Three WashU Law students were named finalists in the University of Texas at Austin School of Law’s inaugural AI Innovation and Law Writing Contest, a national competition that invited law students to examine legal reforms that could better support AI innovation. 1L Bernard Elegbede, 1L Cormac Glynn, and 2L Alicia Stout were among seven finalists…
WashU Law Dean Stefanie Lindquist and Co-Director of the WashU AI Collaborative Ryan Durrie were both honored in the Legal Tech Education category at the Legal Innovation Summit & Awards on November 20. The Summit brought together forward-thinking legal professionals, technology leaders, and innovators to explore the future of legal services and to learn how AI…
WashU Law 3L Elliot Mermel recently earned third place in the 2025 Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation Award for Excellence in Legal Writing, a national competition recognizing outstanding legal scholarship by law students across the country. Elliot was honored for his article, “The Evolution of Standing and the Need for Foundational Realism: A Historical…
WashU Law Professor Andrea Katz has filed an amicus brief in Trump v. Slaughter, for which the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on December 8. In the case, former FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter argues that her dismissal by President Trump without cause contravenes the statute establishing the Federal Trade Commission in 1914. This statute intends for…
On November 18, WashU Law 3L Beverly Lobo argued a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis. Beverly, with the help of fellow 3Ls Ashrakat Hassan and Zachary Irovando, presented a case involving the Prison Litigation Reform Act and the requirement for inmates to exhaust administrative remedies before…
WashU Law congratulates School of Law National Council Member Jerry M. Hunter, JD ’77, on receiving the Richard Sheppard Arnold Award for Distinguished Service from the Eighth Circuit Bar Association. Hunter was honored at the Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference, held Aug. 1 in Kansas City, Missouri. Named for the late former chief judge of the…
In the past eight months, students in our Appellate Clinic, directed by Professor Steve Alagna, have argued three federal appeals in three different appellate courts across the country. In March 2025, a team of three Clinic students traveled to Richmond, Virginia for an oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit….
WashU Law held the final round of the Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Competition on November 13 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom. The event brought together two standout teams for an afternoon of appellate advocacy before a distinguished judicial panel. Ethan Kadet and Christopher Murphy presented arguments for the petitioner, while Zachary Irovando and Sealy…
A team of four WashU Law Appellate Clinic students—Finley Cobb, Ryan McGoffin, Elliot Mermel, and John Young—worked alongside Professor Conor Clarke on an amicus brief filed in the tariffs cases argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, November 5. The brief was also joined by three other law professors: Daniel Hemel, NYU School of Law;…
Students in the Entrepreneurship Clinic, directed by Professor Jonathan Smith, recently led an LLC Bootcamp for startup founders from across the WashU community. The bootcamp, which was hosted by the Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation & Entrepreneurship, provided participants with practical guidance on forming and operating limited liability companies, covering topics such as entity selection,…
In October, WashU Law hosted a panel discussion titled “Expanding Legal Enterprise with AI” as part of Legal Tech Weeks. Moderated by Dean Stefanie Lindquist, the conversation brought together leaders in law, technology, and education to explore how emerging tools are reshaping legal practice and legal education. The panel featured Professor Zoe Niesel from Joseph…
WashU Law is proud to welcome four new faculty members to the Legal Clinics, Kate Weaver, Eric Conners, Laura Robb, and Najeebah Hussain. Kate Weaver, Nimick Forbesway Foundation Legal FellowKate Weaver joins WashU Law as the Nimick Forbesway Foundation Legal Fellow in the Immigration Law Clinic, which represents clients in immigration matters such as naturalization,…