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Two Seattle U Law faculty members have been chosen by AccessLex Institute to write a series of modules based on evidence law to help prepare students across the nation for the NextGen Bar Exam.
December 16, 2024
Seattle University School of Law Professor Zaida Rivera is leading the effort to implement new pathways to bar licensure as chair of a newly-formed statewide steering committee.
November 15, 2024
The Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice builds on the law school's commitment to social justice.
November 13, 2024
Entrusted with immense responsibility early in their careers, alumni who served as judicial clerks share the rewards and challenges of these coveted positions.
November 12, 2024
Laith Kewan '27, a first-year Seattle University School of Law student who possesses a variety of interests, life experiences, and future goals in the legal profession, has been named a 2024 Gregoire Fellow.
November 6, 2024 | Announcements
Seattle U Law organized and hosted one of the first major events at its new South Sound Hybrid Hub, featuring Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice Steven González.
October 31, 2024 | Events
The latest issue of preLaw Magazine gives Seattle University School of Law an A+ for racial justice education, ranking the law school fourth in the nation in this area of study.
October 23, 2024
A partnership between the University of Alaska Anchorage and Seattle University School of Law will establish the new Alaska Hybrid Hub.
October 9, 2024 | Announcements
The Seattle University School of Law Technology, Innovation Law, and Ethics (TILE) Program’s Annual Celebration of Alumni featured an internationally prominent thought leader, Gaia Bernstein, who spoke about the increasing threat of social media overuse and abuse to youth in the modern era.
October 2, 2024 | Events
Seattle University School of Law has been named a national “Employment Leader” by the National Jurist’s preLaw Magazine, a result of its successful efforts to improve the percentage of recent graduates who are employed in the months after they complete law school.
September 30, 2024
Bree Black Horse ’13, an assistant U.S. attorney based in Yakima, has been named the inaugural director of Seattle University School of Law’s new Central Washington Hybrid Hub.
September 30, 2024 | Announcements
Nazune Menka, an assistant professor of law at Seattle University School of Law, announced that she is among 205 leaders selected to join the Obama Foundation Leaders program.
September 26, 2024 | Announcements
Seattle University School of Law kicked off the 2024-25 Dean’s Luminaries in Law Lecture and Conversation Series with international human rights activist Margarette May Macaulay, a world-renowned advocate and jurist.
September 26, 2024 | Events
Seattle U Law’s International Human Rights Clinic faculty and students seek to raise awareness of shocking conditions in Guerrero
September 19, 2024
Seattle University School of Law, through its Technology, Innovation Law, and Ethics (TILE) Program, is partnering with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to offer a new program to offer free legal assistance to inventors.
September 13, 2024 | Announcements
Seattle University School of Law’s Technology, Innovation Law, and Ethics (TILE) Program has developed a new TILE Certificate program to equip the next generation of legal professionals with the skills needed to lead in rapidly evolving legal practices rooted in technology and innovation.
September 13, 2024 | Announcements
Aspiring lawyers in central Washington will have a new way to earn a law degree while remaining in their communities thanks to a partnership between Seattle University School of Law and Heritage University to establish a “Hybrid Hub.”
September 6, 2024 | Announcements
This year’s Scholars for Justice are using their own backgrounds as immigrants as inspiration to help future newcomers gain legal residency, economic stability, and a permanent new home.
September 4, 2024
A new class of 211 JD students entered Seattle University School of Law this week to begin a challenging yet rewarding journey to become lawyers.
August 30, 2024
In recognition of his distinguished career as a dedicated and exemplary educator, Professor John Kirkwood has been named the 2024-2026 William C. Oltman Professor of Teaching Excellence at Seattle University School of Law.
August 29, 2024 | Announcements
Seattle University School of Law graduates are well-represented on recently-published lists of Super Lawyers and Rising Stars in Washington state, as 671 total alumni made the cut. With 1,067 alumni included in these lists over the years, Seattle U Law has the most alumni, coming in ahead of the next best law school by more than 200 lawyers.
August 28, 2024 | Announcements
A recently published academic paper has named Seattle University School of Law as the top-ranked Pacific Northwest law school for faculty impact, and places it in the top third of all law schools nationally.
August 27, 2024 | Announcements
Professor Michael Blasie is the new dean of the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP) University School of Law in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
August 21, 2024 | Announcements
Anthony E. Varona will serve a two-year term as a Public Member of the independent federal agency that studies and recommends improvements to administrative procedures.
