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2006 News

UW School of Law Sweeps Regional Round of the National Moot Court Competition
UW School of Law students Heather Bowman (3L), Dustin Buehler (3L), Adam Franklin (3L), Anna Jackson (2L), Candice Tewell (2L), and Aaron Thomson (3L) swept every award category at the northwest regional National Moot Court Competition, hosted by the University of Idaho November 9-11, 2006. (November 15, 2006)
Port planning to shift cruise ships to T-91 - Queen Anne News (Seattle)
Rob Hatfield, a third-year law student with the Berman Environmental Law Clinic working for the Blue Water Network, said there are flaws in the the project's Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). (October 26, 2006)
Race Judicata Results are In!
Results from Race Judicata are in! Follow the links for overall race results and race results by age group. (October 16, 2006)
Times poll: Voters say rebuild the viaduct - Seattle Times
"I think of value, not price ... it's worth investing," said 1L and Magnolia neighborhood resident Thomas Graham. (October 15, 2006)
Online poker players face new Prohibition - San Francisco Chronicle
Jason Sykes, a first-year law student at the UW, had been playing online poker in his Seattle apartment when he learned that if he placed another bet online, he faced a felony charge. After he quit playing in June, he found the Poker Players Alliance Web site, and now said he's starting his own local chapter. His strategy is to put a referendum on the 2007 ballot and overturn the Washington state law. (August 27, 2006)
For law interns, work comes with big perks - Seattle Times
John Peterson, a third-year law student at the UW, is one of the many law students featured about summer internships. (August 24, 2006)
Faubion named student regent - UWeek
Jennifer Faubion, a third-year law student, has been appointed by Gov. Christine Gregoire as the student representative on the UW Board of Regents. (August 3, 2006)
Dear Barbara: - Capitol Hill Times
Christal Wood's (2L) guest column addresses the recent gay marriage ruling by the Washington State Supreme Court. (August 2, 2006)
UW Law Students Win National Moot Court Championship
Third-year law students Suzanne Liabraaten and Andrea Schmitt won the inaugural Constance Baker Motley National Moot Court Competition in Constitutional Law last week. (June 21, 2006)
Permit fees rile property owners - Seattle Times
Cory Johnson (2L) and her husband, Brad, are part of a class-action lawsuit challenging building and land-use permit fees. (May 30, 2006)
Mexican President's Visit: Fox urges middle road - Seattle P-I
Emma Zavala-Suarez (3L) comments on Mexican President Vicente Fox's visit to Seattle. (May 25, 3006)
UW athlete hammers at achievement - Tacoma News Tribune
Martin Bingisser (1L) is accomplished in so many areas that his efforts as one of the nation’s top collegiate hammer throwers seem almost secondary, as in the order of the frequently misapplied term: student-athlete. (May 11, 2006)
Law School Student Bar Association Announces 2006 Gala Awards
The UW law school Student Bar Association proudly announces the winners of the annual student Gala Awards. (April 20, 2006)
UW driving range suffers a slice in funding - Seattle P-I
A UW student committee, chaired by Sean Kellogg (3L), has pulled funding for driving range renovation. (April 13, 2006)
Ensuring Equal Access to the Courts for People with Disabilities - WSBA
by Allison Peryea (2L) with Judge Anne Ellington ('74). (April, 2006)
UW Law Student Rachel Gold (3L) Receives Fulbright Full Grant to Argentina
Rachel Gold received a Fulbright full grant March 13, 2006 to study the right to clean water as a human rights issue in Argentina. (March 17, 2006)