Centers and Institutes

The Access to Justice Institute at Seattle University School of Law is dedicated to advancing equity, fairness, and access to legal services for all, and serves as the law school’s social justice hub.

The Center facilitates the study of the constantly evolving American and global economic system, the ongoing struggle for power between and among corporations, governments, individuals and society, and the role of law in mediating and shaping the nature of our economic relations and institutions. 

The mission of the Center for Business Ethics is to inspire people to build business cultures that respect and support persons, relationships, communities and ecosystems. 

The Center for Change in Transition Services (CCTS) is a Washington State Needs Project funded annually with federal resources from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). The goal of CCTS is to improve post-school outcomes for students with disabilities in the state. 

The Center for Community Engagement serves as the main entry point for students, faculty and staff who want to serve and learn in the community. 

The center for Digital Learning and Innovation helps faculty explore strategies for incorporating technology into online, hybrid and web-facilitated courses. 

The Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability (CEJS) will inspire and prepare a generation of leaders to meet the unprecedented ethical challenge facing humankind in the early 21st century: forging a sustainable relationship between humankind and planet Earth and doing so in ways that foster justice within and between societies. 

The Center for Faculty Development promotes the professional formation of all faculty through a scholarly and interdisciplinary approach to learning and teaching, research practice and professional development. 

The Center for Jesuit Education offers programs and services that foster an understanding of the Jesuit and Catholic mission of Seattle University. 

The Center for Indian Law and Policy serves as the home and focal point for Indian law programs, projects and activities at Seattle University. The Center seeks to assist students, tribes, and practitioners in areas of law unique to Indian country, to monitor developing areas of Indian law and policy and to increase the number of American Indians and Alaska Natives practicing law. 

The Center for Leadership Formation (CLF) oversees all executive programs and provides innovative, world-class education to mid- to senior-level professionals with an emphasis on leadership, business expertise and a commitment to social responsibility. 

The Center highlights spiritual and religious insight and wisdom, inviting people to enact the change they wish to see in the world. We do this through ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, scholarly projects and free resources for community and classroom use, including the Religica Theolab podcast.

The Center for Social Transformation and Leadership is within the College of Education. A primary goal of CSTL is to create social impact by fostering peer and professional exchanges of ideas, engage in collaborative work and foster learning through shared experiences.

Founded at Cornell Law School in 2019, and now based out of Seattle University School of Law since July 2021, the India Center for Law and Justice hosts distinguished speakers and conferences of legal scholars and lawyers from India and the United States. We seek to promote engagement with India among future lawyers. Students working with the center will travel to India to conduct research on human rights projects. 

Indigenous Peoples Institute supports Native student success at Seattle University and raises awareness about issues of importance to local and global Indigenous peoples.  

At the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center we build and nourish the entrepreneurial spirit. To us, entrepreneurship is more than a collection of courses. It's a philosophy, a mindset that inspires innovation, risk-taking and seizing opportunities in any form of business venture. 

Seattle University's Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture creates opportunities to explore of the intersection of religion and culture, of faith and reason and of church and world. We cultivate a culture of interdisciplinary, intercultural and interreligious dialogue rooted in Catholic intellectual and wisdom traditions. 

The International Student Center is the home away from home for our diverse international campus population. Our center is the main resource for creating a bridge between U.S. and international students. 

The MOSAIC Center creates Meaningful Opportunity for Student Access, Inclusion and Community at Seattle University. We play a critical role in supporting intercultural learning and development of students.