Author: Jessica Roberts Martin

Photo by Mary ButkusAbdul Jabbar Sabit, former attorney general of Afghanistan and current presidential candidate in his country, meets with law students during a brown bag lunch in Anheuser-Busch Hall Nov. 21.

Charles W. Burson, J.D., visiting professor of law, is directing the transition team for Missouri Governor-elect Jay Nixon. Nixon, who served as Missouri’s attorney general from 1992-2008, met Burson when he was Tennessee’s attorney general from 1988-1997. Burson later became counsel and chief of staff to former Vice President Al Gore. After leaving the White […]

Photo by Joe AngelesAward-winning journalist Dan Rather speaks to the Nov. 14 “Afghanistan: Microcosm of International Crisis” class taught by Thomas Schweich, J.D., visiting professor and ambassador-in-residence at the law school.

Students, faculty and staff in the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic have been instrumental in bringing about a significantly reduced ambient air standard for lead.

“The increasing number of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) raises the risk of domestic violence and its consequences on families and children in communities across the United States,” says Monica Matthieu, Ph.D., an expert on veteran mental health and an assistant professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis. Treatments for domestic violence are very different than those for PTSD. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has mental health services and treatments for PTSD, yet these services need to be combined with the specialized domestic violence intervention programs offered by community agencies for those veterans engaging in battering behavior against intimate partners and families.”

In honor of Native Heritage Month, the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies presents in November “Three Voices: Speaking From the Past,” a Chautauqua performance describing the events leading up to the massacre at Wounded Knee from three cultural perspectives. Performances are at 8 p.m. Nov. 14 and 15 in the Village Black […]

Representatives from regional and national government and public policy agencies will be on campus for the third annual Government and Public Policy Career Day from noon-9 p.m. Nov. 13 at various locations around the Danforth Campus. The career day will offer a series of special events for undergraduate, graduate and professional students, ranging from a […]

Photo by Mary ButkusGregory P. Magarian, J.D., professor of law, speaks to a group of 25 journalists from around the world Oct. 29 in Seigle Hall. The journalists were visiting WUSTL as part of the U.S. Department of State Foreign Press Center’s 2008 Midwest Election Tour.

Photo by Mary ButkusMichael Greenfield, J.D., the George Alexander Madill Professor of Contracts and Commercial Law, and his wife, Claire Halpern, cut the ribbon during the dedication of the Greenfield Classroom in Seigle Hall Oct. 8.

The School of Law will hold intersession courses Jan. 5-9, 2009, allowing upper-level students to take a one-unit short course in a subject that enriches their curriculum.