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We create a supportive intellectual environment in which our students develop the legal knowledge, critical thinking, practical skills, and values that empower them to excel as ethical and engaged professionals in a diverse and dynamic world.

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Online Animal Law LLM Grads from 7 Countries

Fourteen graduates from seven countries make up the first cohort of students in the online Animal Law LLM program. 

Founders of UndocuLaw Northwest

Paving a Way for Non-Citizen Law Students

Alumni and students who founded UndocuLaw Northwest receive awards for “How to Apply to Law School for Non-citizen Immigrants.”

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Professor Organizes Private Equity Symposium

Professor Samir Parikh spearheaded a symposium hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Law Review that explored private equity’s shadowed practices in distressed debt markets.

Professor Samir Parikh

Professor Named Fellow of American College of Bankruptcy

Professor Samir Parikh was admitted as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He is one of only 60 law professors in the group.

Join the Next Generation of Animal Advocates

We are now welcoming applications for our Animal Law LLM (for lawyers) and our MSL (for non-lawyers)—both offered in-person and online—for Fall 2023.

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Boley Library Displays ‘Orphan Wells’ Photo Collection

Megan Kirkwood’s photographs, Orphan Wells of Caddo County, illustrate the aftermath of oil and gas development in the United States.

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Faculty On Point

Aliza Kaplan

Aliza Kaplan

Oregon takes reins in justice reform over non-unanimous criminal verdicts

Reuters story quotes Professor Aliza Kaplan regarding the advocacy by her and the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic for retroactive relief from past non-unanimous jury convictions.

Professor Dan Rohlf

Dan Rohlf

The US was poised to pass the biggest environmental law in a generation. What went wrong?

Recovering America’s Wildlife Act died last year in Congress, but lawmakers may soon get another shot. Vox quotes Professor Rohlf on missed opportunities.

Lisa Benjamin

Lisa Benjamin

Live Interview on BBC World Service Radio

BBC World Service Radio interviewed Professor Lisa Benjamin on greenwashing and advertising (39:00). 

The Shared Earth Foundation Visiting Professor Russ Mead

Russ Mead

In a first, state bill would require nearly perfect welfare record for research dog and cat suppliers

Science magazine quotes Professor Russ Mead in a story about a new Virginia Law that would make Virginia the first state able to punish research animal breeders for violations of the AWA, a federal law enforced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

Samir Parikh

‘Texas two-step’: the US legal move letting corporations off the hook

Financial Times quotes Professor Parikh on the use of bankruptcy in MDLs: Critics say the controversial legal manoeuvre allows companies to bypass their responsibilities. But judges are beginning to crack down.

Thomas Buchele

Thomas Buchele

Logging project in Yosemite National Park halted after environmental lawsuit

The LA Times story quotes Professor Thomas Buchele: “halting this project will ‘provide the greatest protections to communities from fires’ and prevent logging in areas that would cause ‘irreparable harm’ to Yosemite’s forests.”

 

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