LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL AMY CATHERINE BUSHAW EDUCATION YALE LAW SCHOOL New Haven, Connecticut J.D., 1984 Contributor, Yale Legislative Services Research Assistant, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Investigating Martial Law in Poland Associate Editor, Yale Journal of International Law PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Princeton, New Jersey A.B. in Philosophy, with honors, 1981 Certificate in the History and Philosophy of Science Member, Phi Beta Kappa EXPERIENCE LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL Professor of Law (2002-Present) Associate Professor of Law (1996-2002) Assistant Professor of Law (1992-96) Academic Honors and Awards: 2010 Elected Fellow, American Bar Foundation 2000, 1999 Visiting Scholar, University of Latvia, U.S.I.S. University Affiliation Program, Riga, Latvia 1998 Fulbright Scholar, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski," Sofia, Bulgaria 1998 Granted Tenure, Lewis & Clark Law School 1996 Leo Levenson Award for Excellence in Teaching 1994 Leo Levenson Award for Excellence in Teaching 1
Courses Taught: Advanced Contracts: Commercial Transactions; Commercial Law: Payments; Contracts; Financing Emerging Businesses; International Business Transactions; Lawyers in Society; Secured Transactions; Banking Law (taught abroad); Commercial Lending (seminar); Central and Eastern European Law (seminar); Sustainability in Law and Business (seminar); Independent Research and Externship Advising HUGHES & LUCE, L.L.P. Dallas and Houston, Texas Partner (1992) Associate (1984-91) PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES Member, State Bar of Texas, 1984-Present [license currently inactive] Member, Advisory Board, Community Development Law Center, 2003-Present Member, Advisory Board, Small Business Legal Clinic, 2006-Present Member, Task Force on Law and Sustainability, 2007-2009 Member, Planning Committee, Conference on Humanizing Legal Education, Washburn University School of Law, Fall, 2007 Secretary and Member, Board of the AALS Section on Balance in Legal Education, 2008- Present Met, hosted, taught or worked with scholars and legal practitioners from Bulgaria, China, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan and the Ukraine, 1992-Present Invited Participant, Civic Education Conference CIVITAS@Prague.1995 sponsored, among others, by the U. S. Information Agency and held in Prague, Czech Republic, 1995 Dallas-Riga Partner City Program, Lawyers Exchange Committee, Participant, 1990 Dallas Tenants Association, Volunteer and Member of the Board of Advisors, 1986-89 East Dallas Legal Clinic, Volunteer Attorney, 1984-90 2
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS CONTRACTS: CASES, DISCUSSION AND PROBLEMS, Co-authored with Brian Blum [Aspen Publishers, first edition 2003; second edition 2008] Introduction to the Eighth Annual Lewis & Clark Business Law Forum: The Role of Law in Small Business Transactions, 7 J. SMALL & EMERGING BUS. L. 229 (Summer 2003) Some Comparative Aspects of Contract Law in Civil and Common Law Systems, coauthored with Kalvis Torgans, Professor, University of Latvia Faculty of Law, 12 INT L LEGAL PERSPECTIVES 37 (Fall 2001/Spring 2002) [Also published as part of the Proceedings of the International Conference on Problems of Transformation of Law in Connection with European Integration, Riga, Latvia, 2002] Small Business, Local Culture, and Global Society: Some Examples from the United States, 5 J. SMALL & EMERGING BUS. L. 223 (2001)[Also published as part of the Proceedings of the Fourth Fulbright Conference on Globalization and Cultural Differences, held in Sofia, Bulgaria, May 19-21, 2000] Small Business Loan Pools: Testing the Waters, 2 J. SMALL & EMERGING BUS. L. 197 (1998) The Benefits of Worker Participation in Firm Governance: The Polish Experience, 3 PARKER SCHOOL JOURNAL OF EAST EUROPEAN LAW 371 (1996) SELECTED PRESENTATIONS 2009 Legal Measures to Promote Small and Medium Enterprises in the United States, Invited Lecture at Renmin University, Beijing, China 2009 Financing Businesses in Troubled Times, Co-Organizer (with Jennifer Johnson and Maggie Finnerty), Business Law Roundtable for Faculty, Law Students and Leaders of the Business Community and Practicing Bar, 2009 Presented Paper on Growth of the Sustainability-Inspired Business at Symposium on Sustainability, sponsored by the University of Houston Law Center, the Center for Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Law, and the Environmental & Energy Law & Policy Journal, Houston, Texas 2008 Piercing the Holder in Due Course Shield, Consumer Litigation Conference, sponsored by the National Consumer Law Center, 3
