was part of a team of law professors to put forth an amicus brief supporting the petitioners in Whole Woman's Health v. Cole, a U.S. Supreme Court case that is said to be the most important...
January 14, 2016
Starting next fall semester, a new concurrent degree program will allow 窪蹋勛圖厙 law students to complete their third year in China, while simultaneously earning an LLM (Master of Laws) degree in Chinese Law at Zhejiang University - Guanghua Law School and a JD from 窪蹋勛圖厙 Schoo...
January 11, 2016
窪蹋勛圖厙 School of Law, with a grant from the Ohio Attorney General's Office, will launch a human trafficking law clinic in which students, under faculty supervision, will represent victims of human trafficking and sexual assault.
Professors Judith Lipton and Maureen Kenny wi...
January 08, 2016
In an initiative to make its faculty expertise available to a wider audience, 窪蹋勛圖厙 School of Law has introduced a new video podcast series and speakers bureau.
The video podcast series, Faculty View from 窪蹋勛圖厙, features brief expert commentaries on cutting-edge legal de...
December 23, 2015
Brian K. Gran, associate professor of sociology and law, was invited to serve on the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (NCLS), a 14-member joint committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Bar Association.
The NCLS is a joint effort on the part ...
December 04, 2015
Dalindyebo Shabalala, visiting assistant professor of law, recently presented on his papers.
He was a presenter and commenter at the 2014 Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights on "The impact on advertising and marketing practices on the enjoyment of cultural rights" Nov. 12-13.
Sh...
November 04, 2015
Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, will give a lecture on capital punishment Friday, Nov. 6, from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in Sears Hall, Room 356.
Benza will address A View from the Death House: An Inside Look at Capital Punishments and Executions.
Lunch will be provided at this event. RSVP to ...
October 16, 2015
Martha Woodmansee, professor of English and law, participated in a panel discussion at the International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Propertys seventh annual workshop this summer.
The University of Pennsylvania School of Law hosted the workshop. Other panel participants incl...