My Story Ain't Over: A Conversation With Innocence Project Exoneree Ru-El Sailor
Ru-El Sailor is a native Clevelander who spent 15 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted for murder before being exonerated with the help of the Ohio Innocence Project in 2018. In its investigation of Mr. Sailor’s case, the Ohio Innocence Project found no evidence, DNA-related or otherwise, linking him to the case, despite false testimony. Mr.
Breakfast with the Deans
SBA is hosting a town hall event in which students can come and discuss certain issues with the administration.
Lunch with the Deans
SBA is hosting a town hall event in which students can come and discuss certain issues with the administration.
Winter Open House: The Journey to Justice
Join us at the Cleveland State University College of Law for an in-depth look at the CSU|LAW student experience and learn how CSU|LAW will help you achieve your career goals. There will be many opportunities to speak with students and faculty and get all of your questions answered. Learn about next steps in the admissions process, meet students over lunch, participate in a real law class and tour our beautiful facility.
From the Deans' Suite - 1/21/26 - AI at CSU|Law
Over the last semester, we've heard a steady refrain from students, alumni, and employers: AI is showing up everywhere in legal work - so how do we make sure our graduates are ready to use it responsibly and well? That question has driven a wide-ranging effort since this summer to design and implement an AI strategy for CSU Law. Today we're pleased to share news about our first significant step that is already generating real momentum.
AltaClaro + CSU|LAW: Preparing Students for AI-Enabled Practice
From the Deans' Suite - 1/14/26 - What "Break" Really Looks Like at CSU Law
Spring semester classes started this week, and it’s wonderful to have folks back in the building.
I’d like to share today a bit of what some of our faculty were up to during the “break” between semesters. First, “break” is something of a misnomer. While classes pause, the work does not. Throughout the winter recess, our faculty were deeply engaged in scholarship, teaching innovation, and national leadership, perhaps nowhere more evident than at last week’s American Association of Law Schools (“AALS”) Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
CSU College Of Law Rolls Out Prompt Engineering Course
Published via Law360 Pulse by Steven Lerner
In an effort to ensure that its graduates enter the legal profession with a proper understanding of how to use artificial intelligence responsibly and effectively, the Cleveland State University College of Law launched a prompt engineering for lawyers course in early January.
CSU College of Law announced the new program Wednesday, with over 130 of the school's 500 students already enrolled in the voluntary course. The program uses the Fundamentals of Prompt Engineering for Lawyers course developed by the legal training platform AltaClaro.
CSU|LAW & AltaClaro Partner to Offer Prompt Engineering Program
Published via Legaltech News by Ella Sherman
The optional certificate program covers prompt engineering basics and AI’s limitations in the legal practice.
What You Need to Know
The U.S. Attacks Against Venezuela: Does Might Make Right?
Public Forum with Professors Milena Sterio and Kyle Shen
On January 3, U.S. forces launched an attack against Venezuela. In the early hours of the same day, U.S. forces captured and kidnapped Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro as well as his wife; within hours both were transferred to the Southern District of New York, where a criminal indictment had been pending against Maduro since 2020, and where a newly filed indictment added Maduro's wife and so as co-defendants. The indictment charges them with conspiracy to traffic drugs and arms into the United States.
From the Deans' Suite - 12/18/25 - Gratitude
As we end the Fall semester and bring 2025 to a close, we’ve been taking some time to reflect on our first semester serving as Co-Interim Deans.
What stands out most—what rises above the calendars and commitments—is how incredibly fortunate we are to work with such a dedicated, caring group of faculty and staff who understand that our work is not only about training lawyers, but also a craft and a calling to shape lives and realize dreams. One of the most wonderful parts of this job is hearing directly from students how our colleagues demonstrate that commitment: with rigor and patience, with high expectations and steady belief, with acts of everyday kindness that can change a semester—or a life.