Congratulations to Professor Dan Epps, who will testify before President Biden’s SCOTUS Commission on July 20! The Commission is comprised of bipartisan experts who will weigh in on the value and legality of proposed court reforms. Professor Epps will appear on Panel #5: “Composition of the Supreme Court.” Learn more and register to watch the…
Congratulations to Professor John Drobak, whose new book “Rethinking Market Regulation: Helping Labor by Overcoming Economic Myths” was recently published by Oxford University Press. Learn more here or view on Amazon here.
Congratulations to Professor Andrew Tuch, whose paper, “Reassessing Self-Dealing: Between No Conflict and Fairness” was chosen by Corporate Practice Commentator as one of the Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles of 2020. Full article here.
The Distinguished Law Alumni Awards honor alumni who have obtained distinction in their professional or academic careers. Those honored share the same characteristics of leadership, progressive thinking, high standards, uncompromising integrity, commitment, courage, and confidence. Their careers serve as models for WashULaw students and alumni. We celebrated the 2020 – 2021 Distinguished Alumni Awardees virtually…
The CLEA Awards Committee has announced that Bob Kuehn, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Clinical Education at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, is the recipient of the 2021 CLEA Award for Outstanding Advocate for Clinical Teachers. Outstanding Advocate for Clinical Teachers: Bob Kuehn’s many contributions to clinical legal education…
Congratulations to Christopher Charnetsky and Hayden Hanson, who won the final round of WashULaw’s annual intramural Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Competition, which took place this past Friday, April 16, 2021. The judges of the final round—which included the Hon. Ronald M. Gould (9th Cir.), Hon. Staci M. Yandle (S.D. Ill.), and Hon. David W. Dugan…
Dear WashULaw community, As many of you know, one of the most noteworthy events at WashULaw every year is the Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Competition. The competition began in 1867 and is named in honor of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Wiley B. Rutledge, who at one time was also the Dean of the…
Professor Brian Tamanaha just wrote a new book titled Legal Pluralism Explained: History, Theory, Consequences, published by Oxford University Press. Legal pluralism involves the coexistence of multiple forms of law. This involves state law, international law, transnational law, customary law, religious law, indigenous law, and the law of distinct ethnic or cultural communities. Legal pluralism…
Today, Dean Nancy Staudt joined nearly 160 other law school deans throughout the nation in a rare joint statement. “The violent attack on the Capitol was an assault on our democracy and the rule of law,” the statement reads. “The effort to disrupt the certification of a free and fair election was a betrayal of…
The fourth ICC Scholars Forum, a collaboration between Washington University School of Law and Leiden Law School, was held on June 29-30, 2020. Launched in 2017 in conjunction with the American Coalition for the International Criminal Court (AMICC), the ICC Scholars Forum provides academics who work on and teach about the International Criminal Court the…
Lex Lata Ferenda Blog Post. A joint report on gun violence by Washington University’s Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute and the Institute for Public Health has been widely cited in a summary report released by the United Nations. In September 2019, the Washington University institutes submitted a joint stakeholder report on gun violence and…
Please join leading legal scholars for a virtual six-week event series about policing, Black lives, and racial inequality over Zoom This event series will address recent and past incidents of police violence against African-Americans, as well as the roots of institutional racial violence, its contemporary manifestations, and anti-racist protests. Click to learn more about this…