Recent Faculty Scholarship

Robert W. Gomulkiewicz, The Supreme Court’s Chief Justice of Intellectual Property Law, 22 Nev. L.J. (forthcoming 2022).

Ryan Calo, Modeling Through, 72 Duke L.J. ___ (forthcoming 2021).

Zahr K. Said, Attitudes Towards IP Present Among Seattle Craft Breweries, 52 U. Pac. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2021).

Mary D. M. Fan, The Public's Right to Benefit from Privately Held Consumer Big Data, 96 N.Y.U. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2021).

Steve Calandrillo & Nolan Kobuke Anderson, Terrified by Technology: How Systemic Bias Distorts Legal and Regulatory Responses to Emerging Technology, 2021 U. Ill. L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming).

Rachael Paschal Osborn, From Loon Lake to Chuckanut Creek: The Rise & Fall of Environmental Values in Washington’s Water Code, Wash. J. Env’t L. & Pol'y (forthcoming Jan. 2021).

Angélica Cházaro, The End of Deportation, 67 UCLA Law Review __ (forthcoming 2021).

Toshiko Takenaka, Breathing New Life into the German Utility Model System in the Industry 4.0 Era, 70 GRUR Int’l 621-32 (2021).

Anita Ramasastry, Advisors or Enablers? Bringing Professional Service Providers into the Guiding Principles Fold, Bus. & Human Rts. J. 1-19 (2021).

Christine Cimini & Doug Smith, An Innovative Approach to Movement Lawyering, 35 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 431-512 (2021).

Hugh Spitzer & Andy Omara, Catalytic Courts and Enforcement of Constitutional Educational Funding Provisions, 49 Ga. J. Int’l & Comp. L. 45-82 (2021).

Toshiko Takenaka, Inventorship Standards for Biotechnology Inventions Under the U.S. and Japanese Patent Acts, Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition 23 pgs. (April 2021).

Ryan Calo & Danielle Keats Citron, The Automated Administrative State: A Crisis of Legitimacy, 70 Emory L. J. 797–845 (2021).

Lauren Sancken, Shweta Jayawardhan, & Brittany Wheeler, Climate Finance and the Marshall Islands: Options for Adaptation, Policy Brief of the Marshall Islands Climate and Migration Project 1-20 (University of Hawai’i at Manoa 2021)

Hugh D. Spitzer, "Unconstitutional Beyond a Reasonable Doubt"—A Misleading Mantra that Should be Gone for Good, 96 Wash. L. Rev. Online 1-22 (Mar. 1, 2021).

Toshiko Takenaka, The Role of the New Utility Model System in the Innovation Model of Industry 4.0, 58 Intell. Prop. L. Pol'y Stud. 1-34 (Mar. 2021).

Dongsheng Zang, Race and Representation: The Legislative Council in Hong Kong During the Reign of Queen Victoria, 30 Wash. Int'l L. J. 283-322 (2021).

Benjamin E. Berkman, Anna C. Mastroianni, Leila Jamal, Coleman Solis, Holly A. Taylor, & Sara Chandros Hull, The Ethics of Repurposing Previously Collected Research Biospecimens in an Infectious Disease Pandemic, 43 J. Ethics & Human Rsch. 1–17 (Feb. 23, 2021) (Early View—Online Version of Record before inclusion in an issue).

Toshiko Takenaka, The Doctrine of Equivalents and the Third Prong of the German Test: A Comparative Law Perspective, 123 GRUR (Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht)) 369-373 (Feb. 2021).

Michael Hatfield, The Rise of Law and the Fall of Circular 230: Tax Lawyer Professional Standards, 1985-2015, 24 Fla. Tax Rev. 828-930 (2021).

Lisa Marshall Manheim, Presidential Control of Elections, 74 Vand. L. Rev. 385-464 (2021).

Hugh D. Spitzer, Robert M. Jarvis, Cindy I. T. Archer, Linda Galler, Jodi L. Wilson, & Mark E. Wojcik, Law Students and Cell Phone Use: Results of a Six-School Survey, 89 UMKC L. Rev. 269-78 (2020).

Lisa Manheim, Cracks in the Foundation, 100 Boston U. L. Rev. Online 268–72 (2020).

Jeffrey P. Kahn, Leslie Meltzer Henry, Anna C. Mastroianni, Wilbur H. Chen, & Ruth Macklin, Opinion: For Now, It’s Unethical to Use Human Challenge Studies for SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Development, PNAS, Oct. 29, 2020, at 1-5.

Louis Wolcher, The Time of Religion and Human Rights, 14(2) J. Hum. Rts. 137-82 (2020).

Lauren E. Sancken, The Price of Sovereignty in the Era of Climate Change: The Role of Climate Finance in Guiding Adaptation Choices for Small Island Developing States, 38 UCLA J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 217-258 (2020).

Anna C. Mastroianni, Robert Franceschini, Sarah L. Wicks, & Leslie Meltzer Henry, The Pathway Forward: Insights on Factors that Facilitate Research with Pregnant Women, 42 J. Ethics & Human Rsch. 2–16 (July-Aug 2020).

