School of Law in the News

May 2006

Alternative Admission Program
“The Docket,” TVW
May, 2006
A segment features three students, Dean Kellye Testy and Academic Resource Director Paula Lustbader telling the success stories of the law school’s Alternative Admission Program. (Begins at 7:30 on the program.)

Women of the Year
Washington Law and Politics
Summer 2006
Photos of Dean Kellye Testy, Gloria Steinem and others from at the Strawberries and Champagne reception.
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Royal Visit
The Catholic Northwest Progress
May 25, 2006
Tina Marie Mares, a law student and Ms. Washington, is highlighted.
(E-mail hedlandk@seattleu.edu for a copy.)

Voting rights attorney credits locals
Monterey Herald (Calif.)
May 19, 2006
For a man who’s never lived in Monterey County, Joaquín Avila is very influential in local politics. The legendary voting rights attorney successfully led efforts of Salinas Latino residents to end the city's at-large election system, which they said placed Latino residents at a voting disadvantage. But the 57-year-old attorney, who spoke to a gathering of La Raza Lawyers Association of Monterey County on Thursday, doesn't want to take all the credit.

President Bush’s speech on the immigration debate
NorthWest Cable News
May 15, 2006
Professor Joaquin Avila is interviewed live after the president’s speech on immigration.

Could committee win force Times to return to afternoon publication?
Seattle Times
May 14, 2006
Professor Sid DeLong comments on the continuing legal battle between Seattle’s two daily newspapers.

Rachel Corrie’s Legacy
Seattle Weekly
May 10, 2006
Distinguished Practitioner in Residence Gwynne Skinner discusses the case involving the law school’s law clinic and the Rachel Corrie case.

Sedition: It Still Rolls Off the Tongue
New York Times
May 7, 2006
A column about sedition refers to an article co-written by Professor David Skover about First Amendment rights in wartime.

Immigration march
NorthWest Cable News
May 3, 2006
Professor Joaquin Avila discusses the immigrant rights march.