2008 Summer Institute, Introduction to Law School for Admitted Law Students of Lewis & Clark Law School (also 2006, 2002, 2000, 1999, 1996, 1995 and 1994) 2007 Alternative Dispute Resolution in Business Law, Moderator, Business Law Roundtable for Faculty, Law Students and Leaders of the Business Community and Practicing Bar, 2004 Why Is the Pipeline Leaking? Reasons for Attrition Among Women Lawyers, Presentation at Oregon Women Lawyers Program on Keeping Both the Law and Your Life 2004 Women Lawyers and Professional Satisfaction, Presentation to the Queen s Bench of the Oregon Women Lawyers 2003 Co-Organizer (with Ed Brunet) of Annual Business Law Forum, Small Businesses and Community Development, Lewis & Clark Law School 2003 Stambovsky v. Ackley, Teaching Demonstration at Open House for Students Admitted to Lewis & Clark Law School (also 2002 and 2000) 2003 The Evolving Corporate Citizen, Moderator, Business Law Roundtable for Faculty, Law Students and Leaders of the Business Community and Practicing Bar, 2002 Co-Organizer (with Brian Blum) of Annual Business Law Forum, Small Business Transactions, Lewis & Clark Law School; also presented paper on The Role of Lawyers in Small Business Transactions 2002 Presented Paper on Distance as a Pedagogical Tool at Annual Conference for Law School Computing, Chicago, Illinois 2002 Presented Paper on the Role of Lawyers in Small Business Transactions at Law and Society Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia 2001 Campus Forum on the Origins and Consequences of the New Terrorism, Panel Moderator, Lewis & Clark College 2001 Presented Paper on Legal Challenges to Small Business Growth at Law and Society Annual Conference, Budapest, Hungary 2000 Miscellaneous Guest Lectures on International Trade, Small Business Development and Legal English in Riga, Latvia 2000 Presented Paper on Small Business Development in Transitional Economies at Law & Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Lewis & Clark Law School 4
2000 Presented Paper on Small Business, Local Culture and Global Society at Fourth Fulbright Conference, Globalization and Cultural Differences, Sofia, Bulgaria th 2000 The Threat Next Door: Ethnic Conflict Unleashed, Panel Moderator, 38 Annual International Affairs Symposium, Lewis & Clark College 1999 Women in Corporate Law, Guest Lecturer at Lewis & Clark College (also 1996, 1994 and 1993) 1999 Miscellaneous Guest Lectures on Contracts and Comparative Business Law, Riga, Latvia 1998 Miscellaneous Guest Lectures on Contracts, Banking Law and International Business Transactions, Sofia, Bulgaria 1998 Dialogue With The Enemy: Are Their Claims Legitimate?, Panel Moderator, 36th Annual International Affairs Symposium, Lewis & Clark College 1998 Gallagher v. Burgerville Corp., Teaching Demonstration at Open House for Students Admitted to Lewis & Clark Law School (also 1997) 1998 Law and Culture, First Year Lecture Series on Jurisprudential Topics, Lewis & Clark Law School 1998 Business Ethics, Co-Organizer (with Jennifer Johnson), Business Law Roundtable for Faculty, Law Students and Leaders of the Business Community and Practicing Bar, 1997 Presented Paper on Small Business Loan Pools at Annual Business Law Forum, Financing Innovation: The Future of Capital Formation for Small and Emerging Businesses, Lewis & Clark Law School 1997 Uniform Commercial Code Bar Review Lectures, Conducted for West Bar Review in Salem and 1997 Carving a Round Hole, Invited Baccalaureate Address, Lewis & Clark Law School 1997 Electronic Commerce: The Wave of the Future is Here, Co-Organizer (with Lydia Loren) and Moderator, Business Law Roundtable for Faculty, Law Students and Leaders of the Business Community and Practicing Bar, 1997 Breaking Into the Academy, Speaker at Women in Practice Lecture Series, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut 5
1996 Corporate Governance in the 21st Century, Moderator, Business Law Roundtable for Faculty, Law Students and Leaders of the Business Community and Practicing Bar, 1996 Surviving Law School, Panelist for Minority Law Day, Co-sponsored by Lewis & Clark Law School and the Oregon State Bar, 1995 The Federal Reserve System and Check Collection, Address to Board of Visitors, Lewis & Clark Law School, 1994 College Harassment and Speech Codes, Panelist at Gender Studies Symposium, Lewis & Clark College 6