Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing Faculty
At the University of Washington School of Law, many faculty require extensive writing in their courses. All faculty may supervise independent writing projects or
teach seminars. A core group of faculty, however, specializes in teaching legal analysis. This
group has diverse practice experiences and teaching interests but is united by a dedication to teaching, high expectations for our
students, and a commitment to preparing students for a rapidly changing legal practice world. Our faculty publish scholarship about
legal analysis, research, writing and doctrinal topics, and are actively involved in national legal writing associations.
Research and Writing
Helen A. Anderson
Associate Professor of Law
Professor Helen Anderson joined the law school faculty in 1994. She teaches Legal Analysis, Research & Writing; Criminal Law; Advanced Criminal Procedure; and Persuasive Writing. She has also taught Professional Responsibility and directed an Appellate Practice Clinic. Professor Anderson's areas of scholarly interest are written advocacy, ethics, criminal law and procedure. ... more
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Tom Cobb
Co-Chair, Judicial Clerkship Program
Senior Law Lecturer
Professor Thomas Cobb joined the UW law school faculty in 2004. Before joining the faculty, Professor Cobb clerked for Justice Susan M. Leeson at the Oregon Supreme Court and was an Assistant Attorney General in the Appellate Division at the Oregon Department of Justice. ... more
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Penny Hazelton
Associate Dean for Library & Technology Services
Professor of Law
Professor Hazelton manages the Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library and the Computing Services Department of the UW School of Law. In addition to her administrative duties, she teaches legal research, has taught Indian Law, and teaches in the UW Information School. ... more
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Mary Hotchkiss
Associate Dean
Senior Law Lecturer
Dean Hotchkiss joined the full-time faculty in 1999. She served as Assistant Dean for Academic Services from 2002-2005 and as Director of Academic Advising from 2005-2009. She was appointed Associate Dean for Students in June 2009. ... more
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Sarah Kaltsounis
Co-Chair, Judicial Clerkship Program
Senior Law Lecturer
Professor Kaltsounis joined the faculty in 2006. She teaches Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing; Professional Responsibility; and Post-Conviction Review. She also serves as the Director of the UW School of Law's Academic Support Program, and, with Professor Tom Cobb, as the Co-Director of the Judicial Clerkship Program. She is a three-time recipient of the Student Bar Association's Phillip A. Trautman Professor of the Year award, and has been named a "Rising Star" by Washington Law and Politics magazine. ... more
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Kathleen McGinnis
Senior Law Lecturer
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. ... more
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Theodore Myhre
Law Lecturer
Professor Myhre teaches Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research, Contract Negotiations and Drafting, Pre-Trial Motions Practice, Public Interest Practicum: LGBT Youth Project, Judicial Clerkship Practicum, Advanced Civil Procedure, Client Counseling, and the freshman discovery seminar, Law and Social Justice: Landmark Cases in Civil Rights. ... more
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Kate O'Neill
Professor of Law
Professor O'Neill joined the UW law school faculty in 1993 to direct and teach in the Basic Legal Skills Program. She has been teaching legal analysis, research, and writing since 1983, first at New York University and then at Brooklyn Law School. Her teaching and research interests include copyrights, contracts, professional skills development, learning theory, jurisprudence, legal rhetoric, and law and literature. Before teaching, Professor O'Neill was in private practice in New York for three years. ... more
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