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Focus on Faculty: Takenaka Receives Commendation
Toshiko Takenaka poses in front of a city skyline.

Focus on Faculty: Takenaka Receives Commendation

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Professor Toshiko Takenaka recently received the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation for her contributions to the promotion of the Rule of Law in the international legal community.

Focus on Faculty: Price and Sanford Publish NextGen Bar Modules
Price and Sanford with with AccessLex logo.

Focus on Faculty: Price and Sanford Publish NextGen Bar Modules

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Professors Carrie Sanford and Terry Price have recently published NextGen Bar Exam Modules with AccessLex that combine family law and contracts.

Focus on Faculty: Professor Raza in npj Digital Medicine
Sara Raza and the logo for npj Digital Medicine.

Focus on Faculty: Professor Raza in npj Digital Medicine

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Professor Raza’s article examines the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Medicare Advantage prior authorization decisions and the impact AI-driven delays and denials can have on vulnerable populations.

Focus on Faculty: Professor Stephen in WA Bar News
Amanda Stephen and the cover of the WA Bar News.

Focus on Faculty: Professor Stephen in WA Bar News

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Professor Amanda Stephen’s recent Washington State Bar News article, C-R-A-C: (Almost) Easy as 1-2-3, explains how CRAC can make legal analysis clearer and easier to follow.

Elizabeth Pendo Honored with 2026 Jay Healey Teaching Award
Dean Elizabeth Pendo poses with her award, celebrating alongside colleague Stacey Tovino, the John B. Turner Chair in Law from the University of Oklahoma.

Elizabeth Pendo Honored with 2026 Jay Healey Teaching Award

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Senior associate dean and professor of law Elizabeth Pendo has received one of the nation’s highest honors in health law education.

Focus on Faculty: Professor Takenaka Authors The Law and Theory of Patents
Professor Takenaka and her book The Law and Theory of Patents

Focus on Faculty: Professor Takenaka Authors The Law and Theory of Patents

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Toshiko Takenaka's forthcoming book offers a comparative analysis of U.S. and European patent law and explores the impact of emerging technologies on patent systems.

Focus on Faculty: Professor Calo Co-Authors Data Breach Litigation
Ryan Calo and the cover of his book, Data Breach Legislation.

Focus on Faculty: Professor Calo Co-Authors Data Breach Litigation

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Professor Ryan Calo co-authored this practice-oriented guide to filing and defending lawsuits based on breaches of customer data.

Focus on Faculty: Professor Hutson in ACM Symposium on Computer Science and the Law
Jevan Hutson

Focus on Faculty: Professor Hutson in ACM Symposium on Computer Science and the Law

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Co-authored by Professor Jevan Hutson, this article audits a widely downloaded AI training dataset and finds significant quantities of personally identifiable information, using these results to analyze legal risks and reconsider how “publicly available” data is defined.

Focus on Faculty: Professor Sanford Authors 11th Edition of a Leading Text on Healthcare Law
Sallie Thieme Sanford and the cover her book.

Focus on Faculty: Professor Sanford Authors 11th Edition of a Leading Text on Healthcare Law

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The Law of Healthcare Administration, 11th Edition, provides future healthcare leaders with an accurate, engaging, and practical guide to this complex area of law.

Focus on Faculty: Professor Evans in Connecticut Law Review
Danieli Evans

Focus on Faculty: Professor Evans in Connecticut Law Review

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Professor Danieli Evans advances a "citizenship model" for Fourth Amendment law.