Professor Rachel Sachs‘ latest paper, co-authored with W. Nicholson Price and Patricia J. Zettler, is forthcoming in The Boston University Law Review. Titled “Rethinking Innovation at FDA,” you may read a draft on SSRN here.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Benjamin Levin, Professor of Law, beginning fall 2023. Joining us from the University of Colorado Law School, he studies criminal law and policy with a special emphasis on criminal justice reform movements. Professor Levin’s articles have been published or are forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review, the…
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Conor Clarke, Associate Professor of Law, beginning July 1, 2023. He joins us from the Office of Legal Counsel in the United States Department of Justice, where he served as an in-house lawyer. Through an empirical and historical lens, his scholarship on tax law brings a new…
Congratulations to Professor Emerita Maxine Lipeles, who received the Lifetime Achievement and Career Award at the 2023 Albert P. and Blanche Y. Greensfelder Forum on February 11. Hosted by the university’s International Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, the forum “honors alumni and friends committed to addressing the global challenges of energy, environment and sustainability…
The installation ceremony of Professor Rafael I. Pardo as the Walter D. Coles Professor of Law took place yesterday in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom. The event included remarks from Dean Russell K. Osgood, Professor David Hoffman of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, and Provost Beverly Wendland. Professor Pardo also gave an address titled…
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Sheldon A. Evans, Professor of Law, beginning July 1, 2023. Joining us from St. John’s University, Professor Evans teaches Criminal Law, Immigration Law, Professional Responsibility, and seminars on race and literature. Professor Evans’ research focuses on criminal sentencing and its intersection with immigration policies. His work has…
WashULaw has appointed Peter Hook as director and associate dean of the Law Library, beginning July 1. Hook joins us from the University of Notre Dame Law School, where he served as associate director for faculty services, instruction, and outreach. He succeeds Joyce McCray Pearson, who retired in the spring of 2022 after having served…
Congratulations to Benjamin B. Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg prosecutor, who will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. The award is Congress’s highest honor, and was granted via a bill of bipartisan support. Ferencz participated in the founding of our Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute in 2001 and was also awarded WashULaw’s “World Peace…
Newsweek recently showcased the Law School in their latest feature, “The Importance of Attending a Top School for a Career in Law.” “The Law School’s most recent class, the Class of 2025, has a median LSAT in the top 98 to 99th percentile and a median GPA of 3.94,” the article reads. “However, the Law…
Alumna Jordan Hoffman Kahle (JD ’22) was recently named a 2023 Skadden Foundation fellow, one of the most distinguished awards available to public interest law school graduates. Jordan will work at the Heartland Center for Jobs & Freedom in Kansas City, where she will provide direct representation on workplace legal issues. Congratulations, Jordan! Learn more…
Dean Russell Osgood spoke with Law.com for the article “No. 16-Ranked Washington University Law Says It Will Not Bail on the US News Ranking.” “Prospective law students should have multiple robust sources of information about law schools, and I am generally in favor of making information available,” Dean Osgood told the publication. “School websites can…
Our law clinics draw many students to WashULaw, as their impactful work can change the course of a client’s life. We have compiled some of these client stories in our new 2022 Clinical Education Program newsletter, which you may read below. In its pages, you will find stories featuring: Immigration Law Clinic student Dinora Orozco,…