Faculty & Scholarship

Our Faculty

An expansive and deep legal education begins with exceptional faculty. Our faculty are recognized experts in fields across law, including in business and technology, constitutional law, criminal law, health law, intellectual property, international and human rights law, Native American law, sustainability, and taxation.

Featured Faculty Scholarship

Scholarship Spotlight: Big Money in the High Courts

Professor Hugh Spitzer analyzes threats posed by interest group spending in state supreme court elections.

Seattle craft brewing: A rising tide lifts all glasses

A new study by UW Law Professor Zahr Said explores the city’s dynamic brewing community, which bucks traditional rules of IP that govern other makers.
Professor Jennifer Fan teaching a class

Spotlight: Real-world research agendas

Explore highlights from the legal research by UW Law faculty that illustrates how law reflects and shapes our everyday lives.

Looking through the lens

In her new book “Camera Power,” UW Law Professor Mary D. Fan explores policy and policing in an era of rapid technological and cultural change.

Professor Michael Hatfield in the Arizona State Law Journal

Using tax practice as a case study, Professor Hatfield identifies and offers solutions for an increasingly important dilemma in law: how to ensure that professionals use artificial intelligence in a responsible manner.
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Faculty In the Media

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