Celebrating New Faculty, Deans
The University of Washington School of Law celebrates strategic growth, welcoming 10 new faculty members and four new deans into the 2024–25 academic year.
A cadre of talented scholars, educators and leaders join the UW Law community going into the academic year that also marks the school’s 125th anniversary.
Faculty Colleagues
Jeremiah Chin, Assistant Professor
Jeremiah received his J.D. and Ph.D. in Justice Studies from Arizona State University. He served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Indian Education at ASU where he co-founded the Critical Legal Preparation Program, a program dedicated to assisting underrepresented students to enroll and succeed in law school. His research focuses on the intersections of race, law and Indigeneity, and on relationships between constitutional law, power and belonging. His recent publications analyze the school-prison pipeline, confederate monuments and children's rights.
Danieli Evans, Assistant Professor
Danieli Evans teaches in the areas of constitutional law, criminal procedure, law and social science and civil rights. Her research investigates how people's experiences with government institutions influence their sense of belonging, and how this impacts their wellbeing and social opportunities. Prior to UW, Danieli was an Assistant Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law from 2021–2024. She holds a J.D. from Yale Law School (2012) and a Ph.D. in Law from Yale Law School (2023). Her articles have been published in the Virginia Law Review, Michigan Journal of Race and Law, Stanford Law Review, Pennsylvania Law Review and Stanford Law & Policy Review, among others.
Anna Bosch, Associate Teaching Professor
Dr. Anna B. Bosch is an associate teaching professor and the director of UW Law’s Visiting Scholars Program, which hosts distinguished scholars and international legal practitioners from around the world. Visiting Scholars — who include judges, prosecutors, government officials, academics and practicing attorneys — conduct comparative research at the law school on behalf of their employers, often toward informing planned justice sector reforms in the Scholars’ home countries. Dr. Bosch provides research mentorship and academic advising for the Visiting Scholars and the law school’s Ph.D. students and teaches a rule of law class.
Georgina Olazcon Mozo, Associate Teaching Professor
Georgina Olazcon Mozo is an associate teaching professor and the director of the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Washington. She is passionate about teaching law students the skills she has developed as an immigration practitioner. She emphasizes an approach focused on compassionate, trauma-informed, culturally competent advocacy and lawyering. Her advocacy is focused on the clients as a whole person, reflecting her belief in the importance of understanding and addressing a legal case in the broader context of clients’ lives. Born in Mexico and immigrating to the United States as a teenager, Georgina is a first-generation immigrant and college graduate.
Carrie Sanford, Associate Teaching Professor
Carrie Sanford is an associate teaching professor and director of Academic Success at the University of Washington School of Law. Prior to her current roles, Carrie was the director of Academic Skills for Graduate Programs at UW Law, where she led an LL.M. bar prep program for over seven years. Before entering law school, Carrie worked for the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program and later with the Muscular Dystrophy Association in New York City. As an attorney, Carrie practiced at Legal Aid of North Carolina in housing law, consumer rights and employment law.
Laura Wilcoxon, Associate Teaching Professor
Laura Wilcoxon is a law librarian whose scholarship focuses on legal research pedagogy, critical information literacy and the NextGen Bar Exam. Her articles were recognized in the American Library Association’s Library Instruction Round Table Top 20 Articles of 2023 and as the 2024 New Member winner of the AALL/Lexis Call for Papers Award. At the University of Missouri School of Law, Laura served as the reference and student services librarian and the coordinator of student success. Laura spent 12 years as a school librarian and English teacher before obtaining her Juris Doctor from the University of Miami. She has master’s degrees in library science from Emporia State University and in education in curriculum and instruction from the University of Kansas.
Alena Wolotira, Assistant Teaching Professor
Alena Wolotira is an assistant teaching professor and the associate director of Gallagher Law Library. She began as a reference librarian at UW Law in 2011 and has held multiple positions including reference librarian, head of circulation services and head of public services. Alena’s research specialties include the Bluebook and other forms of citation, free and low-cost legal research, U.S. law journal practices and legislative history. She co-writes two books: The Washington Legal Researcher’s Deskbook and Multinational Sources Compared, which is also a database on HeinOnline, and serves as an editor of the Current Index to Legal Periodicals. Alena taught as an adjunct for several years before becoming an assistant teaching professor in 2024. She teaches upper-level research courses including Low Bono Legal Research and Legal Research Methods.
