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Celebrating the Class of 2024
Students at Commencement

Celebrating the Class of 2024

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UW Law congratulates the 276 graduates of the Class of 2024, who marked their commencement on June 3.

Four UW Law Students Awarded Peggy Browning Fellowships
Peggy Browning Fellowships recipients

Four UW Law Students Awarded Peggy Browning Fellowships

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UW Law students Natasha Anis, 1L, Katy Cook, 1L, Maxwell McPherson, 2L and James Snell, 2L, have been awarded Peggy Browning Fund fellowships in workplace justice advocacy.

Cite Unseen
Cite Unsee: Reckoningwith anti-LGBTQ+ court cases and future proofing the law for the next cases.

Cite Unseen

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On June 12, learn the history of anti-LGBTQ+ jurisprudence in Washington courts and hear about current and future issues affecting case law in LGBTQ+ rights from UW Law Professor Peter Nicolas and other distinguished panelists.

Legal Understandings of Disability Rights vs. Disability Justice
A decorate W symbol for the University of Washington sitting on a desk against an out-of-focus background.

Legal Understandings of Disability Rights vs. Disability Justice

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Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Elizabeth Pendo joins the conversation on the Access UW podcast to explore the differences and intersections between the Disability Rights and Disability Justice movements.

The Present and Future of Space Security
Space Webinar, May 29, 2024

The Present and Future of Space Security

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Join us May 29, 2024. Along with Saadia M. Pekkanen and P.J. Blount, participants include Paul Larsen, Wendy Whitman Cobb, Pavel Luzin, and John Klein.

Three-Minute Legal Talks: Reclassifying Cannabis as a Schedule III Substance
Karen Boxx

Three-Minute Legal Talks: Reclassifying Cannabis as a Schedule III Substance

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Professor of Law Karen Boxx covers the legal implications of cannabis’s reclassification as a Schedule III substance, including business, consumer and medical implications.