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.

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.

Senate Bill 5104, which students in the Workers' Rights Clinic, under the leadership of Professor Elizabeth Ford, helped draft, passed the Washington State Senate.

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.

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.

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.

This month, 35 students comprising the first-ever class of the Flex JD Program - which launched 3.5 years ago in fall of 2021 and features a hybrid-online structure - are expected to graduate with their law degrees.

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.

The Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice builds on the law school's commitment to social justice.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Seattle U Law partners with UW Tacoma to launch innovative “South Sound Hybrid Hub”

Students in Seattle U Law's Workers' Rights Clinic score a victory against wage theft with passage of legislation.

Scholarship seeks to diversify the legal profession.

Seattle U Law celebrated the launch of the new Technology, Innovation, Law, and Ethics (TILE) Program with a speech from nationally-renowned tech evangelist Gigi Sohn.

There are 19 new international LLM students at Seattle U Law this year, hailing from six continents.

The visit is part of an innovative pipeline program, now in its second year and co-sponsored by the law school, providing college students an opportunity to learn about life as a law student.

Seattle University School of Law is hosting a renowned legal scholar and professor, Ronald J. Krotoszynski, as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Residence this summer.

Seattle University School of Law is the top law school in the Pacific Northwest for academic impact, according to a soon-to-be published article in the Florida State University Law Review.

Seattle U Law prepares lawyers for opportunities, challenges in technology sector. (From the spring 2023 issue of Lawyer magazine.)

Seattle University School of Law earned an “A” grade in international law from National Jurist’s preLaw magazine, as reported in the Winter 2023 issue.

The new professors, whose positions begin July 1, 2023, are Erin Carr (legal writing), Jeremiah Chin (constitutional law), Elizabeth Ford (law clinic), Kip Hustace (civil procedure), and Luke Maher (tax law).

Seattle University School of Law faculty scholars and administrators provided valuable leadership and academic insight at the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) annual meeting in San Diego, California, last week.

With abundant enthusiasm and a bold strategic vision, Anthony E. Varona looks to take Seattle U Law to new heights of achievement. (From fall 2022 Lawyer magazine)

The workshop assembles law school deans and executive university leaders from across the country to serve as presenters and panelists, providing a venue for them to share advice, wisdom, and mentorship with the attendees. Workshop attendees are primarily current law faculty members and assistant or associate deans who aspire to apply for deanship positions in the future.

The program, named in honor of former Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, recognizes students for their academic and professional achievements, unique perspectives, and leadership potential to diversify the legal profession in Washington. Five first-year students at Seattle University School of Law were named Gregoire Fellows: Kali Clark, Gabriela Dionisio, Ania Kamkar, Kalina Spasovska, and Sarah Yoon.

This professorship is named for Dean Tausend, who led the law school from 1980 to 1986 and is widely credited with strengthening the school’s commitment to social justice, academic excellence, and access to legal education, as well as diversity in education and the profession.

There are 224 students in the class, with 178 full-time students and 46 in the hybrid online Flex JD program for part-time students. Students of color comprise 37 percent of the entering class, an increase from 35 percent last year. Thirty-two percent were the first in their family to attend college.

Significant changes to Seattle University School of Law’s part-time program will provide greater access and make it more feasible for students with work and family commitments to earn a law degree.