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Case Western Reserve University School of Law is the law school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. It is located in University Circle: Home to Case Western Reserve University, University Circle boasts in its one square mile the largest concentration of educational and cultural institutions in the world.

Founded in 1892, Case School of Law is one of the first schools accredited by the American Bar Association and was a charter member of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS). The law school has had a long-standing commitment to diversity. Students of color were admitted with our very first entering class in 1892; women were admitted in 1918.

It is currently ranked #51 in the 2007 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.

Applications received: 2668. Size of entering class: 262. Median LSAT 160. Median GPA 3.2.

98.6% of Graduating Class of 2005 students employed or in a post-J.D. degree program. 72.9% Job Offer before Graduation.

Since 1997, more than 150 new courses added to the curriculum. 50% of upper-level courses with an enrollment under 25 students. 90 positions available in faculty-supervised clinical courses.


Optional Concentration program in the following areas:

Law, Technology, and the Arts: Law and Technology or Law and the Arts International Law Business Organizations Litigation Health Law Public Law: Individual Rights and Social Reform or Public and Regulatory Institutions Criminal Law


Law Journals:

The Canada-United States Law Journal The CWRU Law Review Health Matrix CWRU Journal of International Law


Academic Centers of Excellence "Case Global" Centers 

Frederick K. Cox International Law Center 
Institute for Global Security Law and Policy 
Canada-United States Law Institute 

Center for Business Law and Regulation 
CISCDR (Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict and Dispute Resolution) 
Center for Law, Technology, and the Arts 
The Law-Medicine Center 
 Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center


Home to The Canada-United States Law Institute (CUSLI), the joint creation of the law schools of Case Western Reserve University and the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. CUSLI offers students and faculty comparative law studies and opportunities to explore transnational and international legal issues affecting the Canada-U.S. relationship. Each spring, the Institute sponsors an annual conference in Cleveland, focused on an issue of interest and concern to both countries. For more than 25 years, the Canada-United States Law Journal has published the conference proceedings.


Dual Degree options: JD/MBA JD/MA (Bioethics) JD/MSSA (Social Work) JD/MNO (Nonprofit Management) JD/MS (Biochemistry) JD/MD (Medicine) JD/MPH (Public Health) JD/MA (Legal History)


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 - 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, he has co-authored several leading evidence and scientific evidence texts.

Notable Graduates

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