About the Center

INTRODUCTION
Case Western Reserve University School of Law is known worldwide for the strength of its international law program. A national survey of international law professors recently ranked Case the 16th best international law program in the U.S. (tied with Stanford and Cornell). Our war crimes research initiative was nominated in 2005 for the Nobel Peace Prize by the Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Reflecting the excellence of our program, in 2008 the Case Western Reserve team won the World Championship Round of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition – just the second time in 17 years that a U.S. law school has won the prestigious competition among 500 law schools from 120 countries. Our international law program is anchored by the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, established in 1991 through a multimillion-dollar endowment from the George Gund Foundation. The program also includes the Canada-United States Law Institute (est. 1976), the War Crimes Research Office (est. 2002), the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy (est. 2005), and the Cyberspace Law and Policy Office (est. 2008). In 2008, Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law celebrated 40 years of publication. Few law schools in the world have as many full-time faculty members (24) engaged in teaching, research, and the practice of international law, and only eight other U.S. law schools provide as many international law course offerings (54). Through our faculty and alumni networks, rich and innovative curriculum, international conference and distinguished lecture series, experiential labs and clinics, semesterlong externships and summer internships, and study abroad programs, Case uniquely prepares students for, and helps them attain employment in, the exciting field of international law.

We invite you to read more about the Case Global program and encourage you to contact us for further information.

Michael Scharf, Director
mps17@case.edu

Jacqueline Lipton, Associate Director
Director, Cyberspace Law and Policy Office
jdl14@case.edu

Robert Strassfeld, Associate Director
Director, Institute for Global Security Law and Policy
rns3@case.edu

Jon Groetzinger, Jr.
U.S. Director, Canada-United States Law Institute
jon.groetzinger@case.edu

Daniel Ujczo
Managing Director, Canada-United States Law Institute
daniel.ujczo@case.edu

Lewis Katz
Director, LL.M Program in U.S. and Global Legal Studies
lrk@case.edu


“My most memorable academic experiences at Case included working at Human Rights Watch as a Klatsky Fellow, serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Law, and participating in the Immigration Law Clinic. Each of these opportunities provided me with unique, hands-on experiences in the field of international law, and showed me that it is possible to practice international law in the U.S. Today, I work in immigration law in New York City. My work not only exposes me to people from around the world, but also allows me to stay involved in human rights issues.”
Elizabeth Reichard, J.D. ‘04
Immigration attorney, Cyrus D. Mehta & Associates PLLC,
New York City


Established in 2001, the Klatsky Seminar in Human Rights has featured Harold Koh, former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights; David Crane, Chief Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone; Eli Rosenbaum, Director, Department of Justice Office of Special Investigations; Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch; Michael Reisman, former President, Inter-American Commission for Human Rights; and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and human rights expert Samantha Power (above, with Klatsky Fellow Elizabeth Reichard J.D. 04), named one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time magazine.