School of Law in the News

August 2008

August 27, 2008

Federal detainee care due stricter standards

TheNewsTribune.com
An article reporting another detainee death at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma refers to the "Voices from Detention" report.

August 22, 2008

Washington law schools revising curricula

Puget Sound Business Journal
Vice Dean Annette Clark discusses the law school's pilot program to integrate Legal Writing with other courses and the development of the professional skills portfolio.

August 20, 2008

Teamsters Local 117 leader John Williams steps down

Seattle P-I
Law school alumna Tracey Thompson '94 has been named as Williams' replacement to lead the local, which represents more than 17,000 members at 200 employers throughout the region.

August 20, 2008

How a Jihadist Curtailed a President's Authority

New York Times
Jonathan Mahler's new book, "The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight over Presidential Power," profiles Salim Hamdan and the team of lawyers - including law school alumnus Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift - who defended the rule of law and pursued what seemed an unwinnable case to a victory in the United States Supreme Court.

August 13, 2008

Detainees Refute Northwest ICE's Denials of Abuse

Seattle Weekly, WA
Following on the "Voices from Detention" report by the law school's International Human Rights Clinic and OneAmerica, the Seattle Weekly interviews two more inmates from the Tacoma detention center.

August 12, 2008

Boeing, Kenya Airways and Seattle University School of Law Deliver Textbooks to Nairobi

WRIC TV
Legal writing professors spearheaded a drive to send thousands of books to law schools in South Africa. This story appeared in numerous publications in the U.S. and Kenya.

August 11, 2008

Hamdan story goes Hollywood; Clooney to play lawyer

Wall Street Journal
This blog says George Clooney wants to play Charles Swift '94, who convinced jurors in a military commission Salim Hamdan was not a terrorist threat. A photo of Swift speaking at the law school is included.

August 8, 2008

Costco to warn customers of seafood hazard

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Professor Catherine O'Neill comments on seafood mercury warning signs at grocery stores.

August 5, 2008

Private Prison Co. Again Accused of Human Rights Abuses

ABC News
National news coverage of the "Voices from Detention" report issued in July by the law school's International Human Rights Clinic and OneAmerica, detailing human rights violations at the Northwest Detention Facility in Tacoma.