“Ditching ‘DNA on Demand’: A Harms-Centered Approach to Safeguarding Privacy Interests Against DNA Collection and Use by Law Enforcement” written by 3L Emma Kenny-Pessia, received an Honorable Mention for Student Paper in The Future of Privacy Forum’s 14th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Awards. The recognition was awarded based on the strength of the research…
There is no good reason to abandon the Chevron deference, a landmark Supreme Court decision in place for 40 years that says courts must defer to federal agencies’ expertise in interpreting laws, according to Professor Ron Levin, an expert on administrative law and regulatory reform. Read the full story here.
“Less Discriminatory Algorithms,” coauthored by Professor Pauline Kim, is the winner of a Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Award. The Award is given by the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a global non-profit focused on data protection headquartered in Washington, D.C. In the article abstract, the authors write: Entities that use algorithmic systems in traditional civil…
Leila Sadat, James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law, was interviewed on PBS News Hour. The segment “What is considered genocide, and who gets to decide?” covers the legal definition of genocide and what role that definition plays in its use in public and political rhetoric. Watch the interview here. Warning: This PBS NewsHour report…
Congratulations to WashULaw alum Elizabeth McDonald, JD ’09, who was recognized with a 2023 Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service! This is the second-highest honor an attorney can receive from the Department of Justice, and McDonald was selected from more than 800 nominees. McDonald is currently Deputy Chief of the Civil Rights Division at the…
The School of Law and the university’s board of trustees recently granted tenure to Professor Danielle D’Onfro. Professor D’Onfro’s research uses economic and historical analysis of private law to theorize the law’s treatment of emerging assets. After graduating from Harvard Law School, she clerked for Judge Allyson K. Duncan on the United States Court of Appeals…
From securities law to civil rights, WashULaw faculty were responsible for authoring and contributing to a diverse array of books in 2023. “The Oxford Handbook of Feminism and Law in the United States” Susan Frelich Appleton contributed the chapter “Sex-Positive Feminism’s Values in Search of the Law of Pleasure”. “Abusive Constitutionalism in Europe” Lech Garlicki…
Scholars recently gathered for the Criminal Justice Minimalism Symposium hosted by The Washington University Law Review. Dean Russell K. Osgood and Professor Trevor Gardner shared opening remarks, in addition to a welcome from the WashU Law Review staff. The group gathered for presentations and panel discussions of papers on: The keynote address was…
Professor John Inazu recently filed an amicus brief in the case of Mckesson v. Doe. The case involves a lawsuit by a police officer injured in a protest organized by an activist associated with the Black Lives Matter movement and raises questions about the potential liability for protest organizers. Inazu was represented by his former…
Professor Leila Sadat recently participated on a panel to discuss the challenges of defining, investigating, and prosecuting war crimes. The discussion was hosted by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and included David Scheffer, Former U.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues; and Anjli Parrin, Director of the Global Human Rights Clinic at the…
“Limitations of the ‘Four-Fifths Rule’ and Statistical Parity Tests for Measuring Fairness,” an article coauthored by Professor Pauline Kim of WashULaw and Manish Raghavan of MIT Sloan and EECS, has been published in the Georgetown Law Technology Review. In the abstract, they write: To ensure the fairness of algorithmic decision systems, such as employment selection tools, computer…
The Clinical Education Program’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) was recently the beneficiary of a cy pres award. Cy pres was awarded in the case of Pearlstone v. Walmart, a class action lawsuit related to an under-refunding of sales tax on returned purchases. The LITC provides students with the opportunity to develop real-life lawyering skills…