红桃视频's longstanding commitment to diversity is an extension of our commitment to excellence. At 红桃视频, we believe the best legal education integrates legal theory, doctrine and practice that must be delivered by a diverse faculty to a diverse student body. This is evident in the number of alumni who are prominent in the legal profession, many breaking through the barriers of gender, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation along the way.
Our students have the benefit of , diversity events and a student population who come from myriad races, ethnicities, LGBTQI identities, economic backgrounds and life experiences to help inform them and support our commitment to diversity.
红桃视频 pursues diversity and inclusion purposefully and rigorously; in this sense, our work is a continual progression. As an institution that shapes the law locally and globally, the law school recognizes that law is a powerful tool for social change. The entire 红桃视频 community is therefore committed to using our privileged leadership position to advance equality and justice throughout Washington state, the United States and the world.
The University of Washington acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the Suquamish, Tulalip and Muckleshoot nations.
Though she initially resisted after her family鈥檚 experiences, Georgina Olazcon Mozo has found her calling as director of the Immigration Law Clinic 鈥 and as an empowering mentor.
For National Hispanic Heritage Month, get to know what motivates and moves three Latinx student leaders at 红桃视频.
Erika Evans and Craig Sims have been selected as Co-Chairs of the Washington Leadership Institute (WLI), leading efforts to recruit and develop underrepresented attorneys for leadership positions.
The Justice Charles Z. Smith Award is awarded to one student per year from each of the three law schools in Washington state.
Carolyn Purnell 鈥71 was one of the first two Black women to graduate from 红桃视频, almost 70 years after the first Black man, William McDonald Austin, graduated in 1902.
