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Cassandra Burke Robertson serves as the John Deaver Drinko - BakerHostetler Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where she has been a faculty member since 2007 and directs the Center for Professional Ethics. Her academic career includes prior service as assistant solicitor general in the Office of the Texas Attorney General and a clerkship with the Texas Supreme Court.
Robertson's scholarly work focuses on citizenship law, civil procedure, and legal ethics with transnational dimensions. Her publications appear in top journals including Columbia Law Review, NYU Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, and Texas Law Review, and have been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous federal and state courts. She teaches Civil Procedure, Professional Responsibility, Judicial Remedies, Law and Regulation of Autonomous Vehicles, Transnational Litigation, Secured Transactions, and Wills.
Her recent scholarship addresses emerging legal challenges in autonomous vehicle regulation, litigation financing ecosystems, speech policy, and citizenship law. Articles like 'Litigating Partial Autonomy' (2024) and 'Optimizing the Litigation Funding Ecosystem' (2025) demonstrate her interdisciplinary approach connecting technology, ethics, and procedural law.
- Teacher of the Year (voted by graduating class)
- 1L Professor of the Year (voted by first-year students)
- Law Alumni Association Distinguished Teacher Award
- CWRU School of Law Distinguished Research Award
Robertson actively shapes legal practice through her appointment to the Ohio Commission on Rules of Practice and Procedure by the Ohio Supreme Court. Formerly, she chaired the Uniform Law Commission's Study Committee on Third-Party Financing of Litigation. She also serves on the board of Maximum Accessible Housing of Ohio, demonstrating commitment to practical legal applications for social benefit.
She holds a Juris Doctor with highest honors from the University of Texas at Austin (2002), complemented by Master's degrees in Middle Eastern Studies and Public Affairs (1998), and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Washington (1993).
