Planning Committee

NPOC27 is guided by a distinguished National Steering Committee of legal scholars from institutions across the country and supported by a dedicated Host & Planning Committee at Seattle University School of Law. Together, these committees provide the vision, leadership, and coordination that make the conference possible.

Conference Leadership

NPOC27 is co-chaired by Lily Su, Director for the Access to Justice Institute at Seattle University School of Law, and Jeffrey Omari, Associate Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law.

National Steering Committee

Meera Deo (Chair)
Southwestern Law School

Mario Barnes
UC Irvine School of Law

Cyra Choudhury
Florida International University College of Law

Jeremiah Chin
University of Washington School of Law

Danielle Conway
Penn State Dickinson Law / Association of American Law Schools

Frank Rudy Cooper
UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law

Olympia Duhart
Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law

Daneli Evans
University of Washington School of Law

Angela Harris
Seattle University School of Law

Valerie James
Penn State Dickinson Law

Lua Kamál Yuille
Northeastern University School of Law

Inga Laurent
Gonzaga University School of Law

Edwin Lindo
University of Washington School of Medicine

Saruchie Matambanadzo
Tulane Law School

Jana Matthews
University of Washington School of Law

Reginald Oh
Cleveland State University College of Law

Raymond Pierce
Southern Education Foundation

Susan Serrano
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law

Aaron Taylor
AccessLex Institute

Miguel Willis
Penn Carey Law School

Adrien Wing
University of Iowa College of Law

Host & Planning Committee

Will Bassett
Steve Bender
Erin Carr
Maggie Chon
Ashley Cummins
Kristin DiBiase
Pilar Escontrias
Nicole Jennings
H Juul
Alicia Kan
Karsten Kohout
Melissa Lee
Jessica Levin
Erin Lovell
Tayyub Mahmud
Nazune Menka
Nichole Niblett
Feven Teklu