School of Law in the News, 2008
December
The School of Law works to prepare students for careers in a tough economy, train junior faculty and explore alternatives to the printed textbook.
November
Seattle University School of Law is named one of the best for public interest law, and professors analyze California’s Proposition 8 and the economic crisis.
October
Professor Hank McGee talks with MSNBC about the historic election, and professors comment on important topics ranging from the WaMu failure to immigration.
September
The law school looks at the future of the legal course book with a workshop that generated national press coverage, and Professor Shelly Frankel writes about the mortgage crisis.
August
Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift ('94) figures prominently in a new book on Hamdan v. Rumsfeld; Tracey Thompson ('94) is named to lead Teamsters Local 117; and more coverage of the "Voices from Detention" report.
July
The International Human Rights Clinic makes national news with a damning report on conditions at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, a panel discussion on the 1944 Fort Lawton court martial, and Bill Marler ('87) is careful about what he eats.
June
Faculty experts comment on the U.S. Supreme Court’s gun rights ruling, the Sonics case and other topics, and a recent graduate hits the jackpot.
May
Law professors were quoted in regional and national publications on issues ranging from business startups to gay marriage.
April
Read comments from professors on a variety of current topics, including commentary about the law school's 35th Anniversary celebration.
March
Read comments from professors on a variety of current topics, including commentary about Justice Charles Johnson's bid for a fourth Supreme Court term.
February
Read comments from professors on a variety of current topics, plus a column by Dean Kellye Testy on social justice ideals.
January
Read comments from professors on a variety of current topics, plus a column by Dean Kellye Testy on changes in legal education.
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