August 14, 2024 | Announcements
More than 60 high school students from underserved backgrounds around Western Washington experienced life as Seattle University School of Law students for a day as part of the 2024 ilead Law and Leadership Conference.
August 13, 2024 | Events
Faculty from Seattle University School of Law’s top-ranked Legal Writing Program attended the 2024 Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute (LWI), held in July at Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
August 13, 2024
Brooke Coleman, vice dean for Academic Affairs and the Fredric C. Tausend Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law, has been elected to the prestigious American Law Institute.
July 30, 2024 | Announcements
Seattle University School of Law hosted two prominent American Bar Association workshops this past week that drew a sold-out attendance of approximately 130 law school deans from around the nation.
July 24, 2024 | Events
Seattle University School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice will expand the school’s commitment to empowering faculty and students to deploy critical research, education, and advocacy to reveal and remove systems of racism, oppression, and exclusion within the law.
July 18, 2024
A group of prospective law students from the Central Washington region had the opportunity to envision themselves attending Seattle University School of Law during a campus visit as part of an innovative pipeline program.
July 11, 2024
Just 24 hours after the U.S. Supreme Court released its monumental decision on presidential immunity in Trump v. United States, Seattle University School of Law hosted its Second Annual Supreme Court Rapid Response Webinar with nationally-renowned experts in constitutional, criminal, and election law.
July 8, 2024 | Events
Seattle University School of Law Professor Sara Rankin has attained the rare honor of having her scholarship quoted by a U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) justice in a dissenting opinion of a recently decided landmark case on homelessness.
July 8, 2024
Two Seattle University School of Law students have been awarded 2024 Justice John Paul Stevens Fellowships for demonstrating strong interest in public interest law and social justice, as well as high academic achievement.
June 26, 2024
Three faculty members who have collectively spent decades at Seattle University School of Law have stepped down at the end of the 2023-24 academic year.
June 20, 2024
In Olympia, Larry Jefferson '94 and Sara Robbins '07 head the state agencies responsible for providing legal representation for clients who cannot pay.
June 6, 2024
With courage and determination, attorney Vonda M. Sargent ’94 has become one of the state’s foremost civil rights litigators by taking tough cases that expose racism in the judicial system.
June 5, 2024
Seattle University School of Law hosted some of the nation’s top technology law experts during its Seventh Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference on the theme of “Generative AI: Infringement or Innovation?” as part of the Summer Institute for Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (SITIE).
June 4, 2024 | Events
Two Seattle University School of Law graduates, Mary Bent ’23 and Katherine (Katy) Daley ’24, have earned prestigious Equal Justice Works (EJW) Fellowships to pursue a social justice-oriented project of their choosing over the course of the next two years.
June 3, 2024 | Announcements
The International Human Rights Clinic scored a victory for a Tacoma man who was wrongfully imprisoned abroad.
May 30, 2024
Nearly 200 Seattle University School of Law graduates celebrated the culmination of their legal education at May Commencement.
May 22, 2024 | Events
Among the more than 200 graduates recognized at Seattle University School of Law’s Spring Commencement Ceremony include the first-ever cohort of students to earn their law degree through the law school’s innovative hybrid-online Flex JD program.
May 20, 2024
Less than a year after getting married during law school, two students are preparing to celebrate another milestone together — graduation.
May 14, 2024
A new dual degree program, offered in partnership between Seattle University School of Law and Alaska Pacific University (APU) in Anchorage, makes it possible for Alaskan students to remain in their home state, the only state without a law school, while earning law and business degrees.
May 9, 2024
Haley Miller '24 was named a National Jurist Law Student of the Year for her advocacy work on behalf of students with disabilities.
May 6, 2024 | Announcements
Beginning this summer, Angela P. Harris, a nationally acclaimed legal scholar and thought leader, will become a distinguished professor at Seattle University School of Law.
May 3, 2024 | Announcements
Seattle University School of Law celebrated the installation of Professor Russell Powell as the first Father John Topel Endowed Scholar in Catholic Social Thought and Justice.
April 18, 2024 | Announcements
Zulen Pantoja-Ortega ’24 and Tiana Pereira ’24 regularly help out at the King County Juvenile Detention Center as part of the Youth Education & Advocacy Project (YEAP). Here, Pantoja-Ortega and Pereira share their experience working with incarcerated youth.
April 15, 2024
Bree Black Horse '13, the first Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington, was named Seattle U Law's 2024 Woman of the Year.
