Earlier this month WashU Law hosted the U.S. Marine Corps Judge Advocates for the first annual Opening Statement Competition. The two-day program brought together law students to develop and deliver persuasive opening statements in a courtroom setting, with direct feedback from experienced litigators and Marine Corps legal officers. Day one focused on advocacy fundamentals, where…
WashU Law’s OUTLaw student group welcomed students, attorneys, advocates, and community members to campus for its annual Midwest LGBTQ+ Rights Conference. Organized by OUTLaw President Eliana Jacobsen and a dedicated student planning committee, the conference brought together speakers from across the nation to address pressing legal and policy issues affecting LGBTQ+ communities. Held in the…
New private loan offers up to $25,000 per year at a fixed 7.5% interest rate with guaranteed availability As federal student loan limits increasingly fall short of the full cost of a legal education, Washington University School of Law is launching a new supplemental loan program designed to help incoming JD students bridge the gap….
Daniel Epps will be installed as the Howard and Caroline Cayne Distinguished Professor of Law at WashU Law on February 26 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. Professor Epps is a nationally recognized scholar whose work sits at the intersection of constitutional law, federal courts, and criminal procedure. His scholarship has appeared…
WashU Law recently hosted the inaugural Saudi Legal Symposium 2026, the first legal symposium of its kind held in the United States. The virtual program brought together scholars, practitioners, and students from across the globe to examine current issues in Saudi and comparative law. Dean Stefanie Lindquist opened the Symposium and welcomed attendees on behalf…
WashU Law 2L Daryn Rockett has been selected as one of six law students nationwide to work on economic justice issues with the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) this summer. She will be based in NCLC’s Washington, D.C. office, marking the first time the organization has placed a legal intern there. Daryn received the Greenfield…
Last Friday, WashU Law hosted the symposium “From Promise to Precarity: Rethinking International Law After a Quarter-Century,” presented by the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute and the Global Studies Law Review. The event convened experts from around the country and abroad, including participants from France and Canada, and opened with remarks from Dean Stefanie…
WashU Law’s course Law and Courts in Authoritarian Regimes, taught by Distinguished Visiting Scholar Julio Rios-Figueroa, examined how legal institutions function under non-democratic rule and in political systems undergoing transition. The course explored how courts operate differently across regime types, moving beyond formal theories to consider the complex realities of countries that fall into the…
WashU Law has partnered with Koç University Law for an International AI Hackathon, bringing students together for an intensive, hands-on competition focused on the future of legal practice. The hackathon will take place in Istanbul February 28–March 1 and will challenge teams to use the SAGA platform and other tools to design practical, AI-assisted solutions to…
WashU Law alumnus Christian Menefee, JD ’13, was sworn in Monday as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives after winning last week’s special election runoff for the Houston-area congressional seat formerly held by the late Rep. Sylvester Turner. Menefee’s victory returns representation to the district following an 11-month vacancy after Turner’s death in…
In December, Professor Leila Sadat, WashU Law James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law, delivered the Human Rights Day keynote address at the University of Minnesota Law School, marking a signature event hosted by the school’s Human Rights Center. Professor Sadat’s lecture coincided with the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials and examined the development…
In January, WashU Law announced that it provided the District of Columbia Court of Appeals with specialized artificial intelligence training for all appellate judges. The program reflects a collaborative effort between WashU Law and the court to address the practical and ethical implications of AI use by judges and judicial clerks. The training was spearheaded…