Press Coverage
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NIMBYs Already Freaking Out Over Proposal to Help People Living in Cars
August 10, 2017 | The Stranger
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Debate: What if Seattle police stopped ticketing people who live in their cars?
August 09, 2017 | KUOW
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Innocence Is Irrelevant
August 08, 2017 | The Atlantic
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Fired Google Engineer Claims His Rights Were Violated. Trump's Labor Board May Disagree
August 08, 2017 | HuffPost
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Historical Injustices Threaten Another Violent Kenya Vote
August 03, 2017 | Voice of America
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Uber, Lyft Face Setback in Push to Block Seattle Union Effort
August 01, 2017 | The Wall Street Journal
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Judge Tosses Federal Lawsuit Against Seattle's Uber Unionization Law
August 01, 2017 | The Stranger
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What Role Should the Military Play in the Fight for Transgender Rights?
July 27, 2017 | Democracy Now!
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Deregulation at Work
July 24, 2017 | ACSBlog
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FTC likely to approve Whole Foods deal even if Amazon did deceive customers
July 21, 2017 | Yahoo Finance
Selected Faculty Scholarship
Bryan Adamson | ALA. CIV. RTS. & CIV. LIBERTIES L. REV.
Mark A. Chinen | MINN. J. INT'L L.
Steven W. Bender | Ind. J.L. & Soc. Equality
Margaret Chon | Chi. -Kent J. Intell. Prop.
Brooke Coleman | NEV. L.J.
Faculty News
John Kirkwood elected to prestigious legal institute
August 03, 2017
Antitrust scholar Professor John Kirkwood has been elected to The American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law.
Professor, alumna work to improve language access in courts
July 28, 2017
Professor Gillian Dutton and 2008 graduate Kristi Cruz were both significant contributors to a new plan that assists state courts in ensuring access for all limited English proficient (LEP) people who need court services and programs.
Ethnic studies case heads to trial in Tucson
June 21, 2017
The case that helped launch the law school’s Civil Rights Clinic in 2012 heads back to the courtroom this summer, as Professor Robert Chang and a team of attorneys continue legal efforts to protect ethnic studies in Arizona.
Korematsu Center joins Michigan fight against Trump's travel ban
May 22, 2017
The Korematsu Center was joined by other amici in filing Eastern District of Michigan amicus brief in Arab American Civil Rights League v. Trump.
Boruchowitz report: Louisiana's public defender system violates rights of the poor
May 05, 2017
Seattle professor teams up with Southern Poverty Law Center on largest indigent defense case of its kind.
Ethics expert Professor John Strait retires
April 03, 2017
As Professor Strait prepares to retire at the end of this academic year, he reflected on his long career of working to build a bridge between academia and the practicing bar and bench, and remembered with pride the thousands of students he taught who went on to become talented, hard-working lawyers.
Korematsu Center joins children of Japanese internment litigants to fight travel ban
February 16, 2017
The center was joined by the children of litigants in the Japanese relocation and incarceration cases from World War II, civil rights organizations, and national and New York bar associations of color.
Korematsu Center files amicus brief in Washington state's case against Trump
February 06, 2017
In its amicus brief, the Korematsu Center asserts that courts actually can – and should – review executive branch action on immigration.
Korematsu Center condemns President Trump's executive order restricting immigration
January 29, 2017
Korematsu Center condemns President Trump's executive order restricting immigration
Clinic wins clemency for Everett man
November 09, 2016
The law school’s Youth Advocacy Clinic recently won clemency for Robert King, a 63-year-old Everett man sentenced to life in prison without parole.