Lisa Marshall Manheim, Presidential Control over Disputed Elections, 81 Ohio St. L.J. Online 215-18 (2020).

Robert W. Gomulkiewicz, Contracts Mattered as Much as Copyrights, 66 J. Copyright Soc’y U.S.A. 441-475 (2019).

Molly J. Gibbons, Mary D. Fan, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Frederick P. Rivara, Legal Liability for Returning Firearms to Suicidal Persons Who Voluntarily Surrender Them in 50 US States, 110 (5) AM. J. PUB. HEALTH 685-688 (May 2020).

Peter Nicolas, Reconstruction, 10 UC Irvine L. Rev. 937-90 (2020).

Sallie Thieme Sanford, Nobody Knew How Complicated: Constraining the President’s Power to (Re)Shape Health Reform, 45 Am. J.L. & Med. 106-29 (2019).

Sallie Thieme Sanford, Health Reform and Higher Ed: Campuses as Harbingers of Medicaid Universality and Medicare Commonality, 47 J.L. Med. & Ethics 79-90 (S4 2019).

John Haley, Rethinking Criminalization: Aims, Attributes, and Alternative Approaches, 26 Willamette J. Int’l L. & Disp. Resol. 1 (2019).

Ivan Evtimov, David O'Hair, Earlence Fernandes, Ryan Calo & Tadayoshi Kohno, Is Tricking a Robot Hacking?, 34 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 891-917 (2019).

Jennifer S. Fan, Woke Capital: The Role of Corporations in Social Movements, 9 Harv. Bus. L. Rev. 441-94 (2019).

Kellye Y. Testy, From Governess to Governance: Advancing Gender Equity in Corporate Leadership, 87 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1095-104 (2019).

John O. Haley, Punish or Prevent: The Night and Day of Criminal Justice, 7 Va. J. Crim. L. 119-72 (2019).

Toshiko Takenaka, Amerika Niokeru Senryaku Teki Ish? Hogo: Nippon Kigy? Ga Och?ri Yasui Ish? Tokkyoken Shutoku J? No Mondai (Design Protection Strategies in the U.S.: Pitfalls for Japanese Firms in Design Patent Procurement), 70 Chizai Kanri (Intellectual Property Management) 616-626 (2020).

Rachael Paschal Osborn & Michael Mayer, When Water Isn’t Wet: The Evolution of Water Right Mitigation in Washington State, 10 Seattle J. Tech., Env’t, and Innov. L. 181 (2020).

Toshiko Takenaka, Hyojun Hissu Tokkyo (Standard Essential Patents), 2020 No. 1543 Juristo 82-83 (2020).

A Guide to Civil Procedure: Integrating Critical Legal Perspectives (Brooke Coleman, Suzette Malveaux, Portia Pedro, & Elizabeth Porter eds., N.Y.U. Press forthcoming May 2022).

Zahr K. Said, Tort Law: A 21st Century Approach (CALI eLangdell casebook series) (forthcoming Fall 2021).

Craig H. Allen, Sr. & Craig H. Allen, Jr., Farwell's Rules of the Nautical Road (9th ed. U.S. Naval Institute Press 2020). 560 pages.

Louis E. Wolcher, Ethics: New Trajectories in Law (1st ed. Routledge Press 2020). 128 pages.

Peter Nicolas, The Reconstruction Amendments (Carolina Academic Press 2020).

Washington Pattern Jury Instructions (Civil) Vols. 6 & 6A (7th ed. Thomson Reuters/West 2019) (contributing author and editor).

Robert H. Aronson & Maureen A. Howard, The Law of Evidence in Washington (5th ed. Matthew Bender Feb. 2020 supp.).

Jane Winn & Benjamin Wright, The Law of Electronic Commerce (4th ed. 2001 & Supp. 2020-1, Aspen).

Mary D. Fan, The Reasonable Immigrant and the Fake Cop: Duress in Nwoye, in FEMINIST JUDGMENTS: REWRITTEN CRIMINAL LAW OPINIONS (Bennett Capers, Sarah Deer, Corey Rayburn Young, eds. forthcoming Cambridge University Press, 2021).

Toshiko Takenaka, Indasutor? 4.0 to Tokkyo Seido: Tokkyoken Saik? (Industry 4.0 and Patent System: Reevaluating Patent Rights) (Eiji Katayama, Koki Ronbunshu, eds., forthcoming, 2020).

Toshiko Takenaka, Festschrift for Prof. Dr. Peter Meier-Beck, The Doctrine of Equivalents and the Third Prong of the German Test: A Comparative Law Perspective (Klaus Bacher et al, eds., forthcoming 2020).

Anna Mastroianni & L. M. Henry, Closing the Gap: Improving Women’s Health through Research Inclusion, in Oxford Handbook of Research Ethics. (D. MacKay & A. Iltis eds., Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2020).

