Students in the News

• The Peggy Browning Fund has awarded a 10-week summer fellowship to 1L Alyson Dimmitt Gnam (5/22/12)
• UW 1L Laura Powell receives Susman Godfrey Fellowship (5/22/12)
• UW 3L Carolyn McConnell receives the Mary Ellen Krug Scholarship (5/22/12)
• Erin M. Pettigrew ’12, Fellow at Initiative for Public Interest Law at Yale Erin M. Pettigrew, ’12, has accepted a fellowship with the Initiative for Public Interest Law at Yale. The Initiative funds innovative, pioneering projects that serve underrepresented communities, providing financial support for one year. (5/14/12)
• Mallory Allen '12, winner of Best Oral Advocate Award Mallory Allen, class of '12, won the Best Oral Advocate Ward at the mock trial competition presided over by Judge John C. Coughenour on May 11, 2012. (5/9/12)
• Adam Sherman '13 reelected as GPSS vice president (5/4/12)
• Jeff Barnum '12 argues for amending the Stolen Valor Act to better comply with free speech - Jurist (5/2/12)
• 1L Sierra McWilliams writes about an emerging field in public service law: Animal Law - Ms. JD (4/16/12)
• 3L Jeff Barnum's amicus argument in United States v. Ali - CAAFlog (4/10/12)
• Adam Engst ’12 appears on Wheel of Fortune Engst will appear on the game show Wednesday, May 2 at 7 p.m. (4/6/12)
• 3Ls Julia Conway and Matthew Viers Finish Strong in Competition (4/1/12)
• A Push To Curb Juvenile Shackling - KUOW Should juvenile courts be allowed to shackle defendants during court appearances? 2L Adam Sherman wants the state legislature to limit the use of shackles. (3/20/12)
• UW team finds success at the Sports Law Competition hosted by Tulane University UW Law 2Ls Nate Bingham, Ashley Sherwood and Mark Tyson competed in the "Mardi Gras Invitational National Sports Law Competition" sponsored by Tulane University over President’s Day weekend. (3/2/12)
• Winners of the 2012 Falknor Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Competiton Announced The annual Falknor Appellate Advocacy Moot Court final competition was held on February 22, 2012. The winners are: 1st Place Brief: Josephine Ennis & Brad Lewis; 2nd Place Brief: Jeff DeGroot & David Crawford; 3rd Place Brief: Anna Crary & Heather Griffith. 1st Place Speaker: Josephine Ennis; 2nd Place Speaker: Brad Lewis; 3rd Place Speaker: Jeff DeGroot Champions: Josephine Ennis & Brad Lewis (3/2/12)
• UW team wins at the University of San Diego’s Thorsnes Vis Commercial Arbitration Pre-Moot UW law 2Ls Brie Coyle and Andy Murphy and UW law 3L Erin Pettigrew competed in the Thorsnes Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot at the University of San Diego, Feb. 18-19. The team made it into the finals, with Coyle and Murphy taking first place in the competition, as well as 2 of the 3 speaker awards. (3/1/12)
• Opinion analysis: The Court goes back to school - SCOTUSblog UW Law 1L Shon Hopwood analyzes a recent Supreme Court decision, Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products. (3/1/12)
• UW Law team wins Western Regional Transactional Law Meet UW law 3Ls Julia Conway and Matthew Viers earned first place overall and "best draft" awards at the 2012 Western Regional Transactional LawMeet at UCLA School of Law, February 17. The awards were based on the UW team's representation of a hypothetical client in negotiations against teams representing the counterparty. (2/24/12)
• 3L Jeff Barnum's article cited by U.S. Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit In United States v. Strandlof, the Tenth Circuit upheld the Stolen Valor Act, which criminalizes lying about receiving a military award. The article written by Jeff Barnum  '12  in the December 2011 issue of the Washington Law Review was cited in the decision. (2/2/12)
• Flea-Markets and Foreign Aid: Things Aren't Always What They Seem - Huffington Post Rachel Cook '13 examines the United States' current budget allocations on Defense and Security--20%-- in comparison to non-security related international assistance--less than 1%. (1/17/12)
• Reyna Rollolazo ‘14 received the LERA and Samuel B. Bassett Scholarships After graduating UW in Law, Societies & Justice with a minor in Diversity, Rollolazo has continued her family's legacy of advocating for social justice by interning with the EEOC, the criminal justice reform group Justice Works!, and the Japanese American Citizen’s League. (1/1/12)
• Students from Ethiopia studying Law at the UW - Ethiopian Community Mutual Association Five students from Ethiopia are studying for master of laws degrees at the UW School of Law. Richard Wentzell '08, is dean of the Haramaya College in Ethiopia. He and Professor Jon Eddy helped arrange full-tuition scholarships for the students. (12/12/11)
• Slicing through the great legal Gordian Knot - Fordham Law Review Shon Hopwood '14 publishes article in Fordham Law Review discussing the problems facing pro se litigators and possible ways to ameliorate those problems. (12/5/11)
• Law School clinics serve students and the public - UW Regional & Community Relations Since 1979, the UW School of Law has offered students the opportunity to represent real clients or mediate real cases by working with faculty members through the Clinical Law Program. (12/1/11)
• UW School of Law places #16 in Best Value schools ranking - National Jurist The National Jurist article on the most affordable schools highlights UW Law. Dean Kellye Testy and 3L Rebecca Levine are quoted. (11/28/11)
• UW Law student receives Martha H. Duggan Fellowship in Labor Studies Carolyn McConnell '12 was awarded the fellowship from the Bridges Center for Labor Studies. (11/11/11)
• IFAP receives Take Action Award from the King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence Immigrant Families Advocacy Project (IFAP) trains and matches law students with pro bono attorneys and immigrant survivors of domestic violence. The Take Action Awards honors those who have helped raise awareness about domestic violence. (11/11/11)
• Washington Law Review publishes its latest edition Washington Law Review is a student-run and student-edited scholarly legal journal that publishes four times a year. (11/8/11)
• Argument preview: Preemption under the Locomotive Inspection Act - SCOTUS Blog UW Law student Shon Hopwood previews the Supreme Court oral arguments in the Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp case. (11/8/11)
• Education Finance Litigation: Adequacy v. Equity - King County Bar Bulletin Lara Lebherz '13 writes about educational finance and its effect on equal educational opportunities for all children. (9/30/11)
• The U.S. government must not forget Iraqi allies who assisted forces - Seattle Times Gates Scholar and 2L Yurij Rudensky argues the U.S. government must fulfill its promises to Iraqis who assisted American soldiers during the war in Iraq. Too few special immigrant visas have been issued to bring these allies out of harm's way. (8/10/11)
• Gates Scholar's article published Hillary Hammell, a 3L, published her article, Is the Right to Health a Necessary Precondition for Gender Equality?, in the recent symposium issue of the New York University Review of Law and Social Change.  (7/10/11)
• PacRim publishes Spring edition University of Washington School of Law recently published Issue 20.3 of the Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal, which features analysis of legal issues and developments in jurisdictions bordering the Pacific Ocean, including Asia, Oceania, and South American countries. (6/22/11)
• Washington Journal of Law, Technology and Arts publishes Spring edition

