WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE OF LAW
245
WINTER STREET SE
SALEM, OREGON97301-3922
Telephone:
(503) 370-6402
URL:
http://www.willamette.edu/wucl
ABA Approved Since 1938
Willamette University is the Westâ??s oldest university,
celebrating its 160th year in 2002. An independently-supported institution
founded by missionaries, it bears the name of one of Oregonâ??s
great rivers and is historically related to the United MethodistChurch. Willamette is located
in Salem, the
state capital. The 61-acre campus is home to the College
of Liberal Arts, the George H. Atkinson Graduate
School of Management, the School of Education,
and the Collegeof Law. Total enrollment
is 2500 students.
Established
in 1883, the College of Law holds an honored place in Oregon history. It is the oldest law school
in the region and the second oldest in the western United States. Its total enrollment
of 435 makes it one of the smaller schools in the West. It gained American Bar Association
accreditation in 1938 and membership in the Association of American Law Schools
in 1946. Willamette boasts over 4,000 alumni, including 34% of Oregonâ??s judiciary. Historically,
about 60% of the graduating class choose private
practice. Each year, about 25% of the class accept
judicial clerkships.
Willamette offers only a full-time day program. In 2007-2008, over
1200 students competed for 160 first-year seats. In the class, 91 colleges are
represented. 44 percent of the students are women; 21 percent are students of
color. Average age of the entering class is 26. There are a variety of student
groups including the Multi-Cultural Law Students Association, Environmental Law
Society, Federalist Society, Womenâ??s Law Caucus, Prime Time Christian Fellowship,
Public Interest Law Project, Lambda Legal Organization, Black Law Students Association,
and Computer Law and Intellectual Property.
Access to
clerking opportunities and legal research is outstanding. Salem is one of two cities on the West Coast
that is home to both a law school and to state government. Adjacent to the campus:
State Supreme Court and State of OregonLaw Library, Court of Appeals, the Governor, and the
Legislature. Nearby: Circuit Court, District Court, Municipal Court, and State Tax
Court. Federal courts are in Portland, 45
minutes north, and in Eugene,
one hour and 15 minutes south. Virtually all state agencies are headquartered
in Salem,
including the Oregon Department of Justice.
More than
100 courses are taught by 25 full-time faculty, four Legal Research and Writing
professors, two clinical professors, and several adjunct professors. Faculty
research interests include international and comparative law, conflicts of law,
dispute resolution, and commercial law and business law, among others. The law
school also houses the Oregon Law Commission, which is the official law-reform
agency of the State of Oregon.
A
traditional approach to legal education is favored, but aspects of the program
are distinctive. Students select an elective in the spring semester from
Negotiation I, International Law & Dispute Resolution, Introduction
to Business Law & Lawmaking Process. The curriculum after the first year is
elective with exception of Constitutional Law II, Evidence and Professional Responsibility.
Through
the Center for Dispute Resolution, students learn dispute resolution methods:
client counseling, negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. Centers for Law and
Business and International and Comparative Law have also been established. A
certificate in dispute resolution is an option within the academic program.
Certificate programs are available to the students in Business Law,
International and Comparative Law and Law and Government.
Students admitted to the College
of Law and the Atkinson School
may pursue a joint degree, enabling the simultaneous receipt of the Doctor of
Jurisprudence and Master of Business Administration in four years. The Atkinson School is the only graduate program in
the nation accredited by the leading accrediting bodies in both business
administration and public administration. The joint degree is a basis for
careers in law, business, government and not-for-profit agencies.
Willamette
offers summer study at the East China University of Politics and Law in Shanghai. Students study
Chinese legal theory and history, observe a trial and a
mediation, visit a prison, and meet with officials involved in trade and
investment in addition to more traditional course work. The school also
participates in an exchange program in Quito, Ecuador and a cooperative program at Buceruis Law School in
Hamburg, Germany.
Many
third-year students select courses in skills training such as trial practice,
negotiation, arbitration and mediation. Other students choose to participate in
the Willamette Clinical Law program. Second- and third-year students may
participate in a wide variety of Moot Court competitions or write for the
schoolâ??s Willamette Law Review or Willamette
Journal of International and Dispute Resolution.
Dean:
Symeon C. Symeonides
(503) 370-6402
Director
of Admissions: Carolyn
Dennis (503) 370-6282
Financial
Aid: (503) 370-6273
Law
Librarian: Richard
Breen (503) 370-6386
Center
for Dispute Resolution Director: Richard Birke (503) 370-6046
Center
for Law and Business Director: Peter V. Letsou (503) 370-6402
Center
for the Study of Religion, Law and Democracy Director:
Steven
K. Green (503) 370-6732
Center
for International and Comparative Law Director:
James
A.R. Nafziger (503) 370-6408
Center
for Law and Government Director: Norman R. Williams (503) 370-6190
Career
Services Director: Phylis Myles (503) 370-6057
Director
of Development: Mike
Bennett (503) 370-6492
FULL
TIME FACULTY
SYMEON
C. SYMEONIDES, (Law Professor), born Cyprus,
April 28, 1949; Education: University of Thessaloniki Law School (LL.B.,
1972; LL.B., 1973); HarvardLaw School
(LL.M., 1974; SJD, 1980). COURSES:Conflict
of Laws, Comparative Law, International Litigation, Civil Law, Property. Email:symeon @
willamette.edu
LAURA
I. APPLEMAN, (Law Professor), born New York, N.Y.,
July 25, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, NewYork. Education: University
of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1994; M.A.,
1994); Yale University (J.D., 1998). COURSES:Criminal Law,
Criminal Procedure, Sentencing. Email:appleman @ willamette.edu
W. WARREN H. BINFORD, (Law Professor), born April 30, 1967; admitted to
bar, 1999, California; 2006, Oregon. Education: Boston University
(B.A., 1989; Ed.M., 1993); HarvardLaw School
(J.D., 1998). COURSES: Civil Practice Clinic, International Childrenâ??s
Rights, Externship Seminar. Email:wbinford
@ willamette.edu
RICHARD
BIRKE, (Law Professor),
born Lowell, Massachusetts, November 30, 1960; admitted
to bar, 1986, Massachusetts.
Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1982); NewEngland School of Law (J.D., 1986); Harvard LawSchool (LL.M., 1991). COURSES:Negotiation,
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Advanced Topics in Conflict Theory. Email:rbirke @
willamette.edu
RICHARD
F. BREEN, JR., (Law Professor), born Providence,Rhode Island, August 1, 1940;
admitted to bar, 1968, Maine; 1969, New Hampshire. Education:
Dartmouth College
(A.B., 1962); University of Maine School
of Law (LL.B., 1967); University of Oregon
(M.L.S., 1973). Email:dbreen
@ willamette.edu
GILBERT
PAUL CARRASCO, (Law Professor), born California, June
16, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, California;
1980, District of Columbia.
Education: Chami
Nade University; University
of San Diego (B.A., 1975); University of Santa Clara
(J.D., 1978); GeorgetownUniversity LawSchool (LL.M., 1979). COURSES:
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights Litigation, Public Law and Policy. Email:carrasco @
willamette.edu
VINCENT
CHIAPPETTA, (Law Professor), born Detroit, Michigan, June 23, 1951; admitted to bar,
1977, Arizona; 1994, California;
1994, Oregon.
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S.E.E., 1973);
University of MichiganLaw School
(J.D., 1977). COURSES:Intellectual
Property, Patent Law, Science, Technology and the Law, Business Planning. Email:vchiappe @
willamette.edu
DAVID
S. CLARK, (Law Professor), born San Diego, California, November 24, 1944; admitted to
bar, 1972, California.
Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1966); Stanford LawSchool (J.D., 1969;
J.S.M., 1972). COURSES:Comparative
Law, Procedure, European Union Law. Email:dsclark @ willamette.edu
ROBIN MORRIS COLLIN, (Law Professor), born September 3, 1954; admitted
to bar, 1980, Arizona; 1999, Oregon. Education: Colorado
College (B.A., 1976); Arizona State (J.D., 1980). COURSES:Remedies, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, Global Sustainability.
Email:rcollin @
willamette.edu
SHELASWAN BUSHNELL CRIER, (Law Professor), born LakeCharles, Louisiana, January 1975;
admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Rice University
(B.A., 1999); YaleUniversity LawSchool (J.D., 2005). COURSES:
Law and Education, Criminal Law.
KEITH CUNNINGHAM-PARMETER, (Law Professor), born August, 1973; admitted to
bar, 2002, California; 2003, Oregon. Education: University
of Oregon (B.A., 1996); Stanford Law School
(J.D., 2002). COURSES:Contracts,
Labor Law, Employment Law, Employment Discrimination. Email:keithcp @ willamette.edu
CAROLINE
DAVIDSON, (Law Professor), born Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 16, 1973; admitted to bar,
2001, California. Education: Princeton
University (B.A., 1995); Harvard Law School
(J.D., 2000). COURSES:Criminal
Law, Criminal Procedure, International Criminal and Humanitarian Law. Email:
cdavidso @ willamette.edu
PAUL A.
DILLER, (Law Professor),
born 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey; 2003,
New York. Education:
University of Pennsylvania (B.S., B.A.S., 1996); University of Michigan Law School
(J.D., 2001). COURSES:Property,
Real Estate Transactions, State and Local Government. Email:pdiller @ willamette.edu
JEFFREY
C. DOBBINS, (Law Professor), born 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, West Virginia; 2002, Oregon. Education: Harvard College
(A.B., 1989); DukeUniversity (J.D., M.E.M.,
1994). COURSES:Administrative
Law, Appellate Process, Civil Procedure, Federal Courts. Email:jdobbins @ willamette.edu
MEYER
EISENBERG, (Law Professor), born Brooklyn, New York, December 15, 1931; admitted to
bar, 1960, New York.
Education: CUNY Brooklyn College
(B.A., 1953); ColumbiaUniversity (L.L.B.,
1958). COURSES: Securities Regulation, Selected Issues in Securities
Regulation and Corporate Governance. Email: meisenbe
@ willamette.edu
DAVID
A. FRIEDMAN, (Law Professor), born May 6, 1972, Bridgeport, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 2002, NewYork; 2006, Oregon.
Education: Yale (B.A., 1994); YaleLaw School
(J.D., 1999). COURSES:Contracts
I, II, Business Organizations. Email: dfriedma
@ willamette.edu
KATHY
T. GRAHAM, (Law Professor), born Yuba City, California, November 14, 1947; admitted to
bar, 1972, California; 1982, Oregon. Education: University of California,
Berkeley (A.B., 1969); University of California Schoolof Law, Davis (J.D., 1972).
COURSES:Torts,
Domestic Relations. Email:kgraham
@ willamette.edu
STEVEN
K. GREEN, (Law Professor), born Texas, September 14, 1955;
admitted to bar, 1981, Texas; 1987, Alaska; 1990, Minnesota;
1992 Maryland.
Education: Texas Christian University
(B.A., 1978); University of Texas (J.D., 1981); University of North Carolina (Ph.D., 1997). COURSES:Constitutional Law,
First Amendment, Legal History. Email:sgreen @ willamette.edu
RICHARD
B. HAGEDORN, (Law Professor), born Portland, Oregon, July 23, 1948; admitted to bar,
1973, Oregon.
Education: Oregon State University
(B.S., 1970); Willamette University Collegeof Law (J.D., 1973). COURSES:Commercial Paper,
Contracts, Commercial Transactions. Email:rhagedor @ willamette.edu
EDWARD
J. HARRI, (Law Professor), born Duluth, Minnesota, July 8, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Oregon. Education:
Walla Walla
College (B.A., 1968); Montana State
University (M.S.A.S., 1970); Willamette University College
of Law (J.D., 1973). COURSES: Legal
Research and Writing, Professional Responsibility. Email: eharri @ willamette.edu
MARCIA
J. (SAM) JACOBSON, (Law Professor), born Watertown,South Dakota, September 24, 1950;
admitted to bar, 1976, Iowa; 1982, Oregon. Education: University of Oregon (B.S., 1972); University of Iowa
(J.D., 1976). COURSES:Legal
Research and Writing, Administrative Law. Email:sjacobso @ willamette.edu
TIMOTHY
P. KELLY, (Law Professor), born Leavenworth,Kansas, November 1, 1949;
admitted to bar, 1987, Kansas.
Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1973); Emporia
Kansas State
University (M.L.S., 1975); Washburn University (J.D., 1987). COURSES:Advanced Legal
Research. Email:tkelly
@ willamette.edu
PETER
V. LETSOU, (Law Professor), born May 10, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, New York. Education:
Harvard University
(B.A., 1983); Universityof Chicago (J.D., 1986). COURSES:
Corporations, Securities Regularities, Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: pletsou @ willamette.edu
HANS A.
LINDE, (Law Professor),
born Berlin, Germany, April 15, 1924; admitted
to bar, 1951, Oregon;
retired Justice, Oregon Supreme Court. Education: Reed
College (B.A., 1947); University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1950). COURSES:State Constitutional
Law. Email:hlinde @
willamette.edu
HELEN
L. MAZUR-HART, (Law Professor), born Helena,Montana, August 2, 1947; admitted
to bar, 1983, Oregon.
Education: Mills College (B.A., 1969); Willamette University College of Law (J.D., 1983). COURSES:Legal Research and Writing. Email: hmazur @ willamette.edu
JAMES
A. R. NAFZIGER, (Law Professor), born Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 24, 1940; admitted
to bar, 1967, Wisconsin. Education: University
of Wisconsin (B.A., 1962; M.A., 1969);
Harvard University (J.D., 1967). COURSES:International Business
Transactions, Comparative Law, Conflict of Laws, International Law and Dispute
Resolution, Immigration Law. Email:jnafzige
@ willamette.edu
TERRANCE
Oâ??REILLY, (Law Professor), born Chicago, IL., 1956; admitted to bar, New York, Illinois.
Education: Williams College (B.A., 1978); Stanford
University (Ph.D., 1988); Yale LawSchool (J.D., 1995). COURSES:Federal Income Tax,
Business Entities Tax, Corporate Finance. Email:toreilly @ willamette.edu
EDWIN
J. PETERSON, (Law Professor), born Gilmanton, Wisconsin, March 30, 1930; admitted to bar,
1957, Oregon; retired Chief Justice, Oregon Supreme Court. Education: University of Oregon
(B.S., 1951); University of Oregon Schoolof Law (LL.B., 1957). COURSES:Pre-Trial Civil
Litigation. Email:epeterso
@ willamette.edu
DEAN M.
RICHARDSON, (Law Professor), born Warsaw, NewYork, August 17, 1943; admitted to bar, 1970, NewYork; 1984, Oregon.
Education: University of Rochester (A.B.,
1966); Syracuse University College
of Law (J.D., 1969). COURSES: American Indian Law, Sports Law, Torts. Email:drichard @
willamette.edu
SUKHSIMRANJIT
SINGH, (Law Professor),
born KhannaPunjab, India,
January 1, 1982; admitted to bar, 2006, Supreme Court of India. Education: National Academy
of Legal Studies & Research (B.A., 2005; LL.B., 2005); University of Missouri-Columbia
(LL.M., 2006). COURSES: Mediation, Negotiation. Email: singhs @ willamette.edu
GWYNNE
L. SKINNER, (Law Professor), born Des Moines, Iowa, July 17, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Iowa; 1994, Washington;
2002, Oregon.
Education: University of Northern Iowa (B.A., 1986); University
of Iowa (J.D., 1991; M.A., 1993); University of Oxford (M.St.,
2007). COURSES: Civil Practice Clinic. Email: gskinner
@ willamette.edu
SUSAN
L. SMITH, (Law Professor), born Whittier, California, October 31, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980,
Colorado; 1981, District of Columbia; 1991, Oregon. Education: Reed College
(B.A., 1976); HarvardUniversity (J.D., 1980; M.Public Policy, 1980). COURSES:Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law, Criminal
Law, Environmental Criminal Enforcement. Email:smiths @ willamette.edu
JEFFREY
STANDEN, (Law Professor), born Boston, Massachusetts, February 27, 1960; admitted
to bar, 1986, Virginia.
Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1982); University of Virginia
(J.D., 1986). COURSES:Criminal
Procedure, Advanced Criminal Law, Evidence, Jurisprudence. Email:jstanden @ willamette.edu
YVONNE
A. TAMAYO, (Law Professor), born Havana, Cuba, March 27, 1955; admitted to bar, 1994, District of
Columbia; 1998, Florida. Education: Louisiana State
University (B.S., 1977); Universiteâ?? De La Sorbonne (L.C., 1978); Loyola Law School (J.D., 1987). COURSES: Civil
Procedure, Federal Courts, Professional Responsibility. Email:ytamayo @ willlamette.edu
JENNIFER
B. TODD, (Law Professor), born Eugene, Oregon, July 3, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983,
Oregon. Education:
Whitman College
(B.A., 1978); Willamette University College of Law (J.D., 1983). COURSES: Legal
Research and Writing. Email: jbtodd @
willamette.edu
LEROY
J. TORNQUIST, (Law Professor), born Chicago, Illinois, April 2, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965,
Illinois; 1981, Oregon. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1962;
J.D., 1965). COURSES: Civil Procedure, Evidence, Trial Practice. Email:
ltornqui @ willamette.edu
VALERIE
J. VOLLMAR, (Law Professor), born Corvallis, Oregon, October 21, 1946; admitted to bar,
1975, Oregon.
Education: University of Oregon (B.A.,
1968); WillametteUniversity College
of Law (J.D., 1975). COURSES: Trusts and Estates, Property. Email:vvollmar @
willamette.edu
NORMAN
R. WILLIAMS, (Law Professor), born Phoenix, Arizona, November 19, 1969; admitted to bar,
1996, New York; 1998, District of Columbia. Education: Harvard University
(A.B., 1991); New YorkUniversity (J.D., 1995). COURSES:Constitutional Law,
Administrative Law. Email:normanw
@ willamette.edu
MICHAEL B. WISE, (Law Professor), born Wilmington, Delaware,
January 8, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, California.
Education: Yale University (B.A., 1968); Stanford University
(J.D., 1971). COURSES: Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Human Rights,
Comparative Constitutional Law. Email:mwise @ willamette.edu