Zahr K. Said, Hollering to Be Heard: Copyright and the Aesthetics of Voice, in Hamilton and the Law: Reading Today's Most Contentious Legal Issues through the Hit Musical (Lisa A. Tucker ed., Cornell University Press, forthcoming 2020).

Toshiko Takenaka, Trademark Protection for Fashion Design in Japan: Comparative Law Perspective, in Trademarks and Fashion: A First Survey in Different Parts of the World 165-180 (Cristiana Sappa ed., forthcoming 2020).

Mary D. Fan, Privacy, Public Disclosure, and Police-Worn Body Camera Footage, in POLICE ON CAMERA: SURVEILLANCE, PRIVACY, AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY (Bryce Clayton Newell, ed., Routledge forthcoming 2020).

Zahr K. Said, Law and Literature Methodologies in Intellectual Property, in Handbook on Methodologies in IP Scholarship (Irene Calboli & Lilla Montagnani eds., Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2020).

Jeff Feldman, Alaska, in Survey of Class Action Law 2021-2022, at ___ (American Bar Association Section of Litigation 2021).

Jeff Feldman, Alaska, in Survey of Class Action Law 2020-2021, at 10-16 (American Bar Association Section of Litigation 2020).

Anna C. Mastroianni, Jeffrey P. Kahn, & Sridhar Venkatapuram, Bioethics in a Post-Covid World—Time for Future-Facing Global Health Ethics, Ch. 6, in COVID-19 and World Order: The Future of Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation (Hal Brands & Francis J. Gavin, eds., Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020).

Maxine Burkett, Lauren Sancken, Climate Migration, in Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law, 474-487 (Erika Techera, et al., eds., 2d Routledge 2020).

Haiyun Damon-Feng, Asylum Interrupted, Harv. L. & Pol'y Rev. Blog (Sept. 16, 2021).

Benjamin S. Halasz, Write Introductions that Will Bedazzle Rather than Bore, Nw Law., Sept. 2021, at 22-24.

Hugh Spitzer, Put It In Writing: Washington Supreme Court Enhances Malpractice Insurance Disclosure to Clients, Nw Law., Sept. 2021, at 36-40.

David J.S. Ziff, Show Them the Way: Using Feedback to Improve Writing and Writers, 47 ABA Litig. J. 49-53 (Spring 2021).

Mireille O. Butler, How to Use a Deep Issue Statement to Make a Lasting First Impression, NW Law. (April/May 2021) at 20-22

Haiyun Damon-Feng, Restoring the Right to Seek Asylum: The Case for Rescinding Removal Orders Issued Under the “Remain in Mexico” Policy, Harv. L. & Pol'y Rev. Blog: Notice & Comment (Mar. 5, 2021)

Benjamin S. Halasz, Strengthen Your Briefs: Argue Rules Before Comparisons, Nw. Law., Feb. 2021, at 20-21.

Lauren E. Sancken, Terrific Third Drafts: Taking Your Writing from Bad to Good to Great, NW Law., Dec. 2020/Jan 2021, at 20-21.

Mireille O. Butler, What I learned in Advanced Legal Writing for LLM Students, Legal Writing Institute, VI (VI) LWI Lives 2 (August 2020).

Lauren E. Sancken, Re: Emails, NW Law., April/May 2020, at 20-21.

William S. Bailey, Scaling Langdell's Wall: A Practitioner's Unlikely Journey into Full-Time Law School Teaching, Nw. Law., Mar. 2020, at 29-33.

David J.S. Ziff, Practical Citation, Nw. Law., Mar. 2020, at 20-21.

Benjamin S. Halasz, To Write with Flow, Use the Old-to-New Connection, NW Law., Feb. 2020, at 24-26.

David J.S. Ziff, Return on Investment: Editing for Professional Development, Nw. Law., Oct. 2020, at 21-22.

Helen A. Anderson, Persuasive Grammar, NW Law., December 2019/January 2020, at 20-21.

Margot E. Young, Justin Choi, Kate Gotziaman, Hugh D. Spitzer; Greyson Blue; & Dylan Olson, Comparison of British Columbia and Washington State City Powers 1-107 (Jan. 1, 2020).

Hugh Spitzer, Opinion, Whatever Your Opinion about a State Capital-Gains Tax, It’s Constitutional, The Seattle Times, Mar. 30, 2021 2:45 PM, updated Mar. 30, 2021 7:45 PM.

Hugh Spitzer, Opinion, Our State Constitution’s Surprising Right-to-Bear-Arms Language, Seattle Times, Jan. 12. 2021.

Jennifer S. Fan, The State of Startup Corporate Governance: The Good, the Bad, and the Impact of COVID-19, Work in progress.

Rachael Paschal Osborn & Julie Goetz Morser, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness … and the Right to a Stable Climate, The Whole Vashon Project (wholevashonproject.com) (2020).

Letter from Jeffery M. Kadet and David L. Koontz to Internal Revenue Service (Jan. 16, 2020) on Proposed Regulations REG-100956-19