Law School News

Law Students to Assist Area Residents with Tax Preparation

Students from Washington and Lee University School of Law will be offering free tax preparation assistance Feb. 15 - April 12 for low-to-moderate-income taxpayers in the Rockbridge County area.  More information...

Washington and Lee Wine Law Society Presents Richard Mendelson

Attorney and law professor Richard P. Mendelson, an internationally-recognized expert on vineyard and wine law and related land use, will discuss selling wine in the age of the internet.  More information...

W&L Tax Clinic Receives IRS Grant for Third Straight Year

The Tax Clinic at the Washington and Lee University School of Law has been awarded a matching grant from the Internal Revenue Service's Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic program (LITC). This is the third straight year that the Tax Clinic has received federal dollars to support its efforts.  More information...

Law Students Log Hundreds of Service Hours during Fall Semester

Law students participating in Washington and Lee's new third-year curriculum have amassed over 1500 hours of community service since the beginning of the academic year.  More information...

Law Students Honored During Founders Day/ODK Convocation

Washington and Lee University's Alpha Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa recognized eight law student initiates at the Founders Day/Omicron Delta Kappa Convocation on Tuesday, Jan. 19.   More information...

Law Professor’s New Book Explores Climate Change Litigation

The Courts have emerged as a crucial battleground in efforts to regulate climate change. A new book edited by Washington and Lee School of Law professor Hari Osofsky explores some of these cases in order to explain their regulatory significance and examine this emerging area of litigation.  More information...

Julian Bond Headlines Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at W&L

Julian Bond, chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People since 1998, will present the keynote address for the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Washington and Lee University on Sunday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. in Lee Chapel.   More information...

Law Faculty Scholarship Cited in FTC Virtual World Report

A recent report to the U.S. Congress from the Federal Trade Commission examining virtual worlds prominently cites the work of two Washington and Lee law professors.   More information...

Prof. Brian Murchison Lectures about Blogging and Free Speech during Australia Visit

Brian Murchison, Charles S. Rowe Professor of Law at Washington and Lee, recently spent several weeks in Australia as a visiting scholar at the University of Melbourne Law School and its Center for Media and Communications Law.  More information...

Law Dean Rodney Smolla Named President of Furman University

Rodney A. Smolla, dean and Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr. Professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law, has been named president of Furman University in Greenville, S.C. Smolla will assume his new position on July 1, 2010.  More information...