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…
Thousands of mourners have taken to the streets in Iran following the Jan. 3 death of Qasem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Quds Force. Many questions remain following the U.S. drone strike in Iraq and Iran’s posturing about potential retaliation. Chief among them: Was the strike legal? “Unless there is much more to the story than…
Rachel Sachs ( published as: “Prescription Drug Policy: The Year in Review, And the Year Ahead, ” Health Affairs Blog, January 6, 2020. DOI: 10.1377/hblog20200103.861605) This past year, prescription drug policy issues remained at the forefront of the national health policy conversation. With widespread public agreement across the political spectrum that action must be taken…
Leading law firm Armstrong Teasdale recently named 18 new partners to begin service in 2020, including four WashULaw alumni: Daniel Burke, JD ’06, Laura Bentele, JD ’12, Patrick Coyle, JD ’12, and Tod Stephens, JD/MBA ‘13. With 10 offices across the country, Armstrong Teasdale is well-known for representing Fortune 100 and 500 companies alongside a variety…
Washington University in St. Louis Assistant Professor of Practice Kathryn Banks has been elected to the national Clinical Legal Education (CLEA) Board of Directors. The organization advocates for clinical legal education as fundamental to a lawyer’s education, and is one of the largest organizations of law professors. Professor Banks, who is also Assistant Dean for…
A comprehensive privacy law should protect people as well as data, privacy law expert says America needs an internet privacy bill. However, Congressional inaction or even its best intentions could lead to an Americanized version of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a move that would be insufficient and ineffective, argues a leading privacy law…
Professor Brian Tamanaha has received a Washington University in St. Louis Founders Day Distinguished Faculty Award and was recognized at the recent dinner. The award recognizes outstanding commitment to the intellectual and personal development of students. Click here to view his video.