March 22, 2024 | Events
Seattle University School of Law has announced that Devon Carbado, the Honorable Harry Pregerson Professor of Law at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, will deliver the inaugural Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic Distinguished Lecture on April 12, 2024, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Sullivan Hall.
March 21, 2024 | Events
Seattle University School of Law leaders and alumni played key roles in developing and advocating for reforms to the state’s licensure process for new attorneys that culminated in sweeping changes ordered by the Washington Supreme Court
March 15, 2024
Internationally renowned academics, scholars, legal practitioners, and other distinguished experts will convene at Seattle University School of Law this Friday and Saturday to attend the 16th Berle Symposium.
March 6, 2024 | Events
Two Seattle University School of Law alumni have been named to the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 2024 “40 Under 40” list.
March 5, 2024 | Announcements
American Bar Association President Mary Smith, a pathbreaking national leader in law and in STEM education and accessibility, will deliver the keynote address at Seattle University School of Law’s Spring Commencement on May 18.
February 29, 2024 | Announcements
Seattle University School of Law Professor Robert Chang was presented with the Mentor of the Year Award by the Korean American Bar Association (KABA) of Washington during its 33rd Annual Banquet at Benaroya Hall this month.
February 29, 2024
Seattle U Law partners with UW Tacoma to launch innovative “South Sound Hybrid Hub”
February 26, 2024
New bar exam prep program earns honorable mention for providing immersive experience to students
February 8, 2024
Seattle University School of Law has selected Professor Nazune Menka to become the next faculty director of the Center for Indian Law & Policy. Menka, who will also serve as a tenure-track assistant professor of law, is Seattle U Law’s first Alaska Native faculty member.
February 8, 2024 | Announcements
International and employment law programs, along with facilities, rated highly by preLaw Magazine
February 8, 2024
A team of students who are Black Law Student Association (BLSA) members took first place at a regional mock trial competition and is now headed to nationals this spring.
February 5, 2024
Varona starts his fourth semester as Seattle U Law dean with long list of accomplishments
January 19, 2024
Seattle University School of Law has tapped Kathryn Naegeli Boling to lead the law school’s esteemed Legal Writing Program.
January 10, 2024 | Announcements
Seattle University School of Law Dean Anthony E. Varona has appointed Father Lucas Sharma, S.J. to the role of Jesuit advisor.
January 10, 2024 | Announcements
Seattle U Law celebrated dozens of accomplished graduates during December Commencement.
January 4, 2024 | Events
Seattle University School of Law faculty and staff will be playing a major role at the Association of American Law Schools’ Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
January 2, 2024 | Events
Seattle U Law Professor Steven Bender, an associate dean, is the recipient of the 2024 Society of American Law Teachers’ (SALT) Great Teacher Award for his significant contributions to teaching, legal education, and mentoring.
December 15, 2023
A Sullivan Hall event featuring speakers from the U.S. Department of Justice and the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office provided a deep-dive into hate crimes, including proper identification, most commonly reported types in King County, reasons for underreporting, and much more.
December 4, 2023 | Events
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Professor Elizabeth Ford spoke to KING 5 about a U.S. Senate report that states Amazon's practices lead to warehouse injuries.
December 16, 2024 | In the News
Professor John Kirkwood talked to the Washington Post about a judicial ruling against the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger.
December 11, 2024 | In the News
Professor John Kirkwood told KING 5 the rulings against the Kroger-Albertsons merger would likely help keep grocery prices down.
December 11, 2024 | In the News
Professor Sital Kalantry spoke with Politico about conservatives using foreign laws to argue against youth transgender care.
December 3, 2024 | In the News
Professor Sital Kalantry spoke to The Seattle Times about the role of local Indian Americans in the presidential election.
October 28, 2024 | In the News
Professor Steven Bender spoke to Salon about Vice President Kamala Harris endorsing the legalization of recreational cannabis.
October 18, 2024 | In the News
Professor John Kirkwood spoke to The Seattle Times about Attorney General Ferguson's suits to stop the Kroger-Albertsons merger.
October 13, 2024 | In the News
Professor Margaret Chon discussed with KING 5 News the Washington State Attorney General's Office's lawsuit against TikTok.
October 8, 2024 | In the News
Professor John Kirkwood spoke to Bloomberg about certain claims that the Federal Trade Commission is acting unconstitutionally.
