Society, Justice and Law

Where abortion could immediately be illegal if Roe v. Wade were overturned

Story includes interview with School of Law Prof. Deirdre Bowen.

Q13 Fox

May 16, 2019

Health companies announce $15m for Seattle housing projects

Story includes comments by Seattle U School of Law Prof. Sara Rankin.

AP via KOMO News

May 15, 2019

Justice Kavanaugh's Apple decision has 'shaken up' antitrust law

Story includes comments by Seattle U law professor John Kirkwood.

Yahoo Finance

May 13, 2019

Photo of city of Seattle

SU Now Offers Minor in LGBTQ Studies

Seattle University’s Women and Gender Studies Program is offering a new minor in LGBTQ studies. Approved by the Board of Trustees’ Academic Committee, 14 students were enrolled in the minor by the time it was operational in winter quarter, says Program Director Theresa Earenfight.

May 10, 2019

Uber’s Arbitration Addiction Could Be Death by 60,000 Cuts

Story includes comments by Seattle U law school Prof. Charlotte Garden.

Bloomberg

May 8, 2019

Walmart’s push for advanced technology has workers asking how they’ll coexist with robots

Story includes comments from Seattle U law professor Charlotte Garden.

The Seattle Times

May 6, 2019

Doug Baldwin should look to make bigger plays

Coverage of the Crosscut Festival hosted by Seattle U.

Crosscut

May 5, 2019

Boeing prepares for lawsuits

Story includes interview with Seattle U Law School Prof. Janet Ainsworth. 

KUOW-FM

May 1, 2019

State universities may consider race and gender in admissions, hiring

Story includes comments from Dierdre Bowen, Seattle U law professor.

The Seattle Times

April 30, 2019

Experts: Education, training key to ending police shootings

Story references 2015 book “From Warriors to Guardians: Recommitting American Police Culture to Democratic Ideals” by Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Stephen K. Rice and former King County, Washington Sheriff Sue Rahr.

New Haven Register

April 29, 2019

Lemieux Library

Alfie Scholars Increases Award

Seattle University’s Alfie Scholars Program, which provides financial support for underrepresented college transfer students to obtain a bachelor’s degree and become leaders for civility, has increased its award from $10,000 to $15,000 annually.

April 10, 2019

a focused audience at the 2018 Crosscut Festival

Crosscut Festival Returns to Seattle U this May

The second annual festival will feature a stellar lineup that includes Valerie Jarrett, former advisor to President Barack Obama, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Washington Post reporter Philip Rucker, former New Jersey Governor and EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman and civil rights activist and community organizer DeRay McKesson.

February 19, 2019

Laura Emiko Soltis

"The Urgency of Now"

Featured speaker at SU’s MLK Celebration will address immigration crisis

January 11, 2019

Sullivan Hall Law School

A Lasting Legacy

School of Law remembers former Dean Fredric Tausend

December 21, 2018

School of Law professor Brooke Coleman hosting Red Talks

Red Talks Launches

Brooke Coleman delivers inaugural talk on diversity and inclusion.

December 11, 2018

Connor Wesley, '14, is creating safer health care settings for the LGBTQ community.

Inclusivity in Action

University and alumni activate change from the classroom to the boardroom.

October 13, 2018

John Kerry speaking at Seattle University

John Kerry visits Seattle U, calls for civility in politics

Former Secretary of State and U.S. Senator John Kerry called for a return to civility in American politics and a renewed commitment to the responsibilities of citizenship in an address at Seattle University Monday night.

September 18, 2018

Seattle waterfront and skyline

Finding Space

The School of Law will sponsor a forum on land use and homelessness.

March 21, 2018

Rain in Pioneer Square

The Florida Project: Taking Action to Help Kids

Many moviegoers who see the award-wining film The Florida Project are often overwhelmed with the feeling that they need to do something to help. To answer the “what can we do?” question for viewers, Seattle University’s Project on Family Homelessness worked with the film’s distributor to create advocacy guides.

March 1, 2018

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein visiting Seattle U law school

Principled Service

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein visits the law school and encourages students to become public servants.

February 23, 2018

Natalie McCarthy

Former Competitive Rower's New Goal: A Law Degree

Twenty years after brain cancer surgery damaged her optic nerve and left her without sight at age 10, Natalie McCarthy hasn't stopped setting goals for herself and achieving them. First, a biology degree from Pacific Lutheran University. Then, competing internationally as a world-class rower. Her latest goal: law school.

