Professor
Margaret Chon

Seattle University
School of Law

mchon@seattleu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Faculty Profile

Skype username: maggiechon

Honors, Awards and Grants

• Inaugural Chairholder, Donald and Lynda Horowitz Professor for the Pursuit of Justice (2008)
• Director, Center for the Study of Justice in Society
  Seattle University (2006-08)
• Seattle University School of Law
  Dean’s Distinguished Scholar (2005-06)
• Joint Grant Recipient, Law School Curriculum and Conference Social Justice Project,
  California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (2002)
• Seattle University Summer Faculty Fellowship (2000)
• Joint Grant Recipient, Law School Curriculum Project,
  Civil Liberties Public Education Fund (1997)
• Editorial Board, Michigan Yearbook of International Legal Studies (1985-86)
• Public Health Service Traineeship (1979-81)
• Korean Scientists and Engineers of America Fellowship (1980)

Academic and Community Service

• Association of American Law Schools
• Executive Committee, Section on Minority Groups (2006)
  
• Professional Development Committee (1997-2000)
• Planning Committee, AALS 2000 New Teachers Workshop
• Planning Committee, AALS 2000 Human Rights Workshop
• Planning Committee, AALS 1999 Workshop on Intellectual Property
• Planning Committee, AALS 1997 Mini-Workshop on Teaching with Technology: Taking Your First Steps (1996)
• Executive Committee, Intellectual Property Section (1995-96)
• Program Organizer and Mentor, Section on Minority Groups (1995)
  

• Copyright Society of the U.S.A. Northwest Chapter
  
  • Board Member (2006 – present)

• Washington State Supreme Court Gender and Justice Commission
  • Member (2003-06)
  • Planning Committee member, Genome Justice Workshop (2005)
  • Planning Committee member, Color of Justice Workshop (2004)
  • Consultant,  Jubilee 2000 Judicial Conference Plenary on Bias Against Women of Color in the Courts) (in conjunction with the WA State Minority and Justice Commission)

• Washington State Bar Association Access to Justice Board
  • Technology Bill of Rights Committee (2001-04)

• Board of Governors, Society of American Law Teachers (2002-03)
• Committee Member, American Bar Association/Association of American Law Schools/Law School Admissions Council Joint Committee on Diversity (2001-03)
• Korean American Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Committee (1998)
• Co-convener, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Institute Briefing on Current Asian Pacific American Issues (Seattle 1997)
• Member, Law Schools Admissions Council Minority Affairs Committee (1995-97)

• National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
  • Member, Civil Rights Committee (1993-98)
• Member, Law Foundation Scholarship Committee (1996)

• Participant, Second Circuit Task Force on Racial, Gender and Ethnic Fairness Working Group (May 1996)
• Member, Digital Future Coalition (1996- present)

U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Curiae Briefs

• Co-signatory, Brief Amicus Curiae of 35 Intellectual Property Law Professors in Support of Petitioner, eBay Inc. v. MercExchange L.L.C., No. 05-130 (U.S. Supreme Court, October Term 2005)
• Co-signatory, Brief Amicus Curiae of Law Professors in Support of Petitioner, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. No. 05-184 (U.S. Supreme Court, October Term 2005)
• Co-signatory, Brief Amicus Curiae of Intellectual Property Law Professors in Support of Respondent, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., v. Grokster, Ltd., No. 04-480 (U.S. Supreme Court, October Term 2004)
• Co-signatory, Brief Amicus Curiae of Copyright Law Professors in Support of Petitioner, Eldred v. Ashcroft, No. 01-618 (U.S. Supreme Court, October Term 2002)
• Co-signatory, Brief Amicus Curiae of Copyright Law Professors in Support of Respondent, Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland International, Inc., No. 94-2003 (U.S. Supreme Court, October Term 1995)

