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.

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.

In Olympia, Larry Jefferson '94 and Sara Robbins '07 head the state agencies responsible for providing legal representation for clients who cannot pay.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Charla Boley, who graduates this month from Seattle University School of Law, was awarded a prestigious Equal Justice Works (EJW) fellowship to continue her advocacy for economic justice and the legal rights of people with disabilities.

Six first-year law students committed to equal justice were selected for this year’s Calhoun Family Fellowship and will embark on a summer of advocacy, education, and inspiration. The students are Francis Argueta, Hallie Conyers-Tucker, Nora Gunning, Jeremiah Noonan, Laurissa Stokes, and Jane Thomas.

Students in the law school’s Workers’ Rights Clinic testified before a Washington State Legislature committee in Olympia last week, arguing for a measure that would deter wage theft and help workers recover from victimization by their employers.

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