The Memorial of Professor Calvin W. Sharpe

Please join the Case Western Reserve University Law School community as we remember our dear colleague, Professor Calvin W. Sharpe. The Memorial will occur on Friday, April 4, 2025, at 5:00 pm in the Moot Court Room. Professor Sharpe was the Galen J. Roush Professor Emeritus of Law; before holding the Roush Chair, he was the John Deaver Drinko-BakerHostetler Professor of Law. He joined the CWRU Faculty of Law in 1984, where he taught Evidence, Trial Tactics, Alternative Dispute Resolution and courses in labor and employment law. While most professors have a single area of expertise, he published extensively in all four areas. Professor Sharpe graduated with his BA from Clark University (1967), his JD from Northwestern (1974), and his M.A. from Chicago Theological Seminary (1996). He began his legal career as a clerk for U.S. District Judge Hubert L. Will (Northern District, Illinois). He then practiced law in Chicago, spent four years as a trial attorney with the National Labor Relations Board, and began his teaching career in Virginia. Professor Sharpe also began the Dr. Maya Angelou & Professor Calvin Sharpe Interdisciplinary Lecture Endowment on Peaceful Conflict. That lecture is annually held on April 4th to commemorate the birth of Maya Angelou and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Please join us as we honor the life and legacy of Professor Sharpe with his family, friends, former students, and colleagues.