Three WashULaw faculty members participated in the 2024 Law and Society Association Annual meeting in June. William Gardiner Hammond Professor of Law MJ Durkee served as chair and discussant on the paper session, “Reconceiving and Reordering International Rights” while Professors Trevor Gardner and Ben Levin participated in the roundtable session “Police, Democracy, and Local Government.”…
On behalf of WashULaw, Dean Russell K. Osgood presented Howard Cayne, JD ’79 with the 2024 Dean’s Medal during a ceremony in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom at Anheuser-Busch Hall on April 12. The Dean’s Medal is a rare honor and recognizes an individual who has made extraordinary contributions to the law school, including inspiring…
The Appellate Advocacy Clinic provides law students with the opportunity to brief and argue civil rights cases in the United States Courts of Appeals, led by Lecturer in Law Steve Alagna, JD ’16. A graduate of WashULaw, Professor Alagna returned to teach legal practice while at BCLP and quickly realized his love of teaching. That…
Congratulations to James Watson, JD ’98 who was recognized at this year’s 2024 Leadership in Law Awards from The Indiana Lawyer with the Distinguished Barrister Award. The Distinguished Barrister Award honors those who have set themselves apart as leaders of the legal profession with at least 20 years of experience. The award was presented at…
Professor MJ Durkee presented “Space Law as Twenty-First Century International Law,” at the United States Air Force Academy, in a Space Law Lecture Series organized by their Law, Technology, and Warfare Research Cell. Watch Professor Durkee’s presentation here. Professor Durkee investigates the public-private interactions that produce and interpret international legal norms and considers how legal and…
2023-2024 marked the 25th academic year that WashULaw in partnership with the Department of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies has offered the course Law, Gender, and Justice to undergraduate students. The course is unique because it is taught by law students under the supervision of a member of the School of Law faculty. It explores how…
Congratulations to Professor Kimberly Norwood, who received The Newmark Institute for Human Relations Pluralism Award from the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis on May 21. The Award is given annually to five individuals whose work advances a pluralistic society where diverse religious, racial, and ethnic groups live and work together and their differences…
Professor John Inazu’s latest book “Learning to Disagree” was published in April. The WashU community gathered for remarks from Professor Inazu, an interdisciplinary faculty panel led by Professor Peter Boumgarden, and comments from Professor John Hendrix, the book’s illustrator. Following the launch, Professor Inazu was interviewed by a number of institutions and publications, including the…
Professor Kathleen Clark was interviewed on PBS News Hour. The segment “Alito won’t recuse himself from election and Jan. 6 cases” discusses Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s statement to lawmakers that he won’t recuse himself from cases involving the 2020 presidential election or the Jan. 6 Capitol riot despite concerns about two flags associated with…
Congratulations to Caitlin Aladham, JD ’24 and Ross Layton, JD ’24 for being part of the 2024 Class of Equal Justice Works Fellows! Supported by William Collins Kohler Foundation, Caitlin Aladham will join Legal Action of Wisconsin to advocate on behalf of Muslim domestic violence survivors. Ross Layton will join the Bazelon Center for Mental…
The WashU Association for Women Faculty (AWF) recently honored Professor Susan Frelich Appleton with this year’s Mary Ann Dzuback Award, which is named in honor of the founder of AWF and is given to a faculty member who has advocated strongly for gender equity. Appleton, the Lemma Barkeloo & Phoebe Couzins Professor of Law, is…
Recent WashULaw graduate Elena LeVan was selected to receive the Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award. Fifteen law students were selected by Burton Awards’ academic board for this prestigious honor. According to the academic board, award recipients are selected based on having written “legal articles that demonstrate creativity, knowledge, and know-how. Winners have displayed a true…