January 29, 2018

Downtown Seattle, Washington

Study: Retaliatory Violence Between Police and Citizens Is Primed by Social Media

Research led by Seattle U criminal justice faculty provides strong initial evidence of an increase in deaths of minority citizens by law enforcement following an unexpected increase in officers killed in the line of duty; unexpected increases in social media posts highlighting these incidents are associated with an increased risk of fatal contacts between police and citizens.

January 10, 2018

Ethics Bowl Representatives

Ethics Bowl

Seattle U team earned its first-ever spot in the national competition with regional win.

December 13, 2017

tulip magnolia blossoms in front of Garrand

A New Approach

A political science instructor shares lessons he learned from teaching his first fully online course.

November 20, 2017

Professor Jeanette Rodriguez, PhD

Theology Of Nonviolence

Professor Jeanette Rodriguez, PhD, is a member of an international roundtable hoping to influence the Pope's next Catholic teaching.

October 25, 2017

Seattle Housing

Student Creates Infographic for 2017 “count Us in”

Results of the 2017 "Count Us In" point-in-time count of homelessness were announced by All Home last week. The sobering news, sensitively presented, included this infographic created for All Home by project assistant for the Project on Family Homelessness, Seattle University senior Mandy Rusch.

June 5, 2017

Fr. James Martin S.J. (center), STM dean Mark Markuly (left), Fr. Steve Sundborg

Becoming a Lighthouse in a Sea of Addiction

Dr. Mark Markuly, Dean of the School of Theology and Ministry, reflects on free speech, critical thinking and passionate debates within higher education and the world.

June 1, 2017

Seattle University Law Professor Thomas Antkowiak

Human Rights Crusader

School of Law Professor directs the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) that is helping to shape the next generation of legal advocates.

May 17, 2017

Jacqueline Helfgott, Chair of Seattle University Criminal Justice Department

Seattle U and Seattle PD Join Research Network on Misdemeanor Justice

Seattle University’s Criminal Justice program and the Seattle Police Department have joined similar public/private partnerships in six localities across the country as part of the Research Network on Misdemeanor Justice, which is based at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.

February 16, 2017

Exterior of the Sullivan Law School

Freedom!

Client of law school's clinic finally freed from prison

March 29, 2016

Albers School Pigott Building

High Rankings

Business and law school programs earn top 25 marks nationally in latest U.S. News ‘Best Graduate Schools’ rankings

March 15, 2016

Bryan Adamson

Highly Regarded

Law school's Bryan Adamson receives prestigious national award.

February 3, 2016

students stroll on the upper deck of Lemieux Library at dusk

Truman Scholar!

Junior Olivia Smith is the recipient of a prestigious academic award.

April 21, 2015

President Stephen Sundborg, S.J. giving a speech

About the Dream

SU president tells the story behind Martin Luther King's iconic speech. 

January 26, 2015

students lounging on the grass to the side of Sullivan Law School

Filling a Need

With ABA approval secured, the School of Law is preparing to open a satellite campus in Anchorage.

January 12, 2015

Sullivan Hall - Seattle U's School of Law

Advocate for Access

Professor Lustbader is being honored for opening the law school to underrepresented students.

November 24, 2014

Exterior of the Sullivan Law School

Justice is Served

A law school clinic helps secure reparations for a man in Mexico who was unjustly imprisoned.

September 29, 2014

Exterior of Sullivan Law School surrounded by blooming trees in the spring

Spring Break for Others

Law students in Professor Won Kidane’s class helped refugees stay in the United States.

April 22, 2014

St. Ignatius fountain in the afternoon shaded quad

Supreme Achievement

Susan Matt of the College of Nursing is admitted to the highest court in the land.

March 12, 2014

Sullivan Hall - Seattle U's School of Law

High Marks

Legal Writing tops U.S. News rankings and accounting moves up to #14.

March 12, 2014

exterior of Sullivan Law School

A Witness for Justice

Eddie Salazar served as an observer in this month's El Salvador presidential election.

February 24, 2014

Lemieux Library and Plaza at dusk

Modeling the Mission

2014 McGoldrick Fellow Paul Holland reflects on the journey that brought him to SU.

February 11, 2014

students reading and talking on the grass next to Sullivan Law School

I Am the Future of… Politics

Eric Chalmers, president of Student Government at Seattle University, is ready for a career in politics.

November 13, 2013

Sullivan Hall - Seattle U's School of Law

Justice for the Poor

The DOJ awards a grant for law school's Defender Initiative to tackle public defense crisis. 

October 8, 2013

At Home in the House

At Home in the House

Pat Conroy, S.J., describes what it’s like to be chaplain of the House of Representatives.

October 24, 2012

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