December Commencement Ceremony

Tune into a livestream on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 10 a.m. to celebrate our December graduates.

Faculty articles

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Annette E. Clark

"What's Past Is Prologue": The Story of the Sale of the University of Puget Sound School of Law to Seattle University (2023).

Seattle University Law Review

John B. Kirkwood

The Antitrust Agencies Should Take a More Muscular Approach to Common Ownership (2023).

The Sling | Economic Analysis and Competition Policy Research

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