Faculty in the News | School of Law | Case Western Reserve University

CWRU law school faculty members are regularly featured in news stories about the law. That’s because they’re widely considered leading experts in their fields. They are frequently interviewed for broadcast and print stories, in outlets ranging from The New York Times and Washington Post to CNN and FOX.

1189
stories

in the media since May 1, 2018

Members of the media are encouraged to contact the university’s media relations department for help finding the right professor for your story. If you have a media inquiry or request for an interview please contact Colin McEwen in media relations at 216-368-4442.

Date	Name	Title	Tags	News Outlet
10/13/2025	Jonathan Entin	Questions answered: What Ohio's hemp, delta 8 ban means for you	Marijuana Legalization	WEWS
10/12/2025	Eric Chaffee	Judge Who Took Axe to Lawyers’ Rates Says Size (of Firm) Matters	Business Law	Bloomberg
10/12/2025	Anat Alon-Beck	I nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize — here’s why he deserves it	Donald Trump	Fox News
10/11/2025	Atiba Ellis	Legal Expert Warns Latest Military Move Amid Trump's Crackdown Is 'Extremely' Authoritarian	Donald Trump	Huffington Post
10/11/2025	Brian Gran	Dismantling counterterrorism infrastructure makes America less safe	International Law	The Hill
10/10/2025	Michael Benza	Legal expert breaks down Bionca Ellis’ not guilty by reason of insanity plea	Criminal Law	WKYC
10/10/2025	Matthew Rossman	Judge spares Cleveland from purchasing, destroying dozens of homes near airport	Housing Law	Cleveland Plain Dealer
10/09/2025	Cassandra Burke Robertson	James Comey’s indictment is a trademark tactic of authoritarians	Donald Trump	Salon
10/07/2025	Jonathan Entin	Are Republicans violating Ohio Constitution by slow-walking the redistricting process?	voting law	Cleveland Plain Dealer
10/06/2025	Avidan Cover	Carney under pressure at White House talks	International Law	BBC
10/06/2025	Becca Kendis	Ohio lawmakers introduce anti-abortion bills, despite recent amendment protecting it	Abortion Law	Sound of Ideas, ideastream
10/02/2025	Jessie Hill	Legal battle over Mifepristone	Health Law	Ground News
10/01/2025	Jonathan Entin	Government shutdown may impact Ohio National Guard pay	federalism	Spectrum News
10/01/2025	Michael Benza	Grand juries cleared Akron officers in 3 shooting deaths of Black men in 2 years. How does a community recover?	Criminal Law	Cleveland Plain Dealer
09/30/2025	Michael Benza	Cuyahoga judge rejects defense request to sequester jury in toddler homicide case	Criminal Law	Cleveland Plain Dealer
09/30/2025	Ayesha Bell Hardaway	The Social Justice Institute at Case Western Reserve University on the prison industrial complex	Social Justice	WOIO
09/30/2025	Susan Hatters-Friedman	'Zero progress, zero justice' 3 years after Butler Twp. quadruple homicide	Criminal Law	Dayton Daily News
09/30/2025	Michael Benza	Breaking down the James Comey indictment	Criminal Law	Fox News
09/29/2025	Eric Chaffee	New law now in effect that may help Cleveland Browns move	Business Law	Fox 8
09/29/2025	Miranda Leppla	The citizen suit that led to Campbell's admitting over 5,000 Clean Water Act Violations	Environmental Law	Spectrum News
09/29/2025	Andrew Geronimo	Geauga County commissioners ‘reaffirm’ secret ICE jail contract	Constitutional Law	Cleveland Plain Dealer
09/28/2025	Bryan Adamson	Extraordinarily Troubling': Legal Experts Sound Off After Trump Threatens To Sue ABC... Again	Donald Trump	Huffington Post
09/27/2025	Shannon French	Case Western Reserve University honors immigration advocate with top ethics prize	Ethics	Sound of Ideas, ideastream
09/26/2025	Jonathan Entin	Government shutdown has major local impact	Federal Law	Fox 8, Cleveland
09/26/2025	Sharona Hoffman	Lawyers Say Trump’s Tylenol Move Opens Door To Dangerous New Policies — And Cause Irreparable Damage	Health Law	Huffington Post
09/25/2025	Law School	Ninth Circuit Judge Pushes ‘Bloodthirsty Originalism’ Embrace	Law School	Bloomberg
09/24/2025	Jonathan Entin	The legacy of the 5th Circuit: Past and present	federal courts	NPR
09/23/2025	Anat Alon-Beck	Google faces new antitrust allegations in lawsuit over its ad practices	Business Law	Scripps News
09/23/2025	Anat Alon-Beck	Delaware Judge Calls For Civility After 'Annus Horribilis'	Business Law	Law360
09/23/2025	Matthew Salerno	AI training becomes mandatory at more US law schools	Law School Trends	Reuters
09/22/2025	Jonathan Entin	Impact of a government shutdown	Federal Law	WKYC
09/22/2025	Michael Benza	Protective Custody in Prison: How It Works and Why Some Inmates Need It	Criminal Law	A&E
09/22/2025	Juscelino Colares	Law professor explains why Trump could win tariff case	International Law	The Center Square
09/22/2025	Michael Scharf	Marking 80 years since the founding of the United Nations	International Law	Sound of Ideas, ideastream
09/21/2025	Jessie Hill	Ohio bill would expand hate crime protections to include lawmakers, officials	Health Law	WTRF
09/21/2025	Yaron Covo	Pro sports leagues should do away with injury reports	Sports Law	STAT News
09/19/2025	Andrew Geronimo	Cleveland fire chief on leave after Kirk-related social media post: 4 takeaways	First Amendment Law	Cleveland Plain Dealer
09/19/2025	Eric Chaffee	Expert talks ODOT permit approval for construction of Browns’ domed stadium in Brook Park	Business Law	WOIO
09/19/2025	Andrew Geronimo	Free speech in the workplace? A First Amendment attorney weighs in	First Amendment Law	WKYC
09/19/2025	Sharona Hoffman	Not just Ohio. Another state has an 'active and ongoing' investigation into Thin Blue Line Benefits	Health Law	WEWS
09/19/2025	Andrew Geronimo	Can you be fired for Charlie Kirk social media posts? First Amendment lawyer weighs in	First Amendment Law	WOSU
09/19/2025	Michael Benza	Lawmakers propose harsher penalties for political violence	Criminal Law	Spectrum News
09/18/2025	Eric Chaffee	Cancel culture or accountability? The debate over social media in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death	Business Law	Ohio Capital Journal
09/18/2025	Michael Benza	Prosecutors continue investigation in Bobby George case	Criminal Law	Spectrum News
09/18/2025	Andrew Geronimo	Cleveland fire chief benched after cartoon post on Charlie Kirk’s death	First Amendment Law	Cleveland Plain Dealer
09/14/2025	Raymond Ku	Cancel culture? Or accountability? The debate over social media in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death	First Amendment Law	WEWS, ABC Cleveland
09/14/2025	Avi Cover	Trump pastor Mark Burns quietly became one of his key diplomats. Issues at home still haunt him.	International Law	The Charleston Post and Courier
09/14/2025	Anat Alon-Beck	Trump Investing US Funds in Intel Is Strategy, Not Socialism	Business Law	Bloomberg
09/12/2025	Eric Chaffee	How Cleveland is working to grow the city’s middle class with a focus on workers and wages	community development	Signal Cleveland
09/12/2025	Law School	The Best Law Schools For Human Rights Law (2025)	Best Law Schools	Above the Law