

Seattle University School of Law Dean Anthony E. Varona has been recognized by The National Jurist as one of the 25 most influential leaders in legal education in the United States.
January 29, 2026 | Announcements

For another year in a row, Seattle University School of Law had more lifetime graduates on the cumulative Washington Super Lawyers lists than any other law school in the Pacific Northwest.
January 13, 2026

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hold a special sitting at Seattle U Law.
November 14, 2025 | Announcements

Seattle U Law and AccessLex launch a five-year initiative to combat Central Washington's legal desert and support students’ academic and bar success.
October 16, 2025 | Announcements

Microsoft Director of Compliance and Responsible AI Catherine Romero ’96, who works on Microsoft’s philanthropic AI for Good team, received the 2025 TILE Alumni Award for her mentorship of law students.
October 3, 2025

This year's Scholars for Justice intend to take their law degrees back to their hometowns to increase legal access for underserved groups.
September 29, 2025
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The National Jurist named Seattle University School of Law as one of the top 10 law schools nationally in its “Best Law Schools for Public Service” rankings.
September 8, 2025

The new Seattle University School of Law JD class boasts a median LSAT score of 159 and a median GPA of 3.59, the highest of any incoming cohort to date.
August 28, 2025

Seattle University School of Law has been selected to host a prestigious national conference focused on legal and policy matters affecting communities of color that takes place just once every eight to ten years.
July 21, 2025 | Announcements

Seattle University School of Law hosted its Third Annual Supreme Court Rapid Response webinar with celebrated experts in law and history from around the nation.
July 11, 2025 | Events

Two Seattle University School of Law students have earned coveted 2025 Justice John Paul Stevens Fellowships for their academic accomplishments and passion for public interest law.
July 9, 2025 | Announcements
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With Indigenous Peoples critically underrepresented in law, the renamed Northwest Center for Indigenous Law launches a new plan focused on greater access.
June 12, 2025

More than 170 JD, LLM, and MLS graduates, with their families and friends excitedly watching, marked the culmination of their legal education with the receipt of diplomas and hoods during Seattle University School of Law's May Commencement Ceremony.
May 19, 2025 | Events

A record 92% of Seattle University School of Law’s Class of 2024 students found employment in the 10-month period after graduation, according to data recently released by the American Bar Association. It is the highest rate ever in the history of the law school.
May 16, 2025

Guest contributor/2L Sydney Smythe writes about why she and her peers started the First-Gen Coalition.
May 5, 2025

Distinguished Professor Angela Harris visited Vatican City last month to participate in the “Jubilee Convenings on Global Climate Reparations and the Catholic Church,” an effort to elevate the issues of climate migration and climate justice.
May 2, 2025
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Seattle U Law has hired nine outstanding new faculty members, one of the largest cohorts in recent memory.
April 25, 2025 | Announcements

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) President Deborah Archer will deliver the keynote address at Seattle University School of Law’s Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 17.
April 21, 2025 | Announcements

The Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice at Seattle University School of Law filed amicus briefs supporting court challenges to the constitutionality of Trump Administration executive actions targeting birthright citizenship and several law firms.
April 17, 2025

The Legal Writing Institute (LWI) has renamed a prestigious teaching award for Professor Emerita Laurel Oates ’78 to honor her extraordinary contributions in elevating the status of legal writing as a discipline.
April 11, 2025

Washington State Bar Association President Sunitha Anjilvel was named the 2025 Seattle U Law Woman of the Year.
April 3, 2025 | Announcements

Mimi Samuel, a beloved faculty member who has been a fixture at Seattle University School of Law for a quarter of a century, is retiring at the end of June.
March 31, 2025

Janet K.G. Dickson ‘88, a dedicated faculty member who has skillfully taught the craft of legal writing to generations of Seattle University School of Law students, will retire at the end of the 2024-25 academic year in June.
March 28, 2025

The law school remembers Professor Emeritus David Boerner, a celebrated faculty member who faithfully served the law school and the legal profession with distinction during his long career.
March 26, 2025 | Announcements

