WWU / Fairhaven College of Interdiscipinary Studies
Bern Haggerty
Visiting Faculty
360-650-4904
Office Hours: FA 101
Biography
Bern Haggerty earned his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, with a Philosophy Minor, from Iowa State University, his J.D., cum laude, from Howard University School of Law, and his LL.M. in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from the University of Utah College of Law. He recently completed his Ph.D. in Law at the University of British Columbia. His Dissertation is titled, Hate Crime Law & Social Contention: a Comparison of Non-Governmental Knowledge Practices in Canada & the United States, and is available online.
Bern is a practicing lawyer, having served as a Law Clerk for the Chief Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court and as Senior Assistant Attorney General in the Wyoming Attorney General’s Office. He currently serves as a Staff Attorney for the Lummi Victims of Crime Civil Legal Program. He also serves on the Washington State Bar Association’s Character and Fitness Board, which hears disputed applications for admission and reinstatement to the State Bar.
Research and Teaching Interests
Hate Crime Law; Family Law & Domestic Violence; Environmental & Natural Resources Law; Radioactive Waste Regulation; Digital Filmmaking.
