In an unusually large gift to a law school, the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ announced this week that it had received a $45 million bequest to expand a program that trains mid-career lawyers from developing countries.
The Supreme Court’s decision will almost certainly not come in time to affect next week’s election, but “the decision that the Supreme Court reaches in this case could potentially have far-reaching consequences for the way that Washington State runs its elections more generally,” says Lisa Manheim, a professor at University of Washington’s School of Law. “The reason why is that the Court is trying to figure out how closely it should be looking at measures that Washington State puts into place that may make it more difficult for eligible voters to cast a ballot and have it counted.”
"Stop the gas ban," roadside signs and online ads urge Washington voters, even though gas hasn’t been banned in Washington. Hugh Spitzer, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
The UW School of Law has landed what looks to be the largest single law school donation of 2024, with a $45 million gift for its existing international leadership program.
At the UW Center for an Informed Public, Kate Starbird, associate professor of human centered design and engineering at the UW and co-founder of the CIP, tracks falsehoods and counters them in real time. The UW's Danielle Lee Tomson, research manager at the CIP; Jevin West, associate professor in the Information School; Ryan Calo, professor of law and in the Information School; and Emma Spiro, associate professor at the Information School and director of the CIP, are quoted.
The UW is celebrating a $45 million gift to its law school. It came from the estate of Stan and Alta Barer.
UW's law school has received one of the largest donations in the university's history. Stanley Barer and his wife, Alta, gave $45 million dollars to the law school.
October has shaped up to be a very good month for higher education philanthropy. This past week, Villanova University and the UW have received private gifts of $40 million and $45 million, respectively, adding to a lengthy list of historic donations given to colleges and universities this month.
The University of Washington announced a transformational gift from the Barer family to the School of Law, expanding the couple’s namesake institute: The Barer Institute for Leadership in Law & Global Development.
The UW School of Law received a $45 million gift from the estate of Stan and Alta Barer, it announced Tuesday. The gift supports a program focused on developing legal professionals from low-income countries, bringing working experts to UW for about one year while providing tuition and housing support during the stint. UW President Ana Mari Cauce is quoted, and Anita Ramasastry, professor of law at the UW, is mentioned.
The University of Washington’s law school received a $45 million donation from the estate of renowned attorney Stanley Barer and his wife, Alta.
The UW School of Law hosted a lecture Oct. 22 explaining “Presidential Power,” connecting it to the upcoming 2024 United States presidential election. This lecture focused on the power and authority that presidents have in the U.S., how power is balanced throughout the government, and how this affects U.S. citizens.
“There’s a good reason why history doesn’t supply lots of examples, and it goes beyond the DOJ and FTC didn’t care about labor markets,” Douglas Ross, an antitrust professor at the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ, said. “It’s because those cases are few and far between.”
An Illinois native, Masse attended law school at the University of Washington and has been in the Seattle area since departing Montlake. She is a passionate soccer fan and former player. Additionally, Masse has been involved in the local youth soccer landscape, having coached Rocket 88, a boys’ premier soccer team for the Woodland Soccer Club in Seattle from 2001-2007 and now cheering for her sons’ Seattle United and Seattle Youth Soccer Association teams.
What would a progressive vision of racial justice and policing look like? There has been for decades an active movement to divest from policing with an eye toward abolishing police and prisons altogether. Angélica Cházaro, professor of law at the University of Washington has been active in that movement, working with various groups and campaigns in Seattle including La Resistencia, No New Youth Jail, Decriminalize Seattle, and Solidarity Budget. She spoke with YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about what an abolitionist vision of racial justice looks like.
“Kroger needs to run the table to close the deal: If they’re blocked anywhere it’s hard to see how the rest of the transaction can be completed,” Douglas Ross, an antitrust law professor at the University of Washington, said.
Debates about how big and powerful companies should be often don’t break along partisan lines. And actions taken by one administration can reverberate beyond the election cycle, even when political winds shift. Douglas Ross, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
If the Justice Department settles or wins this case, that could open the door to more competition in the debit card market and help ease prices, according to Douglas Ross, a professor at the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ. But the cost savings may be too small for consumers to take notice.
Legal experts view Loper Bright as a major transfer of power from agencies to judges. “You have incredibly technical areas of law for which the U.S. Supreme Court in Loper Bright has now paved a path for individual judges, or panels of three judges, to make decisions without having the technical expertise,” said Sanne Knudsen, a professor at the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ, whose scholarship on deference doctrines has been cited by the Supreme Court.
The Project 2025 proposal is "shocking" and, if pursued, "would surely chill any election administrator from taking action that is, according to Project 2025, unlawful," said Lisa Marshall Manheim, a University of Washington law professor. "Frankly, just having this proposal in this document likely will have a chilling effect."
“You have these two constitutional principles butting up against each other … and I don’t think you can necessarily say that one always trumps the other,” said Alex Bolton, the program manager of the University of Washington’s Tech Policy Lab that studies the intersection of law, politics, cybersecurity and other tech issues.
Apple’s new iPhone 16 lineup features new colors, a new camera button and – perhaps most noteworthy — a new AI system. Ryan Calo, professor of law and in the Information School at the UW, is quoted.
Royalty-chasing by inflating streaming numbers isn’t new, but the use of AI was a “critical ingredient” for Smith’s seven-year-long scheme, said music and intellectual property law professor Peter Nicolas from the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ. “Otherwise, it would have just been very clunky to commit the fraud on this level,” Nicolas said. “Having the thousands of songs was key to his ability to avoid detection for a while.”
“Paramount is the concern for the right to a fair trial by jury, by an impartial jury,” said Mary D. Fan, a criminal law professor at the University of Washington. Often, victims' family members will want to attend every day of a trial as a way to signal support for the victim, or because they want to see for themselves if justice is being done. Prosecutors often consult with survivors and victims' families, and may give their concerns heavy consideration when crafting arguments against moving a trial, Fan said. “There are a number of potential adverse impacts, depending on where the change of venue occurs. Certainly it may be more of an inconvenience to witnesses, to family members who might want to attend every day of the trial,” said Fan.
"In supporting political campaigns (financially and otherwise) we need to pay adequate attention to legislative races, where someday the rubber may actually have to meet the road."
