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“Under Attack? Academic Freedom in Higher Education”
The Federalist Society at the School of Law will host a talk by Keith Whittington from Princeton Thursday, Oct. 26, at 5 p.m. in Gund Hall, Room 157. In a talk titled “Under Attack? Academic Freedom in Higher Education,” Whittington will discuss academic freedom, and if it is threatened by the curr...
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Law Review Symposium: “Judicial Conduct, Ethics and Reform”
The School of Law will host the annual ϳԹ Law Review Symposium Friday, Nov. 3, from 9:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in Gund Hall, Room A59. The focus of this year’s event will be judicial conduct, ethics and reform. Following a series of high-profile ethics inquiries and calls f...
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Law Library Recognizes Judge Charles R. Richey
The Ben C. Green Law Library was gifted the Judge Charles R. Richey papers in the late 1990s. The gift had a twenty-five-year moratorium placed on his papers, which was lifted during the pandemic. The law library is now organizing the documents and digitizing the most essential case files. Three of ...
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Depolarizing Climate Change Policy
Overcoming political polarization will be necessary to enact meaningful policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the risk of climate change. This was the message the University of Colorado’s Professor Matthew Burgess presented in his lecture “Depolarizing Climate Change in the United S...
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LLM and SJD students take a day trip to Niagara Falls
Master of Laws (LLM) and Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) students enrolled in the school of law recently took a day trip to the oldest state park in the U.S.—Niagara Falls. “Our students get an excellent legal education, but their experiences outside the classroom have an equal impact on their l...
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Burke Center Hosts a Conversation with the Hon. Shalanda Baker on Energy Justice
The Honorable Shalanda H. Baker, director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the U.S. Department of Energy, joined the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law for a conversation on her work promoting and overseeing the federal government’s energy justice initiatives. Prior to ...
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Workshop Examines Role of Permitting in Facilitating and Obstructing Clean Energy and Sustainable Development
In September, the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law hosted a group of interdisciplinary scholars for a workshop on “Permitting the Future.” This workshop examined the legal and economic aspects of permitting and review requirements for new technologies, infrastructure and development, ho...
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A Behind the Scenes Look at the New Online Part-Time JD Program
Q&A with Cassandra Robertson, Faculty Director of the Program The Online Part-Time JD program (accepting applications now for fall 2024 start) is under the direction of Cassandra Robertson, John Deaver Drinko - BakerHostetler Professor of Law, who has developed expertise in online learning. Here, s...
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“Issue One and the Future of Reproductive Rights in Ohio”
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host a talk about Ohio Issue 1 with Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law. Hill will present “Issue One and the Future of Reproductive Rights in Ohio” Tuesday, Oct. 31, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in Landmark Centre Building, Suite 100 (25700 Scienc...
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School of Law Co-Deans interviewed for Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association podcast, My BarStory
The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association podcast, My BarStory, recently interviewed ϳԹ School of Law Co-Deans Jessica Berg and Michael Scharf for the latest episode of their series about Northeast Ohio's most distinguished legal leaders. The co-deans have worked toget...