Steven Green is a widely sought speaker at national conferences and a prolific scholar whose writings have been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as lower courts. He frequently serves as a free speech, freedom of religion and Supreme Court expert for national news organizations, including The New York Times and National Public Radio, and he has been a community writer for the Opinion section of The Oregonian (read his columns here). Prior to joining the Willamette faculty, he served for nine years as general counsel and director of policy for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a national public interest organization in Washington, D.C., that concentrates on First Amendment issues. He has extensive litigation and appellate experience in First Amendment law involving issues such as school prayer, public funding of religious institutions, public religious displays, religious discrimination, religious free exercise and freedom of speech.

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A constitutional law expert, Norman Williams has been quoted in the national press, including The New York Times. In 2001 he joined the Willamette University College of Law, where he teaches constitutional law, administrative law and advanced governmental structure, and decision-making processes. Prior to joining Willamette, Williams clerked for Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. From 1996 to 2001, he practiced in the U.S. Supreme Court and Appellate Practice group of the New York law firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt.

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An expert on civil rights, immigration issues and constitutional law, Gilbert Carrasco is the author of three national casebooks and numerous law review articles on these subjects. He has a wealth of practical experience in civil rights litigation in Washington, D.C. He served in the U.S. Department of Justice, as special assistant to the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, as trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division and as special consultant to the Department of Justice. He also worked in the National Center for Immigrants’ Rights and as national director of Immigration Services for the U.S. Catholic Conference.

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Professor Appleman’s scholarship examines the fundamental values and structure of criminal law, sentencing and the legal profession. She earned her law degree from Yale University and served as law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Following a year in private law practice, she worked for five years as a criminal appellate public defender at the Center for Appellate Litigation, where she briefed and argued approximately 50 appeals in the New York appellate courts. She also served on the Criminal Advocacy Committee of the Bar Association of the City of New York and worked with the Brennan Center for Justice on issues of indigent defense and criminal procedure. Appleman joined the Willamette faculty in 2006. She teaches Criminal Law and Procedure, Sentencing, Legal History, and Law and Race.

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Michael Wise teaches civil procedure, constitutional law, comparative constitutional law and human rights law, and is a published authority in these areas. Wise was an attorney and advisor for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from 1971 to 1973 and a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Division from 1977 to 1981. He served as assistant director of the Notre Dame Center for Civil Rights from 1973 to 1977. Wise joined the Willamette University College of Law faculty in 1981.

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Professor Cunningham-Parmeter is an expert in employment and immigration law. He has been quoted in the national press, including the Los Angeles Times. Cunningham-Parmeter teaches Employment Law and Discrimination, Labor Law, and Contracts, and his research focuses on the intersection of employment law and immigration law.

Cunningham-Parmeter was ranked among the top persuasive speakers in the nation in college and won two writing competitions at Stanford Law School. Following graduation, he served for two years as law clerk on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. He then worked as a Skadden Fellow with the Oregon Law Center Farmworker Program, representing migrant agricultural workers in the areas of occupational health and workplace discrimination.

To read Cunningham-Parmeter's complete biography on the Willamette College of Law website, click here.

An expert on civil rights, immigration issues and constitutional law, Gilbert Carrasco is the author of three national casebooks and numerous law review articles on these subjects. He has a wealth of practical experience in civil rights litigation in Washington, D.C. He served in the U.S. Department of Justice, as special assistant to the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, as trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division and as special consultant to the Department of Justice. He also worked in the National Center for Immigrants’ Rights and as national director of Immigration Services for the U.S. Catholic Conference.

To read Carrasco's complete biography on the Willamette College of Law website, click here.

Michael Wise teaches civil procedure, constitutional law, comparative constitutional law and human rights law, and is a published authority in these areas. Wise was an attorney and advisor for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from 1971 to 1973 and a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Division from 1977 to 1981. He served as assistant director of the Notre Dame Center for Civil Rights from 1973 to 1977. Wise joined the Willamette University College of Law faculty in 1981.

To read Wise's complete biography on the Willamette College of Law website, click here.

Professor Cunningham-Parmeter is an expert in employment and immigration law. He has been quoted in the national press, including the Los Angeles Times. Cunningham-Parmeter teaches Employment Law and Discrimination, Labor Law, and Contracts, and his research focuses on the intersection of employment law and immigration law.

Cunningham-Parmeter was ranked among the top persuasive speakers in the nation in college and won two writing competitions at Stanford Law School. Following graduation, he served for two years as law clerk on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. He then worked as a Skadden Fellow with the Oregon Law Center Farmworker Program, representing migrant agricultural workers in the areas of occupational health and workplace discrimination.

To read Cunningham-Parmeter's complete biography on the Willamette College of Law website, click here.

Professor Appleman’s scholarship examines the fundamental values and structure of criminal law, sentencing and the legal profession. She earned her law degree from Yale University and served as law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Following a year in private law practice, she worked for five years as a criminal appellate public defender at the Center for Appellate Litigation, where she briefed and argued approximately 50 appeals in the New York appellate courts. She also served on the Criminal Advocacy Committee of the Bar Association of the City of New York and worked with the Brennan Center for Justice on issues of indigent defense and criminal procedure. Appleman joined the Willamette faculty in 2006. She teaches Criminal Law and Procedure, Sentencing, Legal History, and Law and Race.

To read Appleman's complete biography on the Willamette College of Law website, click here.