Sarah Kaltsounis

Professor Kaltsounis joined the faculty in 2006. She previously clerked for the Hon. Richard C. Tallman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and was in private practice at Karr Tuttle Campbell, where she focused on school law and employment law.

In 2003, Professor Kaltsounis graduated with honors from the UW School of Law and was elected to the Order of the Coif and the Order of Barristers. She served on the executive boards of the Washington Law Review and the Moot Court Honor Board, and was a member of the William L. Dwyer Inn of Court.

A former special education teacher, Professor Kaltsounis has worked as an early intervention behavior analyst for children with autism and taught at the UW's Experimental Education Unit. She holds a Master's degree in Special Education.

Professor Kaltsounis is a member of the Washington state bar and the Washington Council of School Attorneys, and is active on the board of directors of Lawyers Helping Hungry Children. Her research interests include legal rhetoric, learning theory, K-12 education law and policy, and disability law. She was selected as the Student Bar Association's Phillip A. Trautman 1L Professor of the Year in 2007, and currently serves as the faculty advisor for the UW's Academic Support Program.