Former Â鶹ÉçÇø School of Law dean for students and recently appointed deputy director of the ACLU of Washington, Michele Storms, received the 2015 Distinguished Service Award from the Washington State Bar Association Civil Rights Section.
2016 marked another year that the University of Â鶹ÉçÇø of Law led Washington law schools in the July Washington Bar Exam passage rate.
Professor Anita Ramasastry has been appointed to serve on the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights
The 29th Annual Indian Law Symposium will take place September 8 - 9, 2016 at William H. Gates Hall.
Charles Z. Smith, legal pioneer and Washington’s first African-American Supreme Court justice, died peacefully in his home August 28. He was 89.
In civil cases, people unable to afford legal counsel must represent themselves in court. Accessing the same information available to attorneys can pose a significant challenge in dealing with the complexity of the legal system.