Won Kidane

Professor Kidane is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Seattle University School of Law. He teaches and writes in the areas of immigration law, and international and comparative law. Professor Kidane practiced law in Washington D.C. with the law firm of Piper Rudnick (now DLA-Piper) and then Hunton & Williams. His practice focused on international arbitration and litigation. He continues to consult in these areas with law firms. Professor Kidane worked as a legal officer in association with the African regional office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). His duties included refugee status determination, and the protection of rights of refugees. In that capacity, he worked in various refugee camps in East Africa. Around the same time, he also taught criminal procedure and law of evidence as an adjunct in Addis Ababa.