School of Law in the News

July 2008

July 16, 2008

Report charges abuse of immigrant detainees at Tacoma center

Seattle Times
Voices from Detention, a report by the law school’s International Human Rights Clinic and OneAmerica, found troubling violations at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.

July 15, 2008

Detention Center in Tacoma blasted

Associated Press
This AP article appeared throughout the country and internationally in more than 100 papers, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Boston Globe, The Atlanta Journal Constitution and ABCnews.com, and Daily India.

Stories on the report were widely broadcast on radio and TV, including: ABC News, KUOW, KING 5.

July 16, 2008

Federal Detention: Humane for all

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
An editorial on the Voices from Detention report applauds the report and calls for better treatment for detainees.

July 24, 2008

Food litigation lawyer Bill Marler is careful about what he eats

LawyersandSettlements.com
Bill Marler, a 1987 Seattle University School of Law graduate and one of the best known food borne illness lawyers in the county, speaks about past cases and the non-profit organization he created to help educate food manufacturing companies about food safety, and preventing food borne illnesses.

July 23, 2008

Race and the military topic of panel discussion

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The School of Law hosted a panel discussion as part of the tribute to the wrongfully convicted veterans of the 1944 Fort Lawton Court Martial.

July 22, 2008

Fort Lawton soldiers finally find peace with Army restitution deal

The Skanner
The law school panel is mentioned in a larger story about the Fort Lawton tribute.