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Welcome to the Washington University School of Law News web site. Please check this page for developments that may be of particular interest to you. We also include notices and other current information of interest to the Law School Community. Explore the links on the left side of this page for more information, including Faculty in the News, which offers a sampling of faculty quoted in their areas of expertise by the news media.

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Prof. Sadat Offers Expert Commentary on Atrocities Prevention Board

May 2012 [View Release]

Prof. Hollander-Blumoff Elected to American Law Institute

May 2012 [View Release]

Prof. Richards Offers Expert Commentary on Free Speech Issues, Perils of Social Reading

May 2012 [View Release]

Chronicle Reviews Prof. Tamanaha's Book, Failing Law Schools

May 2012 [View Release]

Inaugural Benjamin B. Ferencz Essay Competition Announced

May 2012 [View Release]

Inside Higher Ed Reports on @WashULaw Law

May 2012 [View Release]

Law School Goes Online with LL.M. in U.S. Law

May 2012 [View Release]

Liddell at 40: Conference Celebrates Landmark School Desegregation Case Hero, Examines Urban Education’s Future

May 2012 [View Release]

New York Times Reviews Dresser's New Book, Malignant

April 2012 [View Release]

Dinner’s Scholarship Selected for Junior Faculty Forum

April 2012 [View Release]

Clark Discusses Foreign Government-Sponsored Trips for Members of Congress on Legal Talk Network’s Lawyer2Lawyer Podcast

April 2012 [View Release]

Inazu, Magarian Offer Expert Commentary on National Day of Prayer

April 2012 [View Release]

Shields, Alumnae Receive Women’s Justice Awards

April 2012 [View Release]

Sale's, Tuch's Scholarship Ranks Among ‘Ten Best Corporate and Securities Articles of 2011’

April 2012 [View Release]

Becker to Receive Honorary Degree at WU Commencement Ceremony

April 2012 [View Release]

Panel Focuses on Inazu’s Book that Reclaims Forgotten Constitutional Right

April 2012 [View Release]

Magarian Publishes Op-Ed in National Law Journal on Judge Smith's Order to DOJ, Judicial Authority

April 2012 [View Release]

Third-Year Law Students Win National Championship in Country’s Largest Moot Court Competition

April 2012 [View Release]

Two Faculty Awarded Prestigious Research Fellowships for 2012–13

April 2012 [View Release]

Immigration and Family Reunification Conference Examines ‘One of the Most Pressing Issues of Our Time’

April 2012 [View Release]

Magarian Offers Legal History Perspective on Presidential, Judicial Comments on Affordable Care Act

April 2012 [View Release]

Clark Named Lehmann Research Professor

April 2012 [View Release]

Alumnus Calvert Successfully Defends Polish Church in Legal Dispute with Archdiocese Over Property Ownership, Governance

April 2012 [View Release]

New Post: Tamanaha Exposes Underlying Employment Numbers from Law Schools to Debunk Ranking

April 2012 [View Release]

New York Times Columnist Applies Statistical Model Co-Created by CERL Director Martin to Evaluate Supreme Court's Conservatism

March 2012 [View Release]

Alumnus Clerks for Supreme Court of Israel

March 2012 [View Release]

Tamanaha Notes Striking Anomalies in Employment Rankings Data, Critiques ABA Reporting Rules

March 2012 [View Release]

Work and Livable Lives Conference Explores Income Inequality, Economic Insecurity

March 2012 [View Release]

Background on U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings

March 2012 [View Release]

Bernstein Calls 'Chained COLA' Proposal Unrealistic

March 2012 [View Release]

New York Externship Immerses Students in Regulatory and Business Environment

March 2012 [View Release]

Law School’s Moot Court Teams Rank Second Nationally Based on Winning Record

March 2012 [View Release]

Magarian Comments on Constitutional Principles in Employer Health Policy, Birth Control Issue

March 2012 [View Release]

Dresser Publishes New Book on Medical Ethicists Confronting Cancer

February 2012 [View Release]

Tamanaha’s Book, Failing Law Schools, Discussed in New York Times Op-ed

February 2012 [View Release]

Corporate Law Scholar Tuch to Join Faculty

February 2012 [View Release]

Richards Comments on Twitter Subpoenas and Intellectual Privacy

February 2012 [View Release]

Rosenbury Comments on the Law and Relationships Outside of Marriage in New York Times Forum

February 2012 [View Release]

Alumnus, Nevada Supreme Court Justice Cherry Receives Champion of Indigent Defense Award

February 2012 [View Release]

Wiedenbeck Comments on Pension Implications of American Airlines Bankruptcy Proposal

February 2012 [View Release]

Law’s Empirical Research on U.S. Constitution’s Declining Global Influence Discussed in New York Times

February 2012 [View Release]

Inazu's New Book Focuses on 'Forgotten' Freedom of Assembly

February 2012 [View Release]

Law School Offers New Negotiation Course for First-Year Students

February 2012 [View Release]

Health Law Scholar Sepper to Join Law Faculty

January 2012 [View Release]

