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|name = Case Western Reserve University Franklin Thomas Backus School of Law | |name = Case Western Reserve University Franklin Thomas Backus School of Law | ||
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|city = | |city = Cleveland | ||
|state = | |state = Ohio | ||
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Revision as of 03:37, February 10, 2012
Case Western Reserve University School of Law | |
Established | 1892 |
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School type | Private non-profit |
Dean | Gary Simson |
Location | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
Enrollment | |
Faculty | (See List) |
Annual tuition | |
Website | [www.law.case.edu www.law.case.edu][[Has website::www.law.case.edu| ]] |
Outlines | 0 (See List) |
Case Western Reserve University School of Law is the law school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. It is ranked #53 in the 2008 U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings. In addition to the J.D., Case Western offers an LL.M. in U.S. Law to foreign lawyers.
Notable Faculty
- Michael Scharf - An expert on international law, Scharf was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. Scharf assisted in the training of the judges in Iraq's Saddam Hussein trial.
- Henry King - King is a former Nuremberg prosecutor.
- Juliet Kostritsky - An expert on promissory estoppel, Kostritsky was the former chair of the contracts division of the AALS.
- Lewis Katz - An expert on criminal law and author of significant portions of the Ohio criminal code, Katz was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives 14th District seat in Ohio.
- Paul Gianelli- One of the country's foremost evidence experts, Gianelli has co-authored several leading evidence and scientific evidence texts.
Notable Graduates
- Thomas A. Burke, former Mayor of Cleveland and Ohio Senator.
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart, U.S. Congressman.
- Lee Fisher, former attorney general of Ohio and Democratic lieutenant governor of Ohio.
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones, U.S. Congresswoman.
- Ron Klein, U.S. Congressman.
- Donald L. Korb, Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service.
- Roscoe C. McCulloch, former Ohio U.S. Congressman and Senator.
- Kathleen McDonald O'Malley - District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
- Edmund A. Sargus, Jr., District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
- Leslie Crocker Snyder, Former New York State Supreme Court (New York County) judge.
- Michael Turner, U.S. Congressman.
- Charles Z. Wick, Former Director of the USIA under Ronald Reagan (1981-1988).
- Fred Gray, Civil Rights Attorney to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks.
- Michael G. Cherkasky, CEO and Board Member at Marsh & McLennan Companies.
See Also
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law