Press Coverage
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Law, Policy, and the Sanctuary Campus
September 19, 2017 | Conversations Magazine
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Did The Washington Post Break A Law When It Disciplined A Reporter Over A Jeff Bezos Op-Ed?
September 15, 2017 | HuffPost
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Dear White Men: You Are the Key to Women’s Success in Law Firms
September 12, 2017 | Bloomberg BNA
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Labor Day under Trump? Not exactly a picnic
September 03, 2017 | The Seattle Times
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Law Firms Head Back To School For Diversity Guidance
August 21, 2017 | Law360
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Another Dishonest Take from the Seattle Times Editorial Board on Homelessness
August 21, 2017 | The Stranger
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Labor Organizing in Right-to-Work States Is Numbers Game
August 15, 2017 | Bloomberg BNA
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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
Selected Faculty Scholarship
Anna Roberts | B.U. L. Rev.
Sara K. Rankin | Md. L. Rev.
Catherine O'Neill | Ariz. St. L.J.
Tayyab Mahmud | Wis. Int'l L.J.
Lily Khang | Wash. U. L. Rev.
Faculty News
Hirabayashi, Yasui, Korematsu families file brief in Supreme Court in opposition to travel ban
September 18, 2017
The Korematsu Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of the children of Gordon Hirabayashi, Minoru Yasui, and Fred Korematsu in opposition of Trump's travel ban.
Deborah Ahrens earns teaching excellence award
August 18, 2017
Her dedication to her students and her commitment to academic achievement has earned Professor Deborah Ahrens the 2017-19 William C. Oltman Professor of Teaching Excellence Award.
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.