Haiyun Damon-Feng, assistant director of UW Law's Gates Public Service Law Program, and Isabel Skilton 2L secured humanitarian parole for the man and his son, who were kidnapped after returning to Mexico under the Trump administration's MPP program. (Source: The New York Times)
Dean Mario Barnes’ December letter to the Washington Supreme Court, in which he urged the Court to extend diploma privilege to February 2021 bar applicants, is quoted. Source: Above the Law.
UW Law Professor Ryan Calo and NUSL Professor Woodrow Hartzog write that despite knowing their tools would be used in ways that lead to violence, social media companies did too little, for too long. (Source: The Los Angeles Times)
UW Law Professor Hugh Spitzer discusses language in Washington's Constitution that establishes a right to bear arms while reinforcing the Legislature’s power to control or ban private militia groups. (Source: The Seattle Times)
A new lawsuit filed by Texas would interfere with voting processes in states across the country if it wasn't doomed to fail, writes UW Law Professor Lisa Manheim. (Source: The Washington Post)
Prof. Angélica Cházaro: The mayor and police officials wants to “reimagine” public safety, but to change policing we need to imagine safety for the first time. (Source: Crosscut)