September 26, 2024 | In the News
Professor John Kirkwood appeared on KING 5 to share his insights about the possible outcomes of the Kroger/Albertsons trial.
September 16, 2024 | In the News
In an op-ed featured in the Detroit Free Press, Professor Erin Carr examines the use of "childless" as a political insult.
August 13, 2024 | In the News
Family Law Center Director Deirdre Bowen spoke to St. Louis' KSDK 5 about the city's effort to get stolen guns off the streets.
August 5, 2024 | In the News
Professor Seth Endo spoke to Mother Jones for an investigation of funding sources of a movement to take down gun control laws.
July 30, 2024 | In the News
Professor Sara Rankin spoke to KOMO 4 News about California Governor Gavin Newsom's order to remove homeless encampments.
July 25, 2024 | In the News
Professor Sital Kalantry co-wrote an op-ed in The Seattle Times on the success of Indian Americans in attaining elected office.
July 23, 2024 | In the News
Professor Andrew Siegel analyzed a survey with KING 5 in which most respondents said democracy is at stake in this election.
July 19, 2024 | In the News
Rachel Cohen, Marisa Kendall, and Sara Rankin discussed the Supreme Court's ruling on homelessness on KALW 91.7 FM Bay Area.
July 11, 2024 | In the News
Sara Rankin, Seattle University Law professor, on the Gee Scott & Ursula Reutin Show
July 2, 2024 | In the News
Court Ruling Allows Cities to Aggressively Remove Homeless Encampments and Property
June 29, 2024 | In the News
Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison praised the Supreme Court decision reducing protections for homeless people on the West Coast
June 29, 2024 | In the News
Professor Sara Rankin gave an extensive interview to the UK-based Guardian following the Supreme Court's homelessness decision.
June 29, 2024 | In the News
The Seattle Times examined a new report, co-published by Seattle U Law's Civil Rights Clinic, on Washington's Three Strikes Law.
June 29, 2024 | In the News
The Supreme Court debated if cities can regulate outdoor sleeping in Grants Pass v. Johnson when no shelter space is available
June 28, 2024 | In the News
Supreme Court ruling allows fines and jail for homeless sleeping outside in Grants Pass; advocates say it’s counterproductive
June 28, 2024 | In the News
Court ruled laws limiting public sleeping aren't cruel, sparking fears of “dystopian” bans regardless of shelter, advocates warn
June 28, 2024 | In the News
The Oregon case has been closely watched by Western cities and states
June 28, 2024 | In the News
Professor Sara Rankin discussed SCOTUS' homelessness ruling, Grants Pass v. Johnson, on KIRO Radio's Gee and Ursula Show.
June 28, 2024 | In the News
Ahead of SCOTUS' decision in monumental homelessness case Grants Pass v. Johnson, Professor Sara Rankin spoke to KING 5 News.
June 26, 2024 | In the News
In a major ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed cities to ban homeless encampments even if no shelter space is available
June 24, 2024 | In the News
Professor Deirdre Bowen discussed with The Spokesman-Review how SCOTUS' mifepristone decision will impact Washington residents.
June 13, 2024 | In the News
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday reversed lower court rulings
June 6, 2024 | In the News
South Sound Business profiled the new South Sound Hybrid Hub, created by Seattle U Law.
June 5, 2024 | In the News
KING 5 covered Seattle U Law's Human Rights Clinic's effort to vindicate a man imprisoned abroad for crimes he didn't commit.
June 4, 2024 | In the News
Professor Deborah Ahrens, a criminal law expert, broke down the verdict in Donald Trump's trial on FOX 13's Good Day Seattle.
May 31, 2024 | In the News
Professor Andrew Siegel appeared on FOX 13's Good Day Seattle to answer questions following the verdict in Donald Trump's trial.
May 31, 2024 | In the News
Hours after the verdict in his trial, Professor Deborah Ahrens talked to KING 5 about what may come next for Donald Trump.
May 30, 2024 | In the News
U.S. News and World Report spoke to Matt Etter '12 about how to choose a civil rights-centered law school.
May 22, 2024 | In the News
In an essay published by CPI, noted antitrust expert Professor John Kirkwood examines the issues surrounding common ownership.
May 21, 2024 | In the News
Professor Andrew Siegel was quoted by Law360 in an article examining a difference of opinion between Supreme Court justices.
May 16, 2024 | In the News
Professor Danieli Evans discussed with KING 5 the rights of protesters facing charges for blocking the road to Sea-Tac Airport.
