School of Law

The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action in college admissions is likely to encourage more lawsuits against other race-conscious policies, including in employment, says an employment law expert at Washington University in St. Louis.

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin and Provost Beverly Wendland have appointed a 10-member committee to identify candidates for the position of dean of the School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis.

For lawyer, investment group co-founder and sports fan Fitzann Reid, JD ’12, owning an Italian basketball team is the first step to writing her own rules as an international sports executive.

Rafael Pardo, a bankruptcy and commercial law expert, was installed recently as the Walter D. Coles Professor of Law.

David M. Becker, the Joseph H. Zumbalen Professor of the Law of Property Emeritus, died April 17 in St. Louis. He was 87.

Graduate student speaker Nicholas Armstrong, who earned a juris doctor from the School of Law, told the Class of 2023 that what starts at WashU can change the world.

Nicholas Armstrong and Samm Kaiser will speak at the university’s 162nd Commencement Ceremony at 9 a.m. Monday, May 15.

Former Bears basketball player Marcus Meyer will graduate with a juris doctorate from the School of Law and will work for a St. Louis law firm.

Blake Comeaux is a varsity football player, Ervin Scholar, Gephardt Institute Goldman Fellow and a self-proclaimed philosophy nerd. After graduation, Comeaux will continue his education at the Washington University School of Law.

What’s it like to work for the White House? Justin Vail, JD ’12, a policy adviser who works under Ambassador Susan Rice, knows firsthand.