Professor Lisa Hoppenjans was recently profiled by the St. Louis Business Journal in a piece titled “St. Louis Character: Combining passions for law and media, Lisa Hoppenjans fights for the public’s right to know,” which delves into her work directing our First Amendment Clinic, career, legal background, and more. Read it here! Click for more…
Professor Kimberly Norwood was recently named a 2022 Leader of Distinction by the YWCA Metro St. Louis in the Racial Justice category! Honorees are peer-selected leaders in their respective fields who exemplify talent, persistence, service, and more. The YWCA is one of the longest-running nonprofit women’s organizations in the world. Professor Norwood will be honored…
Professor Karen Tokarz has had a busy month! She was recently awarded the 2022 Academy of Missouri Mediators President’s Award for meritorious service to the community through mediation and dispute resolution, in recognition of her eviction mediation initiatives. The award will be presented to her on September 30th. She is also the recipient of a…
The Hon. Sharon Johnson Coleman, who currently serves as a U.S. district judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, addressed our students at last week’s inspiring Convocation 2022. “You will be leaders in your communities. You will be the face of this profession,” she said. Judge Coleman, also a WashULaw…
Dean Osgood has released his annual letter welcoming new and returning members of our community back to campus! It includes highlights and short profiles of students from each class, faculty, research, new programs, new law school team members, and more. Below is Dean Osgood’s letter intro. Read it in full here.
Last month, our Clinical Education Program held its first pro bono estate planning event to serve low-income members of the St. Louis community, facilitated by volunteer lawyers and law students. Sarah Narkiewicz, Associate Dean for Clinical Education and director of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, spoke about the program with The Source. “While everyone needs…
We are pleased to announce Associate Professor of Law Elizabeth Katz was selected as the 2021-2022 Haub Law Emerging Scholar in Gender & Law by the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University! Professor Katz was selected for her paper, “Sex, Suffrage, and State Constitutional Law: Women’s Legal Right to Hold Public Office,” published…
On July 21st, WashU faculty gathered for a fireside chat to discuss the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. You may view the conversation on YouTube below. WashULaw does not offer MO MCLE for the viewing of this recorded event.
We are pleased to announce Katherine (Kati) Scannell will assume the role of Vice Dean for Institutional Success at WashULaw! In her new role, she will lead implementation efforts of our strategic plan, which include overseeing metrics that directly impact WashULaw’s ranking, reputation, brand, and more.
We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Rafael Pardo, who will be installed this year as the Walter D. Coles Professor of Law. Joining us from Emory University, he researches and teaches in the areas of bankruptcy, commercial law, contracts, and legal history. His scholarship explores a wide array of bankruptcy topics and has…
We are thrilled to thank the Nimick Forbesway Foundation for their $400,000 commitment to establish the Nimick Forbesway Foundation Fellowship program in our Immigration Law Clinic! This transformational gift will expand access to the clinic and allow our students and faculty to take on more cases, thereby increasing the impact on the community and the…
Two of our beloved professors, Michael Greenfield and Daniel Mandelker, will retire this year with Emeritus status. They have each given a lifetime of service to Washington University and the School of Law. Professor Greenfield, the George Alexander Madill Professor of Contracts & Commercial Law, has taught at the law school since 1969. An expert in commercial and consumer…