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Heather Hughes Interim Dean, Washington College of Law Academic Affairs

Degrees
J.D., Harvard Law School 1998 ( cum laude)
B.A., University of Chicago 1995 ( History, General and Departmental Honors)

Bio

Heather Hughes teaches commercial, business, and property law. Her current research concerns the impact of emerging technologies on law and the legal profession. Before joining the Washington College of Law in 2007, Professor Hughes practiced in the business department at Morrison & Foerster LLP and was an assistant professor as part of the founding faculty at FIU College of Law. Professor Hughes won, in 2019, the WCL Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2017 she won the Edwin A. Mooers Scholar Award and, in 2010, the Emalee C. Godsey Scholar Award.

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Areas of Specialization
Business Law
Commercial and Related Consumer Law
Property Law
Secured Transactions
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