2021 News
Halliburton granted emeritus status
July 01, 2021
Christian Halliburton joined the faculty in 2002 and served as the faculty director of the law school's Alaska Program from 2015 to 2020.
Bannai, now retiring, combined teaching skills with zealous advocacy
June 14, 2021
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.
Grad works for 'a better tomorrow'
June 04, 2021
Makayla Gustafson, citizen of Tlingit and Haida Tribal Nation, was inspired to attend law school and seek a career as a lawyer by her great-great-great grandfather.
Laurel Oates, founder of modern legal writing education, retires
May 25, 2021
Professor Laurel Currie Oates retired this year, prompting well wishes from colleagues and reflections on her tremendous impact on legal education throughout the course of her career.
Native grad's law school journey is a story of resilience
May 21, 2021
Congratulations to Brittany Jones, citizen of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, on obtaining her law degree from Seattle University School of Law.
Rules, rules, and italics: Professor Shapiro's lessons in law
May 06, 2021
Julie Shapiro taught family law, civil procedure, and self-reflection.
Seattle U Law names new acting director of acclaimed legal clinic
April 29, 2021
Seattle University School of Law has named Carwina Weng as a visiting clinical professor of law and acting director of the Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic.
Rideout retires after four decades of training lawyers how to write
April 23, 2021
After 40 years of teaching law students advanced legal writing concepts, Rideout will take his own advice to "get out of here" as he retires next month.
New course connects students in Seattle and Morocco to explore restorative justice
April 07, 2021
A pioneering partnership between Seattle University School of Law and Moulay Ismail University in Morocco will teach law students about transitional justice, in which countries confront their own histories of human rights violations and move toward national healing.
New attorneys join Incubator Program
March 18, 2021
Seattle U Law's innovative Incubator Program, which supports alumni as they build solo or small law practices, entered its eighth year with a new group of entrepreneurial attorneys.
Seattle U Law launches Flex JD Program for part-time law students
March 09, 2021
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.
Seattle U Law welcomes two new professors
January 29, 2021
Seattle University School of Law is pleased to announce the addition of two Ivy League law professors to its faculty.
Clark joins law deans around the country in denouncing Jan. 6 attack
January 12, 2021
The deans' joint statement reads, in part, "The violent attack on the Capitol was an assault on our democracy and the rule of law."
Seattle U Law welcomes Nikkita Oliver to teach course on police, prison abolition
January 11, 2021
Racial justice will be a prominent theme of the course, since prison incarceration disproportionately affects Black, brown, and indigenous communities, as well as queer and trans communities of color. Oliver said the 30-person class will encourage students to engage in deep political and social analysis of the law and its impact on communities.
Kristin DiBiase joins law school as new associate dean for student affairs
January 11, 2021
"Seattle U Law's reputation for social justice advocacy; innovative legal writing, academic support, and bar preparation programs; and talented faculty and staff made the decision nearly effortless."