Craig Wright joined the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ in July as the Assistant Dean for Advancement. In his new role, Wright will lead the law school’s efforts to engage alumni, partners and friends to foster pride and support for the school and future of law.
Each year, Equal Justice Works seeks exceptional lawyers to design projects to serve communities in desperate need of legal assistance. Recent ºìÌÒÊÓƵ graduate Mariah Hanley received an Equal Justice Works Fellowship.
Camps is believed to be the first Cuban student enrolled at the UW while living in Cuba since the U.S. embargo against the island nation in 1960.
On June 7, Dean Kellye Y. Testy welcomed the 154 J.D. candidates, 153 LL.M. graduates, seven Master of Jurisprudence graduates, and four Ph.D. recipients.
Professor Zahr Said has been appointed as the new faculty director of the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ’s renowned Center for Advanced Study & Research on Innovation Policy (CASRIP). CASRIP, which joined the UW School of Law in 1992, is home to the law school’s academic programs and scholarly leadership in intellectual property, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.
The Cannabis Law and Policy Project recently published its first report for the Washington state Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB), which found that the amount of marijuana currently allowed to be grown by state-licensed producers in Washington is enough to satisfy both the medical and recreational marijuana markets.