Three Seattle University School of Law alumni have been named to the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 2025 “40 under 40” list, which highlights young leaders across the state in a variety of fields.
March 20, 2025 | Announcements
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Seattle U Law has partnered with the University of Puget Sound to expand the reach of the South Sound Hybrid Hub to promote access to justice.
February 26, 2025 | Announcements

Senate Bill 5104, which students in the Workers' Rights Clinic, under the leadership of Professor Elizabeth Ford, helped draft, passed the Washington State Senate.
February 24, 2025
Eight first-year students have been selected to participate in this year’s Calhoun Family Fellowship based on their passion for and dedication to racial justice advocacy and issues of equal justice.
February 21, 2025

Seattle University School of Law has been lauded in the winter issue of the National Jurist’s preLaw magazine for its strength in international law, employment law, and diversity.
February 6, 2025

Seattle University School of Law recently concluded one of its most successful showings ever at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, held in San Francisco in early January.
February 4, 2025 | Events

Seattle University School of Law’s Northwest Center for Indigenous Law and Skagit Legal Aid have formulated a three-year plan to significantly enhance and sustain tribal legal aid infrastructure.
January 7, 2025 | Announcements

Dozens of Seattle U Law students received their JD, LLM, and MLS degrees in December, including the first graduating class of the hybrid-online Flex JD Program.
January 6, 2025 | Events
Steve Tapia, who teaches in the TILE Institute, spoke to KING 5 about a lawsuit filed by a family against a video game.
January 15, 2026 | In the News
Professor Erin Carr joined KING 5 live to discuss the death of Minneapolis resident Renee Good at the hands of an ICE agent.
January 13, 2026 | In the News
Steve Tapia, who teaches in the TILE Institute, talked to Cascadia Daily News about Whatcom County's new AI policy.
January 5, 2026 | In the News
Professor Thomas Antkowiak shared his expertise with KING 5 News after the U.S. removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
January 5, 2026 | In the News
Professor Emerita Lorraine Bannai was featured on Rachel Maddow's new six-episode podcast, "Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order."
December 29, 2025 | In the News
Professor Erin Carr spoke to Cascadia Daily News about the proliferation of nonconsensual sexual images and videos made by AI.
December 7, 2025 | In the News
The Seattle Times highlighted the work of Global Rights Advocacy and Seattle U Law International Human Rights Clinic.
October 12, 2025 | In the News
Professor Elizabeth Ford, director of the Workers' Rights Clinic, was a guest on Power at Work's "Power Half-Hour" podcast.
September 30, 2025 | In the News
Professor John Kirkwood spoke to KOMO News about a judge's recent ruling that Google must share data with its rivals.
September 29, 2025 | In the News
Professor Erin Carr discusses the implications of ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and what it means for the First Amendment.
September 18, 2025 | In the News
Distinguished Professor of Law Kellye Testy co-wrote an op-ed for The Hill about the increase in threats against federal judges.
September 14, 2025 | In the News
Immigrant Justice Clinic Director Zaida Rivera joined FOX 13's "Good Day Seattle" to discuss the current state of immigration.
September 4, 2025 | In the News
Professor Sital Kalantry co-wrote an op-ed for The Seattle Times about the negative impact of tariffs on India for small shops.
September 2, 2025 | In the News
Professor Erin Carr and KING 5 anchor Joyce Taylor discussed the president's efforts to remove directors of federal agencies.
August 29, 2025 | In the News
Professor Erin Carr appeared live on KING 5 with Joyce Taylor to analyze the latest issues out of Washington, D.C.
August 22, 2025 | In the News
Professor Robert Boruchowitz wrote a column for The Seattle Times about the SCOWA order to lower public defenders' caseloads.
August 15, 2025 | In the News
Professor Andrew Siegel joined FOX 13's Good Day Seattle to discuss the president taking control of the Washington, D.C. Police.
August 14, 2025 | In the News
Professor Deirdre Bowen went on FOX 13 to discuss the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court may revisit same-sex marriage.
August 12, 2025 | In the News
