An international law specialist, Professor Clark joined the Willamette faculty in January 2002. Fluent in several languages, Clark has taught in Europe, Latin America and Asia. He has published 10 books and more than 50 articles on comparative law, procedure, courts, and law and society, which track his teaching areas. Since 1978 Clark has been active in the American Society of Comparative Law, the preeminent organization in its field. Clark teaches Civil Procedure, Comparative Law, European Union Law, Dispute Resolution, and Comparative Dispute Resolution. He also supervises Willamette's semester abroad program for study at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany.

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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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After graduating with dual degrees from Duke University, where he served as articles editor of the Duke Law Journal, Professor Dobbins clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He then served as law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court. Dobbins worked for four years in the Commercial Litigation Group of Perkins Coie LLP in Portland, Ore., and for six years in the Appellate Section of the Environment Division at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Throughout his career, he has briefed and argued more than 50 cases in federal and state appellate courts. Dobbins joined the Willamette law faculty in 2006. He teaches Federal Courts, Administrative Law and Appellate Procedure.

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A jury trials expert, Professor Tornquist has written numerous books and articles on evidence, negotiation, trial practice, civil procedure and dispute resolution. He teaches Civil Procedure, Evidence, Negotiation and Trial Advocacy. He occasionally serves as a pro tem Oregon Circuit Court judge and as an arbitrator for the Employment Relations Board. Prior to joining Willamette, he practiced law with the firm of King, Robin, Gale and Pillinger in Chicago. Tornquist served as dean of Willamette University College of Law from 1978–1987.

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

A jury trials expert, Professor Tornquist has written numerous books and articles on evidence, negotiation, trial practice, civil procedure and dispute resolution. He teaches Civil Procedure, Evidence, Negotiation and Trial Advocacy. He occasionally serves as a pro tem Oregon Circuit Court judge and as an arbitrator for the Employment Relations Board. Prior to joining Willamette, he practiced law with the firm of King, Robin, Gale and Pillinger in Chicago. Tornquist served as dean of Willamette University College of Law from 1978–1987.

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

A family law and torts specialist, Professor Graham joined Willamette in 1977 and has served as associate dean for academic affairs since 1988. She teaches Domestic Relations and Torts. Throughout 1985, Graham worked in the Trial Division at the Oregon Attorney General's Office. She has written numerous articles and presented continuing legal education courses in both areas. She is active in various professional and community organizations, including most recently an appointment to a six member Professional Panel for Analysis of Medical Professional Liability Insurance. Graham worked in the office of Corporate Counsel for Pacific Gas and Electric in San Francisco from 1972–1977.

To read Kathy T. Graham's complete biography on the Willamette College of Law website, click here.

Professor Richardson teaches Torts, American Indian Law, Products Liability and Sports Law, and he speaks and writes frequently in those fields. He also serves as faculty advisor to Willamette’s Sports Law Society. Prior to joining the Willamette faculty, Richardson served as legal counsel to the Rochester, N.Y., Urban Renewal Agency from 1970–1972 and was a partner with Wood, Richardson and O'Bryne from 1973–1974. He joined Willamette University College of Law in 1974.

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A widely sought speaker and panelist, Robin Morris Collin was the first law professor to teach sustainability at an American law school. Morris Collin came to Willamette in 2003 after a distinguished 10-year career as a tenured member of the faculty at the University of Oregon School of Law. She began her teaching career in 1984 at Tulane Law School and has taught at Pepperdine University School of Law, McGeorge Law School at the University of the Pacific, and Washington and Lee Law School. She also practiced administrative law at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., criminal law as an assistant county attorney in Maricopa County, Ariz., and private plaintiffs’ antitrust law at Reed, Goldstein and Jenkins-Reed in Phoenix.

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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.

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

A widely sought speaker and panelist, Robin Morris Collin was the first law professor to teach sustainability at an American law school. Morris Collin came to Willamette in 2003 after a distinguished 10-year career as a tenured member of the faculty at the University of Oregon School of Law. She began her teaching career in 1984 at Tulane Law School and has taught at Pepperdine University School of Law, McGeorge Law School at the University of the Pacific, and Washington and Lee Law School. She also practiced administrative law at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., criminal law as an assistant county attorney in Maricopa County, Ariz., and private plaintiffs’ antitrust law at Reed, Goldstein and Jenkins-Reed in Phoenix.

To read Collin'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.

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Edwin J. Peterson is a retired chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court who is frequently cited in the press as an expert on Oregon state law. He served as an associate justice on the Oregon Supreme Court from 1979 to 1993 and as chief justice from 1983 to 1991. As chief justice, he oversaw a major reorganization of the state’s judiciary system. Prior to joining the Court, he practiced law in Portland for more than 20 years with the firm of Tooze, Kerr, Peterson, Marshall & Shenker, specializing in civil tort, insurance and business litigation. In 1998, he received the Lewis F. Powell Jr. Award for Professionalism and Ethics by the National Inns of Court. The award was conferred in the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2003, the Oregon State Bar/Oregon Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism created the Edwin J. Peterson Professionalism Award. Justice Peterson was the first recipient.

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A family law and torts specialist, Professor Graham joined Willamette in 1977 and has served as associate dean for academic affairs since 1988. She teaches Domestic Relations and Torts. Throughout 1985, Graham worked in the Trial Division at the Oregon Attorney General's Office. She has written numerous articles and presented continuing legal education courses in both areas. She is active in various professional and community organizations, including most recently an appointment to a six member Professional Panel for Analysis of Medical Professional Liability Insurance. Graham worked in the office of Corporate Counsel for Pacific Gas and Electric in San Francisco from 1972–1977.

To read Kathy T. Graham'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.

A widely sought speaker and panelist, Robin Morris Collin was the first law professor to teach sustainability at an American law school. Morris Collin came to Willamette in 2003 after a distinguished 10-year career as a tenured member of the faculty at the University of Oregon School of Law. She began her teaching career in 1984 at Tulane Law School and has taught at Pepperdine University School of Law, McGeorge Law School at the University of the Pacific, and Washington and Lee Law School. She also practiced administrative law at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., criminal law as an assistant county attorney in Maricopa County, Ariz., and private plaintiffs’ antitrust law at Reed, Goldstein and Jenkins-Reed in Phoenix.

To read Collin'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.

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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After graduating with dual degrees from Duke University, where he served as articles editor of the Duke Law Journal, Professor Dobbins clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He then served as law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court. Dobbins worked for four years in the Commercial Litigation Group of Perkins Coie LLP in Portland, Ore., and for six years in the Appellate Section of the Environment Division at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Throughout his career, he has briefed and argued more than 50 cases in federal and state appellate courts. Dobbins joined the Willamette law faculty in 2006. He teaches Federal Courts, Administrative Law and Appellate Procedure.

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