School of Law in the News

June 2006

Local firm's role in case ‘very satisfying’
Seattle Times
June 30, 2006
Law school graduate Charles Swift filed the case that resulted in a Supreme Court ruling that the president cannot hold military tribunals to try Guantanamo Bay detainees.

New state online gambling law raises doubts
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
June 26, 2006
Professor David Skover comments on a new law regulating hyperlinks to illegal gambling sites.

Super Lawyer
Washington Law & Politics
Summer 2006
Distinguished Practitioner in Residence Gwynne Skinner is named a Super Lawyer for her work in public interest and international human rights.
(E-mail hedlandk@seattleu.edu for a copy.)

Seattle University Law Women’s Caucus Women of the Year
Washington Women Lawyer State Reporter
Spring 2006

Business professors integrating ethics into courses
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
June 26, 2006
Story highlights the Business Ethics in the Corporate Governance Era conference cosponsored by the Center for Corporations, Law and Society.

Is Justice for Sale in Whatcom?
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
June 10, 2006
Professors Janet Ainsworth and John Strait comment on a controversial practice of allowing criminal defendants to lessen their charges if they pay into a drug fund.

Similar stories:
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2006/06/11/area_news/news02.txt
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/440/forsale.shtml

A public scolding
ABA Journal
June 9, 2006
Professor Marilyn Berger comments on a harsh ruling against an attorney handed down by a Pierce County judge.

Gay-marriage case: 15 months, no ruling
Seattle Times
June 8, 2006
Professor Lisa Brodoff comments on the wait for a state Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage.

Professor Jack Kirkwood to take part in Department of Justice/Federal Trade Commission hearings
June 5, 2006
Department of Justice

Also:
http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=184928

Amnesty for a divided remorse
Business Day
June 3, 2006
Professor Ron Slye, the Bram Fischer Visiting Professor at the Nelson Mandela Institute of the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, writes about his conversation with Adriaan Vlok, one of the highest-ranking members of the old apartheid government to apply for, and receive, amnesty.

Bid to save online activity data for two years raises privacy fears
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
(Also posted on MSNBC.com)
June 2, 2006
Dean’s Distinguished Scholar Margaret Chon said in a story about the federal government asking Internet companies to preserve customer records that Internet privacy laws "are incredibly loose.”

Articles Not Previously Included

Visionaries in Action
rfkmemorial.org
January 2006
Clinic Professor Raven Lidman and her students in the International Human Rights Law Clinic developed an amicus curiae brief that was circulated by the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights.