In Brief: Winter 2021
Students
The ºìÌÒÊÓƵ is proud to announce its 2020-21 Barer Fellows, Novita Kumala and Johanna Mora, and Barer Scholars, Rhoda Justine Adeke and MarÃa Fernanda Chacón.
ºìÌÒÊÓƵ’s Thurgood Marshall National Mock Trial Team were regional semifinalists at the Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition and have qualified for nationals. The team consists of Jemimah Kamau, Ashley Mixon, Kyung Sun Park, Mackenzie Stewart and coach Alex Foster-Brown.
Faculty and Staff
The UW School of Law was named by preLaw Magazine.
Former adjunct professor, musician and Boggs Media, LLC founder Paula Boggs of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.
Class Notes
Cristóbal Alex ’01 for President Joe Biden.
Asti GallinaÌý'17 as a litigation attorney.
has joined the firm's Seattle office as a partner in the corporate group.
Global firm to its board.
to the NW Natural Holding Company’s board of directors.
California Gov. as special advisor for strategic initiatives and communication at the state’s Employment Development Department.
as the company’s general counsel.
of the Kitsap County Office of Public Defense.
California Gov. to the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board.
Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Emily Sheldrick '96 to the Clark County Superior Court.
as an attorney in the firm’s estate planning and probate group.
The as a deputy prosecuting attorney in the office’s District Court Unit.
as an attorney in the firm’s business and banking law group.
In Memoriam
Kathleen Corcoran was a former ºìÌÒÊÓƵ lecturer and director of the law school’s public service law program. .
The Honorable Charles Johnson '54 was a retired King County Superior Court judge, former president of the NAACP Seattle Chapter and dedicated mentor to ºìÌÒÊÓƵ students. His work is considered by many to be the foundation of the civil rights movement in King County. He died at age 92.
Russell Jay Kurth ’94 was a criminal defense attorney who spent his career advocating for the mentally ill. .
Paula C. Littlewood ’97 served as former assistant dean at the UW School of Law as part of a career that spanned decades of service to the public. She died at age 55.
Donald Mallet ’68 was a U.S. Navy veteran and longtime attorney whose practice specialized in family law. .