May 15, 2024 | In the News
Professor Deborah Ahrens spoke to KUOW's Soundside about the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's move to reclassify cannabis.
May 6, 2024 | In the News
Professor Erin Carr spoke to Seattle's Morning News on KIRO Radio about the Supreme Court case challenging Idaho's abortion ban.
May 2, 2024 | In the News
Distinguished Practitioner in Residence Steve Tapia spoke to KOMO 4 about a fatal car crash involving Tesla's autopilot feature.
April 25, 2024 | In the News
Professor Deirdre Bowen spoke to The Spokesman-Review about the case before the Supreme Court challenging Idaho's abortion ban.
April 24, 2024 | In the News
The National Jurist recognized Seattle U Law in a piece highlighting leading law schools for intellectual property law.
April 23, 2024 | In the News
KOMO spoke to Professor Sara Rankin on a Supreme Court case centered on cities' power to penalize people for sleeping outside.
April 22, 2024 | In the News
Professor Sara Rankin talked to KING 5 about oral arguments in a Supreme Court case concerning penalties for sleeping outside.
April 22, 2024 | In the News
A Seattle Times op-ed quoted Professor Andrew Siegel in a discussion of the Code of Conduct released by the Supreme Court.
April 12, 2024 | In the News
Professor Elizabeth Ford spoke to the Peninsula Daily News about the Port Angeles Paraeducators Association's strike.
April 11, 2024 | In the News
In an investigation into wage theft, The Seattle Times quoted Professor and Workers' Rights Clinic Director Elizabeth Ford.
April 7, 2024 | In the News
Laura Gutowski says her husband trapped her by preventing her from working for 30 years in Grants Pass, Oregon, where they lived
April 4, 2024 | In the News
In an editorial, the The Seattle Times praises Washington's reforms to the bar licensure process and quotes Dean Anthony Varona.
April 1, 2024 | In the News
In an op-ed, Professor Erin Carr notes that by ignoring the will of the majority, courts narrow the definition of 'the people.'
March 27, 2024 | In the News
Dr. Deirdre Bowen spoke to KING 5 about the Supreme Court case that could restrict access to the abortion drug mifepristone.
March 26, 2024 | In the News
KING 5 featured 3L Schuyler Peters' project to donate 1,000 free bike helmets to kids at her childhood alma mater in Shoreline.
March 25, 2024 | In the News
Professor Erin Carr spoke to FOX 13 about Everett's decision to charge people to attend the mayor's State of the City address.
March 21, 2024 | In the News
Professor John Kirkwood spoke to The Seattle Times about the FTC's attempt to block the Kroger and Albertsons merger.
February 26, 2024 | In the News
Professor Deirdre Bowen spoke to The Oregonian about a case involving an Oregon woman who killed her abusive stepfather.
February 23, 2024 | In the News
Professor Elizabeth Ford spoke to KING 5 about two bills in the Legislature that would provide support to striking workers.
February 20, 2024 | In the News
50 years after the Boldt Decision, FOX 13 interviewed Brooke Pinkham about the monumental ruling that upheld treaty rights.
February 14, 2024 | In the News
Professor John Kirkwood spoke to OSV News about two Supreme Court cases that could undo the "Chevron deference."
January 24, 2024 | In the News
Professor John Kirkwood spoke to The Seattle Times about Attorney General Ferguson's suit over the Kroger-Albertsons merger.
January 18, 2024 | In the News
Professor Deborah Ahrens, a former public defender, spoke to KOMO News about the officers acquitted in Manuel Ellis' Death.
January 15, 2024 | In the News
Professor Thomas Antkowiak sheds light on the important and dangerous work of human rights defenders in Latin America.
January 12, 2024 | In the News
Professor Sital Kalantry writes that the country's green card system disproportionately hurts immigrants from India.
December 22, 2023 | In the News
Professor Sital Kalantry writes that the country's green card system disproportionately hurts immigrants from India.
December 22, 2023 | In the News
Professor Deirdre Bowen discusses with KING 5 SCOTUS' refusal to hear a challenge to Washington's conversion therapy ban.
December 12, 2023 | In the News
Professor John Kirkwood spoke to New York Magazine about Lina Khan's first two years leading the FTC and what could lie ahead.
December 12, 2023 | In the News
Professor Deborah Ahrens joined a KING 5 panel to discuss the trial of three police officers charged with killing Manuel Ellis.
December 1, 2023 | In the News