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Investment crowdfunding talk with Andrew Schwartz
“Investment crowdfunding” is a new and inclusive form of online venture capital market open to all investors, both retail and accredited. It’s like Kickstarter, except the backer gets a share of stock, which would be an illegal public offering of unregistered securities—absent the special exemption ...
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Student’s capstone offers hands-on experience with under-resourced, low-income clients
Third-year law students at ϳԹ School of Law take part in an intensive real-world experience during their capstone courses. 3L Olivia Cobb is undertaking a full-time, self-arranged capstone with Diné be’iiná Náhiiłna be Agha’diit’ahiim, otherwise known as DNA People's Leg...
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Inaugural LLEAP Writing Awards Recognize Exemplary Student Work
Writing is an essential skill for lawyers, and it is the cornerstone of ϳԹ’s Legal Writing, Experiential Learning, Advocacy, and Professionalism (“LLEAP”) Program. This is the first year that students with the top paper in each LLEAP course during the 2022-2023 school year will receive an award re...
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Wrongful Convictions Club guest speaker: Laurese Glover
The Wrongful Convictions Club at ϳԹ School of Law will host a talk with Laurese Glover, a man who spent 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. In 1995, at just 16 years old, Glover was wrongly convicted of a murder in East Cleveland. The Ohio Innocence Project...
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“The Forgotten Crime: Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity”
ϳԹ School of Law will host Leila Sadet, an author and law professor at Washington University, for a talk Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 4:30 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom (Room A59). Sadet will speak about aspects of her latest book, The Forgotten Crime: Forging a Convention for ...
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“Current Trade Law and Policy—What It Means for the Midwest”
ϳԹ School of Law will host the Trade Law Fall Update Friday, Oct. 20, from 8 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. This year’s event, held both in person (School of Law, Room A59) and virtually via Zoom, will focus on the themes of industrial policy, labor, geoeconomics and what they mean ...
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Joseph A. Custer recognized as a Pinnacle Life Professional for his contributions to the fields of Education and Law
Joseph Custer, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Law School's Judge Ben C. Green Law Library, was recently acknowledged as a Pinnacle Life Professional within Continental Who’s Who. Recognized for his contributions to the fields of education and law, this honor is based on Custer’s dedi...
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LLEAP Adjunct Spotlight: Allison Smith Newsome Encourages Students to Be Open to Opportunities
The law school’s Legal Writing, Leadership, Experiential Education, Advocacy and Professionalism (“LLEAP”) program offers students an experiential component taught by adjunct professors who are practicing attorneys. Allison Smith Newsome (LAW ’19) has served as an adjunct professor in Matt Salerno’s...
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Dr. Amy Acton Delivers Schroeder Lecture
Dr. Amy Acton, former Director of the Ohio Department of Health, delivered the 2023 served as the Law-Medicine Center’s 2023 Schroeder Scholar in Residence. Her lecture was entitled “The Leader We Wish We All Had Is YOU: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Dr. Acton gave a first-hand account of se...
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“Law and Democracy in a 'Post-Racial' America”
Members of the ϳԹ and local communities are invited to join the Social Justice Institute for an R+R (Research and Refreshments) session Wednesday, Oct. 25, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Cleveland Public Library, Harvey Rice branch (11535 Shaker Blvd.). During R+R sessions, so...