Faculty News
January 2012
Robert Boruchowitz, Professor from Practice
- He participated in a focus group on National Indigent Defense Reform hosted by the American Bar Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. He also served as co-chair of the project that developed the focus group.
Mary Bowman, Associate Professor of Lawyering Skills
- Her article, "Engaging First-Year Law Students Through Pro Bono Collaborations in Legal Writing," was accepted for publication in the Journal of Legal Education. It also made several Top Ten download lists from SSRN, including for the Legal Writing eJournal.
- She was elected to the Executive Committee for the AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research.
Mary Bowman, Associate Professor of Lawyering Skills, and Anne Enquist, Professor of Lawyering Skills and Associate Director of the Legal Writing Program
- They were the Student Services Section luncheon speakers at the AALS National Meeting in Washington, D.C. Their presentation, titled "Gotta Love 'Em: Our Multitasking, Facebook-Loving, Just-In-Time, Need-It-Now, Feeling Entitled Millennial Law Students," combined Professor Bowman's research on the millennial generation and Professor Enquist's research on multitasking.
Lisa Brodoff, Director, Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic and Associate Professor, Mary Bowman, Associate Professor of Lawyering Skills, and Sara Rankin, Assistant Professor of Lawyering Skills
- They gave the lead presentation, titled "We Have a Dream: The Integrated Future of Legal Writing and Clinical Education," at the AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research in Washington, D.C.
John Kirkwood, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Associate Professor
- His article "The Predictive Power of Merger Enforcement" was published in "The Antitrust Bulletin" as part of a symposium on prediction in antitrust.
- His article "A Prudent Approach to Climate Change" was ranked in SSRN's Top Ten download list for Energy Law and Policy.
Kathleen Koch, Assistant Dean for Student Financial Services
- She was appointed Chair of the Graduate/Professional Issues Committee for the Western Association of Student Financial Aid Association (WASFAA), a regional professional organization representing eight western states that works closely with the state organizations and the national financial aid organization, providing professional development, training and promoting student access to higher education.
Mark Niles, Dean and Professor, Robert Chang, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Professor, Fe Lopez, Director of Student Life and President of the Latino/a Bar Association, and Judge Mary Yu, Adjunct Professor
- They were among those who attended the swearing in of Justice Steven Gonzalez, our state's newest Supreme Court Justice. Professor Chang and Justice Gonzalez co-founded the Washington State Race & the Criminal Justice System Task Force.
Laurel Oates, Professor and Director, Legal Writing Program
- She spent two weeks in Herat, Afghanistan, teaching Afghani law professors and law students. The program she taught in is sponsored by the University of Washington and gives professors and students from seven different Afghani universities the opportunity to spend 8 weeks studying English. She taught three classes a day, providing the professors and students with an introduction to U.S. criminal and commercial law, and helping the professors develop their ability to do academic research and writing.
Catherine O'Neill, Professor
- In her capacity as Faculty Fellow of the Center for Indian Law & Policy, she submitted extensive formal comments to the Washington State Department of Ecology on its draft Fish Consumption Rate Technical Support Document. This document will provide the basis for water quality and cleanup standards throughout the state. She also spoke on a panel at an all-day workshop on Ecology's proposal, which was hosted by the University of Washington School of Public Health.
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