Fulbright Fellowship Awarded to Law Professor Winn

UW School of Law Professor Jane Winn has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to spend the summer in 2008 in China researching the impact of information technology (IT) and globalization on commercial law with Song Yuping, a lecturer in law at Henan University of Technology (China). Song, who was a visiting scholar for the UW Asian Law Program in 2005-06, and Winn will compare developments in commercial law in China to those in the United States and European Union.

Fulbright Fellowship Awarded to Law Professor Ramasastry

UW School of Law Professor Anita Ramasastry has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to teach at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at National University of Ireland (NUI) - Galway during the 2007-08 academic year. Her research will focus on defining legal standards related to "corporate complicity," an emerging area of law that looks at holding businesses accountable for their role in aiding human rights violations in war zones and through economic partnerships with repressive regimes.

Ramasastry has previously been recognized as an expert in this arena. Last June, she was appointed by the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva, Switzerland, as a special advisor to an expert panel addressing corporate complicity in international human rights violations.

Federal bench nominee Richard Jones wins praise from both parties

Seattle Times - Although it comes at a time of intense partisan bickering, President Bush's nomination of UW law school alumnus King County Superior Court Judge Richard Jones ('75) to the federal bench is winning widespread praise from local Democrats and Republicans involved in the selection process.

Jones' nomination last week for U.S. District Court judge was overshadowed by the national controversy over the Bush administration's firing of eight U.S. attorneys.

Law professor Craig Allen was on the selection panel.