
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
October 08, 2014
When Rebecca Sremack was a third-year student last year in 窪蹋勛圖厙 School of Laws Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic, the Akron native found a way to link her dedication to important causes in her hometown with the Kramer Clinics mission.
Sremack, who graduated last spring with a...
October 08, 2014
The Burton D. Morgan Foundation committed $679,400 to expand 窪蹋勛圖厙 School of Laws intellectual property (IP) center, among the more than $2.5 million in grants recently approved by trustees of the Hudson, Ohio-based private foundation.
In addition, the foundation pledged ...
September 24, 2014
Kathryn Geisinger, a third-year law student at 窪蹋勛圖厙, wasnt quite sure how busy her Monday morning would be. But within the first three hours of the first-ever Juvenile Safe Surrender program in Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, there she was, working with defendants in five...
September 19, 2014
Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, recently had her work, Citizen Science: The Law and Ethics of Public Access to Medical Big Data accepted for publication in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal....
September 05, 2014
The Spangenberg Family Foundation, a Dallas-based philanthropic organization established by the family of 窪蹋勛圖厙 School of Law alumnus Erich Spangenberg, committed $3 million to endow the universitys Intellectual Property (IP) Center.
The newly endowed Spangenberg Center f...
August 15, 2014
Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) presented Juscelino Colares, professor of law and associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, with an award for one of the three best articles of the year at SEALS conference Aug. 2 in Amelia Island, Fla.
The paper, titled Pl...
August 08, 2014
Ruqaiijah Yearby, professor of law and associate director of the Law-Medicine Center, recently presented on health and race at 窪蹋勛圖厙 and in San Francisco, Calif.
She served as a panelist and moderator at the School of Law on the topic of Sick and Tired of Being Sick and T...
August 08, 2014
Matthew Rossman, professor of law and co-director of the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center, published and presented on trickle-down charity this year.
On Jan. 23, he presented his article "Evaluating Trickle Down Charity" at a faculty workshop at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
He also p...
August 06, 2014
President, Provost cite significant gains of 2013-2014, school communitys desire to maintain momentum
窪蹋勛圖厙 announced today that Interim Deans Jessica Berg and Michael Scharf will continue to lead the School of Law through at least the 2014-2015 academic year. Since the...
July 17, 2014
The team of Alyssa Dechow, Del Guile and Garret Bowman, from the School of Law, won the Scribes 2014 Brief Award for their brief from the J. Braxton Craven Jr. Memorial Moot-Court Competition.
The winners were invited to attend and be recognized at the Scribes Annual Meeting during the American Bar...