Conference Planning

• Co-Convener, Second Pacific Intellectual Property Scholars (PIPS) Conference, Seattle University and University of Washington (2005)
• Planning Committee Member, At the Intersection of Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law: Looking Both Ways to Avoid a Collision, Seattle University School of Law (2005) (2006 Seattle Law Review Symposium)
• Planning Committee Member, (Re) Examining Race/Gender Conference, Center for the Study of Justice in Society, Seattle University (2005)
• Planning Committee Member, Debating Globalization: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Center for the Study of Justice in Society, Seattle University (2004)
• Planning Committee Member, Conference on Corporate Health Care and Governance in the Health Care Marketplace, Pacific Northwest Center for Health Law and Policy (2004) (2005 Seattle Journal for Social Justice Symposium)
• Planning Committee Member, Second Joint Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty/Western Law Teachers of Color (2002-03)
• Planning Committee Member, Asian Pacific American Women’s Leadership Institute Summit (2000-01)
• Planning Committee Member, Ninth Annual Western Law Teachers of Color/Conference of Asian Pacific American Faculty VII (2001-02)
• Planning Committee Member, Seventh Annual Western Law Teachers of Color Conference/Joint Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty VI (1999-2000) (proceedings published in the Michigan Journal of Race and Law)
• Steering Committee member, National Meeting of the Six Regional People of Color Legal Scholarship Conferences (1998-99)

Other

• Discussant and/or Reviewer, works-in-progress and article/book manuscripts (1995-present)
• Outside Reviewer, various promotion and tenure committees (1996-present)
• Interviewer, Denshō: The Japanese American History Project (2000, 2003) (interviewed coram nobis attorneys Lorraine Bannai and Dale Minami for the visual history archive)
• Arbitrator, eResolution (2000-01)
• Judge, Semi-Final Round, Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition (1995)
• Listserv Manager, New Ideas for Experienced Law Professors Electronic Discussion Group AALSCONF (1995-96)
• Host, Office of Management and Budget, National Electronic Open Meeting Technology Discussion Group (May 1995) (archived at http://geology.usgs.gov:8888)
• Listserv Manager, Asian Pacific American Law Professors Electronic Discussion Group YLOPEARL (1995-99)
• Co-Editor, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Civil Rights Committee, Anti-Asian Violence Manual (November 1993)
• Peer Reviewer, Law & Policy, Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy (summer 1993)
• Faculty Advisor, ALI/ABA Committee on Continuing Professional Education (Professional Responsibility) (April 1993)
• Recipient, Korean Women's Association of Greater Philadelphia Appreciation Award (1990)

• Member, Asian American Bar Association of the Delaware Valley
  • Asian Pacific American Studies Committee (1990-91) Korean Law Day Committee (1989-90)
  • Ad Hoc Committee in Support of Chinese Students' Democracy Movement (1989-90)
  • Philadelphia Bar Association liaison (1988-89)
  • National Asian Bar Association Planning Committee (1988)

• Speaker and Organizer, Korean Women's Association of Greater Philadelphia, Future of Korean Americans, symposium on bridging generational differences (1988)
• Business Manager, Michigan Yearbook of International Legal Studies (1985)
• Co-founder, Asian American Law Students Association, The University of  Michigan Law School (1985)

Media Spots

• KIRO TV, Seattle (February 2006) (Trademark Law)
  
• Seattle Times (February 2006) (Trademark Law)
  
• Hawai΄i Public Radio (April 2004) (Race)
  
• Tacoma News-Tribune (September 2002) (Copyright Law)
  
• Progressive Media Network (June 2002) (Race)
  
• Editorial page comments, Seattle Times (July 1999) (Race)
  
• Seattle Times (April 1998) (Race)
  
• Seattle Times (October 1997) (Race)
  
• Guest, KIRO, Seattle (October 1996) (Internet)
  
• Asian Week (June 1996) (Race)
  
• Guest, The Compton Report, NBC-Seattle (July 1995) (The Bell Curve) Guest,
• Channel 3, Syracuse (May 1995) (Internet)
  
• Guest, Channel 5, Syracuse (April 1995) (Internet)
  
• Syracuse Herald-Journal (February 1995) (Internet)
  
• Guest, WNYC, New York Beat (November 1994) (The Bell Curve)
  
• New York Times (November 1994) (Internet)

• Faculty Discussant, Academic Salon on the Digital Body (2006)
• Member, Endowed Mission Fund Committee (2005-present)
• Participant, Academic Day (2002, 2003)
• Chair, Core Action Group on Diversity, Citizenship and Social Justice (2000-01)
• Member, Ad Hoc Task Force on Student Diversity (Spring 2000)
• Member Advisory Group to Wismer Diversity Institute for Gender and Ethnic Studies (Fall 2000)
• Academic Day Committee (Spring 2000)
• Member, Faculty Task Force on Academic Governance (1998-99)
• Co-Convener, Cultural Pluralism Project (1998-99)