Congratulations to Judge Joe Whitfield, an alumnus who recently celebrated his first year on the 18th Judicial District Court in Aurora, Colorado! Judge Whitfield graduated from WashULaw with a JD degree and LLM degree in Intellectual Property Law in 2010. As a law student, he was a member of the Mock Trial Team, a Public…
Peggie Smith, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and the Charles F. Nagel Professor of Employment and Labor Law, was recently profiled by The Source in a series dedicated to Women’s History Month. The article covers Professor Smith’s research examining rights and legal protections for domestic care workers, such as home health aides, in-home child care…
The St. Louis Mediation Project, co-founded by Karen Tokarz, the Charles Nagel Professor of Public Interest Law & Policy, received a $1.4 million grant from the Missouri Housing Development Commission to provide free mediations in eviction court and in the community pre-filing. The organization’s work has been particularly vital in the midst of the COVID-19…
Congratulations to our students for their impressive showing at this past weekend’s National Technology and Telecommunications Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C.! Coached by Professor Richard Finneran and WashULaw alumnus Giles Howard, the team included 3Ls Bryce Beal, Adeline Miller, Rob Servilio, and Adrian Spencer-Smith and 2Ls Derek Lee and Sean Mangan. Mr. Lee, Mr….
Congratulations to WashULaw alumna and U.S. District Court Judge Stephanie Dawkins Davis (JD ’92), who was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals! Full story here: https://bit.ly/3HDHCGE
In memory of her late husband, Warren Billhartz (JD ’51), we are thrilled to announce that Marcia Billhartz has created the Marcia and Warren Billhartz Endowed Scholarship in Law. This $1 million gift allows WashULaw to provide a nearly full-tuition scholarship to one of our exceptional students next fall and each year in perpetuity, benefiting…
WashULaw student Edward Ahanmisi, JD ’23, is one of 18 recipients to be awarded the prestigious Roscoe Trimmier Jr. Diversity Scholarship, offered by the Ropes & Gray law firm. Chosen for their exceptional commitment to academic, experiential, and extracurricular pursuits, each scholar receives a $25,000 award to offset the expenses of a legal education. Edward…
Professor Peter Joy joins Talks On Law for a video interview about the history of racial discrimination in jury selection and its ramifications from a legal ethics perspective. Approved for CLE credit. Full story here. See part two, “Investigating the Client,” here. Also available for CLE credit.
Angela Smith, Director of Operations and Diversity in the Career Center at WashULaw, will serve as the law school’s Interim Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer to help improve cultural competency and racial justice within the law school. Smith will work with the Office of Student Life, Career Center, and Office of Admissions to implement…
According to “Texas Standard,” “U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says Texas’ new redistricting maps ‘deny or abridge the rights of Latino and Black voters to vote on account of their race, color or membership in a language-minority group.’” In an interview with the publication, voting rights expert Professor Travis Crum says, “Texas has been a…
As one of the world’s leading experts in privacy law, Professor Neil Richards argues that privacy is not dead, but it is up for grabs. Here, he sits down with “The Source” for a Q&A about his new book, “Why Privacy Matters” in which he shares why privacy is important, why we need new privacy…
Congratulations to our alumna Eunkyong Choi, who has been selected to serve as a Special Trial Judge by the United States Tax Court! She also served as a Supervising Attorney with our Low Income Taxpayer Clinic from 2014 to 2016. Read the full press release here.