Professor Karen Boxx joined the faculty in 1997. She teaches in the areas of trusts and estates, community property, property law, conflicts of laws, cannabis law and professional responsibility. She was co-reporter for the Fifth Edition of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Commentaries on the Model Rules of Professional Conduct and is reporter for the Sixth Edition of the Commentaries. She is past Chair of the Washington State Bar Association Real Property, Probate and Trust Section and past Chair of the WSBA Elder Law Section.
She has been active in legislative reform, including chairing a WSBA Task Force that drafted major revisions to Washington trust law enacted in 2011. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a member of its Professional Responsibility, Elder Law, and Legal Education Committees.
She has run 17 marathons (so far).