Curriculum Vitae
WON KIDANE
Seattle WA, 98122
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Education J.D., (with honors) University of Illinois College of Law (2001)
LL.M. in International and Comparative Law, University of Georgia School
of Law (1997)
LL.B., Addis Ababa University (1993)
Teaching Seattle University School of Law, Seattle WA
Associate Professor of Law, October 2011-Present
Assistant Professor of Law, July 2008-October 2011Courses taught: International Arbitration and Litigation, Immigration
Law and Clinic.
Penn State Dickinson School of Law,
University Park, PA
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, July 2005-July 2008
Courses taught: Administrative Law and Immigration Law and Clinic.
Practice Hunton & Williams, Washington, D.C.,
Associate, May 2004-June 2005.
Area of practice: International Arbitration and Litigation.
Piper Rudnick (now DLA-Piper), Washington D.C.,
Associate, September 2001-May 2005
Area of Practice: International Arbitration and Litigation.
Membership The State Bar of Illinois
The Bar of the District of Columbia
American Bar Association (ABA)
American Society of International Law (ASIL)
African Studies Association (ASA)
Publications
Books DISPUTE SAETTLMENT IN CHINA- AFRICA ECONOMIC RELATIONS (Walters Kluwer
Law and Business, The Netherlands, 2012)
LITIGATINF LAW: THE JURSPRUDENCE OF THE ERITREA-ETHIOPIA ARBITRAL
TRIBUNAL IN THE HAUGE (with Sean Murphy & Thomas R. Snider, Oxford
University Press, forthcoming 2012.)
GLOBAL ISSUES IN IMMIGRATION (with Raquel Aldana, Beth Lyon and Karla
McKanders, forthcoming 2012.)
Book Reviews
REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT: NEW PROBLEMS
AND TECHNIQUES, BY DUNCAN FRENCH, MATHEW SAUL & NIGEL D. WHITE
(EDS) (HART PUBLISHING 2010.) LAW & POLITICS REVIEW, VOL. 20, NO. 10,
569FF (2010).
REVIEW OF IMMIGRATION LAW AS CONTRACT LAW: VICTOR C. ROMERO, 34
SEATTLE L. REV. 889 (2011).
The Inquisitorial Advantage in Removal Proceedings 45 AKRON LAW
REVIEW__(2012).
Managing Displacement by Law, 44 VANDERBILT TRANSNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 1
(Spring 2011).
The Terrorism Bar to Asylum in Australia, Canada, The United Kingdom and the
United States, 33 FORDHAM INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 300 (Spring 2010).
The Alienage Spectrum in the United States, 20 BERKELEY LA RAZA LAW REVIEW 89
(Spring 2010).
The Status of Private Military Contractors under International Humanitarian Law,
38 DENVER JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY 361 (Spring 2010).
The Terrorism Exception to Asylum: Managing the Uncertainty in Status
Determination, 41 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN JOURNAL OF LAW REFORM 669 (2008).
Revisiting the Rules of Evidence and Procedure in Adversarial Immigration
Proceedings, 57 CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 93 (2008).
The Challenges of Representing Detained Noncitizens in Expedited Removal
Proceedings (symposium issue), 17 WIDENER LAW JOOURNAL 391 (2008).
Civil Liability for Violations of International Humanitarian law: The Jurisprudence
of The Ethiopia-Eritrea Claims Tribunal in The Hague, 25 WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL
LAW JOURNAL 23 (2007).
Combating Corruption Through International Law in Africa: A Comparative
Analysis (with Tom Snider), 40 Cornell International Law Journal 691 (2007).
Committing a Crime While a Refugee: Rethinking the Issue of Deportation in Light
of the Principle Against Double Jeopardy, 34 HASTINGS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
QUARTERLY 383 (2007).
An Injury to the Citizen a Pleasure to the State: A Peculiar Challenge to the
Enforcement of International Refugee Law, 6 CHICAGO KENT JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW 116 (2006).