About the Authors

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

Volume 15

Issue 1 Summer 2016

Article 8

2-1-2016

About the Authors

About the Authors

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About the Authors

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Alonso Cano is a 2017 JD candidate at Seattle University School of Law, where he serves as an Article Editor for the Seattle Journal for Social

Justice. He was born in Durango, Mexico and raised in Sparks, Nevada,

where he earned a BA in Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada, Reno.

During law school, Alonso worked as a legal extern for the Northwest Justice Project in 2015, where he developed a passion for public interest law. In 2016, he served as an Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps JD intern with Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), where he combined his passion for public interest law with the important work of defending unaccompanied immigrant children in removal proceedings. Additionally, Alonso is a proud member of the Latinx Law Student Association (L.L.S.A.).

Alonso is honored to be featured in this publication and would like to thank all of his colleagues who edited his article. Most importantly, he would like to thank his wife and family for their unconditional support, without whom none of his achievements would be possible.

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Andrew Falk is a Senior Fellow with the Sagamore Institute. His research areas include international environmental and energy law and domestic criminal justice reform. He researches and writes regularly on environmental and energy issues, such as the promise of solar energy in Africa and the benefits of secure property rights to protect the environment. He has studied Indiana’s criminal code reforms and teaches post-college classes at an Indiana prison.

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and to the Honorable Brent E. Dickson of the Supreme Court of Indiana. Before joining the Sagamore Institute, Andrew practiced business and environmental law with the Indianapolis firm Kroger, Gardis and Regas. While at the firm, Andrew was introduced to the world of environmental law while working on a large PCB contamination case, and he has remained passionate about environmental issues since that time. He left the firm to join the Indiana Office of the Attorney General and practiced in Criminal Appeals, arguing multiple cases before the Indiana Court of Appeals and Indiana Supreme Court. He also worked for the Office of Assistant Chief Counsel, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, where he assisted with issues as diverse as collecting duties from importers of counterfeit goods to environmental cleanups at Border Patrol stations.

Andrew was born and raised in the Midwest, living in Iowa and Kansas before moving to Indiana. He now lives in Indianapolis with his wife and four children. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, reading, and managing his fantasy football teams.

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Christopher Fournier has a degree in political science from Pacific Lutheran University and currently is a JD candidate at Seattle University School of Law where he is a senior staff editor for the Seattle Journal of Social Justice. He is interested in estate planning and employment law. Chris is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where he volunteers as a Sunday school teacher.

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since 2014 he has been teaching Intellectual Property Law in undergraduate and postgraduate level at Macquarie Law School. He has been awarded three different research grants and already published three books up to date. He worked as research assistant at the Department of Law, Business and Taxation of Monash University and currently acts as Assistant Editor for the International Journal of Technology Policy and Law. He is the Vice-head of the research group Information: History, Regulation and Culture (http://www.ihrc.gr). He also works as research fellow for the Geolab Institute (http://geolabinstitute.org).

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Christina Nguyen is a 2017 JD candidate at Seattle University School of Law. She earned her BA in Criminal Justice with a minor in Legal Studies at Saint Martin’s University, located in Lacey, WA. Christina was born and raised on the island of Oahu, and hopes to return there someday to be closer to her family.

She has previously worked as a summer intern for Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC and currently works as a legal clerk for Aoki Law PLLC. As a law student, Christina has served as treasurer of the Asian Pacific Islander Law Student Association, secretary of the OUTLaws, member of the SBA Budget Committee, and an Executive Editor for the Seattle Journal for

Social Justice (SJSJ). She is also a research assistant to Professor Sara

Rankin and a member of SALT’s Student Advisory Council (SSAC) pilot program. Outside of law school, Christina enjoys watching Korean variety shows and Twitch streamers. She would like to thank SJSJ for featuring her in this publication, and she would also like to thank her family, friends, professors, and others who have supported her in both law school and her life.

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term law clerk for Senior Judge Susan Oki Mollway of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.

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Sarah Sheffield graduated from the University of Hawai`I, William S. Richardson School of Law. She worked as a law student Scholar Advocate with Professor Yamamoto. Sarah joined the Hawai`i State Bar in 2015 and is currently serving a two year clerkship with Associate Justice Paula A. Nakayama of the Hawai`i Supreme Court.

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Eric K. Yamamoto is the Fred T. Korematsu Professor of Law and Social Justice at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai`i. He is nationally and internationally recognized for his teaching, legal work and scholarship on civil procedure as well as civil and human rights and social justice, with an emphasis on reconciliation initiatives and redress for historic injustice. He served as legal team counsel to Fred Korematsu in the

coram nobis reopening of his World War II Japanese American internment