Seth Endo

Seth Katsuya Endo

Vice Dean of Intellectual Life and Associate Professor of Law

 Sullivan Hall 438

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Areas of Expertise, Education, Affiliations, Courses

Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Procedure
  • Professional Responsibility

Education

  • J.D., New York University School of Law, magna cum laude, 2007
  • B.A., University of Chicago, Law, Letters and Society, with General Honors, 2001

Biography

Professor Endo's scholarship and teaching primarily focus on civil procedure and professional responsibility. Prior to joining the Seattle University School of Law, he taught at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and in the Lawyering Program at NYU School of Law. His practice experience includes time at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Demos. Professor Endo also clerked for several judges, including the Honorable Rosemary Barkett, then-Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He received his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his J.D. from NYU School of Law. For the most up-to-date information, please visit Professor Endo's website at https://www.sethendo.com/ or find him on LinkedIn and Google Scholar.

Publications

  • Preventive Transparency in Third-Party Litigation Funding, 120 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 501 (2025).
  • Ethical Guardrails to Unbounded Procedure, 93 FORDHAM LAW REVIEW 49 (2024).
  • Discovery Dark Matter, 101 TEXAS LAW REVIEW 1021 (2023).
  • Fee Retrenchment in Immigration Habeas, 90 FORDHAM LAW REVIEW 1489 (2022). [SSRN]
  • Ad Tech & the Future of Legal Ethics, 73 ALABAMA LAW REVIEW 107 (2021). [SSRN]
  • Contracting for Confidential Discovery, 53 UC DAVIS LAW REVIEW 1249 (2020). [SSRN]
  • Discovery Hydraulics, 52 UC DAVIS LAW REVIEW 1317 (2019). [SSRN]
  • Technological Opacity & Procedural Injustice, 59 BOSTON COLLEGE LAW REVIEW 821 (2018). [SSRN]