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Recent News

Law’s Michael Scharf evaluates the ”Grotian Moment” in new book
International law usually develops gradually—a process known as crystallization—but sometimes transformative change, known as a “Grotian Moment," causes rules and doctrines to emerge surprisingly quickly. Michael P. Scharf’s new book, Customary International Law in Times of Fundamental Change: Reco...
Munch cafe in law school building to add Saturday hours beginning Sept. 21
Munch, a vegetarian specialty kitchen located on the second floor of the ϳԹ School of Law, will now be open on Saturdays, beginning Sept. 21. The new Saturday hours will be 11 a.m. to 4 p.m....
Professor Cassandra Robertson’s research on the ”Plame Affair” published in corporate crime encyclopedia
Cassandra Robertson’s paper, "Plame Affair," was published in the second edition of the Encyclopedia of White Collar & Corporate Crime. The entry looks at the events surrounding the exposure of Central Intelligence Agency agent Valerie Plame. Robertson’s article can be read online, but a subscripti...
Article by law’s Matthew Rossman selected for publication in “Brooklyn Law Review”
An article by Matthew Rossman, professor of law and co-director of the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center, was selected for publication in Brooklyn Law Review’s summer 2014 edition. The article is titled “Evaluating Trickle Down Charity – A Solution for Determining When Economic Development Aimed a...
Law’s Aaron Perzanowski presents on reconciling personal, intellectual property
Aaron Perzanowski, associate professor of law, recently presented a paper at the Intellectual Property Scholars Conference at Cardozo Law School. His paper was titled “Reconciling Personal and Intellectual Property.” In addition, The Plain Dealer quoted Perzanowski in an article last month, titled ...
Professor Jonathan Adler publishes articles and essays, speaks on panels and before Congress
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, has been active in publishing and presenting around the country. His recent article, “Learning How to Fish: Catch Shares and the Future of Fishery Conservation” (with Nathaniel Stewart), appears in UCLA Environmental Law & Policy Review, a...
ϳԹ introduces online LLM program in international business law
ϳԹ School of Law is adding an online LLM degree in international business law. The LLM is an advanced law degree program, taught entirely in English, designed for students who earned their preceding law degrees outside the United States. This new program will help those...
School of Law to host conference on combatting maritime piracy Sept. 6
Two-dozen of the world’s foremost counter-piracy experts will gather at an international conference at ϳԹ School of Law to analyze novel, front-line legal options and challenges in the fight against maritime piracy. The law school will host “End Game! An International C...
Maxwell Mehlman, pioneer in health law, earns top faculty honor
When Maxwell J. Mehlman joined the faculty of the ϳԹ School of Law in 1984, the last science class he’d taken was a high school biology course—a fact that stands true today, even as Mehlman is one of the most renowned experts on health law and bioethics. His accomplishm...
Law’s Paul Giannelli receives national lifetime achievement award
Paul Giannelli, the Albert J. Weatherhead III and Richard W. Weatherhead Professor in the ϳԹ School of Law, has been selected to receive the National Italian American Bar Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Giannelli, also a Distinguished University Professor, has...