Faculty News

May 2012

Janet Ainsworth, John D. Eshelman Professor

• She published "Frontiers in Language and Law-A Global Perspective: Linguistic Diversity and Detextualization in Legal Translation" in Li Li, et al. eds., "Proceedings, First International Conference on Law, Translation, and Culture," Marietta GA: American Scholars Press (2012). 
• She wrote a brief comment on the influence of Robin Lakoff's work on speech act theory and on issues of gender and language for the celebration of her work on the occasion of her taking emeritus status at the University of California, Berkeley.

Steven Bender, Professor

• He presented at the Global Studies Association North American Conference in Victoria, British Columbia as part of the panel on "The Struggles of Migrants in Times of Dystopia: Combating Hate and Working Towards Compassionate Migration Policies Within the North American Political Economy."

Marilyn Berger, Professor Emeritus

• She presented the documentary "Out of the Ashes: 9/11" at Fordham Law School, which was sponsored by the Feerick Center for Social Justice and Dispute Resolution at the Law School. She led a discussion about the film and alternative dispute resolution. She also presented the documentary and an after film discussion at American University, Washington College of Law.

Robert Boruchowitz, Professor from Practice

• He spoke at and led a discussion, titled "Misdemeanor Roundtable:Compliance with caseload limits, denial of counsel in probation revocation hearings, and other challenges," at The Washington Defender Association annual conference at Sun Mountain.
• He presented the WDA Gideon Award to Yakima Public Defender Dan Fessler.

Mary Bowman, Associate Professor of Lawyering Skills

• She presented the Scribes Law Review Award for the best student note or comment at the National Conference of Law Reviews, hosted this year by Roger Williams School of Law.

Margaret Chon, Donald and Lynda Horowitz Professor for the Pursuit of Justice

• She had several pieces selected for publication, including "The Romantic Collective Author," Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law (forthcoming 2012); "Supercolleague," 45 University of California Davis Law Review 101 (forthcoming 2012); and "Law Professor as Artist," 90 Oregon Law Review (forthcoming 2012).
• Her "Review of 'Intellectual Property, Human Rights and Development: The Role of NGOs and Social Movements'" was published in 2 IP Law Book Review 63 (2012).
• She presented "PPPs in Global IP (Public-Private Partnerships in Global Intellectual Property)" at the Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law and Justice spring workshop, as well as at workshops at Pace Law School, St. John's University School of Law, Marquette University Law School, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
• In March, she spoke at "Spring Diversity Lecture" at Santa Clara Law Center for Social Justice and Public Service, and at "Edward D. Manzo Scholar in Residence" at DePaul University College of Law.
• She was a panelist at the following events: "Symposium on Copyright and Creativity" at Vanderbilt University Law School in January; "Changing Conditions, Rethinking Rules: A Roundtable on Intellectual Property Law, Law and Technology Center" at University of Hong Kong in January; and "The Milbank Tweed Forum" at New York University School of Law in April.

Richard Delgado, University Professor

• His upcoming article "Authoritarianism:  A Comment" in Rutgers Race & Law Journal was recently listed on SSRN's top-ten download list for Politics of Immigration. 
• His article "Naim v. Naim" will appear in a symposium issue of Nevada Law Review devoted to the worst Supreme Court cases.

Margaret Fisher, Distinguished Scholar in Residence

• She participated in the long-range planning retreat of the officers of the Washington State Association of Youth Courts.  
• She has been invited to serve on the Youth Civic Education Awards Blue Ribbon Committee of the Seattle CityClub.

John Kirkwood, Associate Dean for Strategic Planning and Mission and Professor

• He was invited to join the selection committee for the American Antitrust Institute's Jerry S. Cohen Award - an award for the best antitrust scholarship of the prior year.
• He gave a presentation and led a discussion at the Washington State Department of Transportation Office of Administrative Hearings. The administrative law judges wanted to be prepared for issues that might be raised by motorists challenging the civil penalties they had been assessed for failing to pay a toll on the Route 520 bridge.

Tayyab Mahmud, Professor and Director of the Center for Global Justice

• He presented a paper, "Debt and Discipline," at the Law & Public Affairs Seminar at Princeton University. Carol Greenhouse, Professor of Anthropology at Princeton and Past President of the Law & Society Association, served as the commentator.

Douglas Nash, Director of the Center for Indian Law and Policy

• He reviewed "Reservation 'Capitalism:' Economic Development in Indian Country," by Robert J. Miller, Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School. Read his review.

James Rosenfeld, Director of the Education Law Academy

• On behalf of the National Academy for IDEA Administrative Law Judges and Impartial Hearing Officers, he organized and directed a five-day training of California's special education Administrative Law Judges and mediators for the state's Office of Administrative Hearings in Los Angeles. This was the sixth such training conducted by the National Academy.

Anna Dudek Ross, Associate Director of the Center for Professional Development

• She was appointed by Governor Gregoire as a Board Member of the Washington State Executive Ethics Board through September 2016. The Executive Ethics Board is an independent board made up of five individuals whose mission is to promote integrity, confidence, and public trust in state government through education, interpretation, and enforcement of the Ethics in Public Service Act. 

Julie Shapiro, Professor

• She made a short presentation at the invitation-only conference "Engaging Tradition And Stigma: Divergent Trends in Reproductive and Sexual Rights" at Columbia Law School.    
• She attended the annual meeting of the National Family Law Advisory Council of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, held in San Francisco.

Ada Shen-Jaffe, Professor from Practice

• She serves on the Racial Justice Advisory Committee for the Sargent Shriver National Poverty Law Center's "Racial Justice Training Institute," an initiative for the national equal justice community funded by a multi-year Ford Foundation grant.

Jean Stefancic, Research Professor, and Richard Delgado, University Professor

• They began a joint residency at a writers' colony on the Olympic Peninsula where they are working on a number of books and articles. 

Faith Stevelman, Visiting Professor

• She spoke at a workshop on business and human rights at Columbia Law School, presenting her 2011 paper on corporate governance and human rights (Santa Clara J. Int'l L.), as well as the connection between her seminar, The Regulation of Business, and this burgeoning field.

Jane Stoever, Assistant Professor

• She presented a poster, "Getting Beyond the Classroom: Teaching Context to Better Serve Clients," and presented her article "Transforming Domestic Violence Representation" at the AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education in Los Angeles.

Stephanie Zimmerman, Director of Instructional Technology

• She was elected as a co-webmaster for the Northwest Council of Managers of Educational Technology. She will be participating in monthly board meetings and helping the organization expand its membership driven website and communication tools.

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