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• Why does Metro want to intervene in Margaret Rudin’s wrongful conviction suit? (Professor Owens quoted)
  Jun 22, 2025 | Source: Las Vegas Review Journal

  David Owens, an attorney for Lobato who runs the University of Washington’s Civil Rights and Justice Clinic, said if Metro is allowed to intervene in Rudin’s case, it could obstruct similar cases in the future. “The effect would be to make it harder for an innocent person to get a certificate of innocence and to probably slow down the process of their getting one,” he said.

• Trump will push back TikTok's sell-by date for a third time (Professor Calo quoted)
  Jun 18, 2025 | Source: NPR

  Speaking before the latest promise of an extension, Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington law school who follows tech, says Trump has operated outside the statutory framework so far. "This president is not operating within Congress's intent," he said. "It sets a bad precedent, wherein the president feels like he can simply ignore a congressional statute."

• Governing AI: Ethics and Tech Conference (Professor Zang will speak)
  Jun 09, 2025 | Source: Seattle U Law

  Annual Ethics and Tech conference will bring together industry and thought leaders around local and global implications of artificial intelligence. June 18, 2025 at Seattle University. Professor Dongsheng Zang is among the speakers.

• Pierce County Sheriff Swank disputes ICE cooperation laws (Professor Spitzer quoted)
  Jun 08, 2025 | Source: Tacoma News Tribune

  Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank’s desire to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, despite Pierce County officials saying he can’t under Washington law, has resulted in pending legal action after Swank used an outside attorney to serve three officials with a demand for mediation last week. UW Law professor Hugh Spitzer, is quoted.

• UW experts reflect on Harvard lawsuit, cite threat to academic freedom (Professor Porter quoted)
  Jun 05, 2025 | Source: The Daily

  “If you think about the purpose of the First Amendment, we robustly protect freedom of speech precisely because even the threat of a government activity that will curtail or restrict speech casts a chill on freedom of expression,” Porter said.

• Harvard versus Trump administration: A timeline of the federal oversight dispute (Professor Porter quoted)
  Jun 05, 2025 | Source: The Daily

  “I think the Trump administration has had quite a bit of success by making very outrageous demands and then getting people to negotiate with it in ways that ultimately result in significant victories for the administration,” UW professor of law Elizabeth Porter said.

• Tribal-Judicial Summit Seeks to Improve Relationships and Understanding on Issues Affecting Tribes and Courts (Professor Mills mentioned)
  Jun 05, 2025 | Source: Washington State Courts

  "The educational components of the program were developed by the National Judicial College (NJC) in consultation with tribal representatives, state government officials, judicial branch leaders and attorneys specializing in water law. Overseeing the educational program have been NJC Associate Director Alf W. Brandt and University of Washington Professor of Law Monte Mills, director of the Native American Law Center."

• Law professors in the Big Ten discuss how courts enable Trump-era attacks on government institutions
  Jun 04, 2025 | Source: The Daily

  UW School of Law and its Big Ten academic partners hosted a panel of legal scholars May 28 to examine how courts have responded to — and, in many cases, enabled — presidential overreach during the Trump administration.

• Trump's budget would make it harder for US courts to enforce contempt charges against government (Professor Feldman quoted)
  May 27, 2025 | Source: Snopes

  Jeff Feldman, a professor at the University of Washington School of Law, wrote via email: "That language, on its face, would not eliminate the court's ability to enforce contempt charges against the government. It would make it much more difficult, though." He also noted that he had not reviewed the entirety of the legislation (which is more than 1,000 pages long), and there could be language or other provisions within the bill that impact the meaning or provide context for the language of the provision in question.

• Free speech law shielded Seattle anti-LGBTQ+ rally; FBI looks into protest (Professor Gomulkiewicz quoted)
  May 27, 2025 | Source: Seattle Times

  University of Washington law professor Robert Gomulkiewicz said the First Amendment is strongest in public places and the ability of governments like Seattle to regulate speech in parks is highly restricted. “Parks and sidewalks are the quintessential public forum where people have been expressing ideas and protesting since the founding of the country,” he said.

• We the People: Constitution has strict rules for emoluments and gifts (Professor Spitzer quoted)
  May 21, 2025 | Source: The Spokesman-Review

  As the document that formed the U.S. government, defined its parts and set down the rights of its people, the Constitution does many things. Professor Spitzer is quoted.

• PLUGS Podcast: Medical-Legal Collaboration to Improve Laboratory Stewardship (Dean Pendo interviewed)
  May 13, 2025 | Source: Seattle Children's PLUGS Podcast

  "In this episode, Dr. Geoff Baird and I interview Elizabeth Pendo, the Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, and the Kellye Y. Testy Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law. Our topic is medical legal collaboration to improve laboratory stewardship."

• University of Washington School of Law launches health law and policy program
  May 06, 2025 | Source: National Jurist PreLaw

  Tamara Lawson, dean of University of Washington School of Law, said interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to train the next generation of leaders to solve some of the most complex societal problems. “Innovation requires building consequential connections that span disciplines,” Lawson said. Elizabeth Pendo, senior associate dean for academic affairs and director of the program, said putting the power of the law into action to solve problems will provide policy solutions to support health science and population health ecosystems.

• KING5 interviewed Professor Spitzer about President Trump's first 100 days.
  Apr 28, 2025 | Source: KING5

  "Jake Whittenberg delves into the impact of President Trump's first 100 days in office from immigration to the economy to constitutional law." Professor Spitzer is interviewed beginning at 38:29.

• Newsweek asked Professor Chin about the possibility of a third presidential term.
  Apr 25, 2025 | Source: Newsweek

  "A Trump third term would look unlike any version of the United States under the Constitution as we know it," professor Chin told Newsweek.