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Alumni News & Events

Law Day 2025: The Constitution's Promise
The Honorable Richard A. Jones

Law Day 2025: The Constitution's Promise

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Join Dean Lawson on May 1 for Law Day as the Honorable Richard A. Jones readministers the professional oath to lawyers, emphasizing our duty to uphold the Constitution.

UW Law Faculty Statement

UW Law Faculty Statement

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In recognition of our shared commitment to the fundamental values that guide our profession, we stand with our colleagues across the country to express our concern about current threats to the rule of law posed by various governmental actors and actions.

Diversity in UW Law’s classes — 125 years ago
Detail view of students from UW Law's first class showing a number of student photos.

Diversity in UW Law’s classes — 125 years ago

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The UW School of Law’s first class included a student of African-American heritage, a Japanese student and three women. (Source: Hugh Spitzer for UW Magazine)

A Retrospective on the NALC
Ralph Johnson, Bill Rodgers and Bob Anderson

A Retrospective on the NALC

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The UW was an early leader in education and expertise in Native American law, and the Native American Law Center continues that work.

Lawsuits and Meet-Cutes
Photos of Walter Beals and Othilia Gertrude Carroll.

Lawsuits and Meet-Cutes

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Two 1901 graduates from UW Law’s first class met in law school and became life partners as they pursued admirable legal careers.

Toni Rembe Lecture on Curriculum Modernization
A stylized photo of Christopher Columbus Langdell with text: 2025 Toni Rember Lecture. Curriculum Modernization: Reevaluating Christopher Columbus Langdell's Casebook Method of Teaching. Feb. 13, 2025.

Toni Rembe Lecture on Curriculum Modernization

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UW Law welcomes Mary Lu Bilek, Joan Howarth and Deborah Jones Merritt, leaders in legal education who will speak on modernizing the law school curriculum.

A Lesson of More Effective Counsel
A chain link fence at a detention facility.

A Lesson of More Effective Counsel

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Students in the Race and Justice Clinic reversed a de facto life sentence by advocating for the mitigating factors of their client’s youthfulness.

Introducing the 2025 WLI Fellows
Collage of the eleven WLI Fellows for 2025.

Introducing the 2025 WLI Fellows

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Now in its 20th year, the WLI board selects 11 fellows for collaborative leadership program between the Washington State Bar Association and the University of Washington School of Law.

Alumni in the Media