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