Author: Jessica Roberts Martin

Photo by Mary ButkusDaniel Keating, J.D., presents the crowd-pleasing “10 Hard Lessons I Learned in the Dean’s Office (With Help from Dilbert)” during an Oct. 15 event celebrating his service to the law school.

The School of Law is launching a new Executive Master of Laws (LL.M.) Program co-taught by Washington University and Korea University law faculty. Kent Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley Uni-versity Professor, announced this innovative new degree program as part of the law school’s expanded international outreach efforts that focus on the McDonnell […]

Richard Sigg has been promoted to director of admissions and recruitment for the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, announced Ellen Rostand, assistant dean for communications. “Richard is dedicated to the mission of higher education and has a strong commitment to student service,” Rostand said. “He has led an incredible effort to bring in […]

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District will hold a special session at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the School of Law’s Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The public is invited to hear cases involving a personal injury claim, a domestic violence situation and a lease settlement. The court periodically holds sessions […]

With health care legislation now up for debate in both the House and the Senate, comprehensive health care reform is closer than ever, says Timothy McBride, Ph.D., health economist and associate dean of public health at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. McBride says that there is still much work to be done with health care reform and contentious issues remain. Among those are the public option, how the legislation will be financed, the generosity of the coverage, Medicare Advantage reforms and whether there will be mandates for employers to offer coverage. (Video available)

Kathryn Pierce, J.D., has been appointed lecturer in the School of Law and the new supervising attorney for the Civil Justice Clinic. “Kathryn is the ideal colleague for Mae Quinn (J.D., professor of law) and me, and is a perfect fit to teach in the Civil Justice Clinic’s youth advocacy project,” said Annette Appell, J.D., […]

Edward F. Lawlor, Ph.D., dean of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor, has named Enola Proctor, Ph.D., associate dean for faculty, and Debra Haire-Joshu, Ph.D., associate dean for research.

China’s population of adults over 65 tops 100 million. This number is steadily growing, putting China at the forefront of a global demographic shift that includes the United States and other developed nations. “While a common tendency is to focus on the burdens an aging population will place on a country’s economic and social welfare, an aging society represents an opportunity, not just a crisis,” says Nancy Morrow-Howell, Ph.D., productive aging expert and professor at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University. “Expanding opportunities for productive engagement, including paid employment, formal volunteering, and mutual aid, may reduce social costs by reducing health care expenses and need for post-retirement income supports. (Video available)

Researchers at the School of Law’s Center for Empirical Research in the Law (CERL) will receive $191,000 to update the Supreme Court Database as part of a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

Sarah Gehlert, Ph.D., will be installed as the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in Brown Hall Lounge.