Kathleen McGinnis

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Senior Law Lecturer

Phone: (206) 543-7002
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B.A. 1979 Whitworth College
J.D. 1984 University of California, Berkeley

Curriculum Vitae


Professor McGinnis returned to the UW law school in 1997 to teach Basic Legal Skills, having also taught that subject in the 1994-95 academic year.  She practiced law from 1984-94 at Preston, Gates & Ellis in Seattle, concentrating on commercial litigation and antitrust law.  Professor McGinnis has directed the summer law clerk program at Lane Powell Spears Lubersky in Seattle, and worked as a freelance legal writing lecturer and consultant.  She is admitted to the Washington state bar and is a member of Order of the Coif.  Her teaching and research interests include professional skills development, jurisprudence, constitutional law and civil procedure.