Dana Raigrodski

  • Associate Teaching Professor
  • Director, General Law LL.M.

Contact

Phone: (206) 616-5321
Email: draigrod@uw.edu

Dana Raigrodski

Education

LL.B. magna cum laude 1995, Tel Aviv University, Israel LL.M. with distinction 1998, Tulane University S.J.D. 2002, Tulane University

Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Expertise

Comparative Law — Criminal Law — Criminal Law and Procedure — Gender and the Law — Human Trafficking — Legal Philosophy and Theory — Legal Research and Writing — LGBTQ Rights

Recent Courses

Course Number Course Name
LAW A 500 Introduction to Perspectives on the Law
LAW A 515 Business Organizations
LAW A 553 Feminist Jurisprudence Seminar
LAW B 550 American Legal System and Method
LAW E 583 Globalization and the Law

Selected Publications

See the full list under the Publications tab below.

Dr. Dana Raigrodski is an Associate Teaching Professor and Director of the General Law LL.M. program at the University of Washington School of Law. She is also the Director of the Summer Institute in Transnational Law and Practice. She serves as a Commissioner on the Washington Supreme Court Gender & Justice Commission and serves on the Executive Committee of the International Practice Section of the WSBA. Dr. Raigrodski's scholarship and research interests examine human trafficking, migration and globalization, criminal procedure and jurisprudence, critical feminist and race legal theories, and comparative legal studies. She teaches courses on transnational law and globalization, American legal system and research methods, and on gender, race, and the law.

Prior to joining academia, Dr. Raigrodski practiced law for the Israeli Defense Forces Military Advocate General Staff Command in Tel Aviv, serving as a military prosecutor and legal counselor. She holds an LL.B. magna cum laude, from Tel Aviv University and an LL.M. with distinction and an SJD from Tulane University. She is a member of the New York and the Israel Bar.

Peer Reviewed Journals & Law Reviews

Book Chapters

Professional Publications

  • Panelist, "3rd Annual Diversity Celebration," University of Washington School of Law (February 27, 2025)
  • Moderator, "Is Post-Graduate Legal Education in the U.S. Still Globally Attractive?," 2025 Annual Meeting: Courage in Action, Association of American Law Schools (January 10, 2025)
  • Speaker, "Human Trafficking and Forced Labor in Global Supply Chains," International Studies in Business Certificate Program (CISB), University of Washington Michael G. Foster School of Business (November 21, 2024)
  • Moderator, "Immigration, Misinformation, and Forced Labor Panel," International Conference: Human Trafficking in an Era of Globalization: Problems, Perspectives, and Progress, University of Washington Women’s Center (September 5, 2024)
  • Speaker, "Setting Due Dates for Formative and Summative Assessments—What I Learned Experimenting this Past Year," CALIcon 2024, (June 13, 2024)
  • Panelist, "LGBTQ+ and the Law," Women in Law Student Organization, University of Chicago (May 8, 2024)
  • Panelist, Workshop on Globally Engaged Teaching, UW Office of Global Affairs and Center for Teaching and Learning (January 25, 2024)
  • Panelist, "Post-Graduate Legal Education: Leveraging Post-Graduate Law Programs," 2024 Annual Meeting: Defending Democracy, Association of American Law Schools (January 6, 2024)
  • Speaker, "Commercial Sex and Exploitation – Findings from the Washington State Supreme Court Gender & Justice Commission 2021 Gender Justice Study," Tribal State Court Consortium Webinar “A Multidisciplinary Response to Sex Trafficking in Indigenous Communities", (November 30, 2023)
  • Testified, "Testimony on behalf of the Washington State Supreme Court Gender & Justice Commission," WA Senate Law & Justice Committee Work Session on Domestic Violence (October 2, 2023)
  • Testified, "Testimony on behalf of the Washington State Supreme Court Gender & Justice Commission in Support of SB 5128 (Jury Diversity Bill)," Washington House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee Hearing, (March 15, 2023)
  • Testified, "Testimony on behalf of the Washington State Supreme Court Gender & Justice Commission in Support of SB 5128 (Jury Diversity Bill)," Washington Senate Committee on Law & Justice Hearing, (January 10, 2023)
  • Panelist, "Globally Engaged Teaching," UW Office of Global Affairs and Center for Teaching and Learning Workshop, (October 19, 2022)
  • Speaker, "Washington State Supreme Court Gender & Justice Commission 2021 Gender Justice Study: Spotlight on Sexual Assault," Washington Sexual Assault Coordinated Community Response (SACCR) Task Force, (May 25, 2022)
  • Panelist, "Dobbs v. Jackson and the Future of the Right to Abortion," UW Law chapter of If/When/How Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, University of Washington School of Law (May 17, 2022)
  • Spotlight on Sections: Post-Graduate Legal Education (Professors Raigrodski and Price interviewed)
    Aug 22, 2025 | Source: AALS Lens

    As part of the ongoing “Spotlight on Sections” series, AALS sat down with the leadership of the Section on Post-Graduate Legal Education, chair Dana Raigrodski and Chair-Elect Terry Price.

  • Women suing Seattle hip-hop artist in sex trafficking case face ticking clock (Professor Raigrodski quoted)
    Dec 16, 2022 | Source: KUOW

    Survivors of sexual assault and human trafficking may only be able to answer these questions years or decades after the abuse occurred, experts say. But a clock is running. In Washington state, trafficking victims have just three years to seek civil compensation for the crimes and damage suffered. And then the door closes. The time frame is among the shortest in the nation. Other states have lengthened the civil statutes of limitation for these crimes, but Washington hasn’t addressed them in two decades. On Friday, a King County judge will determine whether Washington’s law should stand or if the limit should be suspended for three women who say they were sexually assaulted, beaten, confined and trafficked by Solomon “Raz” Simone, a Seattle hip-hop artist. Dana Raigrodski, associate teaching professor of law at the UW, is quoted.

  • Women suing Seattle hip-hop artist in sex trafficking case face ticking clock (Professor Raigrodski)
    Dec 16, 2022 | Source: The Seattle Times

    Dana Raigrodski, a professor at the University of Washington School of Law, who also sits on the Washington State Supreme Court Gender and Justice Commission, said state courts haven’t tested the statute of limitations law enough to set a precedent. Yet, she says, the intent of the state’s trafficking laws are meant to be broadly interpreted in favor of victims.