Updated report outlines steps to confront environmental racism in St. Louis
A new WashU Law report examining environmental racism in St. Louis offers updated data and a series of policy recommendations aimed at addressing longstanding disparities in health, housing and environmental conditions across the region.
Powering our future
Alumnus Calvin Butler brings forward-looking energy to Exelon, a Fortune 200 utility company.
Wine, cheese and the law of entrepreneurship
Alumnus Vijay Shroff’s background as an attorney helps him prioritize community and collaboration in business.
Why prescription drug prices stay high — and what Congress can do about it
High prescription drug prices are not caused by any single company or practice, but by the system itself, said WashU Law’s Rachel Sachs. If Congress wants lower drug prices, it has to fix the structure and incentives of the entire supply chain, said Sachs, an expert on prescription drug pricing.
Eliminating Missouri income tax would hurt low-income residents
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has called for a phaseout of the state’s income tax, a move that would cause the most pain to the state’s low-income residents, says an expert on tax law at Washington University in St. Louis.
Trump’s foreign ambitions
Faculty experts in political science, history and law at Washington University in St. Louis discuss the recent capture of the Venezuelan president and offer context about President Donald Trump’s latest challenges to international order.
Why international law forbids forcible seizure of territory
Under international law, one of the clearest red lines for states is the use of force to take another sovereign’s territory — a prohibition that sits at the heart of the modern global legal order, says MJ Durkee, a Washington University in St. Louis law professor.
Changing the future of law and AI
The WashU AI Collaborative at WashU Law is leading the way in preparing lawyers — and the legal system — for an intelligent new era.
WashU students challenge Missouri air pollution findings
Two students from Washington University in St. Louis’ Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic recently took aim at the state’s arguments about who bears responsibility for harmful air pollution in the St. Louis region.
No such thing as presidential ‘removal power’ in early America, paper finds
A new paper from Andrea Katz, associate professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and expert on constitutional law and presidential power, disputes a long-standing claim that America’s founders agreed the president holds an unrestricted power to fire executive officials.
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