PIJIP Faculty

Full-time Faculty

	Michael W. Carroll Director, PIJIP & Professor of Law JD Georgetown University Law Center AB University of Chicago
	Christine Haight Farley Professor of Law JSD, LLM Columbia Law School JD Buffalo Law School BA Binghamton University
	Sean M. Flynn Associate Director, PIJIP & Professorial Lecturer-in-Residence JD Harvard Law School BA Pitzer College
	Peter Jaszi Professor of Law, Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic JD Harvard Law School AB Harvard College
	Victoria F. Phillips Director, Glushko Samuleson Intellectual Property Law Clinic & Professor of the Practice of Law JD Washington College of Law BA Smith College
	Jonas Anderson Assistant Professor of Law JD Harvard University BS University of Utah
	Jorge Contreras Associate Professor of Law JD Harvard Law School BA Rice University BSEE Rice University
	Nabila Isa-Odidi Practitioner in Residence, Intellectual Property Clinic JD Washington College of Law BS University of Toronto

Distinguished Visiting Faculty

Jeremy de Beer

Professor of Law
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law (Canada)
Editor, Implementing the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Development Agenda (Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2009)

CLASS: Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development

Johan Erauw

Professor of Law
University of Ghent (Belgium)
Mediator, World Bank International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

CLASS: International Technology Licensing Agreements

Padideh Alai

Padideh Ala'i

Professor of Law
American University Washington College of Law

Class: The World Trade Organization: Rule-Making and Dispute Settlement

Adjunct Faculty

	William Cohen
	Robert Kasunic
	Jeffrey Lindeman
	Clement McGovern
	Jospeh Parisi
	Jay Rosenthal
	Jon Santamauro
	Paul Scheonhard
	Howard Shatsky
	Eric Solovy
	Timothy Trainer
	Mark Traphagen
	Carolyn Wimbly-Martin

PIJIP Staff

Meredith Jacob - Assistant Director, Academic Programs

JD American University Washington College of Law
BA Williams College

Meredith Jacob serves as PIJIP's Assistant Director for Academic Programs. Her work includes student outreach and advising, curriculum coordination, and academic research and advocacy.

Currently her work includes research and advocacy focused on: open access to federally funded research, flexible limitations and exceptions to copyright, and public interest international intellectual property. Previously, Meredith worked with state legislators on a variety of intellectual property and regulatory issues affecting pharmaceuticals and the privacy of prescription records.

Mike Palmedo - Assistant Director Grants and Research

MA American University
BA Mary Washington College

Mike Palmedo serves as PIJIP’s Assistant Director for Grants and Research. He previously worked on policy research and web communications for the Consumer Project on Technology (now Knowledge Ecology International), concentrating on issues of access to medicines and international trade policy.

Sara R. Bennett - Program Coordinator

JD American University Washington College of Law [Expected]
BS Kent State University

Sara R. Bennett serves as PIJIP's Program Coordinator. Her work includes handling administrative & financial tasks, coordinating events, and managing communications & marketing activities.

She is a second-year student at American University Washington College of Law who is interested in Internet openness and the protection of First Amendment rights online. She graduated from Kent State University in 2008 with a BS in Visual Journalism, where she focused on information design and multimedia storytelling.

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