EVENT: Election Law in 2020 and Beyond
Friday, Oct. 30 | Faculty and election law experts discuss voting rights; the role of race in election design; the law of disputed elections; and priorities for future election reforms.
Faculty Scholarship
Initiative announces award of 18 COVID-19 economic recovery research grants
UW Law Professor Jennifer Fan, along with Foster School of Business Professor Elizabeth Umphress, will research COVID-19 recovery strategies for minority-owned businesses.
Professor Hugh Spitzer cited in pivotal WA Supreme Court decision
The case, Lakehaven Water & Sewer Dist. et al. v. City of Federal Way, focuses on a municipality’s ability to tax businesses providing water or sewer services within its city limits.
Scholarship Spotlight: Big Money in the High Courts
Professor Hugh Spitzer analyzes threats posed by interest group spending in state supreme court elections.
Seattle craft brewing: A rising tide lifts all glasses
A new study by UW Law Professor Zahr Said explores the city’s dynamic brewing community, which bucks traditional rules of IP that govern other makers.
Spotlight: Real-world research agendas
Explore highlights from the legal research by UW Law faculty that illustrates how law reflects and shapes our everyday lives.
Looking through the lens
In her new book “Camera Power,” UW Law Professor Mary D. Fan explores policy and policing in an era of rapid technological and cultural change.
Professor Michael Hatfield in the Arizona State Law Journal
Using tax practice as a case study, Professor Hatfield identifies and offers solutions for an increasingly important dilemma in law: how to ensure that professionals use artificial intelligence in a responsible manner.
Professor Jennifer Fan in the Florida State University Law Review
Professor Fan documents the exclusion of women from the boards of nearly all the major private high technology companies, explains why this male-only hegemony matters, and offers a new paradigm for creating a business culture in which people of all genders can make valued contributions.
Professor Hugh Spitzer cited in Washington State Supreme Court case
Justice Wiggins cited Professor Spitzer's 'Model Rule 5.7 and Lawyers in Government Jobs—How Can They Ever Be "Non-Lawyers"?' in the landmark Karstetter v. King County Corrections Guild decision.