  This quarter’s edition includes four articles by recent graduates of the law school on topics including Affirmative Representations as a Limit on Immunity Under § 230 of the Communications Decency Act; The Rejection of Civil Loss Causation Principles in Connection with Criminal Securities Fraud; Deciphering “Authorization” Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and How Employers Can Protect Their Data; A Survey of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s Copyright Management Information Protections After All Headline News and McClatchey.

  (6/15/11)
• 2011 Gates Scholars announced in Bar Bulletin - KCBA Bulletin The June 2011 Bar Bulletin details the program and includes short profiles of each of the Scholars. (6/2/11)
• Tribal Court Public Defense Clinic visits Navajo Nation Professor Molly Cohan led a team of students from the Tribal Court Public Defense Clinic along with Afghan Visiting Scholars to the Navajo Nation to learn about Navajo efforts to create a justice system which supports the core cultural values of the Navajo people while operating effectively in the modern era. They observed the Navajo Supreme Court, met with the Navajo Peacemakers Program and ended the trip with a two day immersion in Canyon de Chelly. (6/1/11)
• Our Learning Curve to Survive Is Steep - Jakarta Globe UW Law Ph.D. candidate Linda Yanti Sulistiawati writes about Indonesia's challenges in confronting climate change. (5/23/11)
• Judge John C. Coughenour Best Oral Advocate Award Presented to Jason Sykes '11 Jason Sykes, class of 11, won the Best Oral Advocate Ward at the mock trial competition presided over by Judge John C. Coughenour  on May 12, 2011. This award was created in 2007 by family, friends, former law clerks and colleagues of Judge Coughenour to honor his move to senior status on the U.S. District Court and to celebrate his twenty-five years of service on the federal bench. This annual award honors Judge Coughenour’s dedication to improving the quality of trial practice, his commitment to trial lawyering and his many years teaching trial advocacy at the UW School of Law. (5/17/11)
• UW Law School provides remote-learning room for students with children in tow - Seattle Times Dozens of student-parents brought their children to class recently  to draw attention to the lack of child care near the Seattle campus. The School of Law's remote-learning room--which allows students to watch videos of law-school lectures while their children play in the room--is praised. (5/11/11)
• Addressing status of long alien workers key to stabilizing CNMI workforce - Pacific News Center An independent analysis of the federalization law published in the Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal described the CNMI situation "a lesser-known immigration crisis" that could be resolved if U.S. Congress passed legislation granting permanent resident status to long-term guest workers on the islands. 3 L Robert J. Misulich is quoted. (5/10/11)
• Two UW School of Law students win Bonderman Travel Fellowships 3L Sarra Yamin and 1L Joanna Sylwester were recently awarded the prestigious fellowships that offer graduate students and undergraduate students in the University Honors Program and in UW Tacoma's Global Honors Program an opportunity to engage in independent exploration and travel abroad. (4/27/11)
• UW Law Students Push Bill to Protect Juvenile Records At the behest of a group of UW law students, Rep. Jeannie Darneille successfully pushed a bill this session to alter the rules governing juvenile records. The bill prohibits consumer reporting agencies from releasing juvenile records to employers, landlords, and other third parties after the person turns 21. (4/27/11)
• UW reaches the Quarterfinals in the Willem C. Vis International Moot Court Competition The UW School of Law team competing in the Hong Kong competition finished in the top 8 out of 85 teams. The team consists of 3Ls Aubri Goldsby and Connor Shively, and 2Ls Erin Pettigrew and David Rubenstein. Shively and Rubenstein also received Honorable Mention Awards for Best Oralist.  (4/18/11)
• Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal Issue 20.2 - PacRim Journal The Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal is pleased to announce the publication of Issue 20.2. The feature article is by renowned Japanese law scholar Mark Levin  LL.M. ‘90. This issue also features student comments from Wyatt Golding '11, Aura Weinbaum '11, and Taylor Wonhoff '11. (4/4/11)
• Jane Winn and 3L Alerian Lockwood presented at the Santa Clara University School of Law Internet Works-in-Progress Colloquium - Santa Clara Law

