Author: Neil Schoenherr

Though the teaching assistant served an important role in graduate education, it has run its course. New possibilities await, and the mentored teaching experience is one of them.

The effective jump-starting of St. Louis will require conscious attention to race, class and geography at the same time we embrace the idea that our science-based economy could be the key to long-term opportunity for a broad swath of the population.

Rather than offering a far-reaching statement of religious convictions, it would be better to start with a list of questions.

U.S. News explained that its goal in moving to the new scale was to rank more schools and provide better understanding of the scope of the differences between schools. Yet when there is strong evidence that many raters may cue off a school’s overall reputation and not independently assess the quality of its specialty program.

It is time to change the way we support refugees and immigrants and it is in everyone’s interest to do so. As Americans, we need to remember that our country was built by those who have come here seeking a better future for themselves and their families.

If Justice Department lawyers are going to say that they “represent the United States,” they better have the interests of the country — not the financial interests of the president — at heart.

Testifying on U.S. gun violence in Bogota, Colombia. Presenting on privacy in the digital age. Writing a dissertation on clinical whole-genome sequencing data. Making the Dean’s List. All in a day’s work for Jiyeon Kim, who will be graduating with a doctor of law from the School of Law and who plans a career focused on health and technology law and policy.

A final judgment invalidating the entire Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional would not only harm those in the individual market or Medicaid expansion—but would also jeopardize the ability of even more Americans to afford their prescription drugs.

Five School of Law graduates were honored as Distinguished Alumni during a recognition ceremony April 11 for their outstanding contributions to the field of law. They are: Max Margulis; Simon Mui; husband and wife Ganesh Natarajan and Faye Katt; and Ester Saverson.

The U.S. Justice Department has narrowed its interpretation of the foreign emoluments clause, allowing foreign countries to court President Donald Trump through patronizing his hotels, condos and golf courses and through granting him trademarks, suggests a new article by ethics expert Kathleen Clark of Washington University in St. Louis.