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Contingent Fee Conflicts: Attorneys Opt For Quick-Kill Settlements When Their Clients Would Be Better Off Going To Trial, Chryssa Deliganis, Steve Calandrillo, Neela Brocato

Faculty Articles

Despite the checkered history of contingency fees in the practice of law,

attorneys often claim that such fee arrangements perfectly align the interests of

lawyer and client. After all, contingency fee lawyers proclaim in TV ad after TV

ad, “we don’t get paid unless you win.” That superficial logic does not withstand

economic scrutiny. Utilizing a behavioral economics lens, this Article

demonstrates that contingency fee arrangements give attorneys excessive

incentives to settle cases that their clients would be better off taking all the way

through trial. In addition to highlighting this undertheorized problem in law, we

offer normative recommendations to …

Seeking Higher Ground: Developing A Tribal Model Code For Disaster And Emergency Management In A Complex Jurisdictional Environment, Brian Candelaria

American Indian Law Journal

“The teepee is much better to live in;

always clean, warm in winter, cool in summer; easy to move. The white man builds his big house, cost much money, like big cage, shut out sun, can never move; always sick. Indians and animals know better how to live than white man; nobody can be in good health if does not have all the time fresh air, sunshine, and good water.”

- Chief Flying Hawk[1]

In 2019, I opened my submission for the Sovereignty Symposium’s Doolin Award with the statement above. The entry was accepted and reprinted in the American …

Good Newsletter December 12, 2023, Seattle University School Of Law Dean

GOOD NEWSletter

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The Link November 28, 2023, Access To Justice Institute

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The Lawyer: Fall 2023, Seattle University School Of Law

Lawyer

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Session 1a: Innovation In The Delivery Of Legal Services And Access To Justice, Vikktoria

SITIE Symposiums

In session one, Walid Romaya and Tabrez Ebrahim, co-founders of Vikktoria, discuss their company and its contributions to improving access to justice. With a dual focus on achieving a broader access to justice and in providing matchmaking services for legal professionals looking for a larger client base, Vikktoria aims to disrupt the legal services industry through its mobile app. Based in California, Vikktoria has begun to expand to various metro areas around the country and hopes to provide broader access to justice by giving those with little to no legal knowledge an easy way to find a local attorney, book …

Introduction, Steven Bender

SITIE Symposiums

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Congratulations To Jessica Pouley, Colville, On Earning Her Jd!, Seattle University School Of Law

News Center Articles

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Law Student Earns Prestigious Post-Graduation Fellowship, Seattle University School Of Law

News Center Articles

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The Link May 2, 2023, Access To Justice Institute

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New Community Sponsorships For Humanitarian Immigrants: Guidance On Washington’S Practice Of Law And Immigration Services Fraud Prevention Rules, Megan J. Ballard, Zaida C. Rivera

Seattle University Law Review Online

Every state, including Washington, has enacted laws to protect the public from the harm caused when an unqualified person provides legal services. Each state defines the practice of law and generally limits that practice to members of the state bar association. In Washington, a complex collage of case law, statutes, and a Supreme Court rule attempt to define the practice of law, identify when the practice of law by a nonlawyer is unauthorized, and determine when public policy considerations allow such nonlawyer practice.

Protecting immigrants from unauthorized practice of immigration law is a particular concern. People who claim to be …

The Link April 18, 2023, Access To Justice Institute

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Native American Intellectual Property Protection: Altering Federal Ip Law And The Indian Arts And Crafts Act To Aid Tribal Economic Development, Trey V. Perez

American Indian Law Journal

Native Americans tribes remain subject to an epidemic of poverty. Although tribal gaming has provided relief and a method of economic development for some groups, other tribes are unable to employ gaming to bring in revenue and grow out of poverty. One method to assist tribes that cannot use tribal gaming could be amending federal intellectual property law to better suit tribes needs and allowing them to better exploit the billion-dollar Native American arts and crafts industry.

Moreover, tribes are able to determine which artists qualify as “Indian” under the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, which leaves individual artists subject …

Racial Justice And Marijuana, Steven Bender

Faculty Articles

Current legalization approaches for recreational marijuana fall short of performing and delivering racial justice as measured by materiality and outcomes rather than promises of formal legal equality. As a small first step for unwinding the War on Drugs, this Article considers how legalizing recreational marijuana can help move law and society toward true racial justice, measured by material and actual outcomes for systemically subordinated groups. In the same way that criminalization of marijuana was one of the tools for racial control, legalization of marijuana can be a revenue-based tool toward an anti-subordination future of material equality. While recognizing the shortcomings …

The Lawyer: Spring 2023, Seattle University School Of Law

Lawyer

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The Link March 21, 2023, Access To Justice Institute

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The Link March 7, 2023, Access To Justice Institute

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Law School Welcomes Five New Teacher-Scholars To Career Faculty, Seattle University School Of Law

News Center Articles

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The Link January 24, 2023, Access To Justice Institute

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Incubator Program Mobilizes Mentors For Early Career Attorneys, Seattle University School Of Law

News Center Articles

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The Link January 10, 2023, Access To Justice Institute

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The World Moved On Without Me: Redefining Contraband In A Technology-Driven World For Youth Detained In Washington State, Stephanie A. Lowry

Seattle University Law Review

If you ask a teenager in the United States to show you one of their favorite memories, they will likely show you a picture or video on their cell phone. This is because Americans, especially teenagers, love cell phones. Ninety-seven percent of all Americans own a cell phone according to a continuously updated survey by the Pew Research Center. For teenagers aged thirteen to seventeen, the number is roughly 95%. For eighteen to twenty-nine-year-olds, the number grows to 100%. On average, eight to twelve-year-old’s use roughly five and a half hours of screen media per day, in comparison to thirteen …

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Seattle Journal for Social Justice

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