School of Law in the News

January 2009

The School of Law collaborates on a project documenting the genocide in Rwanda, and the Law Clinic wins a victory in the Court of Appeals that guarantees juveniles will have attorneys at truancy hearings.

January 27

Sanders, Talmadge discussion Feb. 4

Professor David Skover will moderate a panel with justices on constitutional and security issues.

January 26

Rwanda tribunal shares its stories

Associated Press
(This story appeared in numerous newspapers across the country, including the Seattle Times and P-I, Boston Herald and Minneapolis Star Tribune.)

A legal team from Seattle University School of Law traveled to Tanzania and Rwanda to help with gather stories from people involved with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

January 23

Court ruling may help get truants on track

The Olympian
An editorial praises a court ruling that entitles juveniles to have lawyers at truancy hearings.

January 17

Lawmakers concerned over lawyer rule in truancy case

The Olympian
Visiting Clinical Professor Bob Boruchowitz says 14,000 truancy cases could be affected because of a ruling in his case that says a 13-year-old girl should have had a lawyer present at her truancy hearing.

January 16

Whatcom County celebrations of Martin Luther King Jr. start Saturday

The Bellingham Herald
James Bible, Seattle University School of Law graduate and president of the Seattle-King County chapter of the NAACP, spoke on the topic of environmental justice at the Whatcom County Human Rights Taskforce's 11th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Conference.

January 13

Washington Court rules that truants entitled to lawyer

The Associated Press (Stories appeared in numerous papers)
Law Clinic Director Paul Holland discusses an appellate ruling that that a juvenile is entitled to counsel at the outset of court truancy proceedings. The clinic represented the student.

January 10

Seattle P-I up for sale, but almost certainly will fold, industry observers say

Seattle Times
Professor Jack Kirkwood says the closure of one of Seattle's two daily papers likely does not violate antitrust laws.

January

The false promise of risk avoidance

King County Bar Bulletin
Professor Catherine O'Neill writes about the environmental peril posed by "rise avoidance" policies.