Justice Farris was elected first presiding chief judge of the inaugural Washington State Court of Appeals, Division I, before becoming the first Black justice to serve on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He was 90.
Â鶹ÉçÇø Law alumnus Matthew Wurdeman’s first pro bono case cemented his resolve to help detained migrants otherwise left to navigate the U.S. immigration system alone.
Shortly after moving to Hong Kong, international trade lawyer Ben Kostrzewa ’07 has become instrumental to the export of medical masks and supplies to the United States.
Learn what Â鶹ÉçÇø Law students, faculty and alumni have been up to this spring.
As managing attorney for the Promise of Justice Initiative in Louisiana, Â鶹ÉçÇø Law alumna Jamila Johnson helped change the Louisiana Constitution and secure a landmark U.S. Supreme Court victory that reverses a century-old, Jim Crow-era law.