Skip Navigation LinksUW School of Law > Career Planning > Students > Job Search Resources > Faculty Career Advisors

Faculty Career Advisors

The following list shows the specialty areas of UWLS faculty. Your professors are an important connection in your career search, and can offer you valuable advice and tips.

Craig H. Allen
Areas: Admiralty/Maritime Law; Military Law/JAG Corps

Robert T. Anderson
Areas: Indian Law

Robert Aronson
Areas: Public Interest Law; Criminal Law; Judicial Clerkships; Law Firms

Andrew Benjamin
Areas: Solo practice; Non-traditional practice

Karen Boxx
Areas: Estate Planning

Steve Calandrillo
Areas: Law firms; Corporate Law; Clerkships

Penny Hazelton
Areas: Law Librarianship; Legal Research; Libraries; Technology in Legal Education

Gregory A. Hicks
Areas: Non-governmental organizations; Not-for-profit organizations; Foundations; Positions in the Environmental and Natural Resources fields

Mary Hotchkiss
Areas: Federal services (courts, agencies)

Maureen Howard
Areas: Litigation: Civil vs. Criminal/Public vs. Private

Stewart Jay
Areas: Constitutional Law (Winter/Spring Only)

Lisa Kelly
Areas: Child Advocacy careers; Family Law

Alan Kirtley
Areas: Litigation: Civil & Criminal/Public vs. Private; Alternative Dispute Resolution

Richard O. Kummert
Areas: Business and Corporate Law

Pat Kuszler
Areas: Health Law

Deborah Maranville
Areas: Public Interest; DC; Specific interests in King County Superior Court clerkships

Paul Miller
Areas: Washington DC; Disability Law; Government Employment; Federal Clerkships

Kathy McGinnis
Areas: Commercial Litigation; Large Firms

Jackie McMurtrie
Areas: Criminal Defense

Joel Ngugi
Areas: International Law; Business Law

Sean O’Connor
Areas: Business/Corporate/Securities Law; Intellectual Property; Working on the East Coast

Kate O’Neill
Areas: Help with cover letters, resumes; Clerkships; Firm Practice, especially corporate practice or intellectual property

Anita Ramasastry
Areas: Clerkships; Work outside Seattle (email and phone consultation only)

Beth Rivin
Areas: Global Health & Justice; Health & Human Rights

Michael Robinson-Dorn
Areas: Environmental Law; Clerkships; Law Firms; Government Service (Federal & Local)

Eric Schnapper
Areas: Civil Rights; Constitutional Law; Federal Practice

Scott Schumacher
Areas: Tax Law; Working for the Federal Government

William Stoebuck
Areas: Property Law

Toshiko Takenaka
Areas: Patent Law

Lea Vaughn
Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Employment Discrimination

Mary Whisner
Areas: Clerkships; Appellate Litigation; Government & Public Interest Law; Help with resumes, cover letters, search strategies

Ron Whitener
Areas: Indian Law; Criminal Litigation

Jane Winn
Areas: Technology Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law