In Brief: Fall 2019
Faculty and Staff
Mario L. Barnes, ºìÌÒÊÓƵ Toni Rembe Dean and professor of law, was honored at the 15th Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair.
Students
As part of Native American Heritage Month, the KCSC Courts & Community Committee honored Alex Hillborn 3L with the Profiles in Courage Certificate.
Sustainable Development LL.M. graduate and Ph.D. student Isatou Jallow LL.M. '17 earned the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award.
The Asian Bar Association of Washington awarded scholarships to two outstanding students: Emily Kawahigashi 2L, who earned the Sharan A. Sakamoto President’s Scholarship, and Christine McFadden 1L, who received the ABAWSSD General Scholarship.
The 2019-20 Gregoire Fellows are: Celeste Ajayi, Kayla 'Auli'ilani Ganir, Mustafa Hassoun, Richard Kim, Christine McFadden, Kenneth Nelson, Kien-Thiet (KT) Nguyen, Gabriel Villarreal and Clara Virden.
Class Notes
Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Alicia Burton '99 to the Pierce County Superior Court she served two years in the Piece County Prosecutor’s Office.
Khalia Davis '16 signed on as director of corporate compliance and in-house counsel at Swinerton in Irvine, California.
Global law firm Latham & Watkins LLP promoted Heather B. Deixler '07 to counsel in San Francisco.
Col. Linell Letendre '01 was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the United States Air Force.
Julie Markley '99, partner at law firm Perkins Coie, received the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s 2019 Trailblazer Award.
Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Raquel Montoya-Lewis ’95 to the Washington State Supreme Court. She becomes the first Native American to serve on the state’s high court.
Louis Schotemeyer '04, associate general counsel at William Lyon Homes, won the Rising Star Award at the Orange County Business Journal’s 10th Annual General Counsel Awards.
The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association named Jovita Wang '10, partner at Portland-based law firm Richardson Wright, one of this year’s “Best Lawyers Under 40.â€
Accolades
ºìÌÒÊÓƵ was honored as one of The Princeton Review’s 2020 Best Law Schools.
ºìÌÒÊÓƵ was ranked the 23rd best law school in the world in the 2020 THE World University Rankings by subject.
In Memoriam
World War II veteran and Washington state legend Jim Ellis '43 died at age 98. Over his lifetime, he led myriad environmental, civic and public works efforts as part of a legacy continues to be felt throughout the state today.
Malcolm Edwards LL.B. '57 was an instructor of the University of Nebraska School of Law and widely respected as the architect of appellate law in Washington. He died at age 87.
Rachel Nussbaum Wichert '15 was a project attorney at Friends of Animals and passionate animal law expert. She died at age 47.
ºìÌÒÊÓƵ Professor Emeritus Philip Trautman '54 was a dedicated, engaged educator who spent more than 50 years at the University of Washington before retiring in 2006. He died at age 89.
Tanja Vance '09 was an expert in immigration law and criminal defense who founded the Magna Law Group, PLLC, and German Dual Citizenship, LLC. She died at age 44.