Report details rampant violence, path to asylum for refugees
Seattle U Law’s International Human Rights Clinic faculty and students seek to raise awareness of shocking conditions
Seattle U Law’s International Human Rights Clinic faculty and students seek to raise awareness of shocking conditions
Two Seattle University School of Law students have been awarded 2024 Justice John Paul Stevens Fellowships.
Two Seattle U Law alumni head the state agencies responsible for providing legal representation for clients who cannot pay.
Two Seattle U Law grads earned Equal Justice Works Fellowships to pursue a social justice-oriented project of their choosing.
Students in Seattle U Law's Workers' Rights Clinic score a victory against wage theft with passage of legislation.
November 16, 2023
Professor Deirdre Bowen co-authored a study proving the efficacy of dedicated units to enforce court orders to relinquish weapons in domestic violence cases.
October 30, 2023
Lead author Deirdre Bowen’s JAMA article examines state-by-state reporting variations to a federal background database used to limit firearms purchases by persons with mental illness.
October 27, 2023
Three Seattle University School of Law students have been chosen to receive Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowships, enabling them to spend this summer working in public interest law.
June 20, 2023
For the first time, campus community can obtain protection order filing assistance from Seattle U Law’s Family Law Center.
March 30, 2023 | Announcements
A statewide task force examining race and the criminal justice system in the state of Washington has developed a comprehensive set of 140 recommendations aimed at reducing or eliminating the disproportionate impact of the legal system on people of color.
October 10, 2022
Meg Rutherford and Tsechu Dolma are the 2022 Scholars for Justice, which is a three-year full scholarship for outstanding law students committed to working in the public interest.
September 6, 2022
Inspired by their visit to civil rights sites in Alabama earlier this summer, Seattle University School of Law’s Calhoun Fellows assisted in writing a moving and persuasive legal brief to encourage jury diversity. The case aims to strengthen the right of defendants to have a jury drawn from a jury pool that reflects a fair cross section of the community.
August 12, 2022
Two Seattle University School of Law students were selected for the prestigious Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program, which expanded to include Seattle U Law and seven other new law schools this year.
June 30, 2022
Nora Hendricks, a rising 2L, will focus primarily on eviction defense cases in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
June 28, 2022
Seattle University School of Law and the Office of Civil Legal Aid (OCLA) have formed the Housing Justice Collective to create a sustainable pipeline of highly competent and committed legal advocates for tenants throughout the state.
November 17, 2021