School of Law in the News

January 1 - 15, 2006

Tina Marie Mares pursues her dreams with a piano and pumps
Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine
January 15, 2006
Law student Tina Marie Mares, a law student at Seattle University, prepares for this week’s Miss America pageant. An accomplished athlete and pianist in addition to her law studies, she plans to pursue a career in family law.

Graduate chosen as local NAACP leader
Seattle Times
January 11, 2006
Sheley Secrest, a 2003 graduate of SU Law, was named the new president of the Seattle King County chapter of the NAACP, wants the organization to remain a visible force in the region.

The ‘King’ of free legal help
Kitsap Sun
January 6, 2006
SU Law graduate Stephen King recently received the Washington State Bar Association’s Thomas Neville Pro Bono Award for providing countless hours of advice and representing clients at no charge through the non-profit Kitsap Legal Services. It’s an honor given each year by the association’s Washington Young Lawyers Division to a young attorney who works hard to provide legal services to the poor.

Contender for a crown
Yakima Herald Republic
January 4, 2006
Law student and Miss Washington Tina Marie Mares prepares for this week’s Miss America pageant.

Indian estate planning institute opens
Indian Country Today
January 4, 2006
The new Institute for Indian Estate Planning and Probate at the law school will help Indians preserve their lands.

Same-sex marriage debate focuses on life v. law
King County Bar Bulletin
January 2006
Professor Julie Shapiro writes about the debate surrounding same-sex marriage and the upcoming Supreme Court on the matter.

SU program promotes land preservation efforts
King County Bar Bulletin
January 2006
Dean Kellye Testy writes about the importance of the new Institute for Indian Estate Planning & Probate.

New fight for voting rights
American Bar Association Journal
January 2006
Professor Joaquin Avila, an expert in minority voting rights, comments on the importance of the Voting Rights Act, which is up for renewal.
(E-mail hedlandk@seattleu.edu for a copy.)

Washington’s pageant queens are dedicated to health care
Thrive! Magazine
Winter 2005
Miss Washington Tina Marie Mares, an SU law student, talks about modeling healthy living.
(E-mail hedlandk@seattleu.edu for a copy.)