WashU Law

The Transfer Admissions Process
2026-01-21 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Virtual Event
Curious about transferring law schools after your 1L year? Speak with admissions about the transfer admissions process.

PSAB – Donate-A-Day
2026-01-21 12:00 - 14:00
This year, PSAB is working with WashU Law journals to host a Donate-a-Day Journal Raffle earlier in the semester. This raffle will run from Monday, January 12, through Friday, January 23, to help supplement our main fundraising efforts during our usual fundraising period in March and April.

There will be a table in Crowder Courtyard for the following dates and times, all from 12:00–2:00 PM:

Monday, January 12Tuesday, January 13Wednesday, January 14Thursday, January 15Friday, January 16

Tuesday, January 20Wednesday, January 21Thursday, January 22Friday, January 23

FedSOC - Issue Spotting in the West Wing
2026-01-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel and Hetlage (A-B Hall, Room 401)
What does it mean to practice law when your client is the President of the United States? This talk explores executive-branch lawyering at the highest level—how lawyers manage legal exposure, anticipate political risk, and operate inside the White House. Drawing on firsthand experience as Special Assistant to the President and Assistant Staff Secretary during the Trump administration, Scott Toland offers a rare look into the most demanding form of government practice.

PSAB – Donate-A-Day
2026-01-20 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-16 12:00 - 14:00 | Crowder Courtyard (A-B Hall, Room 301)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (no classes)
2026-01-19

Last day to add a spring upper-level course without faculty approval*
2026-01-18 00:00 - 23:59
* unless otherwise specified in course description, by professor, or by Registrar’s Office

PSAB - Donate-A-Day
2026-01-15 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-01-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-13 12:00 - 14:00

Current Student AMA
2026-01-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
Speak with Admissions Ambassadors about life at WashU Law and in St. Louis.

Legal AI Demo Day 2026
2026-01-13 12:00 - 14:00 | Virtual Event
Legal AI Demo Day 2026 will showcase newly released and next-generation technologies shaping legal practice in the year ahead. Through concise, live 7-minute demonstrations, participants will gain direct exposure to cutting-edge tools for research, drafting, litigation, billing, contracts, and related workflows.

Event Details:Registration: Free Sign Up (required)

Presenting Companies:§ SimpleDocs – AI-powered contract review§ Laurel – Automated timekeeping for lawyers§ Casefriend – AI assistant for workers’ compensation and lien defense attorneys§ Givance – Litigation evidence platform with visual timeline generation§ PointOne – Automated timekeeping and billing§ Caseblink – AI platform for immigration professionals§ Saga Legal – Secure AI infrastructure for legal practice§ BriefPoint – AI assistant for drafting discovery responses and pleadings§ Aloi – AI-powered contract drafting platform§ Darrow- AI intelligence connecting plaintiff lawyers with high value cases§ Paxton- legal AI assistant for research, doc review, and drafting

AI Use in Judicial Decision-Making: A Review of Reported Cases
2026-01-12 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual Event
A review of judicial decisions in which judges used AI for judicial interpretation, spanning the 11th Circuit, DC Court of Appeals, and 6th Circuit, presented by Oliver Roberts, Co-Director of AI Collaborative at WashU Law.

PSAB - Donate-A-Day
2026-01-12 12:00 - 14:00 | Crowder Courtyard (A-B Hall, Room 301)

FedSOC - Solicitor General Panel
2026-01-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel and Hetlage (A-B Hall, Room 401)
A candid conversation with Iowa’s Solicitor General on building a career in public appellate practice. The discussion will cover what SG offices do, how lawyers get hired, the skills that matter most, and why SG work remains one of the most competitive and influential paths in government lawyering.

JLS - Spring Israel Trek
2026-01-12 11:55 - 12:00 | Cullenbine Classroom (A-B Hall, Room 305)
Information session for a WashU spring break Israel trip: This 8-day Israel trek offers a deep dive into Israel’s geopolitical landscape. From foreign relations, national security to diplomacy and International law.

Speaker is Roey Kruvi with the Jewish Federations of North America and WashU Alum

Join classmates in asking the challenging questions. If ever there was a time to explore International Affairs and Law in Middle East – it’s now!

Fake Law, Real Sanctions: Ethical Failures and Consequences of AI-Generated Filings
2026-01-12 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual Event
Drawing on a database of more than 700 documented cases, this webinar examines how competent attorneys have found themselves subject to sanctions, bar referrals, and reputational harm due to AI hallucinations. Oliver Roberts, Co-Director of AI Collaborative at WashU Law and Damien Charlotin, an academic, lawyer, and creator of the leading AI hallucination case database, analyzes real-world failures, non-obvious risk scenarios, and concrete safeguards lawyers must adopt to comply with professional responsibility rules and avoid becoming the next sanctioned “AI lawyer.”

First day of spring classes
2026-01-12

Supporting your Public Interest Career Path w/ the Career Center
2026-01-07 16:00 - 17:00
Speak with the WashU Law Career Center about how we support students interested in working in the public sector over the summer and post-grad.

January Intersession
2026-01-05 - 2026-01-09

Vibe Coding for Lawyers: How to Do It and What You Need to Know
2025-12-18 11:00 - 12:00
This CLE introduces lawyers to the emerging practice known as vibe coding, a nontraditional approach to building software-like tools through structured prompting rather than conventional programming.

The session explains what vibe coding is, how it works, and how lawyers without technical backgrounds can leverage it to design practical solutions inside their existing workflows. Attendees will also see live, real-time demonstrations showing how functional tools can be built using vibe coding techniques.

Topics include:• What vibe coding is and how it differs from traditional software development • How lawyers can learn and apply core vibe coding methods • Examples of what lawyers can build • Best practices for designing, testing, and documenting vibe-coded tools • Material limitations and failure modes lawyers must understand • Ethical, confidentiality, and professional-responsibility risks • Live demonstrations of vibe coding in action, showing step-by-step tool creation

Free Missouri CLE (courtesy of WashU Law). Open to all for non-CLE attendance.

Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_W0HEGloxTayu3r5y_jxTHA#/registration

Speakers:• Jamie Tso, Senior Associate (Funds), Clifford Chance• Oliver Roberts, Co-Director, WashU Law AI Collaborative; Adjunct Professor of Law, WashU Law

Current Student AMA
2025-12-18 08:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event

Applications Are In. Now What?
2025-12-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
Once you’ve submitted your applications, the waiting can feel uncertain. This is also a valuable moment to pause and think intentionally about what you want in a law school—and what environment will support your goals, growth, and well-being over the next three years. As you wait, here’s what to know about WashU Law.

Final Exam period Ends
2025-12-12

Current Student AMA
2025-12-11 08:00 - 17:00
Spring semester is starting! Get your questions answered about life in St. Louis and WashU Law from current 2L and 3L students.

WashU Law Wednesday (Virtual) Open House
2025-12-03 16:00 - 17:00
Virtual Program

RSVP: https://forms.gle/B7QigiWtcvz6DmdA7

WashU Law Wednesday Career Center AMA
2025-12-03 16:00 - 17:00

Final Exam period begins
2025-12-01

Thanksgiving break
2025-11-27 - 2025-11-28

Weekly SBA General Body Meeting
2025-11-26 12:00 - 12:50 | Greenfield Classroom (A-B Hall, Room 320)
