School of Law
Associate Dean for Academic Arrairs and Associate Professor of Law

Paul Holland joined the faculty in 2004 to teach in the Youth Advocacy Clinic. He served as Director of the Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic from 2006 through 2009, managing the expansion of the clinic's programs in domestic violence, immigration, international human rights, and community development. In 2009, he was appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

He continues to teach in the Youth Advocacy Clinic and has remained active in the field of juvenile justice as a scholar and policymaker. His article, Schooling Miranda: Policing Interrogation in The Twenty-First Century Schoolhouse, published in the Loyola Law Review, was cited in several briefs submitted to the Supreme Court in the 2011 case of J.D.B. v. North Carolina. He served on the Washington Governor's Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee from 2005-2009, serving the final year as Chair.

Before joining the Seattle University faculty, Professor Holland taught in clinics at Georgetown University Law Center (1994-99), Loyola University (Chicago) School of Law (1999-2001), and University of Michigan Law School (2001-04). He has been an active member of the national clinical teaching community throughout his career. His 2009 article, Sharing Stories: Narrative Lawyering in Bench Trials, examines fundamental notions of modern lawyering theory in the context of bench trials. His 2011 article, Lawyering and Learning in Problem-Solving Courts, extends this inquiry further, looking at the challenges of clinical teaching in one of the fastest-growing modern American judicial innovations.