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Register Now: 2022 Global Innovation Law Summit

UW Law’s Global Innovation Law Summit will be a two-part event on Friday, July 22 and Friday, July 29 via Zoom.

Brand New Alumni Define Their Time On Campus

The 2022 UW Law Commencement, the first in-person ceremony in three years and the first that the law school has celebrated on the Quad, was the crowning achievement of students from our academic degree programs. In this spotlight, four new alumni define their time on campus.

Roosevelt High School: Beyond Black & White

UW Law Professor Emeritus Lea Vaughn recently coordinated a documentary film about race and education at Seattle’s Roosevelt High School as part of her work with the nonprofit, Roosevelt Alumni for Racial Equity (RARE).

The Overall Goal

Pamela Samuelson, on how the primary goal of copyright law is focused more on consumer protection than authors’ rights.

Alumnus Peter Boome Appointed to Bench of the Tulalip Tribes

Coast Salish artist and alumnus Peter Boome (JD ’11), a new associate judge for the Tulalip Tribes, reflects on clinical learning at UW Law.

Proximity to the Problem

Guest: Filmmaker and sociologist Dr. Gilda Sheppard on the need for systemic re-evaluation to address the culture of punishment that confines children who are sentenced without parole.