School of Law to present distinguished alumni awards April 17

The School of Law will celebrate the outstanding achievements of six individuals at the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards on Friday, April 17 in the Crowder Courtyard of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Presenting the awards will be Kent Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor. Four alumni will receive Distinguished Law Alumni Awards and two will receive Distinguished Young Law Alumni Awards.

Current UN Ambassadors to hold a town hall meeting on “Food Security and Humanitarian Intervention” on March 24 at law school

Washington University School of Law will host a delegation of ten senior diplomats from the United Nations for a public town hall meeting on “Food Security and Humanitarian Intervention” on Tuesday, March 24, from 9-11 a.m. in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. The ambassadors will give brief presentations and then take questions from the audience.

Leading scholars and U.S. policymakers to debate federal budget challenges March 20-21 at WUSTL

Washington University School of Law and the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies will bring together leading experts for “Federal Budget and Tax Policy for a Sound Fiscal Future,” March 20-21. Conference discussion panels will focus on budget process rules, budget process reform, entitlements, tax expenditures, and budget accounting. The conference is free and open to the public; registration however, is required.

Justice conference to feature Jane Spinak

The School of Law’s Clinical Affairs Program will host its ninth annual “Access to Equal Justice Colloquium: Critical Perspectives on Court and Law Reform” on March 27 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The goal of the conference is to provide a forum for University faculty and students, lawyers, judges, community leaders […]

Access to Justice conference to feature Jane Spinak, founder of the Child Advocacy Clinic, March 27

The School of Law’s Clinical Affairs Program will host its ninth annual “Access to Equal Justice Colloquium: Critical Perspectives on Court and Law Reform” on March 27 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The goal of the conference is to provide a forum for University faculty and students, lawyers, judges, community leaders and government officials to discuss and critique law, court and related systems reform efforts. Organizers hope that the information about how these reforms succeed and fail shared at the conference will drive future reform efforts. The colloquium is free and open to the public; registration however, is required.

Law’s ‘Access to Justice’ speaker series kicks off

Prominent criminal defense attorney and civil rights advocate Michael Pinard, J.D., will address the pressing problem of prisoner re-entry in America to kick off the spring lineup of Washington University School of Law’s 11th annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series Jan. 22. Pinard is the law school’s 2009 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. […]

Law’s ‘Access to Justice’ speaker series kicks off

Prominent criminal defense attorney and civil rights advocate Michael Pinard, J.D., will address the pressing problem of prisoner reentry in America to kick off the spring lineup of Washington University School of Law’s 11th annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series on Jan. 22.
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