Congratulations to the WashULaw Jessup team who reached the finals of the U.S. Western Regional of the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court competition, which was held from February 29 to March 3, 2024.
Professor Benjamin Levin recently spoke to second and third-year law students in the Criminal Law Colloquium at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Professor Kathleen Clark, an expert in legal and government ethics, recently appeared on PBS NewsHour to talk with Amna Nawaz about the Supreme Court’s surprise unanimous decision binding themselves to a new code of ethics.
Intellectual property law expert and Visiting Professor Jyh-An Lee recently spoke at Cornell Law School in conjunction with the Clarke Program in East Asian Law & Culture. Professor Jyh-An Lee discussed the topic “The Non-Market Approach to IP Law and Policy: The Case of China.”
Three WashULaw alumni were recently recognized as Top Women of Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Congratulations to Sasha Polonsky Tulgan, JD ’06, Jessica Wilson, JD ’08, and Sophie Wang, JD ’10!
Congratulations to Richard A. Rothman, JD ’78, who was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from New York Law Journal’s New York Legal Awards.
In 2010, clinic client Steven Lazar of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to life in prison after having been convicted of second-degree murder, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and a weapons offense.
Washington Magazine recently highlighted Rachel Marsh, JD ’00, MSW ’00, and her career in child advocacy, both in direct service and policy making arenas.
Earlier this month the School of Law hosted the JSD Symposium: The Next Generation of Scholarship, sponsored by the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute. JSD candidates from renowned universities across the U.S. gathered to present scholarship to their peers and receive feedback.
WashULaw’s Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law announced the appointment of a new faculty co-director from the School of Medicine, Dr. Richard Cote, and associate directors Ryan Durrie, JD, and Dr. Mary Mason.
Chinese corporate law expert and Visiting Professor Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin recently spoke at Cornell Law School in conjunction with the Clarke Program in East Asian Law & Culture. Professor Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin discussed the topic “Are Chinese Private Firms Truly Private?”
Professor Kathleen Clark testified at the GOP Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing for Unsuitable Litigation: Oversight of Third-Party Litigation Funding on September 13.
