A constitutional law expert, Norman Williams has been quoted in the national press, including The New York Times. In 2001 he joined the Willamette University College of Law, where he teaches constitutional law, administrative law and advanced governmental structure, and decision-making processes. Prior to joining Willamette, Williams clerked for Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. From 1996 to 2001, he practiced in the U.S. Supreme Court and Appellate Practice group of the New York law firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt.

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After graduating with dual degrees from Duke University, where he served as articles editor of the Duke Law Journal, Professor Dobbins clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He then served as law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court. Dobbins worked for four years in the Commercial Litigation Group of Perkins Coie LLP in Portland, Ore., and for six years in the Appellate Section of the Environment Division at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Throughout his career, he has briefed and argued more than 50 cases in federal and state appellate courts. Dobbins joined the Willamette law faculty in 2006. He teaches Federal Courts, Administrative Law and Appellate Procedure.

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Hans A. Linde is a retired justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. He served on the Court from 1977 to 1990 and was a member of Oregon’s Commission on Constitutional Revision from 1961 to 1963. Linde has served as a commissioner for the Oregon Law Commission since its inception in 1997. He is a member of the Council of the American Law Institute and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Earlier in his career, Linde served as law clerk to Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, as an attorney in the Office of the Legal Adviser to the Department of State, and as legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Richard L. Neuberger. A prolific scholar, his publications include a course book in legislative and administrative processes and more than 75 articles, lectures and reviews.

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