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ASU Law places in top five at USPTO 2025 National Patent Application Drafting Competition
A team of law students at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University placed first in the Western Regional Round of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s 2025 National Parent Application Drafting Competition, ultimately finishing as a top-five national finalist.
ASU Law celebrates record-high graduate employment and national recognition in 2025 rankings
The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University continues to cement its reputation as one of the nation’s leading law schools, achieving exceptional employment outcomes for the Class of 2024 and earning top national rankings. In the 2026 U.S.
Spring break trip to Hawaiʻi provides insight into Indigenous law
A group of Arizona State University law students spent a week in Hawaiʻi for spring break. And while they did take in some of the sites, sounds and tastes of the tropical destination, the trip offered much more.
Arizona State Law Journal names first Native editor-in-chief
Crispin South, a second-year JD student at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, was named this year’s newest editor-in-chief for the Arizona State Law Journal. This makes South the first Native to hold this position in the history of the law journal.
A new twist on fantasy sports brought on by ASU ties
A new fantasy sports gaming app is taking traditional fantasy sports and mixing them with a strategic, territory-based twist.
ASU Law student awarded Sustained Impact Human Rights Fellowship from Squire Patton Boggs Foundation and Human Rights Watch
Hannah Knight, a second-year JD student at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, was awarded the Sustained Impact Human Rights Fellowship in Washington, D.C., through the Squire Patton Boggs Foundation and Human Rights Watch.
Knocking on success’ door: balancing the title of MMA world champion and aspiring lawyer
People decide to attend law school for many reasons. Some do so to fulfill a lifelong dream of becoming a lawyer, while others follow family traditions. For Alexander Preissing, however, it was a commitment to his late mother and a desire to pursue something greater after overcoming many adversities growing up. That journey led him to the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.
Traveling from Arizona to New York to compete at the top moot court level
Two students from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University reached the final rounds of the New York City National Moot Court Competition, which took place from January 29 to 31.