

'My experience as a teacher of bright, dedicated, and hard-working students is quintessential to my role as a professor. It has been a pleasure and privilege to work with so many young men and women who graduated from this institution and became distinguished leaders in their respective fields,' Skover said.
May 18, 2022
Lisa Brodoff considers herself lucky. That's because for the past 25 years, she's held her dream job as a professor and director of Seattle University School of Law's nationally ranked Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic. Alongside her academic career, Brodoff has been a fierce advocate for laws and policies to protect the state's most vulnerable populations.
April 21, 2022
The law school welcomes an accomplished cohort of new tenure-track faculty members, each of whom brings a wealth of teaching, practical, and scholarly expertise.
April 12, 2022 | Announcements
Professor Sidney DeLong retires after 37 years of teaching.
April 10, 2022 | Announcements
In accepting the 2022 Woman of the Year award, Tarra Simmons ’17 thanked the many women in the legal profession who helped her along the way and encouraged those who will come after her.
March 31, 2022 | Announcements
Seattle University School of Law has partnered with Refugee & Immigrant Services Northwest to provide legal assistance to more than 30 Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn home country. Thirteen student volunteers, overseen by professors and licensed attorneys, will help the refugees complete the initial paperwork required to seek asylum in the United States.
March 29, 2022 | Announcements
As Ainsworth prepares to retire after 34 years of teaching, first at University of Puget Sound School of Law and then at Seattle University School of Law when the law school moved north, she reflected on the forks in the road that led her to what she calls “the best job in the world.”
March 29, 2022 | Announcements
Five dedicated students and equal justice advocates will undertake a summer of skills training and race equity work as part of Seattle University School of Law’s Calhoun Family Fellowship. The 2022 fellows are Marcel Baugh ‘24, Leslie Burnett ‘24, Naomi Rothenberg ‘24, Jean Russell ‘24, and Talia Starr ‘24.
March 22, 2022
Diane Lourdes Dick receives Oltman award for excellence in teaching.
February 24, 2022 | Announcements
Participants build solo and small law practices with mentorship and other support for one year.
February 10, 2022 | Announcements
Seattle University School of Law Family Law program to serve more students, expand legal aid efforts
January 31, 2022 | Announcements
Goal is to meet the need for 'homegrown' lawyers who can serve Central Washington's communities
December 8, 2021
For the second straight year, law students and alumni teamed up to hold a one-day Housing Justice Clinic, helping residents at risk of losing their homes. Twenty clients received valuable legal counseling on issues such as the eviction moratorium, disputes with their landlords, confusing legal notices, and questions about their leases or federal housing vouchers.
November 15, 2021
The endowed scholarship honors and acknowledges all that Justice Yu represents to people who never dreamed that someone like them could become a state supreme court justice.
November 4, 2021
Washington Women Lawyers (WWL) selected Dean Annette Clark '89 as the 2021 recipient of the Justice Mary Fairhurst Passing the Torch Award, which recognizes an individual who has gone above and beyond in mentoring women lawyers and making a difference in the legal community.
October 8, 2021
Thanks to Amanda DuBois's advocacy and generosity, Seattle University School of Law launched the Full Circle Scholarship, which provides $5,000 each year for a student whose life has been directly impacted by the criminal justice system, with a preference for students who have been incarcerated themselves.
October 6, 2021
Ana Hernández-Zamudio and Zulen Pantoja-Ortega were named the 2021 Scholars for Justice, an honor that goes to students committed to working in public interest. Molly Gunther received the 2021 Douglas R. Nash Native American Law Scholarship, given to an enrolled member of an Indian tribe (or lineal descendant of an enrolled member). The awards are three-year, full-tuition scholarships that recognize outstanding law students.
October 1, 2021
In his first address to students since becoming Seattle University’s leader in July, President Eduardo Peñalver welcomed the School of Law’s incoming students with an inspiring reminder about the role lawyers play in society.
August 19, 2021
Annette Clark ’89 will leave her position next June after almost a decade at the helm
August 16, 2021 | Announcements
As a professor of lawyering skills and director of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Lorraine Bannai spent 25 of her 41 teaching years at Seattle University School of Law. As a lawyer, she helped reopen the case of Fred Korematsu and often speaks on the atrocity of Japanese American incarceration during World War II.
June 14, 2021
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Professor Andrew Siegel discusses the ramifications of the leaked draft ruling that could overturn abortion rights.
May 9, 2022 | In the News
"Everything is up for grabs," Professor Sital Kalantry predicts, saying the ruling impacts four decades of constitutional law.
May 5, 2022 | In the News
Professor Sital Kalantry discusses the "new battleground" of interstate jurisdiction if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
May 4, 2022 | In the News
Timea Soos joined a cohort of inaugural fellows supporting a multidisciplinary approach to policing.
April 29, 2022
Professor Liz Ford and students describe their advocacy on behalf of low-wage workers.
April 20, 2022 | In the News
Professor Liz Ford speculates on Washington's new law mandating benefits for app-based drivers.
April 4, 2022 | In the News
Professor Deirdre Bowen says it's important for future lawyers to learn empathy.
April 3, 2022 | In the News
Professor Deirdre Bowen describes the challenges of an asylum application.
April 3, 2022 | In the News
Professor Sara Rankin says there isn't enough investment in housing, the only real solution to homelessness.
April 2, 2022 | In the News
Professor Charlotte Garden outlines the next step between Amazon and its new union.
April 1, 2022 | In the News
Professor Charlotte Garden analyzes the high court's oral argument in an employment dispute.
March 30, 2022 | In the News
Professor Charlotte Garden previews an employment dispute that will be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
March 25, 2022 | In the News
The high court seems poised to deter strategic delays, says Professor Charlotte Garden.
March 24, 2022 | In the News
Aspiring public defender carries on Dean Bond's legacy.
March 18, 2022 | Announcements
A U.S. Supreme Court case looks at the issue of delayed arbitration and Professor Charlotte Garden offers a preview.
March 18, 2022 | In the News
Professor Mark Chinen discusses Big Tech's involvement in monitoring cyber threats associated with the Ukraine war.
March 10, 2022 | In the News
Professors Natasha Martin and Andrew Siegel react to the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.
February 25, 2022 | In the News
Professor Charlotte Garden joins other scholars in analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in recent vaccine case.
January 26, 2022 | In the News
Professor Charlotte Garden says labor law makes it difficult for worker activism to translate into union membership.
January 20, 2022 | In the News
Professor Sital Kalanty discusses how her bicultural upbringing influences her legal scholarship.
January 20, 2022 | In the News
Professor Sara Rankin says vehicle residency is a "hidden crisis in plain sight."
January 19, 2022 | In the News
Research by Seattle University law students is cited in this story about barriers to shelter.
January 18, 2022 | In the News
An essay by Prof. John Kirkwood explores effective options for legal challenges to predatory pricing.
January 5, 2022 | In the News
Seattle University School of Law and the Office of Civil Legal Aid (OCLA) have formed the Housing Justice Collective.
November 17, 2021
First-year students Emery Birch, Betsy Castro, and Halley Cody were selected as 2021 Gregoire Fellows.
September 21, 2021
Essential Worker Fellow, Rodriguez, will work directly with food service workers who have been denied unemployment benefits.
August 5, 2021
Christian Halliburton joined the faculty in 2002 and served as the faculty director of the law school's Alaska Program.
July 1, 2021
Professor Laurel Currie Oates retired this year, prompting well wishes from colleagues and reflections on her tremendous impact
May 25, 2021
Julie Shapiro taught family law, civil procedure, and self-reflection.
May 6, 2021