Magarian Comments on Election Law Issues, Republican Convention

January 2012 [View Release]

Universities in Israel, Germany among Law School’s Growing Exchange Program Agreements

January 2012 [View Release]

Magarian, Richards Offer Expert Commentary on Stop Online Piracy Act and PROTECT IP Act Proposals

January 2012 [View Release]

Law School Hosts “Narratives of Law and Life” Film Series

January 2012 [View Release]

Levin Presents Lecture in Shanghai at Conference on Amendments to China’s Administrative Litigation Law

January 2012 [View Release]

Inazu Calls Supreme Court Decision in Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC an Important Religious Freedom Victory

January 2012 [View Release]

Magarian Offers Expert Commentary on Supreme Court Redistricting Case

January 2012 [View Release]

Richards Comments on Video Privacy Protection Act Changes, Related Threats to Intellectual Privacy

January 2012 [View Release]

Delegation of International Advisors Visits Law School

January 2012 [View Release]

WLC Hosts U.S. Sen. McCaskill for Address on Women in Law and Politics

December 2011 [View Release]

Dispute Resolution Roundtable Brings Scholars from Across U.S. and El Salvador

December 2011 [View Release]

Harris Institute Convenes Faculty Colloquium on International Law and Theory

December 2011 [View Release]

Law Offers Expert Commentary on the Globalization of Constitutional Law

December 2011 [View Release]

Sadat Reports in Blog from ICC’s Assembly of States Parties Session in New York City

December 2011 [View Release]

32 Graduates Garner Prestigious Judicial Clerkships

December 2011 [View Release]

Mayor, Attorneys Discuss Legal Issues, Financing of Busch Stadium

November 2011 [View Release]

Magarian Offers Expert Commentary on Supreme Court Affordable Care Act Decision

November 2011 [View Release]

Bernstein Discusses Health Insurance, Non-Benefit Costs

November 2011 [View Release]

Scholars from Nine Leading Universities Gather for Conference on Theoretical Law and Economics

November 2011 [View Release]

School Honors Scholars in Law Recipients and Donors; Brown Receives Dean’s Medal

November 2011 [View Release]

Appleton Discusses Implications of Mississippi 'Personhood' Ballot Initiative

November 2011 [View Release]

Law Student Argues Amicus Brief Before U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

November 2011 [View Release]

Kuehn Receives Prestigious AALS Pincus Award in Clinical Legal Education

November 2011 [View Release]

Law School Hosts U.S. Court of Appeals for Armed Forces Special Session, Welcomes Military Guests

November 2011 [View Release]

Magarian Offers Expert Commentary on Religious Arguments and the Political Process

October 2011 [View Release]

Dinner Explores Legal History, Feminist Vision of Sex Equality in the Workplace

October 2011 [View Release]

Sadat Wins Book of the Year Award from International Association of Penal Law

October 2011 [View Release]

Deputy Prosecutor Bensouda Receives World Peace Through Law Award, Lectures on Role of ICC

October 2011 [View Release]

Legomsky Appointed Chief Counsel for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

October 2011 [View Release]

Observance Honors Law School’s First Female Graduate

September 2011 [View Release]

Richards Offers Expert Commentary on U.S. Privacy Laws in Digital Age

September 2011 [View Release]

Students Receive Legal Practice Excellence Awards

September 2011 [View Release]

Tamanaha Discusses "Belief in Law" at His Installation as Hammond Professor

September 2011 [View Release]

Alumnus and Muslim Civil Rights Activist Iftikhar Featured in Tribune Column on 9-11

September 2011 [View Release]

Alumnus Bloomquist Named General Counsel for U.S. Debt-Reduction Panel

September 2011 [View Release]

Appell, Quinn Receive LSEM’s 2011 Ashley Award on Behalf of Civil Justice Clinic's Advocacy

September 2011 [View Release]

Crain Offers Labor Day Reflections on the State of Labor Unions

September 2011 [View Release]

Law School Welcomes Distinguished New Faculty, Visitors

August 2011 [View Release]

Law School Salutes Adjunct Faculty for Years of Service

August 2011 [View Release]

Magarian Offers Expert Commentary on Schools Restricting Internet Content

August 2011 [View Release]

Sale among Group Petitioning SEC to Adopt Disclosure Rule on Corporate Political Spending

August 2011 [View Release]

Levin Named ABA Administrative Law Section’s Volunteer of the Year

August 2011 [View Release]

Dean Syverud Elected Chair-Elect of ABA Section on Legal Education

August 2011 [View Release]

Dresser Appointed to NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee

August 2011 [View Release]

Smith Offers Expert Commentary on International Domestic Workers Convention

July 2011 [View Release]

Law School Launches New York Regulatory and Business Externship

July 2011 [View Release]

School Offering D.C. Area Patent Law Field Placement

July 2011 [View Release]

Law School Forms Alliance with University of Queensland

July 2011 [View Release]

Baker, Waters Named Treiman Fellows in Support of Scholarly Work

July 2011 [View Release]