Co-Deans Jessica Berg and Michael Scharf, and CWRU Law alum Lee Fisher (Dean of Cleveland Marshall College of Law), co-chaired the task force on bail reform for the Cleveland area courts. CWRU Law Professors Carmen Naso, Lewis Katz and Michael Benza chaired three of the task force’s subcommittees, and Professor Naso played a leading role in drafting the final report, which was issued this spring and may change the way the County's courts approach bail in the future.
A team of CWRU law students prevailed in a groundbreaking federal lawsuit arguing that an Ohio inmate should be allowed to keep his dreadlocks, protecting his religious freedom.
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