Semester Online registration extended until Aug. 26
Washington University students still can enroll in one of the 11 online courses being offered this fall through Semester Online, a consortium of top peer universities. Students have until Aug. 26 to register. Courses include a live weekly class plus pre-produced online content that engages students, such as guest interviews and panel discussions.
Administrative law expert Levin testifies before congressional committee
Administrative law expert Ronald M. Levin, JD, recently was invited to testify before Congress on concerns about the proposed Regulatory Accountability Act. Levin, the William R. Orthwein Distinguished Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, has taught and written about administrative law for more than 30 years. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee endorsed the legislation on July 24, sending it to the full House.
Missouri’s juvenile justice system in crisis, finds report
Missouri has been held out as a model for juvenile
corrections programs, but the court system that puts young people into
these programs is in crisis, finds a recent report by the National
Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC). “Many young people in Missouri
wind up having to defend themselves in our juvenile courts – and
sometimes from behind bars,” says Mae C. Quinn, JD, professor of law and
co-director of the Civil Justice Clinic at Washington University in St.
Louis.
Celebrate Kathleen Brickey’s life at Aug. 30 ceremony
Join friends and colleagues next month in a celebration of the life of Kathleen F. Brickey, James Carr Professor of Criminal Jurisprudence. A ceremony and reception will be held at 4 p.m. Aug. 30 in Anheuser-Busch Hall’s Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom.
Crimes against humanity must be prosecuted for International Criminal Court to succeed
Successful prosecutions of crimes against humanity must occur at the International Criminal Court if it is to succeed in its mandate to punish perpetrators of atrocities and deter others from committing such crimes, argues Leila Sadat, JD, international law expert and WUSTL professor. Her research, arguments and analysis are published in the latest issue of the American Journal of International Law.
Obituary: Kathleen F. Brickey, JD, professor of law, 68
Kathleen F. Brickey, JD, a giant in the field of white-collar crime and the long-serving James Carr Professor of Criminal Jurisprudence at Washington University School of Law, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013.
Immediate effect of DOMA decision profound
The Supreme Court today struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and rejected a challenge to a lower court ruling that invalidated California’s ban on same-sex marriage, known as Proposition 8. Gregory Magarian, JD, constitutional law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, says that the immediate effects of these decisions for same-sex couples will be profound. “The demise of DOMA means that the federal government must treat same-sex couples, legally married under state laws, just like opposite-sex married couples for purposes of federal benefits, tax status, etc,” he says. “The nullification of Proposition 8 appears to make marriage available to same-sex couples in the nation’s largest state, under a prior marriage law that Proposition 8 had purported to invalidate.”
SCOTUS decision kills “most successful weapon” against racial discrimination in voting
The Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder
effectively kills the most successful weapon our nation has ever
produced against racial discrimination in voting, says constitutional
and election law expert Gregory Magarian, JD, professor of law at
Washington University in St. Louis. He says the Court’s decision reflects a victory
for two big ideas: state power, at the expense of racial justice; and
judicial power, at the expense of democracy.
WUSTL law professor warns about tinkering with bankruptcy code
Bankruptcy expert Daniel L. Keating, JD, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, is warning policymakers that any tweaks to the bankruptcy code could have unintended consequences and do little to improve the system. The ABI (American Bankruptcy Institute) Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11 is collecting input and will prepare recommendations for Congress in coming months.
SCOTUS Myriad Genetics decision a significant shift from status quo
In the Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics
decision, the Supreme Court unanimously held that naturally occurring
DNA sequences are “products of nature” and therefore cannot be patented.
“The Court’s holding represents a significant shift form the status quo,” says Kevin Emerson Collins, JD, patent law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. “It reverses both the lower court and twenty years of precedent at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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