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Appellate Advocacy as a Capstone
Walker McCusick and Sally Walker

Appellate Advocacy as a Capstone

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Walker McKusick, J.D. ‘24, and Sally Walker, J.D. ’24, reflect on their transformative journey through the Ninth Circuit Pro Bono Appellate Advocacy Clinic.

County audit details grim conditions at Capitol Hill youth jail
The Patricia Hall Clark Children and Family Justice Center (CFJC) in Seattle, Feb. 5, 2020. (Matt M. McKnight/Cascade PBS)

County audit details grim conditions at Capitol Hill youth jail

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Young detainees report concerns with drinking-water quality, long periods without visitors, lack of substance-abuse treatment and staffing shortages. Professor Kim Ambrose, director of the Race and Justice Clinic, is quoted. (Source: Cascade PBS)

Dean Lawson on Alternative Pathways to Licensure
Dean Tamara F. Lawson

Dean Lawson on Alternative Pathways to Licensure

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Âé¶¹ÉçÇø Law Dean Tamara F. Lawson tells the ABA Journal that supervised practice "is more closely linked to competence than any 100 multiple-choice questions will ever be."

Cite Unseen
Cite Unsee: Reckoningwith anti-LGBTQ+ court cases and future proofing the law for the next cases.

Cite Unseen

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On June 12, learn the history of anti-LGBTQ+ jurisprudence in Washington courts and hear about current and future issues affecting case law in LGBTQ+ rights from Âé¶¹ÉçÇø Law Professor Peter Nicolas and other distinguished panelists.

Legal Understandings of Disability Rights vs. Disability Justice
A decorate W symbol for the University of Washington sitting on a desk against an out-of-focus background.

Legal Understandings of Disability Rights vs. Disability Justice

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Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Elizabeth Pendo joins the conversation on the Access Âé¶¹ÉçÇø podcast to explore the differences and intersections between the Disability Rights and Disability Justice movements.