Professor Deborah Ahrens joined KIRO 7 News for a live analysis before the sentencing of Bryan Kohberger in Idaho.
July 23, 2025 | In the News
Professor Robert Boruchowitz spoke to the Idaho Statesman about the role of a public defender in a potential death penalty case.
July 21, 2025 | In the News
Professor Deborah Ahrens appeared on KIRO 7 for a live analysis before Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to four counts of murder.
July 2, 2025 | In the News
Professor Deirdre Bowen appeared on KING 5, explaining why a prosecutor may offer a plea deal in a high-profile murder case.
July 1, 2025 | In the News
NCIL Director Brooke Pinkham spoke to KUOW about the disproportionality of Native American children placed in foster care.
June 30, 2025 | In the News
Professor Erin Carr appeared on FOX 13 discussing the Supreme Court upholding Tennessee's ban on transgender care for minors.
June 30, 2025 | In the News
Professor Andrew Siegel shared his constitutional law expertise on KOMO after the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling.
June 28, 2025 | In the News
Professor Bob Boruchowitz spoke to KUOW's Soundside about the Washington Supreme Court lowering caseloads for public defenders.
June 24, 2025 | In the News
Professor Sara Rankin spoke to OPB a year after the Supreme Court's ruling to uphold a ban on unhoused people camping in public.
June 22, 2025 | In the News
Cascade PBS took a look at Seattle U Law's Judicial Institute, a training program in the courts for history and civics teachers.
June 17, 2025 | In the News
Professor Pilar Margarita Hernández Escontrías was a guest on KUOW's Soundside discussing a confusing communication from ICE.
June 16, 2025 | In the News
Professor Deirdre Bowen, a family law expert, spoke to KING 5 after the murder of three sisters, allegedly by their father.
June 6, 2025 | In the News
Professor Erin Carr spoke with Cascade PBS following a clash between an anti-LGBTQ+ rally and counter-protesters.
May 30, 2025 | In the News
Professor Russell Powell spoke with KUOW about a new state law mandating clergy betray the confidentiality of the confessional.
May 13, 2025 | In the News
Professor Erin Carr wrote an op-ed for the South Florida Sun Sentinel on the president's rampant use of extortion.
May 6, 2025 | In the News
Professor Erin Carr spoke live on KING 5 about the Trump administration's reversal of more than 1,500 terminated student visas.
April 25, 2025 | In the News
Professor Sara Rankin spoke to The Seattle Times after the Washington Supreme Court overturned a public camping ban in Spokane.
April 18, 2025 | In the News
Professor Erin Carr went live on KING 5 to discuss the government's mistaken deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 15, 2025 | In the News
KING 5's Bridget Chavez spoke with Adjunct Professor Jay Gairson, who is representing students whose visas were revoked.
April 8, 2025 | In the News
Professor Andrew Siegel spoke live with KING 5's Joyce Taylorabout the possibility of a third Trump term.
April 1, 2025 | In the News
Professor Sara Rankin, director of the Homeless Rights Advocacy Project, spoke to The Guardian about the homelessness crisis.
March 26, 2025 | In the News
Professor Zaida Rivera appeared live on KING 5 to discuss the detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.
March 13, 2025 | In the News
Professor Andrew Siegel helped FOX 13 Seattle's "Good Day Seattle" viewers analyze President Trump's address to Congress.
March 5, 2025 | In the News
The Washington State Standard wrote a profile of Senate Bill 5104, which students in the Workers' Rights Clinic helped draft.
February 12, 2025 | In the News
Kelli Rodriguez talked to the Washington State Standard about the order banning transgender girls and women from women's sports.
February 10, 2025 | In the News
Professor Andrew Siegel talked to KING 5 after a Seattle judge granted an injunction against the birthright citizenship order.
February 6, 2025 | In the News
Professor Andrew Siegel talked to The Seattle Times after Attorney General Nick Brown sued the Trump administration.
January 21, 2025 | In the News
Constitutional law expert Professor Andrew Siegel appeared on KING 5 about President Trump’s birthright citizenship order.
January 21, 2025 | In the News
Professor Elizabeth Ford spoke to Public News Service about a report that Washington ranks ninth in the nation for wage theft.
January 9, 2025 | In the News
Professor Sara Rankin spoke to the Washington Post about a new federal report showing last year's 18% increase in homelessness.
January 6, 2025 | In the News