David Cadaret, Associate Teaching Professor
David Cadaret recently joined the faculty of the University of Washington School of Law as an associate teaching professor primarily working in the M.J. Program. He teaches American Legal Systems and Methods, Legal Research Methods and the Graduate Writing Seminar. Prior to joining our faculty, Professor Cadaret taught at the University of Oregon School of Law for 11 years. During that time, Professor Cadaret taught ten different courses across three of the school’s four core programs. He was instrumental in building UO Law’s undergraduate legal studies offerings, designing and piloting new courses while also serving on the committee for the school’s innovative interdisciplinary Legal Studies minor.
Jeannine Lemker, Acting Assistant Professor
Jeannine Lemker joins the faculty as an acting assistant professor and the new director of the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic (ELC). She will also continue as a co-director for the Global Business Law Institute. Prior to joining the faculty, Jeannine was a managing director at Major, Lindsey & Africa, consulting for a broad range of global, national and regional companies. She spent 13 years as a senior member of Meta and Microsoft’s compliance and ethics programs, leading diverse teams who designed and landed culture and controls programs and strategies. These include award winning corporate compliance training, culture and data analytics programs, enterprise risk management strategies, emerging regulatory compliance risk management, ESG / human rights, and corporate compliance policies.
Jevan Hutson, Acting Assistant Professor
Jevan Hutson will be leading the Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic next year, which is fitting as he is a former student of Bill Covington, the retiring director of the clinic. Hutson is a recognized expert and thought leader in AI and machine learning (ML) ethics, law and policy. His practice focuses on the intersection of privacy, security and data ethics, where he counsels clients on risk-based AI governance, data protection and privacy, and security compliance strategies. He has in-house experience advising major tech companies on incident response, generative AI policy, machine learning transparency and other traditional and emerging concerns in privacy, cybersecurity and AI law.
Welcoming New Leaders
Chris Bailey, Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid
Chris Bailey, assistant dean of admissions and financial aid, brings over a decade of law school administration experience to UW Law. Before joining UW, Chris served as the assistant dean of admissions at the University of Florida where he oversaw UF’s J.D. and L.L.M graduate programs. While at UF, Chris developed an innovative alternative law school admissions program and, for six years in a row, enrolled the most accomplished and diverse class in the school’s history. Before joining UF, Chris served as chief admissions officer at a private law school, following his role as director of student life. Chris is also an active volunteer, serving on national pre-law committees and frequently presenting on law school admissions topics.
Andrew Doran, Assistant Dean for Development and External Relations
Andrew Doran is assistant dean for development and external relations, serving as the school’s principal fundraiser, providing strategic direction and managing a comprehensive advancement program for the School of Law. Andrew joined UW Law in March 2023 as the associate director for development and quickly integrated with the leadership team to provide key Advancement support and guidance, as well as having a direct and positive impact on the School of Law’s mission and priorities. Prior to joining UW, Andrew spent 3 years as a senior director at Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., leading a team on the company’s largest coffee partnerships and driving year-over-year volume growth to deliver a record $308M in net sales revenue.
Terry J. Price, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Terry J. Price is the associate dean for student affairs as well as an associate teaching professor, and he has taught law courses for more than 15 years including Family Law, Administrative Law, Mental Health and Law, Beginning of Life: Rights and Choices, Legal Issues at the End of Life, HIV and Law, and Constitutional Law: Equal Protection. Additionally, Terry designed and implemented two online courses for LL.M. bar exam takers. He advises J.D., LL.M. and prospective students about their course options and pathways to complete their legal education, including bar preparation courses. Prior to this, Terry was the executive director of the Asian Law Center and the Center for Law, Science and Global Health.
Anita Ramasastry, Associate Dean for Global and Graduate Programs
Anita Ramasastry is the associate dean for Global and Graduate Programs, in addition to being the Henry M. Jackson Professor of Law and the director of the Sustainable International Development Graduate Program at the University of Washington School of Law. She is an expert in the fields of anti-corruption, commercial law, sustainable development and business and human rights. She currently serves as a member of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, having been appointed as a rapporteur by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2016 and she previously served as its chair in 2020. In 2021, Ramasastry also was appointed as the Special Representative on Combatting Corruption at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). She also serves as a senior advisor for global faculty engagement to the University’s Office of Global Affairs. Ramasastry’s scholarship has been cited in two major Supreme Court decisions in the United States focused on the issue of corporate accountability for transnational human rights abuses.