  Winn and Lockwood’s paper analyzes contract and civil procedure issues that have arisen in recent decades as courts deal with “pay now, terms later,” “shrinkwrap,” “clickwrap,” and “browsewrap” contract formation issues arising as a result of innovations in retail markets.

  (3/5/11)
• Washington Law Review publishes Spring issue. - Washington Law Review Volume 86, Issue 1 includes articles on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the McCarran Amendment and groundwater, and more. (3/2/11)
• Students place second in the National Native American Law Moot Court competition Briana Coyle & Andy Murphy, both 1Ls, came in second in the Best Advocate (team) category at the National NALSA Moot Court Competition held at Columbia Law School. (3/1/11)
• The Fightin' 3Ls of the Judgment Day Intramural Basketball Team win championship After wrapping up an undefeated (5-0) regular season two weeks ago, they stormed through the playoffs and bested arch rivals from the Dental School 56-44 in the championship game. This is Judgment Day's second consecutive basketball championship. (3/1/11)
• Wrongful conviction compensation bill passed unanimously out of the Senate Human Services & Corrections Committee - TVW Law students Jane Boman, Liz Mustin and Elizabeth Sher testified on behalf of the bill (SB 5139). (2/23/11)
• Washington Journal of Law, Technology and Arts publishes Winter edition University of Washington School of Law today published the Winter 2011 issue of the new Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts, the nation’s first student-run electronic law journal focusing on technology, commerce, and artistic innovation. This quarter’s edition includes five articles on topics such as: The "Three Strikes" Policy in Korean Copyright Act 2009; Antitrust Liability for Denying the Authenticity of Artwork; Evaluating an Investor’s Secondary Copyright Infringement Liability; Exportability’s Effect on Process Patent Enforcement; Copyright Protection of Short Portions of Text in the United States and European Union. (1/31/11)
• Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts Publishes Winter Edition - www.law.washington.edu/wjlta. This quarter’s edition includes five articles on topics such as:
   
  * The "Three Strikes" Policy in Korean Copyright Act 2009
  * Antitrust Liability for Denying the Authenticity of Artwork
  * Evaluating an Investor’s Secondary Copyright Infringement Liability
  * Exportability’s Effect on Process Patent Enforcement
  * Copyright Protection of Short Portions of Text in the United States and European Union (1/31/11)
• Limitations Are Illusions in Life - Latina Style Third-year law student Jasmin Singh doesn't let challenges get in the way of her dreams. (9/1/10)
• Redmond received commission from U.S. Navy - Morning Sentinal (Maine) Lisa Redmond '10, a 2003 Skowhegan Area High School graduate, received a commission from the U.S. Navy and was sworn in under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. (6/7/10)
• Law student was once a defendant, now plans to be a defender - UWeek When Alena Suazo graduates from the UW School of Law on June 13, she'll have the degree that qualifies her for the public defender job she wants. She'll also bring other experience to the job. (6/3/10)
• UW students explore far-reaches of the globe by means of unusual fellowship Third-year law student Alena Suazo has been selected as a 2010 Bonderman Travel Fellow to contemplate how colonization and oppression shape a culture. Bonderman Fellows are awarded $20,000 to travel for eight months, to at least six countries in at least two regions of the world to learn, explore and grow. (6/3/10)

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