School of Law in the News
March 2006
P-I, Times agree to have arbitrator resolve
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
March 31, 2006
Professor Jack Kirkwood comments on the decision by Seattle’s two newspapers to turn their long legal battle over to an arbitrator.
Debts often saddle juvenile offenders
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
March 28, 2006
Assistant Clinical Professor Paul Holland discusses the court fines levied against juveniles.
Seattle law firm told to pay $10.8 million
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
March 24, 2006
Professor John Strait comments on the large jury verdict against a Seattle law firm.
Ethics under fire
Washington CEO
March 26, 2006
Dana Gold, director of the Center on Corporations, Law & Society, is featured in a section of the magazine. She and SU Professor John Dienhart, also interviewed, are planning a July conference, “Business Ethics in the Corporate Governance Era.”
Re-registering voters a bad idea
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
March 23, 2006
Assistant Professor Joaquin Avila co-wrote a commentary saying a full re-registration of voters would create problems rather than solve them.
Judge to decide initiative's fate
The Salinas Californian
March 17, 2006
Assistant Professor Joaquin Avila comments on a case challenging an initiative because petition materials were not circulated in Spanish.
A new co-owner for The Seattle Times
Seattle Weekly
March 15, 2006
Professor Jack Kirkwood comments on the owner of the Tacoma News Tribune buying a nearly 50 percent stake in the Seattle Times.
Military can demand access to universities
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
March 7, 2006
Dean Kellye Testy responds to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that law schools must allow military recruiters on campus.
Jury still out on gay marriage ruling
KING TV
March 1, 2006
Professor Julie Shapiro comments on the long wait for a ruling from the state Supreme Court on the gay marriage issue.
Pit bull layering violates advertising RPCs
King County Bar Bulletin
March 2006
Adjunct professor Adam Karp writes about a case in which Florida lawyers were challenged for the ads using the image of a pit bull and the phone number 1-8-PIT-BULL.
SU alternative admission program gets boost
King County Bar Bulletin
March 2006
