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Professor Warren Binford accepts endowed chair at University of Colorado Former Willamette Law Professor Warren Binford accepted a new position this summer. She is now a professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine and CU Law School. “Teaching at Willamette has been one of the highlights of my life,” Binford says. “I will always consider Willamette my first academic home.”
when he first interviewed her. “Since then, she more than exceeded my expectations,” Symeonides explains. “Besides doing such an outstanding job reorganizing and reenergizing the [Clinical Law] Program, she was a respected community leader, a thoughtful university citizen and a trustworthy colleague.”
Binford joined Willamette in 2005 as an assistant professor and director of the Clinical Law Program. She expanded experiential law programs and taught in other Willamette schools, in addition to making admirable scholarly contributions.
Binford taught business law, business organizations, the Child and Family Advocacy Clinic and other courses. She has authored nearly 60 academic pieces, essays and book chapters and shared her expertise via op-eds and media interviews.
Dean Emeritus Symeon Symeonides still remembers the impression Binford made
“Professor Binford made numerous contributions to our community, and
we are so proud of all of her many accomplishments,” says Dean Brian Gallini. “We congratulate her and wish her well in this next chapter of her career.”
Faculty scholarship Nafziger remains an international law force Willamette’s long tradition of excellence in international and comparative law is in good hands as part of the Signature Strengths Initiative. As Professor Jim Nafziger, who has directed the international and comparative law program for many years, points out: “Resolving so many critical issues these days requires a blend of domestic and international law — for example, the pandemic, ransomware attacks, international trade, climate change and immigration. More and more, international
law impacts legal practices of every size, location and specialty.” Nafziger is a globally recognized expert. He was recently reelected to office in two premier organizations: as secretary of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and as vice chair of the International Law Association (ILA), of whose American Branch he is a former president. Founded in 1873 and headquartered in London, the ILA is the world’s leading non-governmental organization dedicated to developing and
advancing international law. Nafziger was also an invited participant last spring in NATO’s first-ever conference and related workshop on human security. Nafziger wrote two chapters in “The 2003 UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention: A Commentary,” published by Oxford University Press, a book that won the ASIL’s 2021 Certificate of Merit for high technical craftsmanship and utility to lawyers and scholars. His current research ranges in subject matter from conflict of laws to export controls and from border walls to military occupation issues. Two of his books will be published within the next year. “In encouraging our students to study international and comparative law, we are trying to anticipate the needs of the legal profession as both it and the law school continue to evolve,” Nafziger explains.
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