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At ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø , our students, faculty, staff and alumni influence everything from health law to international law to public policy—all 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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2023 in review: School of Law in the media
In what has become commonplace, faculty members at the School of Law at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø are often the first contact for journalists trying to make sense of a news story. From divisive politics to armed conflicts around the world, and from abortion law to the fallout from the train ...
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First Amendment Clinic takes center stage in civil rights lawsuit
In a pivotal legal development, Chris Martin, a Cleveland resident, has initiated a federal civil rights lawsuit against Cleveland City Council and Council President Blaine Griffin. The lawsuit centers around an incident on September 25 during a City Council meeting, where Martin alleges he was unju...
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Uphill battle
Working on what’s next for reproductive rights It’s hard to understand when Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Law, found time to sleep this year. In the months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, Hill has litiga...
A look back at our fall events and lectures
Every year, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Law hosts online and in-person events. This fall, we hosted a wide variety of lectures, panels and presentations covering a range of topics from climate change and energy justice to investment crowdfunding and crimes against humanity. These event...
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Making health law history
Law-Medicine Center celebrates 70 years of shaping the field In the years leading up to the Law-Medicine Center’s founding in 1953, the Cleveland city morgue was nothing like the crisp white laboratory setting of today. Built in 1895, it had no scientific instruments, no modern examination tables, ...
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Athlete Data Lab Announces Advisory Committee
In partnership with alumni-founded Sports Data Labs, Inc. (SD Labs), ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Law recently launched the Athlete Data Lab. ºÚÁϳԹÏ꿉۪s Athlete Data Lab will be provided with access and exposure to novel, real-world use cases, while providing guidance on specific legal focu...
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ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Recognized by AALS Pro Bono Honor Roll
The Association of American Law Schools Pro Bono Honor Roll acknowledges and highlights the pro bono work of individuals engaging in, expanding and/or supporting their law school community in providing pro bono legal services. For the purposes of this award, pro bono is defined as work that is pri...
Master of Law degree program accepting applications for spring semester
Would studying aspects of the law help you in your work? Have you always been interested in law but don't want to become a lawyer? If so, check out the law school's Master of Law Degree. This 30-credit degree program allows students, with the guidance of an advisor, to pick and choose classes that f...
Students from Cleveland Central Catholic High School visit the Law Clinic
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Law recently hosted a group of students from Cleveland Central Catholic High School for an immersion program within the Law Clinic. Students sat in on different sessions of law topics alongside ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, learning about Appellate Litigation, Community De...
First Amendment Clinic leads freedom of the press workshop
On Nov. 17, third-year law students with the First Amendment Clinic led a workshop on the freedom of the press at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. The workshop was attended by local journalists and by journalism students at the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University, and co-hosted by Th...