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.
Blake Emerson and Ronald M. Levin (Opinion published in The Regulatory Review October 30, 2019) A new ACUS recommendation on interpretive rules largely aligns with a prior one on policy statements. At its June 2019 plenary session, the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) adopted Recommendation 2019-1, “Agency Guidance Through Interpretive Rules.” The recommendation…
The Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic at Washington University School of Law recently published a report titled “Environmental Racism in St. Louis”. This report detailed that in St. Louis, blacks suffer from poor environmental regulations at a greater rate than their white peers. In summary, black families are more likely to visit the emergency room due to asthma, test…
As part of the 174th Period of Sessions for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Harris Institute has been invited to present at a hearing on “The Impact of Gun Violence in the United States” on Tuesday, November 12 in Quito, Ecuador. The Institute will present alongside Amnesty International, the Center for American…
Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey recently tweeted in support of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, causing reaction from the NBA and from China. Following Morey’s tweet, NBA commissioner Adam Silver expressed support for Morey’s freedom of speech. But in response, China’s state broadcaster CCTV punished the NBA by canceling broadcasts of two preseason NBA games….
The Harris Institute e-Newsletter highlighting events and activities for Academic Year 2018-2019 has been released. Adobe Flash required to view Newsletter.
Building on the work of the Harris Institute’s Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, a new global treaty on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity is gaining momentum. In summer 2017, the International Law Commission (ILC) completed Draft Articles for a global convention for crimes against humanity and requested comments from governments, international organizations, and…
Merton C. Bernstein, the Walter D. Coles Professor of Law Emeritus at Washington University in St. Louis, died at his home in Brewster, Mass., on Aug. 3, 2019. He was 96. More information
Two more public mass shootings. More thoughts and prayers. We are staring down the barrel of 25 years of legislative failure. The last major federal gun control measure was the Brady Act, enacted in 1993. Although the House passed two significant gun control measures earlier this year, the bills didn’t get a hearing in the…
Javad Khazaeli, JD ’02, contributes to Chapter 2 of the In St. Louis project, which focuses on the fifth anniversary of the conflict in Ferguson, MO. The project is designed to explore — through the experiences, scholarship, work, and voices of St. Louisans — what it means to be in St. Louis today. It was developed…