Professor John Inazu’s latest book, “Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect,” will be published by Zondervan in April 2024. The book is now available for preorder here, and will include illustrations from fellow WashU Professor John Hendrix of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Art. “We are…
Head to the Opinion Section of The New York Times for a recent piece by Professor Greg Magarian. Titled “The Revealing Case of a Kansas Judge and a Search Warrant,” the article details the broader implications of a police raid on the office of a weekly newspaper in the small town of Marion, Kansas. Read…
Incoming students gathered at Graham Chapel yesterday for an inspiring Convocation 2023. Dean Russell K. Osgood introduced St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabriel Gore, who delivered the keynote address. Mr. Gore was appointed by Governor Mike Parsons and sworn in on May 30, 2023. An experienced prosecutor and trial attorney, Mr. Gore has been practicing for…
We are pleased to share updates regarding the Law Library. Our new research and instruction librarian, Peter Van Brunt, joins the Law Library beginning September 1. He holds a JD from Rutgers University, a library science degree from Western University in Ontario, Canada, and has over five years of practice experience. He clerked for the…
Welcome to fall 2023! This year, Dean Osgood’s annual welcome letter focuses on students and faculty, as well as a few key updates. Read in full here.
Professors Leila Sadat and Kim Thuy Seelinger were recently nominated to serve on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)’s Moscow Mechanism panel of experts, which has been invoked five times to address human rights abuses since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Professor Sadat is a world-renowned authority on public international law,…
We are pleased to announce that St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabriel Gore will address incoming students at the Law School’s 2023 Convocation on Monday, August 21. Mr. Gore was appointed by Governor Mike Parsons and sworn in on May 30, 2023. An experienced prosecutor and trial attorney, Mr. Gore has been practicing for nearly 30…
New Roles: New Staff and Fellows: Staff Highlights: Many of our staff members have worked at the Law School for years, and we are glad to recognize their employment milestones, from five to 50 years.
We are pleased to share that Tanya Bishop, recruiting and operations manager, who was recently named a 2023 Unsung Legal Hero by Missouri Lawyers Media. Tanya coordinates our Employer Showcase and Diversity Expo, two of our largest initiatives that connect students with employers. Congratulations, Tanya! Read more here.
Professor Ron Levin’s paper, “Vacatur, Nationwide Injunctions, and the Evolving APA,” has been published in the Notre Dame Law Review. In the abstract, he writes: “The courts’ growing use of universal or nationwide injunctions to invalidate agency rules that they find to be unlawful has given rise to concern that such injunctions circumvent dialogue among…
The U.S. Supreme Court referenced the academic work of Professors Travis Crum and Joel Seligman in opinions in two major cases this term. The court cited Professor Travis Crum’s paper “Reconstructing Racially Polarized Voting,” published in the Duke Law Journal in 2020, in the case Allen v. Milligan. With a narrow margin, the court ruled that…
The online forum Just Security recently translated a piece by Professor Leila Sadat, an international criminal law expert, into Ukrainian. Read here in English. Professor Sadat has written and spoken at length about the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s arrest warrants against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova. She also currently…