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Our innovative legal education program will train you to become a trusted advocate for justice who can tackle consequential matters.

Upcoming Events

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Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference

Friday, June 5, 2026 | 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. | Virtual event

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9th Innovation and Technology Law Conference
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Build Your Legal Career Across Borders: Info Session for LLM Program

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 | 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. | Sullivan Hall, Court Level

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LLM Info Session

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Learn by doing

We offer an unparalleled experiential training program. From your first day, you'll learn to apply your classroom learning in situations helping real clients with real legal problems.

You belong here

Earn your degree at one of the nation's most diverse law schools, marked by an inclusive and collegial community welcoming to all.

By the Numbers: 2025 First-year Student Enrollment

39%

BIPOC

25%+

First Generation

28%

LGBTQ+

159

Median LSAT score

3.60

Median GPA

Faculty Articles

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Erin M. Carr & Richard Delgado

What is a Red Tie? Some Observations About Words and their Extension — And a Few Words of Comfort for Readers of Recent Supreme Court Jurisprudence (2026).

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Erin Carr faculty profile
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Seth Katsuya Endo

Preventive Transparency in Third-Party Litigation Funding (2025).

120 Northwestern University Law Review 501 

Seth Katsuya Endo faculty profile
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Elizabeth Ford

Alt-Legal Services: Re-Visioning Lawyers' Role in the Fight for Worker Power (2025).

46 Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law 1

 

Elizabeth Ford faculty profile
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Pilar Margarita Hernández Escontrias

Law's Penal-Professional World Order (2026).

94 Fordham Law Review 1321

Pilar Margarita Hernández Escontrías faculty profile

Put your degree to work

Join a community of graduates who work as defenders, prosecutors, and judges, serve as partners at major firms, advocate for marginalized populations, and so much more.

Strategically located

The School of Law is situated in the heart of Seattle's legal and business community, near major law firms, federal and state courthouses, government offices, Fortune 500 company headquarters, and more.

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Super Lawyers

Seattle University School of Law has the highest number of alumni selected as Super Lawyers or Rising Stars of any law school in the Pacific Northwest.